Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1925, Page 105

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION—OCTOBER 18, 1925, OUR LITTLE THEATER GROUP BY W. E. HILL. Copyright by the Chicako Tribune. Mect Mrs. Hobart M. Music is no treat to Pilfer, the charming mis- Nettie. the grocer’s tress of ceremonies, pan- lovely daughter, who tomiming ‘“hush” to a provides sweet sounds . backstage talker. during the entracte “Come Michelmas Morn" is one of those gripping playlets dealing with the mining inter- : : On alternate nights ests of Merrie England. Bill Stench is trying by brute force to make his wife, Liz, come i $ b she plays at the local across with her last sixpence for drink. There is much “Ay, ay, wench!"” and “S’elp me, 3 A 7. movie house Gawd !”" which of course is to be expected from the north of England. Things look pretty dark for Liz, till she sobs out the glad news of an expected son and heir. “I wanted yon sixpence to buy a wee bit of ribbon for the wee one's shirtie!" she tells him. Such a to-do! Bill is made a new man, and, as the curtains fall (if they are working), he and Liz are waiting hand in hand for the sunrise. *'Tis our sunrise, my girl.” says Bill. “Nay, 'tis the wee babe’s.” answers Liz The steam heat, the stout man, the varnished seat and the gentle sound of ripping and prying loose ’ 4 i which disturb the quieter 5 2 i o g Say “Good evening!" to the impromptu box office at the door of the night moments of the evening L " ‘g f 4 school auditorium The front row and the parting curtains, which won’t part at all, unless a pin is removed. The amateur juvenile lead, who is justly proud of a more or less fancied resemblance to Mr. Harold Lloyd A dainty bit is contributed by little Gladys Made- leine Hangkow, who is “French Dollie," in the whimsical playlet with music, “Kriss Kringle's Dream.” Old Santa Claus is discovered working on ';‘: Chnsm;as toys, when, because of the heat, g ; 4 | A or bicatiie 6l o i e e o P The widower who, with- snappy piece of drama is the one-act farce, “Page Colonal Bogey." i i i i asleep, and the dolls all comne 10 Tife and do exhibiz ; 4 out asking the town's golf widowhood, asks advice of her maiden aunt. “gLet John thinkgh)i(s nei:‘ecl:‘l:;gfxm‘:’?g g‘t’:rie:s:n‘e'l' tion dasces with oy Bolisecs and jumping sarks permission, married a counsels her aunt. So the wife feigns madness, and there is a high old time. Later, a friend tips off the Gladys Madelcine, though frighiencd out-or two 3 : > young wife. provides a husband to the truth and advises the husband to try the same tactics. So he ,iretends'm be mad, and there Years grovihs i e hes LISl dans o A 3 great deal of talk dur- is certainly the dickens to pay in that household. Finally, everything is straightened out, and the husband ot el N ing the intermissions and wife corhpromise on basket ball. i ¥ 4