Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-05-05
THE DREAM THAT
CAME TRUE
Three Act Comedy Drama Which
Will be Presented by the Class
of 1915 of DecOrah High
School.
CLASS OF OVER THIRTY
YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
Exercises Will be Held Tuesday and
Wednesday Evenings, June
ID. Junior-Senior Recep-
ton Oh jane 1.

Preparations for the class play to
be given by the graduates of the De-
Corah High School next month have
been under way for the past few
days. The play selected is The
! Dream That Came True" a comedy
drama in three acts by Lindsey Bar
| bee.
The commencement week program
will open Sunday evening May 80,
when the BaccaJaureate sermon will
be delivered by hev. Otto Schmidt
at the United Lutheran church.
On Tuesday evening, June |, the
class play, The Dream That Came
True will be presented at the
Grand opera house.
The commencement exercises will
be held on Wednesday evening, Jun,
;. The commenCemen address will
lie delivered by Rev. Joseph Fort
Newton of the Liberal Christian
church of Cedar Rapids.
On Friday evening, June A, the
Junior-Senior reception will be Civ
en- at the High school. This is one OF
the important end enjoyable social
events in high school circles.
THE Dream That Came True
Promises to be most enjoyable play.
Following is the
Story of the Play.
Nan Worthington.. a factory girl,
who has risen to better things, meets
in the factory town young man,
Gordon Clay, who despite his lOwly
position of foreman of the works, is
college bred and a gentleman. In
the same boarding house with them
are Bob and Margaret Byrnes, whose
fortune has been swept away and
who have been brought to the small
factory town where Bob holds po-
sition in the works, given him by the
owner, Mr.. Norton. Norton's daugh-
ter, Delphine, is Margaret's greatest
friend, and when the old home of the
Nortons is opened for a Christmas
houseparty, Bob and Margaret are
included in the list of guests. Cor
don Clay, the young foreman, is in
terested in the cause OF the people;
he has an earnest helper in Nan,
whose hatred for Norton is due to
the fact that her brother, factory
hand, has died as result of poor
sanitary conditions in the work
rooms. Clay, enthusiastic in the
problem of capital and labor, dis
| tressed over the poor wages, desir-
ing to find something by which Nor
ton may be brought to terms and
forced to consider the peoples needs,
thus averting a strike, persuades
Nan to act as Norton's private secre-
tory during the Christmas holidays.
He tells her that years before, Nor
tons partner, an impractical man,
had left the management of his af-
fairs to Norton, and at his death had
appointed Norton sole executor Of
the estate until the sons twenty-fifth
birthday. The son, Clay's friend in
college, had spent most of his life
in Paris, and though his income hau
come to him regularly he believed
that in some way his interests had
not been properly protected.
Nan accepts the position and sus-
poets from Nortons actions in re-
gard to communications from Will
liam Gordan (the son of his friend)
that all is not we'll, but finds nothing
definite save letter, which has SLIP
ped behind a drawer in the desk,
signed Louis Gordon" revoking
his order to sell his share Of the
works and to invest the proceeds in
stock. On the same day Nan over
hears a conversation between Nor
ton and Clay, in which Clay, upon
Norton's refusal to grant favorable
terms to the strikers, threatens him
with the name Of William Gordon,
dramatically declaring himself that
same William Gordon. Norton, re-
covering from his surprise and dis
may, accepts as fact Clays state
ment, that wishing to study condi-
tions in his own factory, he had act
ed as foreman under another name
Then he informs Clay that by his
fathers wish his share Of the works
had been converted into money and
had been invested in copper stock
which had proven worthless. Upon
Clays question as to the origin OF
the payments which he had regular
ly received, Norton informs him that
he had sent the money, charity mo
ney to the son Of his old friend. Clay
; refuses to believe him and declare;
that he. will fight it out.
On the next day Nan, who has con
nected the contents of the discover
ed letter with the matter in hand
confronts Norton, in Clay's presence
with his perfidy. She proves tina
Norton had transferred his OWL
worthless stock to his ward. Afte
the letter countermanding its pur
chase was received, even after tn
= death of the father, Norton is unabl
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