Prize Distribution and Entertainment.
How large place the Public School fill sin the life of the Settlement was evident from the crowded state of thy Lyceum Theatre on Wednesday afternoon when the Christmas entertainment was followed by the xnnusl prize-giving. The long programme commenced punctually at five and under the direction of the teachers went through smartly. The feature was, of course, the fairy play, in which the young actors acquitted themselves with spirit ant confidence. Edith Gande, as a jester, and Katie Taylor, asa gipsy, did specially well, while the get up of Dorothy Endicott as a bandit was capital. The choruses were bright and well rendered and the training the children had received from Miss Baldamus was appropriately recognised by the presentation of a bouquet. The programme was as follows:—1. -Trot clu Cavalier, Spindler.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.