The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-23
JUNIORS OF HIGH.
SCHOOL PRESENT
CHARLES AUNT
LaughabIe Comedy at Opera
House Last Evening
BUT FEW VACANT SEATS
Youthful pramatIsts Score Remark.
able Success Before Large Ben
nInston Audience.

The presentation OF the popular
English comedy, Charles, Aunt" by
ten members OF the Junior class OF
the local high school In the opera
house last evening was certainly one
Of the. theatrical hits Of the season.
Long before the curtain was raised,
practically every seat In the house
was taken. The frequent applause
with which the members of the cast
were greeted proved beyond a doubt
that the audience was more than
pleased with the way In which the
young amateurs took their parts.
The makeup OF Lord Babberly as
Dona Lucia D'Alvadorez was one OF
the features OF the evening, the very
appearance OF which brought down
the house.
In the first act the stage was very
tastefully trimmed with streamers and
banners Of high schools and colleges.
This together with the singing OF a
wins0me little ditty by the three lead
ing men characters gave the produc-
ton the tone Of q professional col
lege play Of which the people Of Ben
ningtOn are SO fond.
Daniel c. Hurlburt as Charlie wy
cham. Jesse H. Carpenter as Jack
Chesney and George w. Daley as
Lord Babberly. deserve all the praise
that can possibly be said OF them.
Thomas J. Healey as Sir Francis
Chesney. Jacks father back from In
dia, took his part with the dignity
and stateliness BETTING lord of his
majesty's empire. yelling Thatcher
as Mr.. Spettigue acted the part Of an
old man from start to finish with
ability rarely seen In an amateur.
F. Lillian Bell as Dona Lucia DIAL
vadorex. Charles aunt, made most
pleasing appearance on the stage and
her acting was almost beyond criti-
cism. The part of Ella Delchey. her
niece. was taken by Marjorie Shurt.
zen who played 1t In most pleasing
manner.
Miss Gladys e. Bottum as Miss
Amy Spettigue and Gladys Z. Evans
as Miss Kitty verdum supplied most
Of the romance OF the play and acted
their parts like professional. The
part Of Brasset, valet, wa one of
the humorous features Of the play and
was well taken care OF by Ray G..
Gibson, the very sight of whom,
smoking corncobpipe. was enough to
cause sufficient laughter to make "the
very earth crumble and the buildings
tumble"
Much credit OF the success OF the
presentation should be given to Miss
Lillian l.. Cobban under whose direc-
ton the play was given. Careful
training was apparent in every move
made during the production. Excel
lent home made candy was sold from
a booth attractively decorated in
white and red, the class colors.
That the Junior class possesses
some very fine amateur talent and
are not afraid to work In order to
perfect it. was apparent from start
to finish. The class Is composed OF
the following members:
President, Daniel c.. Hurlbut: vice
president. Marjorie 4. Shurtleff; sec.
rotary, Martha r. Pratt; treasurer,
George M. Daley; F. Lillian Bell, Jes-
sc H. Carpenter, Gladys 3. Evans, Ray
q. Gibson, Leonard H. Godfrey. Maud
A. Holt, Leah A. Moone, Ruth B. Res
seguie. Gladys f. Bottum. Frank E.
Dean, William e. Hawks Jr., Thomas
J. Healy. Guy c. Hitchcock, Bertha p.
Lambert. Hazel l.. lockwood. Mary
b. Sears. yelling Thatcher; Gen CON-,
Jesse Henry Carpenter, William Ed
ward Hawks; committee on proper
ties, Thomas Joseph Healy, Maud Ann
Holt; committee on candy, Hazel Lois
lockwood, chairman; Leah Arlyne
Moone. Martha lockwood Pratt, Ruth
Basoom Resseguie, Mary Benjamin
Sears.