Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND Cast; ALICE . Dormouse . Mad Hatter . March Hare Mock Turtle . Gryphon Tweedledum . Tweedledee Humpty Dumpty Red Queen White Queen Lobsters . Marjorie d ' Arcy Kathleen Anderson Amy Read Gerda Holman Mary Beard Doris Yearwood Sybil Hissock . Pearl Hissock Lauril Warden Kathryn Wurtele . Ruth Starr Carmen Fair Kathryn Wurtele Kathleen Conn Mary Barnes Doreen McAvity Brenda Davie Margaret Law .Gerda Holman 30

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A LEAF FROM THE DIARY OF A NAUGHTY CHILD 2.00 A.M. — Awoke to imagine there was a burglar in the house, caused by having read Sherlock Holmes before going to bed. 8.15 A.M. — Was awakened after having overslept myself by tele- phone ringing furiously and found that (after hunting everywhere for my stocking and finding it under my bed) the cook was ill and the housemaid had burned the breakfast. - 8.45 A.M. — Missed street car and had to wait five minutes for another. 9.03 A.M. — Arrived at school. Cloakrooms locked, and key no- where in sight. 9.05 A.M. — Found it at last under some papers. Wondered why cloakroom door would not unlock until I found that I had taken the wrong key. 9.10 A.M. — Received a bad mark and lecture for being late and messing up the desk. 11.05 A.M. — All went well until I caught sight of some fluff and began to play with it. Was so interested that I did not notice a hush in the classroom and the teacher staring at me. Suddenly I heard When you are ready perhaps you will tell me if you can spare the time to come to me to have a bad mark ' Slip ' signed. Ugh, the cool way in which she said it, and the thought of two bad marks; Well, next Wednesday will be spent in detention. Was having a nice game of noughts and crosses at drawing when suddenly a voice close to my ear said What new form of Art is this, may I ask? Got home late for dinner. Spilled my soup, burned my tongue and nearly choked because of eating too fast. Had not practised my music and did not know new piece and so was kept in. Was passing tea and cake when, not looking where I was going, I trod on the toe of one of the guests. Upon her reminding me that I was lingering there I jumped and deposited the tea on her lap while the cake flew across the room. Was sent upstairs to await punish- ment. Punished by being sent to my room with a tea of bread and milk. Was told this food was nourishing, but the others had ice-cream. —B.C. Up. n. 29 12.30 P.M.— 1.40 P.M.— 2.45 P.M.— 4.05 P.M. — 6.15 P.M.—

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On February 6th, 1920, the Boarders acted a few scenes from AHce in Wonderland for the entertainment of the Day Girls. At eight o ' clock the curtains were drawn, revealing the Mad Tea Party . The Dormouse was shamefully treated and poor Alice trembled when a remark was addressed to her because everything she said seemed to be wrong. The conversation at the party brought forth loud applause and much laughter from the audience, although it was a serious matter to the March Hare and the Mad Hatter. Humpty Dumpty was the next to appear on the stage and no doubt there was great consternation among the guests lest he fall from his seat on the sea wall. Humpty, however, was quite calm and seemed to be enjoying himself. Poor Alice was at her wits ' end trying to answer his questions. Humpty Dumpty was insulted at the manner in which she spoke of his cravat, and he was so rude that Alice walked away and left him. In the third scene the Gryphon brought Alice to hear the Mock Turtle ' s history. The poor Mock Turtle was very sad and wept bitterly as he sat on , the shore telling his tale. Alice was greatly surprised at what he had learned at school and she could not be- lieve her eyes when eight large lobsters came in and danced. The most amusing scene was probably that in which Tweedledum and Tweedledee took part. When Alice first met the brothers, they were standing with their arms around each other ' s necks looking very like waxworks. As she peered at them anxiously, they spoke very sharply to her, and when she shook hands with them Alice was whirled around in a mad dance. Tweedledee did not seem to hear Alice when she asked the way out of the wood, and he recited a very long poem about The Walrus and the Carpenter , which Alice did not like at all. The brothers contradicted her rudely when she ventured to express her opinion of it and she was quite puzzled at their behavior. Alice was quite frightened at the loud snoring of the Red King and when the boys took out their umbrella she thought it was going to rain. Just as Alice was about to leave the two brothers, they decided to have a duel because Tweedledum said his brother had broken his new rattle. Alice was told that she must help them dress and she was quite bewildered at the things they put on. When Tweedledum and Tweedledee fled from the black crow, Alice was quite disgusted to think her energy was wasted. As the White Queen came running in to find her lost shawl, Alice was shocked at her disorderly appearance and she had great difficulty in untangling the Queen ' s brush from her hair. In the last scene the Red and White Queens kept Alice very busy replying to their extraordinary questions, and her answers were always wrong no matter how hard she thought about them. The White Queen suddenly became very sleepy and she was soon snoring loudly, with her head in Alice ' s lap. The Red Queen sang a lullaby, and then she, too, fell asleep, leaving poor Alice quite at a loss as to what she could do with two sleeping queens. (Curtain) — B.B. V. 31