The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-06-07
JUNIOR EXHIBITION THE
USUAL SUCCESS
Sign Mystery OF Friday Is Solved
During the Evening

The Junior Exhibition of the class
of 1918, S. II. S. at the Opera House.
on the evening of June 1st, was one
Of the most brilliant and successful
affairs of this kind ever given here.
The program that has become so pop
ular during the last two or three
years, viz, the one act plays, was
used. The first, college farce en-
titled "A Telegram from Dad, was
real Comedy of Errors resulting from
the wrong delivery of a telegram,
which gives use to many compliea-
tions and ludicrous situations \
stolen sign also plays an important
part in the plot and to make their
play tie real thing the boys Of the
cast actually borrowed ~ large
sion from the store 0f "One of the
leading citizens. (To quote from the
play) some time during Thursday
night, keeping it safely out of sight
until it was dragged on the stage Fri
day evening. The owner of the sign
is still young enough to enjoy the joke,
its appearance in the play, it was
greeted with great hilarity. The cast
of characters which was an unusually
excellent one, was as follows: Billy
Burnham. a student, Philip Lessor;
Pete Waters, a student. Montford
Meader; Terry Flynn, student, Fran
els Croteau; Charles Augustus Liver
more, Chief of Police, Elwyn Hobart;
James f. Rush, football coach, John
Wadsworth Messenger Boy, Gala
Gordon; Mrs James Z. Rush, Chris
tine Pooler.
The second play THE Revolt" by
Ellis Parker Butler is burlesque, and
Laugh from start to finish. The
scene is laid in Grandma Greggs Acad
emy of Household Science for Young
Ladies', where the Proper Treatment
of Husbands is one of the most i'm
portant studies Each character in
this play was finely portrayed but per-
haps the most unstudied and natural
| impersonation was that of THE Ideal
Husband, whose grace and charm
won all hearts Cast of characters
Grandma Gregg Founder of the Flush
ing Academy of Household Science for
Young Ladies', Ruby Dyer; Pauline,
working ont her tuition. Nelma Fogg;
Susan Jane Jones, an emissary of the
American Ladies Association for the
Promotion OF Female Supremacy, Lois
Comber; Kate Percival, a student
Doris Wentworth; Grace AgneW. a
student, Lyle Stinchfeld; Edith Wood
student Margaret McGregor; Ida
Nichols, a student Eva Blair; May
Gardiner, a student, Lucille Bolduc;
The Ideal Husband, by Himself
The third and last play was Peter
with but three characters, viz. Charlie,
the burglar, who "burgles' the An
CORA cat. played by Francis Croteau;
Miss Eastman the owner of the cat
by Gala Gordon and Jennie. her
niece who hates cats by Helen
Whiteside. This play is a rapid bit
of nonsense. taking but twenty min
utes, but so bright that it fairly
scintilates with Wit and humor,
which was so remarkably brought out
by its young actors that it compelled
continual, responsive laughter from
the audience.
Mrs. J. p. Oak had personal direc-
tion of the entertainment and an un-
limited amount of credit is due her un-
tiring effort for the immense success
of the 1918 Exhibition. Elmer +
Townes orchestra furnished music for
the evening, and while that always
means a musical treat, the selections
on this occasion seemed unusually
delightful, blending in with, and