Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-14
LAST DAY SCHOOL
JOYOUS OCCASION
Grownups OF Broadway Presbyterian
Church Cut kid-like Capcrs at
Novel Entertainments.
AUDIENCE Is KEPT IN TPR0Af
Famous Pers0nages are Cleyerly Car
featured in Variety Of Stunts
Seen Again Tonight.

evening of The Last Day of School
at Broadway Presbyterian Sunday
school last evening. An even larger
crowd is expected tonight, when 1t
will be repeated. The advance sale Of
tickets has been considerable and only
a small part of these advance tickets
were used last night.
The audience enjoyed every minute
of the play. Mrs. ]. A. Clarkson as
Hetty Green, a bright little colored
girl and Mrs. Joe McCrory as Sis
Hopkins, had prominent parts and
were surprises to many in the aud
fence.
Mrs. y. W. Steiner was dressed as
a little girl of about fifteen named
Fancyfree Green, and played her part
to the great amusement of her friends
Miss Ruth Johnston. as Mono Ton, and
Miss Margaret Ferris as Ophelia Pulse
recited and played pranks in real
school girl fashion, causing many out
bursts of laughter and applause. Mrs.
E. L. Jensen as May Not, Mrs. c. G.
SCheuring as lama Breeze. and Miss
! Charlotte MattisOn as IOWana Ford,
had many jokes TO spring in keeping
with their parts. Miss. Adele Burton
was uncertain May Bee, Miss Edna
Schneider the little suffraget, Silly
Spankhurst, Miss Florence Barchman,
the apologize Sarah Cuse and Mrs.
Swan ]. Nyquist as the Amy Able in
her cute Red Riding hood dress added
| much to the merriment.
! The little twins of the school. DOtty
and Totty Honeysuckle were admir-
| ably presented by Miss Georgia Turn
! bull and F. s. Mccall. DOtty used her
whistle frequently to call Totty down
| within speaking range. And when
| Totty, with his more than six feet in
/ height, insisted on sitting on the un
| suspecting teachers lap so that he
could read better the audience burs,
| into laughter.
The teacher, Professor George
| Washington Wiseacre, was taken re
markedly well by Rev. James Edgar
| Wilson, considering especially that he
never taught a country school and
| also that he had had no time for prep
aratiOn, being asked TO take the part
at noon yesterday, owing to the un
| expected absence from town of bOtl
A. D. Sperry and r. c. Smedley, one q
| whom was expected to fill this place
| Rev. Wilson looked the part and vii
! his strong physique successfully main
tanned order in what would have Eeer
a very unruly school.
| Neal Adams was a real Ouinc1
! Questionmark and could not subsidt
though frequently requested to do 5
/ by the teacher r. c. Burton prove
/ TO be a real Swede as Fritz NaLse
and displayed wonderful .difficultio
with the English language. GeOre
| Winder, as EXy Mark was a prett
| little school boy and would have bee
! the teachers pet if the teacher haC
been willing. r. d. Lee was the fight
er of the school, Fritz BobsimmOns
and f. 0. Vale, took the million
aire parts of John Destitute Stony
Teller and Andy Carneggy. E NJ. Starr
! as Jake Wanderer, the boy who wa
| late. had no difficulty in convincing tn q
teacher that he had been needed at
home by his father who was a milk
man. The big colored boy Bituminious
| Czmake, was very huskily done by
Will RObb. Many were the pranks h,
played with his colOred friend, Hetty
Green, and when Iowana Ford eX
planned that she had been black Der
rying' the day before the coloreo
| scholars were much incensed.
Mcintyre Presents Diplomas.
The first part of the evening wa
given over to recitatiOns. Second pal
was the afternoon literary program
and included two verses of Comm
Through the Rye" sung by the whole
school, two verses being sufficient for
the audience.
Twelve scholars recited the apple
Pie Alphabet and three of the bows
| ''A'44 III 'Nt'IiIti JltHIpiGu u SllS inc
old fashioned round" known as
"Scotland's Burning" With real talent
and genuine pleasure to the audience
Mrs. J. A. Clarkson as Hetty Green
gave humorous recitation and Mrs.
Joe McCrory as Sis Hopkins sang
School Days"
! The browning piece de resist
ance" came with the presenting of di-
plomas to Hetty Green, Willy Wood
son, Ophelia Pulse and Sis Hopkins BY
". B. Mcintyre as Hon. Ebeneezer
Sunshine Sappleigh, chairman OF the
school trustees of Funny Hill district.
Mr.. Mcintyre almost exCelled himself
in his remarks to the graduates and
to the fond" parents of the school, the
audience.
The entertainment closed with the
singing Of America" by the whole
school Showers of congratulations
were received by the school, in
diyidually and as a body and every
body went home happy and with i'm
proved digestion.