The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-30
IRAcEOYWovEN INToEARCE
Ladies Surprise Guests With Clever
Iy Rendered skit Making Traoi-
cal Characters FarcicaI.
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.

py termination of the club year.
The attendance was restricted to
the members of the club, active and
associate, and their husbands, and
some who would like to assume that
relation toward such of the members
who are as yet not provided in that
respect. Mrs. Whitney had placed her
spacious home at the disposal of the
club and under the def fingers of sew
eral of the ladies the large double
parlor and dining room had been hand
somely decorated for the occasion. OF
course, the club colors, red and white,
ANhile3sthe club flower, the red carna-
Hon, Also entered largely and effec-
Nvely@into the orm%entation. Vases
filled with those flowers were display
ed wherever possible to good ad-
vantage and their fragrance and
beauty gave additional charm to the
scene. The ladies dressed in their
cool, dainty, summer costumes and
the gentlemen in sombre black fur
nished pleasing contrasts in the pic
ture of life and animation.
Mrs. Railsback made a short well
coming address, after which Miss
Hayes rendered a piano solo. Mrs.
Crawford now read an interesting pa
per, giving a short review of the his
tory of the club and also of the
Shakesperean works studied and re-
viewed.
Miss Carney followed with a piano
solo and Miss Panton read a paper.
on the different artists whose master
pieces have been made subjects of
study. by the club. Ira L. Whitney
sang a solo and at it's conclusion the
principal event Of the evening follow
ed, a farce in which four of the best
known female characters of The Mas
Nter took part. -
: Juliet, Mrs. H. S. Williston, appear
ed and in a humorous manner told of
the troubles and animosities Of the
Montagues and Capulets and the
great mortality in those distinguished
families incident to the feud which
for generations had been kept alive
between them. 0bhelia, Mrs. Cass
Prudhomme, now entered and under
the dolorous effects of her melancholy
Hamlet was somewhat given to mourn
full r%etrospection and pessimistic no.
tons regarding life. YBartia, Mrs. S.
G. Sherman, in motarboard and gown,
told the others of the extravaganza
of Bessanio and the ease with which
n Antonio separated him from his
ducats, incidentally also having some
thing to say concerning a Mr.. Shy
lock whose greed for a parcel of her
Bessanio's delicate, %quivering flesh
h hadN happily been the means of
foiling. VGady Macbeth, Mrs. J. ].
Mccormick, talking of spooks and a
spot on her lily white hand that would
not out, Notwithstanding several OBJ
jurgations and forceful explosives, ut
tered in the broadcast of broad
Scotch, now entered and related her
trials with the ambitious but some
what wavering and weak Mr.. Mac
Beth. She mentioned a Will Shake
spear, whom she said had scandalized
them all by publishing to the world
untruthful accounts of their domestic
adfairs and personal characteristics
and offered to be the medium of ex-
pressing to him the regard in which
he was held by them.
The farce ended by the four We
hemently and strenuously expressing
themselves as to what the nature and
character of the letter should be that
Mrs. Macbeth was to write to the ira
ducer and s%landerer.
The entire farce was we'll acted and
the lines were read with true under
standing and comprehension. With
appropriate stage setting and the ac-
cessories necessary to produce the
proper theatrical effect, the farce
would be exceptionally pleasing and
entertaining because of the brilliancy
of it's dialogues and the wit and humor
that runs through it's full length.
At the conclusion of the skit tables
were spread and refreshments served.
1t was Shakesperean in it's motive.
Quotations from the bard had been
written on slips of paper and then cut
into halves. TO each lady and gen.
tleman n of the slips was given.
The holders of a complete quotation
were then partners at the lunch.
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