Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-19
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
N SHAKESPEARE PLAY
Delaware City Boys and Girls
Show Their Ability as
Thespians.


Delaware City. Oct. 1e.--The Sopho-
more Class OF the local High School.
under tho direction Of Mses Hilda
Jackovicls and in connection with the
English work under her charge, gave
a dramatizat!on or Shakespeare's
Merchant OF Venice" in the High
school auditorium yesterday after
noon. The play was dramntized and
the courtroom scene revised by Daisy
King. Il second-year pupil In the High
School. and the guests invited to wit
ness the play praised her for the way
she handled the subject. The men,
bars OF the cast made their own cos
tuner. The cast OF characters and
the players follow: "Portla," Isabelle
Mccoy; "Shylock." Eva Grassland;
"Lusianio." Nellie Carrow: "Jessica,"
Eiva Nelson; "Baesanio." Charles
Rose; "Gratiano." Lena Lamp;
Antonio" Harry Heal: Satanic"
Agnes Rash: Duke OF Morocco" Geo
Webb; Prince OF Aragon." Mary Rob
erts; servant, Charles Walters; Duke
OF the courtroom. George Jester:
Lorenzo" Anna Reynolds
Nineteen babies were weighed.
measured and examined at the local
Child Health Centre yesterday after
noon. Six mothers visited the centre
and were Instructed by Miss Alice
NaH, nurse In charge. In the health.
care and hygiene OF infants.
Mrs. Adolph Gif'fn OF Fort du Pont,
the wife OF Major Adolph OHM. en-
tcrtained a. n luncheon and bridge
party yesterday afternoon In honor OF
her friends at Fort du pont. FoCt Mott
and Delaware City. The guests pres
ent included: Mrs. Miller. Mrs Vaughn
Mrs. S,earns. Mrs. Haring and Mrs
Southard VI Fort du Pont: Mrs VIII
liane and Mrs. Luelow Of Fort Mott;
Mrs. William L. Reybold and Mrs
Charles W. Jefferson Of Delaware City.
Colonel J. Il. Mitchell Of Fort Totten.
n. " Inspector General Of this Army
Corps Area. left yesterday evening for
Fort Totten after an inspection OF the
coast dcfences of the Della ware Yes
terday. an inspection OF Fort Sauls-
bury was made and Colonel Mitchell
pronounced II modern, up-to-tlate
fort. Fort salisbury was built under
the direction of y. W. Wilkinson. local
engineer In charge OF the engineering
fertilization work.
Jane Winchester, who broke her col
iar-bone when she fell down the stairs
~ her grandmothers homo in Will
mington about two weeks ago. still
has her shoulder set IN a cast She is
improving and AZ the end OF two more
weeks the cast viii be removed and her
arm and shoulder put IN n sling for a
short time
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Price. Miss
Florence Hail. Mrs. Frank c. Warner.
and Harry Hall mo,ored 10 West
Grove. Pa. yesterday, TO view the
chryeanthemum display AZ private
garden there
Allen Beck. John Tugend and two
gunncrs from Wilmington, baEged S3
ducks yesterday along the river marsh
between here and Port Penn. Henry
McW!nchester. William Weaver and
Dr. L. II, Lenderman o. Wilmington,
were among the sportsmcn out yes,er-
day and bagged % between them
Yesterday evening. about dusk. q
large flock o, wild geese numbering a.
least $50. circled over the reeerva tor
at Fort du Pont several times ant
fnally flew of toward the south. The,
never came within range for a shot
The Century Club meeting will bs
held tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 In
the Century Club rooms. Reports from
all the chairmen OF the club commit.
tees Will be made and after the bust.
ness session is over Miss Elizabeth
Speakman of Claymont will speak or
the subject The Life and Time o.
Goldfry Chaucer."
Last night at the home Of Fred c
Bender a joint meeting of the loca
Republican mems and women's com
mittee WAS held and final preparation
made for the registration on Satur
day. The work for the day was out
lined and divided among the commit
tee members who will endeavor 20 &c
out the 100 per cent registration OF
Saturday.
Mrs. Thomas J. Whiteman will at
tend the Inauguration of the Cniver
si;y OF Delaware and the State wa
memorial campaign In Wilmington o.
Friday. She has been invited TO at
tend az representative Of the loca
New Century Club.
The 1928 class of the High Schoc
received their class rings yesterda,
This class IL the June graduatin
GLASS and the members are: Margare
and Mildred Davidson, Ruth Morri
son. BESSIE Hogan. Merle Yearsle,
Bartie jefferson, Kathryn Rose, Mar
Rash and Davis Coale
Harry c. Clark announced yesterds
that he would begin at once TO put
brick and stucco front 20 his propert
on Clinton street. which IS occupie