New Britain herald., 1920-09-16
LOCAL COMMITTEE
 IS WORKING HARD
Striving to Swell Mt. HOlyOke
 Fund by Entertainment Here

Three one-act plays representing
 modern achievement in this special
 dramatic art form will be presented
 Friday evening at o'clock in the
 '. w. C. A. hall by members of the
 Mount Iiolyoko College Dramatic club
 for the benefit of tho s3.00e. .0oO en-
 dowment fund.
 Tho first lumber on the program.
 "supprcsseI Dcsires". by susan Glas-
 pell. is n scintillating satire on
 prcsent-day- interest in psychic phe-
 nomena. A serious young wife sets
 out soulfully to clean up the minds
 Of her friends; but, alas. she finds
 herself in situation tragic for her
 self. but highly entertaining for the audience.
 "Overtones". by Alice Gcrstenberg. is another clever hit, also psycholoE- ical in nature. Two cultured women, each secretly with an axe to grind, meet at afternoon tea. Each suc- coeds in securing her aim in a per- feetly correct social manner, but over each stands her real self acting and talking true to her own nature.
 The last play, Carrots. is very diff ferent in character from the other two. 1t was written by Jules Renard about twenty years TO and was acted at that time by Forbes Robertson in London. Tho story centers about "Carrots,f' q little red-headed lad. the son of tho Lepics. The mixture in the boy Of whimsicality. childish pathos. and uncanny comprehension. make him a type of childhood, yet he is so highly individualized that he is a very real boy whom one might meet any day. One can hardly see this play without feeling n deeper sym pathy with all child life.
 One-act plays. because of their power to flash a brilliant light upon some minute but deeply significant bit of life, have recently come into high favor. Because of the brevity of such plays the interest in the action is less intense. but is greater in the theme. For this reason onesact plays are popular in Little Theaters and with amateurs who. though less skill full than professionals, are. neverthe- less. often able to suggest more deli | cately. more naturally. and gracious | ly the idea the author had in mind. !
 The three plays mentioned are to bc | given by members of the Mount Hol- | yoke College Dramatic Club under | the direction of Professor Isabelle C. | Couch of Meriden Conn. the head of | the Department of Speech. Prof. Ada | Fonda Shell of the Department of | English is acting as business man ager. and Miss Isabella E. Givens. aa. of Danville. Ky. is manager of costumes. Posters advertising the plays were made by Miss Dorothea Horton. '21. of Albany. N. Y. and Miss Pauline V. Kast. '22, of Harris ,urg. Pa.
 The proceeds arc for the s3,o00.oo0 fund. All receipts are credited to the district quota Como Q tho plays. Help your district to young women. Help Mount IoIyoke. Give the girls who gave up arewell dances n rousing welcome md fat financial returns.
 Tho dramatics will he followed by Iancinr until 12 o'clock. Music will ,o furnished by an orchestra of five ,ieces There will be sales of home made candy. lemonade and fancy IrtIcles. Tho local chairmen of on arrangements are: Hrs. X. II. Churchill, committee on refreshments: Miss Mildred Weld. | committee on dance: Mrs. T. H. CoEs- veIl. committee on fancy articles: Hiss F.. Gertrude Rogers chairman of 'xccutive committee.