The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07


 Miss Marjorie Foy, portraying the role of 'Tish", the elderly aunt who has young and very definite ideas which always lead to entanglements and bring trouble to. her family, re- ceived much praise for her fine acting. The humor of the play was kept in the foreground constantly by the two elderly spinster sisters of Fish who always added the need- ed touch for laugh when a serious moment arrived in the play. The dialogue given throughout the play by Lizzie, played by Betty Cunning ham and Aggie played by Camillus Quinn, was most noteworthy. The former definitely acted the part of a buxom good natured individual, although inclined to be of a wor- ried nature at times. Miss Quinn, giving one of the finest perform ances of the evening, maintained the attitude of 8 week, sickly type of spinster who participated in the various activities of the day only because she was carried with the tide of events always ending with dire results. "Ellen Leighton, the genial proprietress of the hotel, was played in a superb manner by Miss Lorraine Juinn who added to the romance of the evening by falling in love with the scatterbrain nephew of the spinsters, Charlie Sands, a role well accomplished by Miss Edna LaZdauSkas.
 Luther Hopkins, the mean, money grabbing individual of the village, was portrayed by Miss Dolores Muc- cino who always gained the dis pleasure of his associates by his at- titude to everyone and especially to his lovely daughter, Callie Hop- kins, played by Miss Marjorie Crean.
 The audience received great deal of pleasure from the portrayal of the old time sheriff which was given with much gusto by Miss Mary Nee gan known to the township as Sher- if Lem Pike. An officer of the law with romantic nature, he added the needed touch to the theme of the play from time to time.
 A handsome, dashing guest arrives at the hotel in the person of Wes- ley Andrews played by Miss Alice Hutchinson who gave 8 fine por- trayal of writer who persues the girl he loves to the Mexican hotel and after engaging in few entan- elements and even being suspected of being the "neighborhood bandit" he regains the lost love of his sweet heart. The part of the sweetheart, Bettina Trent was ably played by Miss Margaret Sheehy. The true bandit of the plot was Denby Grimes, in the person of Miss Dorothy Dan- aher, who had as his accomplice, the fake Hollywood actress, Doris Gaylord played by Miss Dorothy Conway.
 The role of the Mexican maid was well played by Katherine Petrillo and support was given to the action of the play by Lois Travers, the vil- lage reporter, interpreted by Miss Rosemary Bolan.
 The entire plot of the play cen- tered about Tish whose faculty for getting into trouble seemed to have no termination. Her many esca- pades including travels in a second hand car, by horseback and even in her nephews airplane, even if by accident, added to the gay man. ner in which the story was unraveled by the cast. Life at the hotel, the robbery by the bandit, his capture by Tish and the lovers finally gain- ing reconciliation all brought the play to a happy and clever finish.
 Mexican serenaders who rendered numbers throughout the perform ance were Misses Eleanor Dee, Pa tricia Boston, Jeanette Duhamel and Lucy Marocchi.
 Preceding the play and during the brief intermisslons several num- bers were rendered by the school orchestra directed by A. c. vestuti and including the following mern- begs:
 Violins, Lillian Pukinskas, Pearl, Eleanor Basile, Lucy Mar occhi, Anna Colangelo. Patricia Klik- na. Mary Agnes LaFleur. Margaret