The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-25
DORSET

The Grange Corn Exhibit will occur
this week Friday and Saturday, Oct
25 and 26.
Rev. G. H. Gilbert preached most
acceptably last Sunday in the absence
of a pastor.
Mrs. Needham of Wallngford was
a guest of her daughter on Tuesday
at Mrs. F. g. Stones.
John Nichols has removed from the
west road to Wardsboro where he
will be employed on the Sheldon
farm.
Mr. and Mrs. David Caldwell have
returned to Manchester and are
housekeeping at the same place they
formerly occupied.
The Regiment of Two" played to
a packed house here as well as in
Pawlet. The audiences were very
enthusiastic over the performance
and many present expressed a de-
sire to witness the whole affair again,
and a number from Dorset took the
trip to Pawlet last Friday for that
purpose.
The postponed meeting of the
Grange was held Wednesday evening
The literary program included talks
on Parcels POST" Reading, House
keeping by Parcels Post, its advan-
tages and satisfaction as witnessed
by an American; Poem, purported
to be written by S. Nichols, End, en-
titled Tiff l-could b-b-b-eee b-b-y
Her." recited by F. f. Gilbert, Jr al,
On roadfncr NV laptnrar nd
by several others.
"A Regiment of Two" has come
and, and TO say that they made a good
impression is putting it very mild.
The play is a most amusing one and
creates several laughable situations.
1t deals with a family consisting OF
the father, mother, married daughter
and an unmarried daughter. a titled
Englishman, and the young loevr, Al
so a German maid, and her sweet
heart who is the plumber, and who
is called in to stop a broken water
pipe The father and son-in-law are
inveterate fishermen; but find ii
hard work TO indulge their fad as
they are ruled with rod of iron by
the women of the family. To get
away for their fishing and to take In
some other harmless amusements
they pretend to have joined the 9th
Regiment to which the lover and the
German plumber both belong But
hold: If we tell it all you will not
be interested in seeing il when they
repeat it elsewhere as we hope they
will do The members of the cast
showed that they had devoted a great
deal of time and hard work TO their
parts, and that the Director Arthur
c. Clark had fully proved his ability
to bring out all the best points of his
players. The stage was artistically
arranged and no little detail was
lacking to mar the picture Every
thing was as 1t should be, and the
play moved along smoothly the play
ers taking their cues like veterans,
and as If they had been used to it all
their lives. There were no unneces-
sary waits between the acts and
when the curtain dropped at the end
of the third act the audience breath
ed a sigh of regret that it was finish
ed as they 1.-THE audience) had enjoy
ed every minute of IT, The Pawlet
orchestra furnished the music before
the performance and between the
acts. and also played for an hour af-
ter the play for the young people TO
dance. To undertake to pick out any
one of the cast would be almost I'M
possible as they were all stars in
their respective parts. II they decide
TO give the play again you must see
II. and then you can judge for your
self. We hope they will give us an
other one during the winter The
following was the cast Of characters:
Arthur Sewall, theoretical warrior
Frederick Gilbert, Jr.; Ira Walton,
his father-in-law, another warrior
Clifton Kent; Harry Brentworth, Ar
thurs friend Sherm. Nichols: Regi-
Maid Dudley, an Engllshman. VIM
Walsh; Jim Buckner. a "parson." OF
Texas, c. f. Norcross; Conrad Mel.
ger, plumber, Dave Weyman: Eliza
Wilton. Ira's better-half, Mrs. Clifton
Kent; Grace Sewall, wife of Arthur
Miss Ethel Seymour; Laura Wilton.
daughter of Ira, Mrs. r. NJ Camp
bell; Lena, the German maid, Miss
Hazel Seymour.