Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-05
CHAPTER VII.
Ii Which We Attand tho Rehearsal
Of tho Cddtcllow's Play and From
tbs Wings Watch Il Hero and
I.cro:nc lltiustriously Failing in
Love

i he time seemed to ru,@ quickly
after L,cH came to work iut u ant
/ !JMIfy Joe began noId!n% approx
iH@iy whom he saw ti,r beautiful heaf
t.! lttle Mary Wool hent over tht
forms alongside the way ponpadodl
oi ,4cl, rursc's.
We do no. recollcct whore that
winter lent, but we do renlcrabcl
very %cI that pl&y the OddIcllo".
"a !" Opera House. 1t is cn'-
t4#sa. il thi% narrative bcc;u.e it
j., Typical Of amateur play. every
where uud because it m"lEou ;,hotitt
gaia night il the Woods girls lie
AID led al, ward to the picnic n
Gold-i'iccc l4LiN up the Glen.
Il came about ,.,,,t j!.e FIST VOL
dc@ful Spring ,..... Jack pu"i" was III
parif, u handful! . Hood Woncn
whose altruiam ;i}' :H.iriN..' rHGr,,Vor
was the backbone o. tee social li'c
in our community, sd after tie
regular meeting o. ..,;, h@ll Lodge,
No. 1879. anl listened t. die pro-
poaal advanced by Mr.. ..Ai:o WHIP
pc uAdcr the enthusiastic nel+ua ion
OF none other tE;,H Nib ji~n1crsoN
o. our office. Mrs.. Nh;pn!c occupied
The chair. Harriet l.;,bcI~,:: ,y.;'
proofr"ndcr and Office SRI We; IL. o
therc ~AI Mrs. Hcn Williams, vie
Of our local clothier; also the Ei:."'
sisters, Sninstcrs, who hHd money add
who looked and Dire sod e. n q alike
Is Two peas. Alice VI .:iA.H N@5
there, the school-tcachcr GU in the
Green Valley, Who ~FtclW&rl married
Sam liod-aEd Grace kaW!iu ~'ioAc
speciality was music and whose d.
position Waa not all that it might
have been. Aunt .iUlia l'aliil%ton
and Mrs. r.hcnc2cr M"thcis c0Tnp'ct-
I'd The committee, women who usually
aid the least and did The most work
It any riNcn public function, ra'ti"-
F., !%"ir tie c,cr-nccf #ailiy clcaDln" Up
tTcrwarl.
"W'h"t Iind OF a play could wei
~ We, hu%.??" Illuminated Mis-. Whippl2.
@, Oh kAoN it, hard to interest the
Il. TALLY they hagcn, much
i!G.H - iA"mol'l"~ l;tl& OF t".Hc 20,
or Sol Hopper, thc .i;n:tor, @ln1
ono folks said wasn't quit" right
in lis head, at amon.g :; ,na.# Of
empty. seats in tie rear. y iicn'c
iolowin% Mrs. Whipplc' question,
Old man Hopper contributed the OBJ
inioa that, "Thc Kline Of the Cannibal
I.lu"t!s" wasn't bad show; he'd seen
i. put on by the Od:Ifcllows up to
Wexford and y pleasant time WAS
had ny al. Grace Rawiu> wanted to
know if Hopper was crazy and said
"Ihc King Of the Cannibal Islands,
called for 1t cast il brown tights.
v hcrcupon old man Hoppe, retorttd
fwt..o OF that?' and the assembled
tnltrons turned upon him to Il woman |
and Mrs. Williams rcmin:lcd him that !
his job was to keep the furnace
coaled and The hail clean and that
bar-loom plcasantrics wore entirely
for in Il business session OF
perfect ladies. Which rather damp
med Old Man Hoppcr's enthusiasm
for the project and he slouGhcd down
onto the small of his back and medi-
.atcd darkly on the ingratitudc Of all
flesh.
Alice Whiting mentioned Cast
Lynne" but Mrs. Whipplc declared
hat "East Lynn" was played out.
rs. Mathcrs suggested "Unclc
om's Cabin" that being the only play
lie had ever witnessed and her
me Of dramatic attainment; but
trs. Williams maintained it was too
luch work to get up street parade.