Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-30
PLAY ENJOYED
AT WOODBRIDGE
High School Dramatic Society
Pleases Large Audience at
Production
By stor Correspondents.

- 1@H
WOODBRIDGE, April S0:-Is 1t
coquetry a man loves most or "a
masterful manner in a man that best
wins the feminine heart that wins in
courtship?
1t took the High School Dramatic
Society, ably coached by Miss Made
leine de Vebre and o. p. Butterwick
furnished by the High School Orches-
ira under the leadership of Miss
Anna G. Frazer, to solve this question
and a lot more.
They did it last night with tremen-
dous success when a literally packed
house laughed and sighed with Mar
tin Henry and Miss Abigail Per-
sons through the amusing and at
times complicated scenes of the three
act farce, Engaged by Wednesday,"
Miss Abigail Persons" a woman
of ideas, was portrayed in q most able
manner by Miss Viola Ernst. Her
devoted friend was Mrs. Watson" a
gentle person, taken by Miss Alberta
Leu, and her pet dog jeremiah should
not be forgotten. Lucille Persons"
Miss AbigaiIs niece, was in real life
Miss Margaret Crosson. Marie"
Jane and Mabel" friends of Luz
cille, were Misses Grace Brown, Verna
McElroy and Ruth Leu.
Martin Henry" h LATEST man in
the country, was realistically imper-
sonated by Louis Marks. That MAR
tin Henry" was duly appreciated by
the audience was evidenced every
time he appeared and his chickens,
that black pullet that flew up in the
plum tree" when the, gypsies came
n his best white hen" which they
stole certainly disturbed him. AR
thur Watson" was none other than
Norman Lee. His part was n most
natural one as he has always been
most popular with the ladies n his
natural and masterful ann finally
captivated the charming Lucille"
even though Martin Henry" declared
she was too dictatorial' like her
aunt. Jack" Ted and Dick"
friends of Arthur, were Chester Wal
ling, Harry Tappan and Albert Birk-
holz.- Jack" started the elopement,
Ted the humps and "Dick' was an
excellent manager.
MARY" Martin Henry's aunt. the
cook at the Persons, was Miss Edith
kightlinger and she was excellent.
THE gypsies'- were Misses Augusta
Huber and Betty de Russy. Their
costumes were typical and while Miss
Huber told fortunes 1t was Miss dc
Russy who stole t h white hem"
The guests were Misses Josephine
Farrell, Natalie Berry, Gladys Nc
Donald and Margaret Farrell and
George Deber and Rene de Russy.
: The singing and dancing in the
third act of Misses Brown, McElroy
and Leu was most graceful and at
tractive.
The stage was most artistically ar
ranged as q garden scene n added
greatly to the success of the produce
ton under the direction of Michael
Golden.
That Nathan Duff is a good busi-
ness manager was ably shown when
the receipts were found to be In the
~neighborhood of 1876. The expenses
have to be deducted from this
amount. Rene de Russy was adver-
Using manager. There were over 400
present.
: Miss de Vebre and Miss Frazer
were presented with colonial bouquets
by the cast in appreciation of their
untiring efforts in coaching and as
sisting with the play.
A large delegation from Perth Am
boy was noticed in the audience.
Mrs. Watson's dog Jeremiah was
none other than Mrs. C. NJ. Camp
belts pet Pekingese. The furniture
and rugs were loaned for the occa-
sion by Albert Leon of Perth Amboy.