Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-02
SOCIAL NOTES o the s's sSss,, AN.

About forty young women Of the
Choral Club have worked faithfully, re-
hearsing for the presentation of the op-
eretta, THE American GIRL which viii
be given under the auspices OF the Y.
w. c. A. tomorrow evening, in Wallace
Hall, 1917 Halsey street, The presenta-
ton is under the direction of Mrs. Flor
ence Russell Kirk, director of the Choral
Club and Miss Margaret Webster, ex-
tension secretary of the association.
The scene of THE American Girl is the
garden of the girls boarding school in
England, and the story is as follows:
Eva Hope. an American girl, is travel
ing with her father In England when he
Is called to Germany on business, and he
arranges for Eva, accompanied by her
maid, to stay with his sister, Lady Mel
ton, at Bedford Hall. By some mistake
Eva comes to Bedford House, a boarding
school kept by Miss Carew, who is ex-
pecting a new girl from ireland. Eva ar
rives during the temporary absence Of
Miss Carew and soon discovers the mis-
take, but agrees with two of the girls to
stay for a day and impersonate the Irish
girl. This leads to some amusing incl
dents, as Miss Carew, who is slightly
deaf, is completely deceived.
The part of Eva is taken by Miss Flor
enee Robrecht; her aunt, Lady Melton,
by. Miss Dorothy Clark; Bridget, maid to
Eva, by Miss Mabel Harrington; Miss
Carew, who conducts the boarding school,
by Miss Lois Eddowes, and Jack, Eva's
lover, by Paul Benatre. Two pupils,
members of the chorus, who also have
SOLO numbers, are supposed to be two
orphan sisters. These parts are taken by
Miss Elsie Botticher and Miss Amy
'Hewes.
The operetta is not without a number
of special features. Among them is a
burlesque gymnastic drill, under the
direction of the instructor in gymnastics
at the boarding school. This part is
taken by Miss Mae Trinter.
Those in the class are Miss Ernestine
M. Bonnet, Miss Laura Leonard, Miss
Margaret Finck, Miss Elsie Weimer,
Miss jeanette Sheridan. Miss Mabel
Larzalier, Miss Minnie Obermeyer, Miss
Lucy Sibley, Miss Ada l.. Bahrs, Miss
Lillian Faux and Miss Louise Weimer.
Twelve young women who are mem
bers of the Choral IL will dance. They
are Miss Heydegger. Miss Amelia Lin
nenkohl, Miss Leonard, Miss Finck, Miss
Elizabeth Freytas, Miss Augusta John@
son, Miss Larzalier, Miss Lillian Stevens,
Miss Obermeyer, Miss Sibley, Miss
Bahrs and Miss Helen Russell.
The following will do a military drill:
Miss jeanette p. Linde, Miss He%ydegger,
Miss Elizabeth Turbett, Miss Linnen-
kohl, Miss Bonnet, Miss Leonard, Miss
Gertrude Morgan, Miss May Hallring.
Miss Olga Graah, Miss Leonora Graah,
Miss Larzalier, Miss Carolyn Engelber-
ger. Miss Faux, Miss Amy Crowell and
Miss Elizabeth Quint. Others in the
chorus include Miss Grace Munden. Miss
Teresa Johnson. Miss Frances Wild,
Miss Clara Desler and Miss Anna Smith.
The accompanist will be Miss Mabel
Smith, organist at the Grove Street
Congregational Church, East Orange.
Hhe stage decorations will be a fea-
ture of the operetta. Some of these
have been made by different clubs con-
nected with the association. The holly
hooks that will bloom in the English
garden on Wallace Hall stage were
made by the AIphi Phi Club. The ivy,
which will be on the red brick wall, was
made by the club of young women at
the Clark thread mill, in Harrison.
AS in other years. homemade CANDY
will be sold between the acts, This year
the High School Club connected with the
association Is selling the candy. and the
members are to provide sixty pounds,
since the proceeds for this amount Will
nav the expense of one young woman at
Silver Bay.
This is the third operetta to be pre-
scented by the Association Choral i
year they gave the
Princess and in 1910 they presented the
Japanese Girl" Tickets are on SAFE al
IA East Park street