The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1913-06-27
'sThe Worsted Man.

This is the title of the popular must
cal play which was presented at Glib
bon's Hall last Friday night anc
in the Masonic Hall on Satur'
day night. Prof. VIM. Stafford Jack,
son. who has so much skill in training
amateur talent and in arranging
dramatic events, was the director on
this occasion and he deserves to be
, congratulated upon the brilliant success
of the undertaking. The play was
heartily enjoyed by the large audience
present on both nights.
The scene of ''The Worsted Man" is
set in the office of summer hotel at
Highland Hills, New Hampshire, on
brilliant morning in August.
The curtain rising on the first act
discloses seven summer girls, sewing,
knitting and embroidering, bemoaning
their cruel fate in being "immured in
this nunnery of the hills with no mas
culine life in sight, save the colored
bell-boy. While casting about for a
scheme to make the hotel more attract
i've il male society, Impatience ap-
pears and unfolds her plan for reliev.
ing their woe. She produces the hotel
Prospectus setting forth the life-givlng
properties of the waters of the resort,
and also, huge doll which she, with her
own hands, has constructed OF afghan,
bran, excelsior, ETC., affirming her i'm
movable belief in the efficacy of the
waters to transform the worsted
mould to a palpitating heart. By aid
of incarnation and by earnest appeal to
the sskindly fates' the claim of the
magic power of the waters is vindicat-
ed and the astonished girls see in the
newly-made man, cavalier who shall
lift the weight of loneliness from their
hearts.
Mr.. Woolley, quick of comprehension.
soon learns the game of love and per-
ceives the delight to be had in the play
ing. Exhibiting, however, unmistak-
able symptoms of flirting he is admon-
ished by Impotence of the dire fate
awaiting him should he not play ac-
cording to the rules Zone heart, one
love- Mr.. Woolley. unfortunately,
takes his lesson in a too literal sense.
Having purchased ten hearts, saved
from the debris of the preceding sum-
mer, from the bell-boy, he argues ne
may have ten loves. To each maiden
in turn he offers "this heart, and
each; gladly accepting, believes herself
a winner. It is with CONSERVATION,
therefore, that they at last discover
Mr.. Woolley's impartiality, when they
are moved to resentment. The firta-
tious cavalier is here led into their
midst by Susanna Zone of the seven)
who proudly proclaims him, hers, and
in their indignant faces Mr.. Woolley
reads the passing of his transcendently
glorious but short career. With one
accord the girls fall upon the protest
ing maH-no explanation will they take
and not until he is a mass of excel
sior and torn clothing at their feet do
they permit their wrath to cool. And
when the curtain is rung down ON the
second act, once more they find them
selves a group of lonely maidens, with
not man to ease their woe.
The cast was as follows:
Mr.. Woolley-The Worsted Man.
doll, an expedient and firt-Mr. M.
Hampton Magruder .............
Miss Patience Willoughby. an ingeni-
GUS young woman, known as impa-
thence for an obvious reason-Miss
Marguerite Waring Clagett. ........
Miss Mariana Jones-A Summer girl,
willing to be wooed-Miss Mary Agnes
CoHren.. .-....... .....
Miss Babette Hawkins-Another anxi-
Gus to be courted-Miss Mary Alice
Dandy
Miss Janette Barrington--A Third, de-
sirous of being won-Miss Josephine
Eleonora Wil-on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Miss Susanna Darrow-A Fourth, no.
averse to gallantry-Miss Elizabeth
~
Miss Priscilla Middleton-A Fifth,
looking for a cavalier-Miss Eliza
beth Somerville Wilson. ....
Miss Prudence Andrews-A Sixth with
her cap set-Miss Grace Morton.
Miss Ethelinda De Vita Seventh
except in years, where she is easily,
first, being quite thirty seven, ready
for anything-Miss Carol Van An
+,yarr, Musor
Sambo Front, Esq. A bell boy of
Ebon hue-Mr. Francis W. Here
toTd.
There were two star parts in the play
Mr.. M. H. Magruder, as 1.-The Worsted
Man., and Miss Marguerite Clagett,
as Miss Patience. Mr.. Magruder's rare
histrionic ability was fully sustained
His singing and acting appealed to the
audience and he was generously ap-
plauded. Miss Clagett's rich soprano
was never heard to better advantage.
Her solos were beautiful and her act,
ing and dancing exquisite. Miss Coffrer
as "a Summer Girl, willing to be woo.
ed presented fine appearance. She
acted with wonderful grace and dignity.
Her manner was natural and easy, her
singing of the first solo was very sweet
and her we'll voice was con
spicuous in the chorus. Miss Dandy
'as another summer girl anxious to be
courted" was also very pleasing. Shit
made quite a hit in the proposal scene
and added to her laurels as versatil,
and accomplished young lady. Mis-
Josephine Wilson, as Janette Barring
ton, "a third summer girl, DESTROYS o
being won", gave natural and tru
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