Washougal High School - Kaiyawi Yearbook (Washougal, WA)

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eeeqfaunomwh Laaaafg.. are H 'l'ony for a son-in-law, her daughter Gladys and Mr. Van Alsten, are invited to lunch. Van Alsten promptly makes love to Miss Carol. Tony sees them, but in the meanwhile has fallen in love with Gladys. He presents her to -his mother and Mrs. Mannering as the future Mrs. Ray. Carolyn appears and demands to know what he is going to do with her. Gladys has confessed her love for Tony to Carolyn, and the butler, Thompson has recognized in the aunt no other a person than his long-lost wife, and it is disclosed that Carolyn is their daughter. Van Alsten attempts to buy Miss Carol off, but does not offer a sufficient sum. At last Tony persuades her to part with the promise of marriage for twenty thousand dollars. She declares that it was only Gladys' love for Tony that saved him, not the check. The curtain falls upon a scene of satisfaction, as Carolyn tears the check into bits and Tony clasps Gladys in his arms. The above farce was successfully presented twice at the local playhouse and once at Fishers. The situations were involved and humorous. Every member of the cast was well suited to their part and performed it excellently. Edith Clendening as Mrs. Brown, and Floyd Woodings as Thompson, the butler, carried the humorous parts and displayed them with great success. Arthur Jones as Tony performed his part and smoked his cigarettes with an ease that appeared pert'ectly natural. The two rivals for Tony, Kathryn Keep, the dash- ing chorus girl, and Rhoda Henion, the shy little maid, were excellent. Ethel Baldwin and Ruby Fessenden were well suited to the parts of the anxious mothers, with their dignity of speech and bearing. Winfield Woodings was unsurpassable with his monocle and English drawl, but it was no doubt due to the influence of Icophene Clendening, the charming young widow, that he owed a great share of his success. The play was quite the most successful amateur t'arce ever produced by W. H. S. students, and its favorable result was greatly due to the splendid coaching of Miss Walton. G., 'l 7. THE SENIOR PLAY. Practice under the capable direction of Miss Walton has begun upon the Senior play, which will be given about the middle of May. She Stoops to Conquer. or The Mistakes of a Night, by Goldsmith, has been chosen, and is the most ambitious dramatic production ever attempted by the High School as yet. The plot hinges upon the mistake made by the hero in taking the house of his host for an inn. A series of awkward blunders result from this. The scene was laid in the eighteenth century, and therefore the costumes will t'orm an interesting feature. The cast is as follows: Sir Charles Marlow Young Marlow thi s sont Edward Reinseth . . Oral Neal Hardcastle . Winfield Woodings Hastings . . Ernest Sault 'l'0ny Lumpkin .Lawrence Clarke lliggory , . Edward Reinseth Mrs. Hardcastle . Miss Hardcastle Miss Neville . Maid . . Edith Clendening Icophene Clendening . Ruby Fessenden . Ethel Baldwin R. F., '16.

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