New Britain herald., 1923-02-09
GIRLS FRIENDLY IN
 DELIGHTFUL PLAYS
Si. Marks Society Enlsrtalns Woman's Auxiliary as Guests

Members and associate members Of
 tie Girls Friendly Society ef st,
 Marks Church presented an allegori-
 cal playlet and a one-aet play last
 evening before the woman's Auxiliary
 and guests in the Parish rooms of the
 church which were greeted hY the enr
 thusiaslie approval Of the large audi
 enee, The young women in beth casts
 besides displaying inc individual
 talent showed the effects of the skill
 fnl and painstaking coaching of Miss
 Sally Humason under whose direction
 the' plays were produced, There was
 8 professional smoothness to the per-
 fofmanee rarely achieved by amateurs and a sympathetic interpretation Of
 lhe dramatic scenes Of the play Miss Civilization, by Richard Harding Davis which brought honestly responsive thrills, Al the conclusion of the enter . tainmenl the young performers were obliged to respond to a curtain cali. at | which time Miss iiumason was pre- scented with a pretty bouquet Of How CTS by the Girls Friendly Society.
 Don't Judge Hastily
 Two slatterns and King" by Edna St. Vincent Millay. told its less son Of the unwisdom Of judging too hastily by appearances. through the characters Of s'chanee." played with pleasing ingenuousness by Miss Airline Larson: ''Tidy" delightfully interpreted by Miss Josephine Elmer as though she were the personifieation Of tidi- ness itself: Slut" In which character Miss Gertrude Middleton. far from looking the part the name im- plies, helped splerdidly 10 impress the lesson Of the beauty of cleanliness. and the King" in which impersonation Miss Florence Williams was thorough iy regal and effective.
 With impressivity gravity Chance informs the unhappy King that the cause Of his unrest Is his single state, whereupon his majesty determines to search the town for the most tidy woman in his domain, intending to make her his queen. On this unfortun- ate day 1t so happens that Tidy. noted for her habituai neatness and cleanli- ness. has. through unhappy Chance, met with misfortune. Her kitchen is dirty. her person disheveled. her whole scheme of things disordered. It is while unwonted filth surrounds her that the inquisitive King. seeking the tidiest woman of the town, chances upon her in his search. He revies poor Tidy, now so sovenly--and all Chance. and he puts her from him, worthy though she be except for this unlucky Chance.
 The Kings Sad Error
 And on this ill-fated day it so hap pens that Slut, tiring temporarily of living her life of slovenliness and case, to try the one experience h she has never enjoyed. namely that ir of sweeping the floor, putting her per- si son and all her house in order. It is d hen that the queen-seeking King hap ai pens. by Chance. to visit her house. W Ind by Chance he jumps to the nasty fe conclusion that because the house of a he sloven is in such good order it il S always thus, just as he had too III hastily judged that the unlovely home c' ,f Tidy. which happened by Chance to ,e in disorder, was continually q place as ,f dirt and filth. Too, quickly then, ca he unhappy King weds the sloven hi vho chanced to be clean for a day, gl nd turns away from the tidy lady to lpon whom misfortune had come. tn md, repenting when he learns the ruth of the terrible situation into mich his nasty judgment has led him, n, e is nevertheless led away by the nl egal ear by her of slovenly habits ie 'hom, through Chance, he has chosen sn 9 be his queen. 10
 An Air of Mystery m A darkened stage throws an inn fo ediate atmosphere of excitement gl; yer the opening of the, play Miss je which followed. It is NJ idnight in quiet home. There in ,mes ray of light into the darkness of om the candle carried by Alice iSi ardner, daughter of the president of hu railroad, as she moves softly to the Lii lephone and tells the station agent Of the little suburb where she and tn, 1T mother and father live that she ba