Arizona republican., 1910-05-27
THEY ALL ENJOYED
 SENIOR CLASS PLAY
A Full House Greets HighschooI Stu dents in Their Presentation of
 Jolly Piece of Comedy.


 A jolly bit of comedy is The Bach elors' Congress put on at the. Elks' theater last night by the senior class of the Phoenix hshschool To say that it was well acted would be tritc. banal and commonplace. though true; let us say rather that evcryon. of the class wh" took part in the show was d joy and delight to his sisters and his mother and his aunts-all of whom were present in the audience.
 The Bachelors Congress is as light and frothy as the foam of the sea, and that is why it went with rush. Anything mildly suggestive of the heavy" was carefully excluded for no amateur has ever vet essayed Ju- lius Ceasar that he didn't make d monkey of the noble Roman. No, in deed, the highschool boys and girls very wisely selected a medium well adapted for those who have not had a great deal of stage cXpericnce-that is [" say. none at all. And the result justified the selection, for the whole senior class scored heavily.
 They were perhaps seen at their best in the second act That is when the congress held it's session. War had been declared on the whole fem mine sex and the bachelors met to adopt some sort of d protective tariff The women broke in and appropriated the last rows of seats. They were perfectly charming. The poor girls had done the very best they could to make up as cadaVerous old maids, suffragettes and the type nf women. rarely seen outside the pages of the funny papers, who leads hubby around by a string if she has one. and if she hasn't glarcs at all mon as if they were Eila monsters and darcs them to even wish her a pleasant good morn ing. There isn't any doubt that those pretty seniors honestly tried tO make mp as the book said they should Any one could SC" that. There were char coal lines on the fair forchcads that meant wrinkles and harsh lines at the corners of the rosClcaf mouths. one had borrowed some strange hcadCCar from grand aunt who Wore it when Patti first visited America; another wore an ancient CinCham dress cXCa- Vatcd from an attic trunk-it was the sort they wore when hoopskirts were the vogue; and a third wore some of those cute little cUrls that hang down from the temples and tickle your neck doubtless hairlooms in the family But with all their makeup they could not disguise their fresh young checks and shining eyes. and a few of them didn't even try.
 Talking about makeup. There was Arthur Hahn who looked just like Mir. Pickwick He wore blue spo ctacles and strange collar and d cute little curl just in front of his intellect. He wore dove colorcd waist coat that hcsitated before it reached the top of his trousers As the Hon. Dubcrry Slick he did not have great deal tn say but nobody could say it any bet ter. Coruhusk Cauliflowcr. played by Harry Fclch. was good imitation of an Indiana farmer who has never seen a railroad train: Marble Face Slashcr, tho yellow reporter. depicted by George Gammill. took enough notes of the proceedings to fill the Congressional Record; Henry HolsinGcr and Alton Stoncr as Blowhard and Piilmaker were artistic caricatures of doctor and lawyer. Don Goodman as the sheik wore his raven whiskers. his turban and robes as though he had always v, ,rn them and talked profundo bass like real Arab chief
 Clarence Tollcson as Jack Benton presided over the congress. He has done these things before and knows how His was the leading role and he acted it creditably. The session ran on about as smoothly as a wagon over bnuldcrs. There were constant inter rlIptions from the feminine side of the house amid roars of laughter and at last the women took control. Leslie Smith. the village constable who had been making a hit with the audience. gave up his hat and night stick to Miss Vera Wilkcy who proceeded tu maintain order. She made q charming policeman and any man would be flat tered to be arrested by her. He would commit crimes just on purpose.
 Many of the gags" were purely To-