Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-07
Senior Girls Plays.

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Senior Girls Plays.
Opening number on the program Civ
en- by the young women seniors,
Thursday, June Is, will be act 2,
scene l of Shakespeare's Julius Caes-
ar" This is the dominating scene of
| the drama and is fraught with intense
| dramatic ClimaXes Of its powerful
theme. A fine rendition will be given.
some of the best talent of the school
appearing. Following the act a dainty
operetta, 'Tyrolien Queen" will be
| sung and gives promise of excellent
presentation. St. Joseph's is noted
for the development of vocal ability
and those taking the leading charac-
/ tiers are possessors of fine, clear voices
of brilliant quality and are well sus-
tanned by the choruses The pretty
costuming of the Tyrolese is to be adj
hered to throughout. The operetta is
| in four acts, libretto by Arthur W
| French and the score is very tuneful
and words filled with sentiment. The
story runs something like this: A band
| of Tyroliens, while watching their
| focks feeding on the mountain side,
! have gathered in a shady grove near
| by to indulge in sportive pleasures.
| They have selected one of their num-
| ber a 'faVorite named Resale, and
crown her as their queen. After songs
of praise to the beauty of their chosen
one a maiden hurriedly enters and
gives the alarm that the flOcks have |
gone aStray Resale tells them to |
hasten to the rescue. saying she will I,
lead the way. They induce her to re- !
main and they go in search of the |
flock. While they are gone Rosalie |
expresses a desire to change this rus
tic life for something brighter and |
better-expressing her wishes in song.
Unperceived a gypsy enters and lis
tens. On its finish she confronts
Resale telling her she is a fortune
teller and that she heard the girls de-
sires She pictures a bright vision of
the joys and pleasures to be found in
the far-away world and induces Ros-
allie to accompany her. The Tyroliens
return and discover to their sorrow
her absence and the only token of her
which remains is the crown which she
has cast away. Rosalie's lot becomes
one of great hardship with her new
found acquaintance and after much
suffering she is rescued by the kindly
offices of the fairies and found by the
Tyroliens, the closing scene being
subject of grand tableau, Growing
the Beautiful"
The cast and personnel of both
plays:
JULIUS CAESAR, ACT II, SCENE I.
Brutus ............ Dorothy Waldman
Portia .......-......... Helen Thielc
Cassius ........... Fay StOltenberg
Lucius ...... Mary That's Cayanaugh
Casca ............ Margaret Geiger
Decius .......... Catherine McNellis
Ligarius ............. Helen Fisher
CHINA ................ Lucille Ullman
Trebonius .......... Mary Ellen Kone
TYROLIEN QUEEN.
Rosalie .......... Marie Houldsworth (
Gypsy queen -. Winifred Heidemann
Fairy queen ........... Alice Wynn
kyriakia ................ Louise Burt
Josephine .,........... Irene Mcleod
Corinna ......... Frances Campana
Maids of honor-Helen Mccullough,
Hazel Cunningham, Catherine Fuller,
Mabel Smith.
This is the third annual commence
ment to take place in the new school
building and the exercises have al
ways brought out big attendance. One
can imagine the amount Of work re-
quired of the sisters in getting ready
for such elaborate presentations and
no doubt large audiences will attend
both performances.