Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-02
EVERYYOUTH,-
PRESENTED BY JUNIORS

All interest centers in the schools
whenever a special program is an
nounced. The play "Everyyouth
given at the auditorium Tuesday
night by the Juniors was no excep-
ton. There was a large attendance
despite the prevalence of illness in
the community and the performers
covered themselves with glory. The
high scho4 orchestra enlivened the
assembly hour with number of Sc
lections and furnished most pleas
ing prelude to the evenings pro-
gram.
The play was fantasy in three
scenes in which the impelling and
compelling forces that enter into
and control the life of every youth
are personified and impersonated.
In this program the impersonation
of that composite character, "Ev-
eryyouth" was depicted by Cecil
Wright. stEveryyouth" is exceeding
ly fond OF Pleasure, Roy Ferguson,
a popular youth and Happiness, Wava
Mendel, delightful and desirable
companion and in these he
takes chief delight. Work, Raymond
Birch, wh0Ge companionship would
really give him more pleasure than
Pleasure himself, more happiness
than Happiness herself-"Every-
youth" disdains. Work" is too IA
miliar. 'WOrk" always suggests
youth is averse to such tedious COM
panionship. The scene changes.
Time brings to his acquaintance
Care" Roy Carder, and Care be-
comes more unwelcome and unpopu-
lar; Truth" Marmaduke Sears,
though stranger to many is a
friend to trust, and so proves him
self. Reason is another reliable
friend in the person of George Shinn.
All these companions, Work, !"
Pleasure Care" Truth" Hap
piness," with "Vice," John Stahl, as
an easy going fellow whose care-free
ways would contribute to the undo
ing of Everyyouth, were excellent
in their respective roles, and surely
young people as we'll as their elders
could not fail to see the significance
of the pretty story as it moves along.
Then comes Temptation" Vernette
Harrington, as a betwitching maid
C1I. ID pOoiOSCo Ny
her charms. Temptation" and
"Vice" entice and beckon. "Con-
ceit," Iona Aber, and Vanity" Ev-
elyn Zumbro are Temptation close
companions. How can "Everyyouth"
resist their lure. They flatter, sug-
gest. Trouble" comes - Martha
Sherman-always unwelcome, but
she is sure to come where ''Tempta-
tion," Vice." "Conceit," Vanity
seize upon Everyyouth-none in
such companionship can escape the
visits of Trouble" and Every
youth" nov finds himself hopelessly
entangled.f The friends who drag
ged him down forsake him. And
those who might have saved him he
has ignored, spurned. He cannot
extricate himself. There is none to
help. A modest maident appears,
Love-" the maiden lovely, eternal,
Ruth Gaylord. She touches Every
youth softly. gently, lovingly. She
rescues him from his companions.
Temptation, Vanity, Conceit, Vice,
appear tawdry, horrible to him now.
Love points to Work, Truth, Reason,
Happiness as his real friends, and
these with Love, make for the truest
happiness in the world.
The ending carried it's mes
sage as presented by these players,
even though the curtain did fail to
drop at the psychological moment,
and the evenings performance
scored success for the Juniors who
mad worked for it's happy presenta-
ion.