Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-16
MERRY SATURDAY NIGHT
AT YALE BOAT HOUSE
Gales Ferry Country Club Gave q
Play and Started csmpaign-coI-
Iege Men Were Ducked.


TIE Gales Ferry Country club be-
gan campaign for a clubhouse of its
owa In auspicious fashion Saturday
night It was the occasion OF the
Country cluh'0 annual play and the
new Yale boathouse was filled with
the festive thro1g Of summer visitors
and coIlegians and homepeople who
gathered there to see the talent OF
that organization perform The big
rc~nm next the water, where Yale's VIC
torious shells are kept when 1t Is
training time On the river. was charm
ing with the banners OF many univer-
stiles on its walls and the soft light OF
the lanterns, and though the audience
sweltered, it was cheerful and con-
tented. There were interesting things
on the programme.
In the first place, Walter NJ. Buck
fngham, Of. this city, who is the eff
Gent treasurer Of the Country club,
appeared before the stage, with a note
book and a bulls eye search light in
his hand, and proceeded to enlighten
the people as to the Gales Ferry Coun-
try club and it's purposes. Next year,
he said the club hopes to welcome its
friends in its own home, a place that
will be suitable for dramatics and
| dancing and adapted in every way as
| a recreation center for members He
| said that Moves B. Allyn had given a
suitable piece of land between his
house and the railroad. valued at $500
by the donor. Then Ar. Buckingham
| asked who would be the first to con-
| tribute $50 to the building fund. There
wasn't a chance for the customary
hush of suspense before George Frost,
one of the prominent members of the
summer colony, who comes from
and started things going. As Treas
urer Buckingham descended IN his
| sums, he tackled on a number OF tens
and quite a few smaller, and in
few minutes close to a hundred had
been pledged. Then the players went
on with happy hearts and the pro-
ceeds from their efforts and the sale
of ice cream swelled the fund hand
| someIy
The vehicle that was chosen was
ed the mixup that came about be-
cause two men were called Jack. Miss
Mary Rudd Gibbs was in the stellar
role and she made the ludicrous mis-
take Gin carrying out her part) of
kissing the wrong chap. This Jack.
who was a young minister and capa-
bly, portrayed by Frank 1. Rogers, was
willing to overlook the mistake, but
1t took long time and much effort
to straighten everything out. But
eventually it ended well, and that's
one reason 1t was a comedy. Other
buckingham and Miss Marguerite
Wuh and it was a real success for all
the amateurs and for Miss Caroline
B. Freeman, who directed the rehear-
| sal. An instance of the difficulties I'M
| der which the management laDored
was that a piano had to be brought
down the river from Norwich by mo-
| torboat
This was the cast:
Mary Hart, commonly known at
Polly, Miss Mary R Gibbs; Winthrop
Hart, her brother, Mr.. Buckingham;
DR.. Hart, their father, George Hughes;
Mary Robinson, Miss Bessie Ames;
| Betty Dwyer, the girl who lives next
| door, Miss Marguerite Wulf: John
AmeS, young clergyman friend of Win
| throp's, Frank J. Rogers; Jack Bots
| ford, an unknown cousin of the Harris
| Eugene Wright; Celeste, a maid, Mil
| bred Steere.
Between the acts, some Of the Yale
men who are tutoring at the Rox-
| bury school young students who hope
| to go to college, volunteered some
| campus entertainments Mr.. Wilson,
/ who will captain the Yale football
| team this fall, introduced the various
stars, who turned out to be Thomas
Means, lately returned from Oxford,
| Emir Allen, heard of later as Bull, !"
and Messrs. Hyde and Meeker, the last
| of whom was handed a ripe onion by
/ his admirers after he had sung a few
| times. The quartette sang a number
/ of dftties, but they got no further
| Their of the things the title implies.
The audience heard their efforts with
| mingled emotions, but the attitude of
/ the majority was such as to favor
the reward the entertainers got After
| much scrambltng wilson was picked
/ up bodily and cast Off the float. The
| quartette followed him into the wa
| ter, all save Meeker, who escaped dry.
| He had the onion.
| After the entertainment, there was
Il \ -,
4 pie went home, and others canoeing.