The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-25
NEWS 0F ENSLEY

large crowd enjoyed Shakespeare's s
 Twelfth Night, which was presented at | the Ensley High school last night by the | four literary societies of the school Those
 taking part in the entertainment did ex-
 ceedingly well and seemed to meet with
 the approval of the entire audience The l cast were dressed in Shakespearean cos ] tune, and the stage was very attractively arranged The synopsis of the play fol-
 lows: Sebastine and his twin sister, Viola i were shipwrecked on the coast of Tllyria l Viola was brought safely to shore and | left in a strange country, grieving over
 the loss of her brother. Dressing in
 male attire. she became a page, known
 as Cesario, to Duke Orisino, who was in 1 love with the countess. Because of her 1 brothers death, Olivia would see no one,
 not even the Duke. Cesario, soon gained the confidence of Orsno, who told her | the story of his love for Olivia and his I unsuccessful suit. Learning that Olivia
 would see no one for seven years Orsino 1 in despair, sent Cessario to her to plead for him. Cesario, now in love with the Duke herself, did this all unwillingly. Olivia immediately fell in love with the handsome page, of course, not Know | ing that the same page was a woman. 1 More strenuously than before she refused | to listen to the Dukes suit. Matters be- come more complicated upon the arrival l of the supposedly drowned Sebastine. l Olivia, thinking him to be Cesaro, wooed and married him. Later, when the twins meet, everything is strengthened out, and l the Duke Orsino makes his page, Viola, his mistress. The plot Is enlivened by l subplot which centers about trick play ed by Maria, Olivias lady in waiting. Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, and Fabian on Malvolio, Olivia's steward. The principal characters were as follows: Orsino, Duke of Illyria, Alvin Keller; Sebastine, Rush Hickman; Antonio, Robert Rutledge; A Sea Captain, Clyde Walker; Curio, Hayes Busby; Malvolio, Fred Mcclure; Fabian, Thomas McWaters Feste, the Clown, Glenn Miller; Olivia, Ethel Woods; Viola,
 Barbara Endress; Maria, Orne Lambert;
 Pages to Duke Orsino, Freda and Mildred
 Levy; Ladies in Waiting to Olivia, Helen
 Ritchie and Helen Cole; Musicians, Bert
 Keller and Herman Carroway; Soldiers,
 Leo Smithson and Clyde Walker.
 John Maluff and Joe Farris, servians were held up robbed and badly beaten by two negro highwaymen yesterday about noon on the road between Ensley and Mulga. According to the statements of the two men they were walking to- ward Mulga and when they were on a lonely stretch of the road they saw two
 negroes approaching them. Just as the negroes reached them they drew out their knives and started fighting Maluff and Farris. The negroes overpowered their victims and took about $50 from the two men. Maluff received a deep gash on
 the top of his head. besides number of
 other cuts. Farris had a bad gash cut in
 his right arm and several other places
 on his body. The men gave good de-
 scription of the negroes and detectives
 are working on the case.
 The members of the faculty of the Ems ley High school are making preparations to begin the regular examinations which start Friday morning. The examinations will be held on next Friday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and on Thursday morning class day exercises will be held by the senior class in the auditorium of the high school The graduation ex- ercises of the senior class will be held Thursday night in Birmingham at the pills to be graduated of this number IA of them are boys, which is next to the largest class of boys ever graduated from the local high school.
 A musical programme will be rendered at the mite box social which will be held by the members of the Grace chap ter. Westminster guild of the Ensley Highland Presbyterian church, at the home of Mrs. H. J. Cummings on Satur- day afternoon from to o'clock. All 1 members are invited to be present 1 There Will be a special meeting of the Globe Mason lodge No. 7S1, at the Ensley Masonic temple this evening. There will be work in two of the degrees. The regular meeting of the Ensley lodge No l6S Independent Order of Odd Eel 1 lows, will be held tonight in the new ] Knights of Pythias hall. Besides the reg
 ular routine business several candidates will be initiated.
 UNEXPECTED PEACE ! yryA rr1[ r~v