Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-02-15
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS
A Highly Successful Dramatic Perform.
ance,

The dramatic committee of the Wom-
ms club scored another success when it
resented Friday evening the three-act
comedy, Bachelors Hail." for the ben
eft of the district nurse fund. The opera
house was crowded to its capacity with
a brilliant and representative audience
which received with warm appreciation
the work of the cast. The scene was
laid in Bachelor Hail." the Washington
home of the Hon. Godfrey Myrtleton
congressman from the 9th district, and
the plot hinged on the frantic and ludi-
crous attempts to conceal from Deacons
Jervis and Bassett, Mr.. Myrtleton's con-
stituents from Rambletown who pay
him an unlocked for visit the fact that
amateur theatricals are in progress in
the house. The supposed theft of $780,
600 in bonds belonging to the church in
Rambletown and the recovery of the
money play an important part. Allison
E. futile, as Congressman Myrtleton
played the leading role with an ease and
skill which is exceedingly rare in an
amateur, and made a great hit especially
IN the second act, where he appeared as
Mephistopheles, to the great delight of
his many Bellows Falls friends and adj
mirers. Perhaps the most difficult part
was that of Pinkerton Case, the amateur
detective, who carries in real life the
name of Dallas f. Pollard. Mr. Pollard
is not novice in the art of amateur
dramatics, and his appearance in public
is always the signal for something new
and delightful. Friday night was no ex-
ceptiOn; in fact, there is little doubt
that he broke all previous records and
made new name for himself Ellis
worth Piper, as deaf old Deacon Bassett
brought down the house, and wherever
he was throughout the evening, the fun
was fast and furious.
No account of the play would be COM
To1n vuft1
Henry Holmes as Jasper" the negro
butler which was very clever Aside
from his impersOnaton, the care and
manipulation of the large number of prop
critics which fell to his lot required no
mean amount of skill and he proved
himself more than master of the situa-
ton. Miss Madeline Babbitt and Albert
w. TruaX are not strangers to the Bel
lows Falls stage, and everyone regretted
that the roles in which they appeared on
this occasion scarcely gave opportunity
Tor the display of talent which they are
known to possess. However as Betty
vance and Jack Meredith" whose
pretty love story runs like a silver thread
through the plot of the comedy they
more than sustained their former rep
utation. The cast might well be de-
nominated an "all star" cast for the
support was well-nigh perfect in every
detail, and it is almost impossible to dis
tinguish between the merits of the vari-
Gus artists. Ernest Bowen, as Deacon
Jervis'' followed close on the heels of
the popularity of his companion "Dea-
con Bassett," and George Thompson as
We're See the playwright, and Albert
r. Smith as "O'Rourke" the policeman
were well worthy the applause which
greeted them. Miss Grace Williams as
Polly Reynolds" Mrs. Mary Holmes as
Mrs. Van Styne," and Miss Rena
O'Bryan as her daughter Claire" ably
sustained the skillful work of the prin-
cipals
"Woman's Club Dramatics" has come
to be an annual society event anticipated
always with great pleasure, and Friday
nights success adds one more to the list
of brilliant events i'm the history of the
club, as well as a large sum to the treas
ury OF the district nurse committee.