Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-03
''Konig OrosseIbart" Is
Produced to Admitting
Gathering at Eastern

| What, the land Of fairies gnornes beau
tifui princesses. rich kings and princes:
the land Of ''once upon time and they
lived happily ever after" a thing of the
past? Never The large audience which
crowded the assembly hall of the East
ern High School may have had that
opinion when it arrived, but surely the
opinion was changed before it left.
"Konig Drosselbart.' which in English
means king Thrushbeard,' is a pretty
| tale adapted from the fairy lore of Ger
many. II shows how beautiful princess,
Goldchen. who has been in the power OF
| Hochmut. pride, is saved and finally led
along the nobler paths of life by Demut,
/ humility.
very effective and artistic Although its
| dialogue is entirely in German the action
| Is easily understood. especially as a
synopsis of the action of each scene Is
! 'heralded before being shown. Singing
and dancing add to the interest of it.. 1t
| is truly an artistic production and diners
| in many ways from the usual plays
DR.. William M. Davidson. superintend-
/ ent Of public schools; Mrs. Davidson.
Ernest L.. Thurston, assistant Superin-
| tendent of schools. and Mrs. Thurston
were among those who witnessed the per-
| formance.
| Miss Lockwood as Goldchen.
Miss Helen Lock wood portrayed the
part of Goldchen. the tempestuous prin-
cess. Ralph Ogle took the part of the
King of Papelonien. while Riehl Arnold
| essayed the role of KONG Drosselbart.
| Humility was played with fitting grace by
1 Miss Ingrid Westesson. while Pride was
portrayed by Miss Helen Mansuy. Reed
West acted as the herald for the play.
The part of Lydia, a playmate of the
princess, was taken by Miss Orrie Nun
nerlyn, while Miss Lucille Knapp depicted
Ursula, an older court lady. Hedge Die
serud was court herald.
Others who took part in the play were:
Suitors Of the princess-k onig Won
Berge. rejected because of his age oiaii
johnson: Konig Won SlavOnien. who failed
to win the princess because OF a REQ
nose. Irving Denson; KONG Dlchbauch,
too fat, Leon Tashof: Herzog Raubemold
Gnarmor) too warlike for the princess,
Herbert Bradburn; PrinZ Hosenmildh. sc
sweet he gives her toothache. George
Flemer: Prinz Schmachtemund. too tire
some, Lawrence Pope; KONG Drosseibart
(Thrushbeard), Knocked by the princess
because of his "thrushbeard. Riehl Ar
mold; Fridolin, his hunter. Russell lde;
cook at court of Papelonien, William
Gwin.
Playmates of the princess-Misses Ma
RE Raeder, Florence Biatt. Rather he
kaIDfuS, Ellatlne benson, Etnel bIoch-
man and Lucy Graves.
Pages, Ralph Childs and Byron Trum-
bauer: gnomes. Edwin Henning. William
Grace. Ralph Childs and Byron Trum-
bauer; fairies, Misses Marion Ashby,
| Eleanor Hunt. Jane Breen and Jeanette
/ Sitter; kathinka, cook at DrOSSelbart's
| castle. Miss Emma Reh; kitchen maids
| at Drosselbart's castle, Misses Catherine
| Buckingham, Ellat:ne Benson. Grace
Roper and Anita Orlando; kitchen boys
| at Drosselbart's castel, Edwin HenninS
/ and William Grace.
Committee on Entertainment.
/ The faculty committee on entertainment
consisted of Miss A. McColm. chairman
c. Schwartz. W. Wallis. Dr. ]. ]. Roth
ermel. Mrs. D. Huff and Misses E. T.
| Prince, NJ. Merrill. F. Towers, NJ. Gun
Their, NJ. DeLattre and E. L. Grosvenor.
The student committee on entertainment
consisted of r. L. Duvall. Is, chairman:
Florence Little. 10: Elizabeth Wilson.
Is: NJ. E. Brockman. IA: Jesse T. Mann.
'13; H. Russell 1de. IA; David e. Mccoy.
II; Raymond Clark. Is: Charles Boiler.
'16: Meta Neumann, 'l3; L. A. Knapp,
| ii: Ruth Ball, Is: Osmun Barr. ii:
Lawrence F. Pope. IA; H. E. Bradburn.
II: Gilbert Clark, 10. and E. Doolan, II.