St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-25
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HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETY.
The Entertainment Given at the High
School Building Last Evening.

The st. Paul High School Debating and
Entertainment society had a full house ut the
High school building last evening, and many
people went away because they could not
even get within hearing distance. The ex-
ercises throughout were instructive, amusing
and thoroughly enjoyable. OF course, some
things of a humorous nature happened that
were not down on the programme, but the
audience, being composed largely Of the
fathers, mothers and intimate friends Of
those who appeared, showed its Willingness
TO overlook the crudities of the occasion :.
The first number on the programme, piano
solo, by Miss Fannie Laskin, was beautifully
rendered. This was followed by debate
Subject: "Resolved, That women should
have the same right of suffrage as men"
The affirmative of the question was taken by
Misses Hattie Golfer and Margaret Sewall and
the negative by Mr.. Walter Driscoll and Miss
Lizzie Hawkins. The arguments had the
merit of brevity and directness. The speak
ers engaged in a sort of hand to hand tilt
with the Queens English at the close of the
set speeches, which pleased the spectators
immensely. When the debaters said all
they wanted to, the matter was settled by a
roll-call of the members of the society," The
secretary's enumeration showed 101 mem
bers present and voting, fifteen responding
in the affirmative and eighty-six in the mega
tive. The decision better expresses the per-
sonal views of the voters ON the abstract
question than the merits of the arguments
presented, as the affirmative manifested I'M
usual tact for persons so young in placing
their side before the house. If the decision
had been on the evidence, as is required in
jury trials, the vote must necessarily have
been very close. At the conclusion of the
debate the Violetta polka was rendered by
the orchestra.
"The entertainment wound up with a
prophetic drama, entitled, 1.-THE spirit of
1900, or the Coming Woman" under the
direction of Miss Leonora Austin. The play
is. of course, very eXtravagant, and presents
some situations that are shock
ing and very suggestive of
future possibilities. The historical
fact that the number of women in Massachu-
sets far exceeds the number of men, gives
the author the opportunity of showing what a
despotism might be produced by enfranchis-
ing the female population of that common
wealth. Aside from a couple of slight bitches
the play was rendered quite as well as anna
teur performances usually are, and did its
participants credit. The cast of characters
is as follows:
Mrs Judge Wigfall .M Miss Carolyn Gates
Chief justice Of the supreme court of Massachu-
sets.
Miss Victorine Wigfall. Miss Adah Hawkins
Miss wolverine Griffin. Miss Lou Murphy
by choice-Selectwoman of Boston.
Mrs Barbara Badger. 1890. Miss Susie Ryder
Tax collector of Newton Centre. Mass.
Newsgirl /
Maid bliss LauEa Dfah'
Mr.. Tom Carberry Chas. H. McGill
n gentleman of the old regime.
Mr.. Joe NlgiaIl. .......... JAS. ID. Armstrong
Mrs. Wigfalls husband, a victim of the new regime