Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-12-02
COMMUNITY PLAYS
MAKE TREMENDOUS
HIT WITH PUBLIC
Splendid Evenings En-
tertainment With
Local Thespians
REAL TALENT IS SHOWN
First Performances Are
Greeted With Enthus-
iasm at School

Palatka never assembled a more
delighted audience than that which
greeted the Community Service play
ers who presented three little noe act
plays at the Mellon School Auditori-
UNI last night. 1t developed public
knowledge, at least, that there turks
within the municipality some very
high class histrionic talent.
The program was arranged under
direction of Miss Pauline Oak, of
Community Service, who worked un-
tiringly for the success, and to her,
as we'll as the artistsu nder the
Thespian spell, is due the greatest
credit.
Not the least of the pleasurable
features of the evening was the or
chestra contributions during the in
termissions. Selections Of the high
est order were rendered and the
hearty applause which greeted each
one attested the appreciation of the
audience.
The first act on the program was
a Zoina Gale home scene, "The
Neighbors." Eight character parts
contributed to a lesson in community
gossip with it's attendant moral fl
nality. Each of the players scored
in the homely lines. There wasn't a
weak part in the cast, nor a lost op-
portunity to make the best of bit
of ragedy or line of wholesome
comedy.
In the Florist Shop
"The Florist Shop" presented a
scene from the routine business of a
days work in the fashionable flower
shop of Slovsky. Maude, the clerk,
representing typical clerk, was
played by Miss Irene Yelverton, was
really artistic. She was ably assist
ed by Royal O'Neil, who played the
part of hard boiled office boy to
perfection. This young man display
ed talent such as stands out to such
an extent that highest commenda-
tion greeted his work. Many juvenile
geniuseS have had far less before
they were Injured to stage craft than
he displayed last night. Mrs. Jar
mon, as the ever hopeful spinster,
presented a characterization always
difficult, with a sincerity and charm
that was most artistic. Bill Black
well merited the burst of applause,
led by his hunting competitor, Har-
ry Kellar, when he stepped into the
picture and flashed out some work
that would have thrown John Drew
for loss. Fred Lecks as Slovsky,
was the martyr with the part. but
stuck to it and made it go over like
a veteran. Maude makes herself
valuable to the shop by entering in
to the joys and sorrows of the shops
customers. 1t is her ambition in
life to make somebody happy and in
doing this she incurs the anger of
Slovsky, for she sent five dollar
spray of orchids to customer whose
only purchases during the year is a
seventy-nine cent Easter Lily. Miss
Wells, the recipient of the orchids
has been engaged to Mr.. jackson for
fifteen years and he seems no closer
to the altar than at the time of the
betrothal and it is in an attempt to
arouse the jealously of Mr.. Jackson
that the orchids are sent in the hopes
that he will take the final step and
take the marriage VOWS. Mr.. SLOW
sky fires Maude when he learns from
Miss Wells that she has been getting
orchids every day.
In an effort to find out who has
been sending the flowers Mr.. jackson
comes to the forest shop and there
has his jealousies aroused when he is