Westville High School - Echo Yearbook (Westville, IN)

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F ff SAFETY FIRST An American Farce Comedy in three acts by Sheldon Parmer. Pre- sented by the Westville High School, April 28 and 29, 1921. Under the direction of Scott C. Knoll. Cast of Characters. Jack Montgomery, A Young Husband ......... .... O scar Jarrell Jerry Arnold, An Unsuccessful Fixer .... ..... E dward Gill Mr. McNutt, A Defective Detective .... .... A lden Herrold Elmer Flannell, Awfully Shrinking ..... .... L loyd Miller Abou Ben Mocha, A Turk From Turkey .... ...... V ernon Forbes Mabel Montgomery, Jack's Wife ........ .... E sther Davidson Virginia Bridger, Her Young Sister ....... ....... H elen Reed Mrs. Barrington Bridger, Their Mamma ..... .... F lorence Ortman Zuleika, a Tender Turkish Maiden ....... ..... M ertie Shunk Mary Ann o'Finnerty, An Irish Cook ..... ...... L e1fTMi11er The Story. This new and sparkling farce has a story of sustained interest, abound- ing in mirth provoking situations. Its leading role is that of an innocent and inoffensive young husband, Jack Montgomery, who is plunged into the abyss of the law after trying to rescue a Turkish maiden from the hands of the police. Jack and his chum, Jerry, visit Zuleika to aid the interests of Jack's cousin, Elmer Flannel, a shrinking young man. Jack, Jerry and Zuleika are arrested and sentenced to thirty days in jail. In order to keep the disgrace from Jack's wife, Mabel, and Jerry's fian- cee, Virginia, they tell them that they are going to a convention of Shriners by boat. The scheme works and Mabel and Virginia bid them a tearful farewell. In the second act the ladies have received word from the steam- boat company that Jack and Jerry are not to be found on board and have probably been washed overboard and drowned. They are heart-broken and don deep mourning for the loved ones they never expect to see again. Jack and Jerry in jail, know nothing of this, and when their thirty days expire they return to the ladies full of joy and explanations of their won- derful trip to Florida. It takes some tall explaining to show why they were not drowned, and when Mrs. Bridger, the mother of the girls, learns that Zuleika has been missing for thirty days, she naturally thinks that she ac- companied the boys to Florida. Mabel decides to return to her mother's roof and never see J ack again. The third act straightens out the tangle after a series of laughable events culminating in an elopement down a ladder in which Jack, who thinks he is eloping with Mabel, his wife, finds that the lady he is running away with is the Irish cook, Mary Ann O'Finnerty.

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IN LIGHTER VEIN The world is old, yet likes to laugh: New jokes are hard to find. A whole new editorial staff Can't tickle every mind. So if you meet some ancient joke, Decked out in modern guise, Don't frown and call the thing a fake, Just laugh, don't be too wise. much . Junior: I suppose it is because all green things need lots of water. Why are school teachers like Fords ? Because they give the most service for the least money. Prof.: Ernest, what is dust ? Ernest: Mud with the juice squeezed out. Pupil: I don't think I should have zero on this paper. Teacher: I don't either, but it was the lowest I could give you. Has absolute zero been found yet ? HYeS.!7 Where ? On my report card. When I go to heaven, I'm going to ask Shakespeare if he wrote those plays, said a literary woman. Maybe he won't be there, said her husband. Then you ask him, retorted the cruel one. Mr. Knoll: Excuse me, Harland. Harland: You're welcome. A teacher was instructing her pupils in the use of the hyphen. Among the examples was bird cage. Now Johnny, why do we put a hyphen in bird-cage? Johnny replied: It's for the bird to sit on. M. E. H. I wish you people would keep still when you want to say anything. Senior: Why do all the Freshies stand around the water fountain so -P