The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-06-01
NEWS FROM LOCAL FIELD; SOCIALAND PERSONAL NOTES

Demonstration, Boys Gymnasium
class.
Who is Sylvia; Hank, Hark, the
Lark. Schubert, Junior High School
chorus.
A Midsummer Nights Dream, ar.
ranged and presented by the ninth
grade class in English. Place, A
wood near Athens. Synopsis: Her.
mia and Lysander Zee from the
city Of Athens into a nearby wood
to escape the Athenian law which
compeis Hernia to marry Demet
RUS, the man Of her fathers (Egi
eus) choice. Helena, another Ath
enian maid, is in love with Demet.
RUS who loves Hernia. Demstrius
and Helena follow Hernia and Ly-
sander.
oberon and Titania. king and
queen Of the fairies. have quarrel
led. Oberon sees Helena In dis
Puck aid her by putting magic Juice
on the mems eyes and thus have
the men fall in love with the right
maidens.
In the same wood some workmen
are preparing a play In honor of
the approaching marriage OF Thes-
seus, the Athenian duke. Puck
gets the lovers mixed up and also
causes Titania to fall in love with
Bottom, a workman. Through OBJ
eron's guidance the lovers tangle
is Strengthened and all ends we'll.
Prologue-Esther Case. Written
by Cornelia Andrews.
Pantomime OF story by Titania's
fairies.
Cast Of characters in order of ap-
pearanee.
Theseus-Duke Of Athens-Fred-
erick Krinkle.
Egeus-Father OF Hermia--Otto
Emmler.
Demetrius-in love with Hernia
-Harland Harmer.
Lysander-in love with Hernia
Harlan Taylor.
Hermia-Clara Emmler.
Helena-in love with Demetrius
Margaret Henlein.
Bottom-a weaver-James Kelly.
Ounce carpenter-Raymond
SNUG joiner-Lester Carl
strom.
Snout-a tinker-Bruce Oleson.
F1ute-a bellows mender-Lyle
Haskell.
Starveling-a tailor-Charles Cain
Philostrate-Luvern Eaton.
Oberon-king Of fairies-Frank
Wildes.
Titania-queen of fairies-Anna
Smith. ..
PUCK. Puok.mischiet maker-HerOert
Fairies: Bernita Barney. Mary C..
Riser, Helen Miller, Violet Mood,
Helen Long, Marion Smith, Helen
Attendants with Titania: Dallas
Timlin, Jessie MCGOWAN.
Senior Class Play Tonight
The members OF the senior class
of the Mankato high school are put
ting forth unusual efforts this year
to make their class play a success.
The entire class is working every
available moment constructing new
scenery and installing the latest
lighting system in vogue In all the
large theatres. The play is one that
has been enthusiastically received
at its production by the University
Of California, the Central high
school of St. Paul and various other
institutions where it has been stag
ed this year.
The story of the play has to. do
with the planting of Rollo Webster's
one wild oat and his subsequent
theatrical career; the scene at the
Oddly theatre where he staged a
production Of Hamlet, which owing
to most unusual circumstances ends
D. oud dica and hia
final return to his grandfather
home. where he Unexpectedly meets
the Ophelia of his brief stage ca.
reer.
Involved in his histrionic flight
are his aunt. sister, his man Hews-
ton, grumpy old grandfather and
several members of the theatrical
profession.
The cast of the play is as follows:
Hewston, Rollo's man $500.
............... John Henry
Lydia, .Rollo's sister. Ruth Macbeth
Relic Webster, a youth of aspira-
tions ...... Norman Nitzkowski
Mr.. Stein, a theatrical manager -.
.................. Paul Gender
Goldie MacDuff, an actress .........
................. Lucille Lusk
George LucasTan actor ....1:::
-. llDuT feJISIsOu
Mrs. Park Gales ..!. Eloise Taylor
Whortley Camperdown ............:
..'..' oiNel hoH
Thomas Skitterling Raymond Healy
Aunt Jane, Rollo's great aunt .....
............. Kathleen O'Connor
Horatio Webster, Rollols grand
father ............ Lloyd Kersey
Bella, housemaid at Webster's .....
Myra Jones
The play will be presented at the
Orpheum theatre this evening.
Had Dinner At Garden City
The following people from Man
kato were dinner guests at the Gar
den City Inn Sunday. Mr., and Mrs.
B. F. Pay entertained sixteen guests
at two o'clock dinner; Mr. and Mrs.
J. r. Jensen had six guests at two
o'clock; J. A. F1ittie was host to I've
guests at one o'clock: and Mr.. and
Mrs. W. J. Mitchell entertained five
guests at one o'clock dinner.
Telephone employees Picnic
The girls employed in the book
keeping department Of the. Mankato
Citizens Telephone company had a
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