The Press., 1915-01-20

 kindness and for the flowers sent our little girl during her recent severe sickness. MR AND MRS. ALFRED sBIDORINI.
 STAFFORD SPRINGS. Richard M. Fisk has gone to Mis- souri on an extended business trip.
 MT. and Mrs. F F. Patten returned from their wedding trip on Sunday. The Teutonia annual masquerade ball will be held on Friday, Feb. 12
 The adjourned annual meeting of the Johnson hospital will be held at the hospital next Monday at p. m. Miss Emma E. Barrows, nurse at the Johnson hospital, has gone to her home in Oxford, Mass for few days.
 Jennings White, son of MT. and Mrs. John White, has gone to the St. Johns industrial school at Deep River to take course ill printing. Sunday morniug Mrs J. T. Mel bourne gathered several eggs from her bullets coop; among them was one which measured 8 inches long, 63 inches around and weighed ounces. The bullets are z months old this month. The annual masquerade ball of the German club will be held at their hall on Westford avenue on Friday, Feb. 5, with music by Lynch's or chestra.
 The next meeting of the Stafford Choral union will be held at the high school tomorrow evening at o'clock. A full attendance is desired at this meeting.
 The l.. A and A. O. H. will hold their joint fair at St. Edward s hall Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. There will be two comedy farces presented There will be danc- ing each evening with music by Lynch's orchestra. On Saturday evening the drawing of prizes will take place. E. ". Mullins and Mrs. Edwin Schrier are chairmen of the general committee, and J. J. Sullivan is chairman of the entertainment committee. The following is the cast of characters for the farce "A Matri- monial Venture, to be presented on Thursday evening" MT. Joseph Files, a bachelor, Joseph Leturey; Frank Files, his nephew, William Ladish ; Miss Abigail Ray, a spinster, Mrs. Catherine Ashe; Janet Ray, her niece, Miss Tillie Carey; Ann Spriggi ins, a servant, Miss Irene Murray. On Friday evening the farce Rooms to Let," will be presented with the Following cast: Mrs Srnythe, a talkative landlady, Mrs K. Flana- lghan; Dick Rush, Tom Warren, just lgraduated from college, Edward Shea, James Sullivan; Betty Breeze, Madge Wales, students at summer school, Miss Mary E. Hanley, Miss Nellie Desmond Matilda Judd, Betty s aunt, Miss Alice Murray; Jerry, the post man, Henry King. Admission, 10 cents.
 Before capacity crowd the senior class of the high school presented the play 'The Time of His Life,'' in St. Edwards hall last Wednesday evening. It was sparkling comedy, involving colored servants evening out and the essaying of Bernard Null lins in the role of Tom Garter, one of the principals, in assuming the part. J. Kingsley Converse, as Peter Wy. combe, pessimistic individual with a dyspeptic grouch and always having "a load of medicines and pills to Alleviate every pain natural or other wise that might overtake him, proved to be exceedingly funny and did jus tice to that character. Harriet Cooper, as Mrs. Bob Grey, acted the part of the hostess in exceedingly realistic fashion, as did Hattie M. Lee, as Tom Carter's sweetheart David Shepherd, as Uncle Tom, the colored butler, portrayed this character in a way that was gratifying, and Mary B. Reynolds, as a member of the elite, with her lorgnette, seemed the personification of one of the ''Four Hundred. Cyril W. Dawson, as James Landon, who was afflicted with $ perpetual grouoh, and likewise { peppery disposition, acted the par, very we'll. John Fletcher, as Bol Grey, and Alex Papp as Officer Hogan were exceedingly good. There wer' three acts, the scene being laid il New York at the Grey mansion which is in state of renovation Tom Garter and Mrs. Grey were il the dining room having o'clock tel when Mrs. Grey receives not ! stating that Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wy combe will be there for dinner Mrs Grey being without a servant he brother, Tom Carter, volunteers hi
 services to impersonate Uncle Tom
 MT. and Mrs. Wycombe arrive in du
 time, accompanied by Miss Doroth
 Landon, Toms sweetheart, and a
 the sight of Miss Landon, Tom lose
 his head. The second act comprise
 the dinner and the comical inoiden,
 therein, and the third act uevolve
 into MT. Grey and MT. Landon comin
 home and the tying of MT. Lando
 into chair, by MT. Wycombe, hi
 avowed enemy, and the subsequen
 making up of all the parties con
 cerned. William Ladish, Gordo
 Charter and Carl Mullins acted g
 ushers, Richard Murray sold tickets