New Britain herald., 1929-11-13
Mrs. John H. kirkham, Mrs. Earle V. Pomcroy, Mrs. Gail c. Porter, Mrs.
 Frederick Hart Winners.

The Woman's club meeting ye;. terday afternoon closed the literary contest for 1929. Two one act plaAe and the two short stories judged 70 be tho best Of all entered. were read for the vote Cf the club for fr.t and second prizes Of SG5 and 215 respectively.
 A letter from the judrcs. who were Mrs. Andrew !. Sloper. ,Ir.. Rufus N, HcmenWay and Judge J. l.. Cooper, was read by Mrs. BuoH BasSntto. president. which statol that the fields covered by the two plays were so far apart and th. theme so well worked out in each. that they, the judges. could not fin ground for judging one 10 be bctto, than the other Mrs. William r. Brooks moved that the prizes be combined and half gwen 10 cayn author The motion was seconded opened and the prizes awarded as follows.
 First prize story, "A Hero in thr Sun" by Ms. John II. Kirl,ham.
 Second prize story, There is Stul Adventure by Mrs. Earle Y. Pom. eroy.
 "Tho Maid of France,' by .1rs. Gail c. Porter. and Through th.. Kitchen Door, by Mrs. Frederick ! Hart. were awarded the play prize equally.
 Mrs. Kenneth Searle read in" short stories. The first by Mrs. kirkham, concerned girl on 3 sun shiny summers day. dreaMily long ing to bo q 'partner in the etern Il love and goodness which is noodin; the world Her grandmother m- derstands the expression in hrr Sranddaughter's eyes and tells her Of her uncle who fought in tho Revolutionary War and who had had the same spirit. At the close Of the story the girl says, How do you know, Grandmother. that the air was shimmering with sunshine when Uncle Hugh was court ma tialcd for his loyalty 10 his can i tain ?' ''N hy, it must have been, . vas the reply, flor he was 8 Tracy" 1 This was more of q tale than a story as the grandmother narrated tha story of the uncle 10 her Grandchild. ing style and made her characters ! live.
 The story awarded the second prize. by Mrs, Pomeroy. was laid in [ the background Of the Sonora upris- in2. Jack Hollingsworth. q cub law yer, who had just settled the estate Of one Richard Mason in Mexico City, is making a nash for thc United States border with little Mary Mason and Sally Ann Parker q sister of the first secretary Of the embassy. before the uprising comes to a head. The thr Q are captured by the Mexican rebels and are held for ransom. Their captors treat them well and they are all taken 10 view airplane that had fallen into the rebels hands. By quick man. covering. Sally Ann gets all three lIlio tl' pIdllS anu iitIot v lltIll fi1 tonishcd captors can interfere. she has started the plane and has head cd for the friendly border. This sec ond prize story was love story as well as an adventure. Sally, the main character. was a true modern girl who cleyerly carried off each situation. There is Still Adventure was well done and mcrited the at tention it received, the members agreed. Mrs. George N. Flanagan read the two plays. "A Maid in France" by Mrs. Porter. was an in tim&tc study Of Joan d'Arc as she awaited her execution. Her depres. sion, dread and eXaltation were clearly and classically portrayed
 the devoted love Of her childhood
 friend. and the misintcrpretation o
 the masses. The play was brought