Arizona republican., 1905-06-08

which created laughter and applause. It was one of the most interesting nL mbers of the evenings program, and showed no little thought on the part of the writer.
 A chorus, the words set to the music of the Good Old Summer Time" and entitled, Just One Year Behind" then followed, and in the song the juniors ere lent much encouragement and were given advice gratis.
 The class prophecy was then read by Miss Pulsifer. IL dealt with the condition of the mem bers of the class in many years to come and strange to say. all of them were well and pros porous. although scattered in the four directions. Miss Pulsifer's paper show ed a remarkable imagination on her part. which evoked no little humor in the audience, and it gave prompt rec ogniticn of her effort.
 Part two of the program consisted of play Act I showed the stage dec orated to represent a college room and the effect was well carried out, pen nants and wall decorations having been used extravagantly. The act op- ened with Greenville Lodge (Alma Jones) having reached a point in a play he was writing, where the effect d factory to the author. He was advised by his chum and school mate Edgar HendriX) to put a little reality in it. and not having had the necessary ex- perience, his friend suggested that he propose to the first girl he should meet and in so doing he would get just what he was looking for. He acted on the suggestion and it so happened that the first maid he should meet was Mar garete Burnetts (Miss Mary Mullen). He promptly put the question in his own style, being obliged once or twice during the process to refer to his notes on a nearby table. In the mean time however, Miss Burnetts had become aware of the facts in the case and she determined to give the ambitious young man all the experience he want ed. Accordingly, she accepted his pro- posal of marriage, much to his dis comfiture. They agreed, however. to meet at a future date and further dis i cuss the matter.
 Miss Bertha Lvall as Miss Prince. maiden aunt; Miss Alice Greenleaf as Miss Mary Stanhope; Miss Vessa Wright as Miss Croinshield; Miss Flor ence Armitage as Miss Hugar and Miss Nellie Duncan as Miss Chisholm, young ladies of the college, were other 1 characters in the play. They, with the | exception of the maiden aunt, had each received proposal of marriage during the preceding week from one Freddie | Thatcher, 'chappie," the part being acted by Frank Dykes The ladies all conspired to each accept his proposal the same afternoon, at which time they were to meet to attend tea.
 Act II opened with a garden. The stage was well arranged, and the back ground, with a natural foliage of palms made 1t look the part we'll. As pea. agreement in the first act, Freddie was met by one of the young ladies and his proposition of a week previous accept ed much to his delight. The second acceptance had a cooling effect on his ardor, and the third was all he could stand. The fourth and last one capped the climax and he departed on the eve. ming train for New York-in the lan- guage of one of the charming actresses 'He shook the whole bunch"
 1 Greenville Lodge and Miss Burnetts fared different. The engagement was made as an experiment on the part of one and for a similar reason on the part of the other. and while at first | there was a horror of the situation and strong desire on the part of MT. Lodge to have it broken, the longer the condition existed the more pleasant 1 1t grew and in the end he prevailed on the lady to make the engagement real and lasting and the contract was ratified then and there in a manner most effective and appropriate.
 The program throughout was excep- | tionally we'll rendered and the audience was liberal in its expression of appre- citation, words of praise being heard on every side.
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