The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
FRENCH PLAYLET BY CH|[DRENS CLASS A
 BRILLIANT SUCCESS
Fairyland Comedy Delights Large Audience-Capitaine De CernOwitz Made MOv-
 ing Speech in French

The French playet in four acts, Les Trois Citrons.'r presented in the ball. room of the Tutwiler last night before a capacity audience for the benefit or the French and Belgian orphans of the war, was a brilliant success. It was beautifully staged and delightful ly enacted by boys and girls of Mile. Jeanne Lamic's class. who spoke their lines in French with grace and fin ish and perfect enunciation.
 The entertainment opened with a ta ableau. Joan of Are,' in which Julia Drennen personted Joan and Josephine Connors and Jeanne Eng1ehart peas- ants. Owen Gillespy, Jr, sang a verse Of the Joan of Arc" song.
 The scene of the little comedy was laid in fairyland and the story was of the four seasons with a plot of fary love and fairy surprises and the usual happy ending
 While a large part of the audience undestood French as evidenced by their ready and discriminating applause Miss Cecilia Eastwood made each act intelligible to those who were not fa- miliar with the language by reading synopsis of what was to come,
 The dramatis personae was as fol. lows:
 The King. Hugh Raul; The Queen. Ruth Ungerman; The Princess, Jane Barrett; Prince, Maurice Caheen; Win ter Myra Belle Pope; Autumn, Eliza beth Shireman; Spring, Bingham Oli- Yer; First Princess, Mary Brooks; Sec ond Princess. Myra Belle Pope. Ne- gress, Virginia Raul; Pastry Cook. Bernie Steiner; ladies at court. Dor, othy Kettig, Ellen Alisch, Una Web ster' Katherine Montague. Lestra Kim ney Exum. Josephine Connors, Edith west, Alice Finch, Margaret Shireman Grider Horst; Queen of the Fairies Jane Barrett; The Rose Fairy. Kitty Barrett; Jonauille Fairy, Nan Brooks. Morning Glory, Mary Glenn; The Court panver, Mary Brooks.
 Maurice Caheen, as the prince and hero, was q veritable prince charmine. V for boy of II he displayed rare dram- atlc talent. No professional player could have been more at home in the role Hugh kaul as King, looked and acted the part, and Ruth Ungerman was sln- gularly we'll suited to the role of queen. Jane Barrett was a lovely princess and in the fairy scene dance captivated, the audience by her natural grace of mo- tion.
 Margaret Shireman as Summer was ra- diant and the embodiment of artistry. anc among others that acquitted them- selves with exceptional credit were Myra Ruth Pope as Winter, Elizabeth Cheely as Autumn, Bingham Owens as Spring. Bernie Steiner as pastry cook and Vir- glnia Kaui as Fnegress in leading com edy role. The latter added no little to the life of the play and won a large share of the applause.
 Prof. c. Fl. Miles and Miss Flora Miles in presenting Miss Mary Brooks chief dancer. in the Dance Grecoaue." con- tributed distinctly to the enjoyment of the evening.
 This young lady was easily in the class of the famous opponents of tsrpsicho. rean artists of the stage. The music for the dance was played by the Wiegand orchestra,
 The performance closed fittingly with the singing of the ''Marsellaise'' in French and the Star Spangled Banner, ;, accompanied by Miss Jeanne Adler at the piano. In the tabieau chorus Elvina Gem telet represented France and Martha Vincent represented America.
 An important and most happy fea- ture of the evening withal was the presence of Captaine De Cernowitz, of the French army, stationed temporarily at Camp Mcclellan. He came to Bir- mingham especially to see the play. and as he is a distinguished officer who has seen service on tho firing line b;s very appearance at the performance was an inspirations; but the speech which he delivered in French moved the audience to the highest pitch of patriotism and quickened their love for suffering France. He was introduced by Simon Klotz, French consul for Alabama, and spoke with eloquence of the valor of his people and pictured with tenderness the countless thousands of orphaned children in his native land. He re- ceived an ovation and was the recipi- ent of many floral offerings