Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-02-02
ASHTON SCHOOL
NEWS

January the 10th, was to our way OF
thinking a great success.
The entertainment was we'll attend
ed. the auditorium was filled to over
flowing. every available scat was oc-
cupcd. while many OF those more UNI
fortunate were left standing, in fact
before the evening was half over we
were heartily wishing that our audi
toriuum was about as large again.
Mr.. Middlebrooks sold tickets and
we feel obliged to say right here he
must be either a born ticket agent or
Wall street banker and we don't
know which, but we do know we were
both surprised and pleased when he
displayed to our bordering eyes col
lection OF bills and change amounting
to $4975.
The attraction of,the evenings enter
tainment as greatly added to by the
use Of small electric lights both on the
stage and i'll the audience, which were
afforded by batteries. At the rise of
each curtain the lights in the audience
were turned out While those on the
stage remained burning thus ilumi-
mating the scenes with a profusion of
brilliancy which lent to the whole and
added touch of distinction
The stage was representing a pa
latial Fifth Avenue drawing room and
was lovely in brilliant old rose and
soft dark green.
The walls were covered with strips
green imitation art paneling with a
top border of soft gray wall paper in
Dorothy Perkins roses design.
The side entrance was skillfully con-
ceal2d by green velvet portieres and
rose colored over draperies. Beautiful
statues and silver candelabra graccd
the marble and granite fire mantlcs,
and one hardly knows what to think
just tos tand off and look at that
stage, whether he is getting a glimpse
of paradise or beholdng for the first
time the magnificent interior of an
Oriental Harem. Expensive paintings
adorned the walls and antique mahog-
any furniture, Turkish rockers. de-
mure reception chairs and quaint di-
vans, completed the scenery, and now
tor the story which is all about a
young lady of eighteen summers who
has terrible affection of the heart,
Miss Bernice Halstead by name, and
Miss Amy Halstead, Beriice's younger
sister and a distant relative of the Hal
steads, Miss Inez Gray, the latter are
returning from shopping, one day and
chance to pass handsome young ply
stefan with the most adorable NOUS
tache, soft curling hair and mesmeric
blue eyes, that fairly take ones breath
away.
The girls in ecstacy, hurry home to
relate to the elder Miss Halstead the
story of their Wonderful discovery"
and Bernice looking from the case
ment beholds the captivating, irresist-
ible DR.. Burton and then and there re-
solves by means of strategy or other
wise to win the affections of this
charming village doctor, and when
you learn just how she does it YOU
Will laugh until you split your sides.
But some few days aftetr this mis-
fortunes assail the elder Miss Hal
stead, she is accused of stealing her
step mothers diamonds and to add
insult to injury. is offered her step
mothers detestable son, Dwight Brad
ley as a possible husband to preserve
her Gas Mrs. Halstead terms it) pre-
cious name and stainless character.
Bernice refuses to do this and at
the same time feels that she cannot
1--we another moment under the tyran-
meal step mothers hateful roof
She accepts the position of a school
mistress in little old quaint New
England village and goes to board in
the nome of Abraham Barnes a gen
ulne old-fashioned Yankee bachelor
lovable as the days are long and with
an affection for his sister whom he
has playfully dubbed Sis that hard.
ly seems earthly and sis returns the
affection and proves it by standing by
"Bub' when Bernice Halstead. the
only woman whom her bachelor bro.
Their ever wanted to marry. turns hin,
down for another mana certain dark
| and devilish DR.. Burton.
And the story goes on to tell how
Bub abraham Barnesl learns of the
accusations brought against the fair
Bernicc, and how he goes to the Hal
stead mansion to stand bv the Door
little girl to the end,
Here he meets 'Madcap Amy and
her charming cousin Incz GRAY and
of course the rules of polite society
in New York City are vastly differ
ent from the rules of polite society in
small New England towns, and it may
he that Mr., Barnes was highly out
ragged by thee onduct of the two Young
ladies. but we will wager that he did
not object so very much to a few
chuckings of the chin, especially when
it is done by two such adorable crea-
lures as Miss Amy Halstead and the