The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-03
STAMFORD
LADIES FILL CLUB HOUSE
 WITH DELIGHTFUL AUDIENCE
Taxpayers Improvement Club Dis- closes Wealth of Dramatic Talent
 at Entertainment Last Night
Special to The Far1ner)

| N6DcCIdI CO IHo FHTIner)
 F Stratford, May 3-The ladies auxil- iary of the Taxpayers Improvement i club last night demonstrated beyond
 question that they can beat the men
 of the club in the matter of entertain
 ing. They presented a drama which
 had for it's subject the formation of Woman's lodge of Free Masonry and
 the series of events which were wov- en into the play convulsed the audi l ence. The club house was packed to | the doors with residents of the vicin- | ity who always bring out their wives | and children. A .diminutfve goat the property of Mrs. Meisse of Broad bridge road was prtssed into the ser- vice and was led on the stage with an OK chain. The costumes Of the two candidates for initiation and their an 1 tics while attempting to ride the goat
 let was full Of hits that were not only | amusing but realistic. The emblems of the order were a broom and a roll ing pin. Peter Bogart led in the fierce and unwilling goat. The appearance of a mouse in the midst of the exhor- sent the members to the chairs dis playing a variety of hosiery which would put the ordinary rainbow to shame. When it was discovered that the supposed mouse was a large reach the meeting resumed its ordinary
 
 the meeting. The play had been
 kept a profound secret by the ladies and it was therefore the more enjoy
 able. B. s. Hoyt, president of the club made the announcements preced- ed by talk which was highly compl- pected that so much latent dramatic | talent existed in the vicinity and the discovery will result in many dramat- | ic entertainments in the future. The characters in last nights play were:
 Mrs Arthur Dennison. Sister Angie Cake: Mrs. John Casey, Sister Back
 bite; Miss E. Dahlin, Sister Peek-a- boo and Sister Lonesome, widow; 1 Miss Evelyn London, Sister Gossip; Miss Edith London, Sister B1ueblood 1 Miss E. Smith. Sister Busybody; Miss Helen Wilkinson, the Painters wife; | Mrs. F. Smith. and Mable McQuillen, l were the candidates.
 | The Taxpayers Improvement club, i the pioneer of such organizations in | the town will give a smoker on the
 evening of May at the Nichols ave- nue club house to which all other inn provement clubs in the town will be ! invited. The clubs who have accepted l the invitation are the West End Civ- 1 ic club, the North End Improvement club. the Franklin Improvement club, | the Huntington Road club and the Hollister Heights Civic club. All of these clubs have been organized with in a year and they are remarkably | lively infants. It is expected that they will make plans for utilization and co-operation at this smoker which will consolidate their influence to obtain a share in the expenditures of the pub- lie moneys for their own districts The first car from Shelton yes- | terday morning jumped the track at Columbus farm and took a trip in- to the country A trolley pole which was in the path Of the car was cut off squarely at the ground. Strange l to say very little damage was done | to the car and after it had been re. placed on the track by the wrecker l it went to Bridgeport on it's own power. No one was injured.
 1 Although there seem to be many l more dogs in the town than ever the number of licenses taken out is much smaller than at this date last wear. | If is predicted that the dog catcher will have plenty of business this sea son.
 | The masquerade given by Prof. Shaw to his pupils at Redmen's han l last night drew out the largest at- | tendance he has enjoyed at any of his events Many handsome costumes and more comics were seen on the floor. The central figures were the l "Tanglefoot Sisters with their moth CT who were eagerly sought as part ners by the young men of the town