Berwick High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Berwick, PA)

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THE MIRROR Page 51 death to be by suicide. The coroner disagrees. All join and kill him. fCurtain falls in great confusion, accompanied by bricks, and ancient Vegetablesj. Act III All characters are in such a hard fix we decided to let them rest during this act, as the fourth is very strenuous. We beg you to read up the third act, so you can learn what happens in it. Act IV Three bootleggers at work in a cave, having moved the still. Busy on a new formula for palace trade, since Mack Beth is king. Mack Beth rushes in, a half empty bottle in one hand, and his tooth brush in the other. Since they first suggested that he should be king, he asked them how long the kingship with him will be safe. They give him six or eight drinks, thus enabling him to see a thrilling procession of ghosts, including eight kings from Tut-ankh- amen to Henry VIII, and the murdered Bank Roll's ghost. Thinking him now in a state to believe almost anything, the bootleggers assure him of the kingdom 'till Burnt Ham Wood comes to Dunce Inane hill, thereby assuring orders from him for the future. He leaves. Meanwhile-Lummox and porter have been imprisoned Mack Duff and his gang plot the death of Mack Beth. Done Been and Mr. Duff, get together about three thousand I. W. W'.'s and Bolsheviks. Lady Mack Beth takes up sleep walking as her spring sport, and becomes very goofy. fAs- bestosl. Mack Duff, Done Been, and Cross, with the radicals attack in force, first each having pinned a sprig of Burnt Ham wood, as camouflage. fWe suspect those unscrupul- ous bootleggers tipped them off.J Mack Beth decides to surrender, but all his handkerchiefs are in the Wash, leav- ing him without a flag of truce. His tobacco supply 'gives out, and in desperation he sneaks over to the corner store to get some. His credit is no longer good. Returning, he is seen by Mack Duff, who immediately surrounds him. Mr. Beth states he is innocent, and almost convinces Duff, but the latter sees his patched trousers. and immediately 1'e- news his charges of murder, arson, larceny and default of shoe polish bills. Thev fight. Mack Beth is killed lAhl At last. However we expected it all alongj Lady Beth hears

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Page 50 THE MIRROR 5VIfack93etb--3Von-5bakespearian Q91 Clipyatt Cliljilliams Done Canned, King of Scotland. Done Been, His son. Mack Beth, Bank Roll, King's generals. Mack Duff, Nobleman. Lummox, Cross, Scottish noblemen. Lady Mack Beth. Ghost of Bank Roll. Servants, Bootleggers, Ghosts, Animals, Sheriff, etc. Act I ' Mack Beth and Bank Roll return victorious from the wars. The king awards them both silver soup ladles, and makes Mack Beth the Clam of Chowder. In the woods three bootleggers work over a still. Mack Beth and Bank Roll, out for a walk, and slightly in- ebriated, meet them, and order three cases apiece. Moved by this fine purchase, the bootleggers tell Mack Beth he should be king. He promises them the royal trade if he gets there. Done Canned decides to visit Mack Beth. Mack writes his more sober wife to set an extra place for supper, and to sharpen his butcher knife. All arrive at Mack's. CCurtainl. Act II Lady Mack Beth drugs the servants, and sharpens the knives. The Sheriff calls to pass the time of day, delay- ing the action. Silence. Mack Beth takes a drink, climbs the spouting to Done Canned's room, his knife in his teeth, and once there, kills him. He slides back down, tearing trousers. All retire. Noise at the gate. Mack Duff shoot- ing crap with the porter again, wakens the house. Lummox arrives. The king is found dead, when he fails to answer the breakfast bell. Mr. Duff fetches the coroner. A most dramatic situation ensues. Mack Beth at once accuses Mack Duff, Mack Duff accuses Lummox, Lummox accuses porter, porter accuses Lady Mack Beth, and she claims

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11.86 52 me MIRROR this news and buys a season ticket to a lecture course in psycho-analysis. I Done Been becomes king, and makes Mack Duff head of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Of course, they all live happily ever after. CCrepeJ. Note. If you wish to know about any characters whose final fate is not given, see Volume 27893, Chapter 1824, Section Z, Article 12,367, Paragraph fel of some Encyclopedia or other. We don't recall the name just now.J C741 Concerning a Qqrst fffair Gut .fy Jessie Zimmerman You hear them say afterward in an offhand way,- I had it cut last week --and that is all. They never mention the hours of indecision which preceded the act and which were enough to turn the hair in question a pure white. I think that, from experience, I can relate all the steps that lead to the barber's chair. For sometime you've been contemplating having your hair cut. You have overcome all parental objection. Then some Monday, we'll say, your best friend makes her appearance with her hair cut, shampooed and curled. You say to yourself, She looks alright. Your resolve streng- thcns, and you decide that tonight you'll make the ac- quaintance of the barber. Tonight arrives. You stroll up to the barber shop, but when you get to the door, you remember a very import- ant errand which you were supposed to do last week and haven't done yet. Of course, it must be attended to to- night. and when you have done so, the barber's shop is closed. You breath a sigh-is is of relief ?-and go home with your hair still long. Wednesday comes. You decide that you won't have time to have it done tonight. But when school is dismissed, you find your steps turning involuntarily toward the barber shop. As you walk up the street, you pass a girl whose hair has been newly cut and waved. She had been rather an unatt1'active girl, but now-well you decide right then and there that you surely will have your hair bobbed. You dash home for money and return, only to find the barber