- The Senior Girl Reserves presented, on November 23, 1923,
three one-act plays. They were
- given under the direction of Mrs. W. A. MUNN, and the excellent
acting showed effects of the coaching they received. The costumes
and scenery were especially good, and music furnished by the
School for the Blind Orchestra, was excellent.
- "The Maker of Dreams," the first presented, was
a story of the awakening of Pierrot to his love of
- Pierrette, whom he had always known, only after he had searched
everywhere for a suitable wife. Those who took part were, Marion
LEE, Charlotte CLARKE, and Jessie VINEER. Mrs. Lyman JACKSON
played the piano, and Mrs. Eber ARTHUR, the violin, during the
play.
- Taking place before the curtain and without other scenery
than a table, "Two Slatterns and a
- King," favorably impressed the audience, both by the
good acting and elaborate costumes. It told the story of a king
who promised himself that he would marry the maid having the
most tidy kitchen in the land. By "chance" the tidiest
maid was most dirty, and the slovenly, the neatest. Thus, through
fate and chance, the king was married to Slut, the most slovenly
maid in the land. The part of the king was played by Ruth CLARK;
Chance, by Marjorie EARLE; Tidy, the False Slattern, by Alice
ATHON; and Slut, the True Slattern, by Louise LARSON.
- The most amusing of the three was "Between the Soup
and the Savoury." It gave a view of what
- took place in an English kitchen while the family was eating
dinner. Nettie SIMCOX, playing the part of the cook, was a typical
Irish cook, with the characteristic "pub" of hair on
the top of her head. Gladys MILLER was the hit of the evening,
as Emily, the meek little scullery maid. Stella BABCOCK, as Ada,
was a typical modern maid, and deeply interested in the affairs
of the family and household. The plays were considered excellent
and of very high standard, and it is hoped that more like them,
will be given in the future.
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