The Newtown bee., 1893-02-10
W asIIington,
X SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE.

Engaged" by thu Poqu.Irst Club,ThO Go.t.- Other Washington Topics.
 Washington has long been famed for ! 6 dramatic entertainments, and the [ 'pNdS of the Poquasset club were net iuu priseI at the sucCessfuli outcome Of Iie entertainment of last week Friduy iEl5. Considering the short time given ) Sle preparation of the play, the sue ug'I of the presentation was still more pi tnoU need. The
 WEATHER WAS AGAIEsr THEM, - notwithstanding all, a large audi rn2c was present. The bill posters, is sU!l some days before the "show", were {" 1ryelty and were probably the fruit of ,5 iaCile pen of A. c. Baker. It waSso .1 OG piece of work, that ij is given in for the benefit of those outside of { lshington. 1t Is as follows:
 he orly way you can get mo the hall on ' UlhiU Eton Green, Friday evening, February to pay 33c at the door for U little strip ot e,l board, three by two inches. Yes, we atl J that it is n high price tor cardboard, but Il wait u minute. II you fall in line and se- 'e your cardboard at : o'clock you will be nitted to the hall by n gentlemanly usher win doubtless get good seat or else an
 
 nnst a post. The seats are all alike, and 'l Is Just as soft as another, but some are .c,ated away back in the subur OS, you know, SO tf you want to be sure of a good location IlEht up whore you can hear the band play uui sit beside the mayor, you had better ne gbtnte with the postmaster on Washington Gr 'cn, N little iu advance, pay aim be more apd get n seat that the law will sustain you in hElting for. Curtain will rise al 7i5 and you ~tl then have the pleasure of listening to a rendition ol W. \, Gilbcrts famous play, "En- gagged" by the Poquassct club. This play had .l long unI SupIpSStull in N4 York city; therefore the committee have thought it worthy of trial in Washington.
 The drama Engaged" is a laugh pro- vOking piece, and while not "heaVy,' g gives chance for good work. The audi ence was kept in state of humor throughout.
 THE CAST WAS AS FOLLOWS: Choviot Hills (a young man of propertyl, Bclvawncy this fricndD, Ford seeley MT Symperson, A. C. Baker Angus NIacalistor Ca lowlond peasant
 lHd), Miles Aspinwall Belinda Frchernc, Mrs Leavitt Brinsmale
 Mrs Charles Prindle Mrs hacfarlane Ca lowland widow.
 Mrs W. J. Ford Maggie (her dnughterD, C. F. Neergaard Parker lMinmies maid), Mrs Frank Woodruff The plot of the play, if there was one, was based on the ludcrous actions oi "CheviOt Hills" ably taken by W. A. Wntts, who had the happy faculty of falling in love and proposing marriage with every lady he met. This made nc end of trouble for Cheviot, and kept the audience amused. He proposed to nc less than three fair ladies in the course of the play. His
 PASSION WAS TO BE MARRIED, but he was prevented by the power hi: secretary had over him, MT Belvaw ney,' impersonated by Ford Seeley, who interpreted his rather difficult part ex ceedingly well. Miles Aspnwall, as tho Scottish peasant lad, did some work tha would have done credit to the profes sional stage. The honors of the occa sion, however, should be divided be tween Mir Watts and Charles Neergaard The latter took the difficult part o Maggie" the Scottish lass, and wor the applause of the Gunnery boys, who were out en masse. Mir Neergaard man aged to blnsh in n style that would dis tance the average miss, and received tn, Caresses of his
 FOND MASCULINE ADMIRERS in true feminine style. Mrs Leavitt Brnsmade took well the vigorous par assigned to "Belinda," whose fate it wal to be married without her knowledge il scotland to MT Cheviot Hills" the star of the play. The other parts A. G. Ba ker as "Mr Symperson," Mrs Charles Prndle as Minnie Symperson," Mrs w J. Ford as Mrs Macfarlane" and Mr. Frank Woodruff as Barker" were al well taken. The play Engaged" ha not the dash or force of "The banker daughter presented a year ago by tn, Washington people, but was well pre- sented, last week, and may be repeated next summer.