The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-06-01
THE HIGH SCHOOL PLAY
Meritorious Production Pleases
Large Crowd Of Patrons.

Well, Charles Aunt" was at the
Masonic last evening, all right The
Senior Glass of the High school put
one over any other. class play which
the High school has attempted to put
en-, and did it in a remarkable way.
The fracial comedy made a big hit
with the audience, and the house was
full. Each one who took part in the
play did wonderfully wen, and their
work has surely won for the Glass;
honors which will go down with. their
name in the history of the Oskaloosa
high school.
Arthur. WaIling, as Lord Fancourt
Babberly, an English student at Col
lege, also the correct impersonator of
Charles Aunt who failed to arrive on
scheduled time; was a scream. Mr..
Walling took the part, and handled it
with the ease AMI the grace of pro-
fessional His work kept the audience
in roar of laughter whenever he
would appear upon the scene. Most es
pecially did he make a hit with his
rendition of vocal solo, la Paloma"'
with a rhythmic dancing finish which
he was forced to do over and over to.
appease the audience, so loud were
LUey Ill lIlSlF applause. &C.
None the less worthy was the act.
ing of both George Clark as Charles
Wykeham, and David Handler as Jack
Ckesney, the two undergraduates of
Harvard, who with their inigenionsT
ideas caused all the runpus with their
persistent efforts to win the affec.%
t'nrs Of the. two Young ladies, Betty
Phillips as Kittie Verdun, and, Joyce
Iarker as Amy Spettlgue, who were
truly the ladies in the case. Miss Phil.
lips and Miss Parker were splendid in,
their interpretations Of their roles, and
added to the charmingness of the play
with the graceful and dainty appear-l
aiIcas cJs
Mr.. Clark and Mr.. Handler were
there with the comedy too. Their work
was of the spontaneous kind which
gets the house, ana always, they car
Iried the situation with their clever
ness and their vivacity. They put pep
into the farce. and were full of am
bition and they kept the thing going
at an admirable rate.
Miss Helene Blattner az the really,
truly aunt Donna Lucia D'Alverdorez,
from Brazil, where the nuts come
from deserves a lot of praise for the
splendid wav in which she carries the
honors of this place in the cast. Miss
Blattner added just the right degree
of dignity, and the right phase ofspo-
lite inquiry which made the whole
thing realistic, and most delightful
Miss Edna Stegner, as her niece, Ella
Delaney was clever in all parts OF
the PLAY in which she made her, ap-
Ipearance. .....,.-.f -
And, Oh. yes. the Buffers. and the
father of Mr.. Clark AMI the Boston So
licitor They were there. and over.
They did some clever work. William
Perdew, was an Standardization, and
his personality, delivered and actions
as whole. were without flaw. and
left no room for improvement. Edwin
Goltry as Mr.. SDettigue was good, and
put realism and vivacitv into the in
terpretations of his lines Emn1er
Wells and Clarence Holmes as the two
buffers were unusually good in their
work and they added much to the
worth of the whole play. g..
In fact, there seems to be nothing
left to say, in praise of the play.
ITh0~e was not a bObble, not hest
alton, in fact there was left no room
for Improvement, and no room for
criticisms. The whole thing was
screaming success. and those who
missed seeing it missed the best thing
which the O5kaloosa High school has
ever nut on.
To Frederick Knight Logan. the d.
rector Of the play oocs a lot of the
credit for the r''~cnGS Of the under
taking. His working ont of a number
of the situations was decidedly clever
and his handiwork and training show
ed through the entire productions, the
work and the training which he has
given to the play s.-sTs
The High school orchestra furnishy
ed delightful music under the direct.
ion of Prof. Ankenbrock. and their
numbers were we'll given and added
to the success Of the play. -3'."- y