The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1913-05-30
The High School Plays

The fifth Annual Dramatic Entertain
ment of the Marlboro High School was
held last Friday night and repeated on
Monday night. The rain storms kept
many persons away, but the young
ladies should feel complimented that SO
large an audience braved the elements
and greeted them OF both occasions.
The program was as follows:
GONE ABROAD"
APLAY IN ONE ACT
Mrs. Nearly Gonna Society Lady
Miss Bertha Bell Brown.
Hope and Faith-Her Nieces- MISSES
Margaret Roeder and Ethel Mullikin. :.
Mrs /. P, kinn-Her Bosom Friend
Miss Catherine Black Hereford 49,.
WHEN WOMAN RULES"
CHARACTERS
Lady Dorothy Lynde-The Judge
Miss Henrietta Morselle Mullikin..
Muriel Hardinge- Counsel for Defense
Miss Emma Christine Feelemyer..
Cecilia Gray ounsel for-Prosecu-
tion-Miss Rachel Clarke Clagett. -.
Ethel Norris-Clerk of the Court--Miss
Alice Marguerite Morris.
JURORS
Margaret Lucas. $50. Miss Olive Disney
Eleanor Cartwright = Miss Henrietta
Katherine Cartwright-Miss Mary Hill
Isabel Weston. -. Miss Ellen Harrison
Maude Raynor ....Miss Louise Clagett
Mollie-A Milkmaid-M Marie Chris
tine Michel 49,.
Lady Honoria Seaton . The Foolish
Woman-Mi>s Catherine Hereford.
Miss Finhead-A Lady Lecturer-Miss
Anna Marie Wyvill ...........
Miss LesGe-The Disagreeable Woman
Miss Madge Beatrice Coffren.
The FAIRY Post. ......... Marian I1ghe
The Cook. ...............Lu Lucille Duvau
Scene The Hall Of Lsnde.
Accompanist-Miss Helen Lee Morris
In the first play, 'Gone Abroad"
Mrs. Nearly Conn, who is poor and
proud, with two nieces on her hands,
closes her house to give the impression
to her friends that they have gone
abroad. Many amusing complications
arise, eliminating in the arrival of an
officious friend, who enters through the
fire escape and discovers the ruse, and.
while many compliments were exchang-
ed, the cutting asides reveal there is
no love lost between them. Finally
news of a law suit won relieves the
tension and makes the trip abroad pos
sible.
Tha vol of fhn yrJnc MI or,
attractive manner by Miss Bertha
Brown, and the parts of the nieces,
portrayed by Misses Margaret Roeder
and Ethel Mullikin, were natural and
sweet, while that of the bosom friend,
Miss Hereford, was true interpreted
ton. Altogether the presentation of
the little play was excellent.
when Woman Rules proved to be
an interesting little comedy, in which
lady Dorothy originates the plan OF
holding a Court to redress women's
wrongs, priding herself upon her
knowledge of law. After convincing
her friend Muriel, of the justice and
novelty of the plan, her other friends |
are also enthused with the idea, and in
the second act Lady Dorothy is seated |
in the judges chair, and the counsel
for defense ard prosecution, in cap
and gowns, make great pretense of |
learning by marching around the stage
with law books under their arm, fol- |
lowed by jurors and clerk of the Court.
There is great difficulty in keeping the |
jurors quiet, they peep in the mirror.
discuss dress and other feminine topics |
during the testimony Of the several
plaintiffs who come to enter their |
charges. The cook intercepts the ses-
sion, seeking orders for dinner, and is
ordered removed by the judge. The
defense and prosecuting counsels get
very much mixed and hunt nervously
for long words in the law books, while
the anilk-maid, the lecturer and the
disagreeable woman getting no salts
faction, are removed by the order of
the judge.
And thus the play progresses to the
delight of the audience. At an auspic-
ious moment, the Fairy Post, beauti-
fully personated by little Marian Tighe
enters with a basket of flowers and a
note from some admirer for each of the
girls. This introduces new order of
things. The Court and the law books
are forgotten. Little Fairy Post is
sung to sleep in the judges arms and
the court adjourns never to meet again. |
So pleasingly were all the parts act
ed, and so lovely and graceful were the
young ladies', that the audience was de-
lighted. and praises are heard on every
hand, not only for the young actresses,
but also for the teachers, Professor
Jackson, Miss Dandy and Miss Wilson,
to whom so much credit is due. and the |
highly successful presentation of these |
plays will long be remembered.
Mrs. R. l. Bowie rendered some
beautiful selections on the piano be-
tween the acts on Monday night, and |
Miss Helen Morris rendered the same
pleasing music as Friday night.
After the entertainment ice cream
and cake were sold, and dancing fol-
lowed.
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