Humboldt High School - Life Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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69 . 55 f TCS X-wg-. ' f4Daddy Long Legs Dacldy Lonfffl.e0's was mresented to Humboldt audiences in three Jerform- . If 5 ances, a matinee on Thursday, March l, r.lllll1l'Sll'1Y eveninff and Friday' e' nine' March 2. ,V 1 V 1' 5 U XC 5, Daddy Long'fl.eg's is a charming play and it was made doulmly so lmy the manner in which it was given. The characters actually seemed to live. Loretta Muehlbauer, as Judy, the heroine, was very appealing and someone remarlcerl after the performance, 'She sure can act. lilroy Isaacson took the title role and he made the part of the man who was hoth Daddy and lover seem very real. Helen XSarg'ent, as Miss l ritchard,', was a very sweet old lady who acted as a Sort of goflmetween for Dafldy and 'fludyf' The part of flimmie Macl!rimle , a wealthy college man, was taken hy Roy Blume. 'Sallie lXlacl3ricle was one of those nice'l girls whom you would want for a friend and Margaret Manx played Sallie-'s part very well. Mary O'Minsky was 'flulia Pendletonu, a yery engaging little flapper who thought rather too much of herself. There were many other characters, all of them wonderfully well done and it would Fill many pages to sing' their praises. Again we may take our hats oft to Miss Graves. Her plays seem to have taken Cones methoclithey are Ngettiiigg' hetter and hetterl' every year. The principals are? Judy - - Daddy T.ong'-Legs Miss Pritchard hlimmie Macllride Sallie Macllride -lulia Pendleton Mrs. Pendleton Mrs. Lippet - Mrs. Semple Fo1f1'fi'i'11 l.oretta Muehllvauer - lilroy lsaacson Helen Sargent - Roy Blume Margaret Manx Mary O'Minslcy Dorothy Stanley Marion Whaley Catherine Coyne

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The Turtle Dove This is a very interesting and exquisite Chinese play. It is based on the legend in regard to the pattern of all authentic willow plates, and the action takes place before a giant willow plate seven feet high. The plate used in the play was one which Rex Kelly had very expertly reproduced. The costumes corresponded to the blue and white of the plate. Frances Keller, as the girl on the plate, was very realistic as a Chinese girl and the lover, Rex Kelley, was very well portrayed. The comedy was furnished by the Mandarin, Paul Rom. Other parts were Ralph Hunsaker as the Chorusg Helen Sargent as the goddess of Fateg Esther Graves, Gongbearer and Albin Johnson, Property Man. This play has been shown at various places outside of school. It shows that the efforts of Miss Graves have been appreciated not only by the students of Humboldt but also by the people of St. Paul, who are interested in real art. Two Crooks and a Lady The play Two Crooks and a Lady was presented in an assembly for the school and was again given the same evening for the parents and the alumni. Helen Sargent took the part of the paralyzed old lady in quite a wonderful manner. She was not allowed to move even a little finger during the whole of the play which lasted about a half an hour. Edith Bayard was the maid, an accomplice of a man who intendel to steal the famous 33 a diamond necklace in the possession of the old lady. The man was played by Ralph Hunsaker. The whole play was very interesting but one especially effective part was that of the torture scene. It was just like the mellerdrammer in the movies. Altogether it was a very enjoyable little play and we can look forward to many more delightful hours, if all Miss Graves' plays are as well done as this one. And they will be, we can always expect that. V Patience Patience , our operetta for this year, was given with great success on De- cember ZO and 21. The operetta is a satire on aesthetic culture which was the fad in England about thirty years ago. Twenty lovesick maidens are devoted followers of Bunthorne, a very aesthetic poetg they entirely ignore the Dragoon Guards, of whom they had formerly been quite fond. Bunthorne, who is really a sham, recognizes a danger- ous rival in Grosvenor, an idyllic poet. It is most amusing to see the efforts of the Dragoons trying to become aesthetic in order to regain the transferred affections of the maidens. Bunthorne also does a little scheming by which he hopes to Win the love of Patience who loves and is loved in leturn by Grosvenor. Bunthorne finally persuades Grosvenor to cut his hair and become a commonplace young man. When this is discovered by the maidens and Pa- tience, they decide it is quite right to discard aestheticism. Patience accepts Grosvenor, the now disillusioned maidens return to the Dragoons who are de- lighted with their brides. Bunthorne is left with a solitary lily as his only con- solation. Sixteen