Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-12
TOWNSHIP CLUB
SCORES BIC HIT
in Two Acts and
Farce is Given at Wood
bridge With Pleasing Results

BIZ Special correspondcHf
WOODBRIDGE, April
GREAT success was scored by n WON
ans club of woodbridge Saturday
night when the committee on DIanlS
presented a comedy in two acts entltiee
Suppressed Desires ana a Iarce
Matrimonial Venture" The nlgn
school auditorium was packed Win
an appreciative audience and many
we're Unable to reach here on account
Of lack of train service from Ne"
York. q,
regard to the two plays as they were
entirely different n equaiiy wei
staged.
The officers of the club and the COM
mittees in charge on Saturday night
were as follows:
Omcers: President, Mrs. E. III.
| Boynton: first vice president. Mrs. A.
| Leu: second vice president, Mrs. +.
G.. Tfsdall; recording secretary, Mrs.
II. o. Acker: corresponding secretary,
| Mrs. ]. A. Moorhead; treasurer. Mrs.
| Il. w. Hoagland; auditor, Mrs. Edward
Flanagan; parliamentarian, Mrs. Colby
Dill.
Committee On Drama
Mrs. C. NJ. Cooper, chairman; Mrs.
Chester Peck, Mrs. r. II. Stryker, Mrs.
J. NJ. Crowell, Mrs. G. F. Lewis. Miss
Ruth Ballard. Miss Rae Osborne.
Ushers
Miss Helen Parker, head usher; Miss
'verna McElroy, Miss Miriam Voorhees,.
Miss Marie DUNCAN, Miss Marion E.
Quinn. Miss Edith Baker. Miss Marian
Love.
The art committee assisted by Mrs.
Tisdall transformed the assembly room
with palms. pussy willows and jonquils.
Mrs. Randolph of the music commit
tee secured the excellent music, while
the hospitality committee under Mrs.
Osborn served delicious punch at taste
fully decorated tables In the study
hall.
The e of Suppressed De-
sires" a comedy in two acts follows:
Cast Of Characters
Henrietta Brewster. a disciple Of
psychoanalysis. Mrs. Colby Dill: Ste
phen Brewster. an architect, her hus-
band, l.. II. Dix: Mabel, Henrietta's
sister, Mrs. F. J. Adams.
Mrs. Colby Dill as Henrietta Brew
ster represented an ardent deciple of
pSychoanalysis and persuaded Mr..
Dix as Stephen Brewster, her hus-
band, and Mabel, her sister, Mrs. F.
]. Adams, to consult DR.. Russell, by
whom their dreams would be ana
lyzed. She affirmed her staunch be-
lief in his intuitions until they meant
her separation from her husband
when she repudiated all thought of
psychoanalysis and promised never
to awaken her husband again to ask
about his dreams. Mrs. Dill was well
adapted to the part and portrayed
the various moods in a most artistic
manner
Mrs. Adams has been seer in nu-
merous roles and in each instance
has excelled all previous efforts.
Mr.. Dix as Stephen Brewster left
nothing to be desired. He was simply
great.
In the second play, "A Matrimonial
Venture" a farce by Charles s. Bird,
the cast of characters follows: Miss
Abigail Ray, a spinster, Mrs. Thayer
Martin; Janet Ray, her niece, Miss
Ruth Ballard; Ann Spriggins, a SER
| want, Mrs. A. Leu; Mr.. Joseph Files,
| a bachelor, Mr.. Dan Demarest; Frank
! Files, his nephew, Mr.. Roy Anderson.
| Incidental music, and music for
dancing at the close of the program,
furnished by Joseph Cayallo,s or
| chestra of Newark. Mr.. Cavallo re-
ceived a warm welcome from his old
| friends in the audience.
Mrs. Martin portrayed the part OF
a spinSter of uncertain age by whom
an advertisement was answered in "A
Matrimonial Venture" Dan Dema-
rest as Mr.. Files, a bachelor, by
1 WHO'LL INC advertisements Wdo
ed for his nephew, proves to be hel
old time lover.
Miss Ruth Ballard, as Janet Ray
by a clever scheme intended to save
her aunt, pretends to be crazy ant
many amusing incidents follow II
quick succession. Mrs. Leu. as AM
Spriggins, innocently was made tt
appear crazy by the frantic efforts O
Roy Anderson as Frank Files TT
bring her to-" Mrs. Leu's part wa
difficult but extremely we'll taken
Mrs. MARTIN was a sweet and lovel.
old lady and just perfectly natural.
Miss Ballard made her initial bow
in amateur theatricals Saturday nigh
and proved a great success.
Dan Demarest is always good, blu
as a refined elderly gentleman h
certainly excelled all previous efforts
Roy Anderson is another forme
footlight favorite and fully measure
I'm To his past reputation.