Trafalgar School - Echoes Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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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

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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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MISS RUSSEL ' S ADDRESS On Wednesday, the 2r)th of February, Miss Riissel, a member of the Zenana Mission, gave us a very interesting address on a mission- ary ' s life in India. She is head-mistress in Queen Mary ' s High School, in Bombay, and she told us many interesting facts about the lives of some of her pupils. She explained to us the marriage ceremony of the natives and the sad lives of the girls. I am sure Miss Russel touched all our hearts by the way in which she told us the story of poor little widows. The patriotism of the Indian soldiers and the splendid en- deavour of the school girls in raising large amounts of money, dur- ing the war, cannot easily be forgotten. Miss Russel ' s mission was a call to all graduates of schools and colleges to supply the needed missionaries and teachers for this great work. — E.A. IV. DR. GRENFELL ' S VISIT TO TRAFALGAR When Dr. Grenfell came to Montreal in October, 1919, he, al- though a very busy man, found time to come to Trafalgar and speak to us. Most of us knew of him, but many saw him then for the first time. His kindly looks and cheery smile won all hearts even before he began to speak. He told us of how, when he was a young man, he travelled down the Labrador Coast, and saw the great need of- the Labrador people for medical assistance. He saw how hundreds of men, women and children lost their lives, simply because there was no one who knew how to treat their ills. It was then that Dr. Grenfell decided to devote his life to this great ser- vice, and since that time he has won love and respect from the world, as well as the deep trust and love of the Labrador folk. He told us many funny and pathetic stories of the people of far away Labrador, and after his talk I think we all felt a deep interest in those people and a strong desire to help them. Dr. Grenfell did not mention all the hardships we know he has to endure, but he cer- tainly brought home to us the need of good Christian men and women on the Labrador Coast. — M.C.M. IV. 82