The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-20
"I9I4 Dramatics'' Give Two Plays
 At High School
STUDENr@ACTORS PRESENT GAN OUTSIDER" AND "A MODERN WOMAN" TO APPRECIA-
 TIVE AUDIENCE.

For the first time in the history of the school a play was presented in
 the Assembly hall, and that by girls too. The 1914 Dramatics," an as- socia.ion of sophomore girls present. ed two playlets, one college play entitled "An Outsider and the other sketch entitled, "A Modern Wo- man. picturing how things would appear when the suffragettes obtain ed power.
 The large audience made up main ly of students and their parents was very attentive.
 At the time scheduled for the play ! to begin the hall was filled to it's capacity. Punctually at eight the B. i, H. S. Mandolin club made 0up exclu- sively of High school players render | ed a selection.
 Miss Darling, who has been coach 1 ing the girls and to whom the suc- cess of the entertainment. is chiefly | due, then spoke a few words of well come. The audience was pleasantly surprised at the talent displayed. Tho
 plot of .'.An Outsider" the first play
 was interesting. At Wellesly college l a championship basketball game is to 1 be played. The college team needs another player as one of it's best mem
 bers has just been disqualified be- | cause of her failure in an examina- | ton. LSSite, IuG OulSlO0T, IS IQVIC0O | to play but realizing the enmity of i one of the regular players, she re- fuses Finally one of her friends l feigns being hurt and the outsider is 1 forced into the game. The outsider distinguishes herself and wins the become friends It was we'll receiv- | ed and heartily applauded.
 The cast for the above was as fol-
 lows: An Outsider, (college play in one act,) Margaret captain of the
 team, Dorothy Lauder: Harriet, the 1 sophomore, Elizabeth Farnam; Alice, l thes junior, Grace Schwerdtle;, Josie I the freshman, Frances Erhard; Leg
 lie, the outsider. Minnie Rakatsky;
 Phyllis, her sister, Florence McNa- mara
 l Between the first and second play | the Mandolin club rendered another of it's popular selections.
 The plot of the second play, "A Modern Woman is laid in the home l of a leader of the suffragettes. A I suffrayette mother is too busy to look Another suffragette likewise neglects
 her son even going as far as to dis 1 guise herself as a servant in order to study "economics." The first suffra- gette engages the second as a maid While working the second discovers | | the daughter of the first. Meanwhile the daughter elopes. The indifference 1 of the mothers greatly angers "Han- nah" the maid. The daughter in run ming away takes the wrong suit case
 and sees the portrait of her lover in it. This breaks up the romance and l the daughter returns. When it is
 discovered that the maid is the. sec
 ond suffragette, all difficulties are i strengthened out.
 Lydia Goldstein as the maid Han
 nah'' lead the principal role. There were many floral presentations for the different players.
 The association will probably give other plays later on, and after last nights presentation there is no doubt that they will be we'll attended. Half l of the profits are to go to the Attn | letic association to help support ath- letics in the school.
 | The cast was as follows: Modern Woman, (two acts,) Mrs. Jamison, l Irene Hazel; Helen JamisOn, Emma lLake; Mrs. Delano, Winifred Japp;
 Mrs. Brownell,> Helen Meath; Han nah, Lydia GOldstein.
 This was the first time the Mando- lin club has played publicly. They | did excellent work and are easily | equal to the mandolin clubs of other wears. Their members are: First mandolins, Miss Buonocore, and Messrs. Adams, 1eader), Thompson l (manager), and Ayres; second man dolins. Misses Mallet, Newman, and l Sturges; mandola, McElroy; piano Dimick.