Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-04-08
SENIOR PLAY, ''CRASHINC
SOCIETY" AT GYM TUES

! Crashing Society," to be present.
ed in the gymnasium next Tues.
day, April IS. is somewhat DIFF
ferent in type from the senior
plays of the past two years.
them vt is three-act comedy e.
culated to be 100 per cent enter
tainment, but Its appeal deps
almost entirely upon clever dia
logue and not so much on any &C.
ton as did Safety First" and
Too Many Crooks previous class
plays.
The play is the story OF the Dun
negan family from Jerkwater. who
through an Inheritance are enabled
to change their residence to New
York City. The commonest of COM
mon folks in Jerkwater. in New
York the Dunnegans are led a mer-
ry round by Mrs. Dunnegan (Betty
| Daris) who asptres to enter society
in big way. Her daughter Chris
tobel tThelma, Rice) has the same
ambitions and between the two OF
them poor Adam Dunnegan (Ralph
Jorgensen) Is nearly driven to dis
traction. fellow sufferer is his
son. George (Ben Larsen). In
sympathy with Dad and Georges
plight is the other daughter, Mar
guerite (Betty Weller) who has
little polish acquired at college.
Decides To "Wcar Pants"
Finally Adam decides he will
wear the pants for the family
and through trickery get them
back in good old Jerkwater again.
where you don't have to be French
to read the menus
At this junoture the socially el-
lite Van Witherspoons come into
the picture. Mr.. Van Witherspoon
Bob Brimble) is aristocratic In
name only, his funds being sadly
depleted. almost to the verge Of
bankruptcy, but his wife dolly
Lamb) keeps up appearances With
q weather eye out for favorable
marriage tar Mr. srh. Cyril, (Dean
CRAIG on whom che relies to re-
plenish tho Van Witherspoon FAM
lily pocketbook.
Somehow. Marguerite is not Inn
pressed With young Van wither-
spoons attentions and the affair
narrowly averts destruction on the
rocks OF family discord.
A virtuceo Singer
Miss Agatha Mulroony (wilma
Trout) is virtuoso singer whose
warbltng sounds like peach seed
caught in a sausage grinder" to
George and Adam, but whose SER
vices are necessary to Adams
scheme. A tutor (Elinor Noland)
tries to teach Adam and Ben sone-
thing about etiquette, but has q
miserable time of it, and Is finally
bought off.
Adding to the humcr OF the
story Is the English butler hired by
Mrs. Dunnegan, but who get4 in
Adams hair very badly. The butler
tCar] Daytdson) has the fault of
taking everything that Ia said lit
erslly. which keeps the Dunnegans
in perpetual confusion. Clarence
Adams is the society reporter who
does most anything for a. nics
check.
Packed with Laughs
The theme of the play is not
new, hut 1t is an entirely new treat
ment and the performance is pack.
ed with laughs from stant to fin
ish. Other attractions on the even
ing's program are musical rendi-
tions by the school orchestra and
an inter-act vaudeville skit entitled
the Lion Tanner" In which will
appear Beulah Larsen, Ivan Mutt.
Clarence Adams and Bob Brimble.
Ticket sale is In charge OF Elm.
OF holland. and all seniors have
tickets for sale. The advantage In
buying an advance sale ticket lies
In securing seat in the front part
of the house.
AS many seats will be roped off
ss thcre are advance tickets sold.
Prices are Is cents and IS cents.
including state amusement tax.
The class is anxious to have a large
crowd rs play receipts go to detray
their commencement expenses, in
GLIDING rental OF caps and gowns
and anpakc oynonooo