The Washington herald., 1912-05-12
FRENCH STUDENTS
PRESENT SOIREE
Four Playlets Excellently Given by
Glass at Western High
School.

The French students at Western High
School delighted a large audience Of par
ents and friends last night In an excel
lent presentation Of q theatrical soiree,
consisting Of four French playiets, each
of which was given entirely In French.
Staged In the auditorium At Western
High. the students gave a performances
which was said by Nine. Bimont, head
OF the French department. to have been
the best ever presented by any amateurs
In her wide experiences. Nine. Bimont
and many others, including DR.. w. NJ.
Davidson and attaches of the French
Embassy, representing the French Am
bassador, who witnessed the perform
ance, declared II TO be worthy Of pro-
fessionals.
The first playlet was q military scene,
arranged by Nine. Bimont. II pictured
In song and dialogue the troubles of two
prfvates In the French army one from
the city and one from the country. The
city lad always misunderstood orders and
got into so much trouble that he COM
plicated the country soldier in such .
manner as to afford much humor.
In the second playlet two men are con-
testing for q purse found by a third In
court the Judge awards the purse TO the
man who did not own II, and orders the
other to pay the costs. His success in
winning the purse. which he knew did
not belong to him. was short lived. how
ever, for his attorney charged him twen-
ty-fve francs more than the purse con-
tained. and took the purse as well, teach
ing him a lesson In morals.
A husbands troubles IN getting what
he wants to eat helped out the humorous
situations In the third playIet. which
represented the husbands wife, posing
as an attorney In defense Of her servant,
who is charged by the husband with
using lamp oil in making his salad. Az
ter winning the case for the servant, the
wife discharges her for incompetency,
again showing the Inconsistency Of
woman
Mile. Kathryn Drain. playing the part
of Yvonnete, q servant girl. in the fourth
Playlet, entitled ''C'est dams le Petit
Journal" won the hearty approval of the
audience, not only In her acting, but also
In speaking French. The servant had a
habit Of reading the Petit Hournal." a
French scandal paper, and noticed that
three women were committing robberies
in Paris. Her mistress was expecting
three lady guests, and while absent they
arrived.
The servant. not knowing them to be
guests, and thinking they answered
the descriptions exactly in the paper,
places them In separate rooms, and Is
tying one Of them to chair when the
mistress arrives and saves her guests
from further embarrassment The sit
uations were extremely comIcal and
were much appreciated by the audience.
Following the fourth playlet the en-
tire company sang the ''Marseillaise,"
piano accompaniment by Nile. ].
Holmes and violin by Mile, Rogers
Dancing was enjoyed by the students
after the performance.
Those who took the character parts
included A Kinds, II. Kimball. C. Nj
cou, c. Winslow, G. Roberts, H. Sid
dons, c. Vickery, c. Brin, z. Brin, ].
Dowell, Mile. NJ. Mari. C. Campbell,
Mile. E. List. Mile. K. Drain, Mile. ].
Holmes, Mile. D. Campbell, Mile. L
Maher, and H Leetch.