The daily sentinel., 1907-05-22
The Class Play
Well Presented
Great Audience Witnesses CreditabIe
Work on Part of High School Grad
uates--A Pretty Production

( woman. Her makeup and the devil
may-care movements, kept the aud
fence in a roar of laughter. Miss
Price was one of the best of the
/ company of amateur actors.
With a taking goatee, swallow
tail coat, broad brimmed hat and
the necessary stately courtesy, Henry
J Molcott Rhone made a typical South
\ ern major. There were touches OF or
1 iginaIity about the character as
young Rhone handled 1t that made 1t
one of the happiest and best of the
cast. Rhone was certainly all right
as Major Duffy.
Winsome as she could be and capti-
waiting as ever a maiden was, to some
extent describes Miss Bessie Dean as
Prudence Freeheart. The way she
worked the major was something i'm
mense. Their love scenes were among
the choicest features of the evening
Everybody fell in love with Prudence
Tom Snipes as Dick Potts, the
chum of the artist, made great hit
He was extremely good. AS the fresh
young man out Tor a good time and
devoted to his friend Potts, as Snipes
played him. was largely responsible
for much of the pleasure to be de-
rived from the performance.
"Aw, Don't ye know" and the lit
tie eye-glass, were handled to nice
ty by Frank Hill as Elmer Van Sittert
an Anglo-maniac New Yorker. The
humorous character was cleverly pre-
sented by Mr.. Hill. His droll say
| lngs and droller movements caught
the audience completely.
A typical Gypsy sorceress was pret-
ty Miss Valeria Smith who appear
ed as "Thalia." The fortunes she
spun were wonderful and wierd. Her
costume and makeup, were admirably
| correct and characteristic. The
young lady certainly makes a very
charming fortune teller. She receiv-
ed much applause.
As the old Virginia landlord,
Squire Ripley. Jasper Bogue was
very good indeed. While not over
drawing the character he made it in
teresting, refreshing and creditable.
He was easy ut all times and knew
just what the character needed to
make it fit in correctly.
Adrian Matlach playing 'Lige" the
cullud gem-en" created much amuse-
| ment. His negro talk was very good
and his movements a fair imitation
of the shiftless, easy movements of
a lazy Southern darkey.
The part of the viallaln In a play
is always a very difficult one to in
terpret for the character is always un-
popular with the audience. Frank
Goodale was called upon to portray
the character Of Ira Courtleigh, guard
ian of the young girl. He was very
strong in the part and made a typi-
cal stage william, without OVERRIDING
the character
There was no disposition to be-
ing stage struck on the part of a
single member of the cast. Every
one appeared perfectly at ease and
as result a smooth performance
resulted.
The four acts of the play were well
staged.
Much credit is due Miss Catherine
| Tupper, the well known dramatic
teacher and reader, who had charge
of the training of the young people
and who conducted each and every
rehearsal. The creditable work OF
the boys and girls, the smoothness OF
the performance and the all round
completeness of the production, speaks
very highly indeed of the ability OF
Miss Tupper. She has always been
most successful in this line OF work.
For her faithful, earnest and untir-
ing services in connection with the
class play the school faculty and the
young people themselves are very
! grateful To her is due a large
} measure of the credit for the salts
/, factory entertainment.
/, The audience was generous in its
. applause at all times and it is safe
TO say that no class play ever present
ed in the city was more enthusiastic
} ally received.