New Britain herald., 1914-05-05

hall by the Kensington Dramatic club,
 finds the amateur thespians confident
 of their parts. The first dress rehear-
 sal, which was held at the hall last
 evening, went through splendidly.
 Another will be held this evening, and
 the final rehearsal will take place late tomorrow afternoon. The cast is aSsfollows:
 Colonel Robert Rudd a widower of North Carolina, Raymond Watkins.
 (Mortally antagonistic.)
 Colonel Richard Byrd, widower of
 South Carolina. Joseph Wilson.
 Marjorie Byrd. Georgia G. Gibbs.
 Bob Rudd, A. E. Moore, (Not so
 antagonistic as their respective
 fathers.)
 Mrs. J. John Carroll, a widow. and
 Colonel Rudd's sister-in-laW, Minnie
 l.. Gibbs.
 Julia Carroll her daughter, Amy E.
 Dudley.
 Ned Graydon. young gentleman of exceedingly faulty memory, George s. Griffith
 Mr. James Baskom, Colonel Rudd's lawyer, George S. Griffith. Ching-Ah-Ling, the Chinese cook, bit impertinent, Roy E. Tryon. A.. ID. Bradley of New Britain, the coach, exhibited wonderful ability, in choosing the above cast, as each player seems peculiarly adapted to his or her role. Raymond Watkins as Colonel Robert Kudd, and Joseph Will son. as Colonel Richard Byrd, act the parts of typical southern plantation ! owners to the height of perfection, while Miss Georgia Gibbs, as Marjorie Byrd, and A. B. Moore, as Bob Rudd, possess those qualities which are 1 necessary to the romance of the plot. Miss Minnie l.. Gibbs severity as Mrs. J. John Carroll, the aristocratic southern widow, is sufficient to intifni- l date Miss Amy E. Dudley, as Julia Carroll, her daughter. The humor of the play is distributed all throughout. but is particularly emphatic with the i iI troduction of George Griffith as Ned Graydon with his deceitful memory. which is the cause of ludicrous 1 tangle of affairs. He is also able as MT. James Bascom, the lawyer, his l businesslike aspect lending dignity to l this part. Roy E. Tryon is exceeding ly funny .in. the .guise of Chinese
 cook and his tongue-twisting broken l English provokes mirth at all stages ot the action.
 l During the interval between the
 first and second acts, Miss Amy Dudley will favor with vocal selections She will be accompanied by Miss Ruth 1 Schade of New Britain. Two and one-half hours will be re- ] quired- for the presentation of the | comedy of three acts.
 l Officers of the Dramatic club an- l nounce that number of tickets have l been sold for the play. A large
 amount of money will be realized, all 1 Of which is to be donated to the Peck 1 Memorial library fund.
 ' Grange Isummage Sale. l Wednesday, June 8, has been set as the date for the rummage sale to be given by Berlin grange, No. "A, I F. of H. The affair will be given at !! Foresters-hall, and business will be 1 begun at 9, a. m., all proceeds to be l contributed to the building fund. Fol- i lowing the close of business for the day dance is to be given, which will 1 extend far into the evening. 1 The general committee in charge of ! the sale is made up of the chairman, i Mrs. Lawrence Watkins, the Mes iAtames Edwin B. Adams, Carry Gould,
 William Whitman, Anna Reed, George
 Ventres, Minnie Gibbs, Charles War
 ner, Alonzo Sweet and the Misses 1 Mary Carbo, Jennie Baldwin, Irene l viets and Edna Norton. 1 .,tThose in charge of the dance are George Reed, William H. Gibney, Olaf Benson, Herbert Goodrich. Orville