Page 81 - 1927 Hartridge

while oh-stage was heard a horrible din as if millions of tin pans were being clashed together.
The scenery for the last act was a bench, a girl’s hat, two men’s hats, —and Cornelia. By merely changing her headgear she became either d'he Girl, d'he Boy, or I'he Villain, and gave us a most exciting drama
which received much applause.
We were all sorry when the entertainment was over anti were delighted
with tlie iimount of talent that appeared.
The Hallov^ e’en Party
On Hallowe’en night this year a nervously expectant crowd of girls was gathered in the auditorium. Suddenly the lights went out and the curtain rose on a dank, black, underground temple in Egypt, lit only by
two tall lamps, standing beside a table set for a feast, d'he beautiful, cold queen, Anne Breckenridge, entered, followed by her slave, Acka- zarpses, in reality Constance Van Duyn. Soon after them the queen’s
guests stole fearfully down the dark stairs. These guests, who had de­ feated the queen’s armies on various battlefields, numbered among them Estella Goodspeed, Helen Butterfield, Lois Beebe, Shirley Strout, Con­ stance Lesher, and Cornelia Mclntire.
Their fears were justifietl, for a few minutes later the queen left the banquet hall, gave a signal to a slave waiting above, and the waters of the Nile rushed in upon the guests, who drowned amid horrible gurgles and
groans which rang in our ears long after the curtain had gone down. 'This well-acted little drama so weirdly appropriate to the night, is one of
Lord Dunsany’s, entitled, “The Queen’s Enemies.’’
After the play we descended, actors and audience, to the lunchroom,
where we forgot our thrills in the delights of refreshments bountifully supplied by Miss Hartridge.
d'hen, returning to the auditorium, we witnessed a most exciting dance competition, won by Lucie Mackey and Ruth Miller. At eleven o’clock we
prepared to go, voting this the best yet in 1 lallowe’en parties.
Page 71