The Newtown bee., 1891-06-05
STAMFORD.
THE ALUMNI ENTERTAINMENT.

HE Alt hN1 EN1Eh1AlNME
 No better entertainment has been given in Stratford in months than that at the Town hall, last week Thursday night. It was under the direction of the alumni as- sociation of the graded school and was largely of home talent. That it was ap- preciated was proven by the goodly au dence and by the applause, which was frequent and hearty. The alumni associ- ation of the graded school is a somewhat youthful association, but it has begun it's career with every prospect of success. With the addition of the class soon to be graduated, the association will have a membership of about 40. George A. Fairchild, it's president, took part with capital effect in last weeks entertainment it's secretary is Miss NJ. Louise Wolff. The entertainment consisted of two parts; the first was a musical and liter ary program, We girls,n by Misses Kate, Jennie and Jessie Jones of Stam- ford. And a pleasing program it was. First came an instrumental trio, Miss Kate playing the piano, Miss Jennie the banjo, Miss Jessie the violin. This was 8 march by Sousa of the United States marine band and was well rendered. It was followed by a recitation, 'Tom's lit- tie star," by Miss Jennie Jones, who, as an encore, gave ''The Kerry Dancers.'' Principal Peck then stepped forward and announced that, by request, Miss Kate Jones would recite ''The blue and the gray" as especially appropriate to Me morial tide. The poem, always tender and touching, was given new grace. A novel and pleasing feature of this recita- tion was it's soft accompaniment by pi- ano and banjo. A medley by the three instruments concluded this part of the entertainment. After brief pause, the curtain rose on the farce, ''The two Buz- zards," with the following dramatis per- son8:
 Lucretia Buzzard, Miss Florence W. Allen Sally, Miss Ida B BOsborne; Benjamin Buzzard Ben W. Byington; Mir Glimmer George A.. Fairchild; John Small, Eugene Beardsley.
 The farce itself was overfowing with mirth and the audience was kept in a continual smile, which frequently be- came roar, while the really artistic man. her in which the whole was rendered caused vociferous applause. The two Buzzards, Lucretia and Benjamin, are brother and sister, only moderately en- dowed with worldly goods, who have 8, wealthy and eccentric old aunt, who has promised to divide her money equally be- tween them; but, if either marries, the other is to have it all. Hence, as Ben- jamin said, 'I have determined to remain bachelor" to which Lucretia asserts with ''And so will I.'' The Buzzards have one servant, Sally, who, for fam cied grievance, is summarily discharged by Lucretia. Benjamin vainly attempts to retain her and, in soliloquy, disclos- es the fact of his marriage to her three weeks before. There is also a lodger, Mir Glimmer, to whom Benjamin objects, but whom Lucretia is anxious to retain. She, it appears, privately married Glim- mer on the day of her brothers secret marriage; both had dined on whitebait and champagne at the Crown and Scep- ter and both had vivid recollections of
 
 the waiter who served them. To re- place Sally, Lucretia decides to hire a young man who proves to be John Small and who is at once recognized by all as the whitebait waiter. All jump to the conclusion that he knows of their secret and is anxious to trade upon it. The misunderstanding which arise through the efforts of the supposed victims to maintain their secret and keep John from divulging it, in anger or otherwise, are Imaginable to the last degree. John, it appears, is entirely unconscious of this scheming and is only looking for his father, Benjamin 5 feet 7, who de- serted him in babyhood. He mistakes Benjamin Buzzard for his father and em- braces both him, Lucretia and Sally with