“The Chaperone” Will Be Presented Friday Evening, January 26.

“The Chaperone,” a play is being prepared by the senior class of Mont Amoena Seminary under the able direction of Miss Anna Schebeck. It will be given at the Mount Pleasant auditorium Friday evening, January 26, at 7:30.

This play contains many hearty laughs. The action is rapid and holds the attention of the audience throughout the entire time. It is elevating in tone, yet contains much refreshing wit. Appropriate music will be rendered during the scenes, having musical setting by Mr. H. A. Stirewalt of the Seminary faculty.

The scene is laid in a fashionable seminary for young ladies.

Joyce Dynecourt, the popular favorite, never lets a golden opportunity pass to play a joke. Mlle. Jeane, the French teacher, who pries into everything, is the object of her many jokes.

The young ladies receive an invitation to visit the studio of a rising artist. They realize that they can not go unchaperoned and rather than have Mlle. Joyce disguises herself in one of Mrs. Dynecourt’s costumes and becomes the chaperone. It is through this deception that Joyce learns of the existence of her sister, whom she thought dead.

A particularly interesting character is the stylish Miss Nora McCarthy, the Irish maid.

Cast of Characters.

Miss Morong, principal of Crandon Hall—Miss Wannie Cress.

Mrs. Dynecourt, of Selbourne—Miss Eumenes Alexander.

Mlle. Jeane—Miss Lucile Beatty.

Joyce Dynecourt—Miss Ruby Cline.

Judith Grey—Miss Laura Belle Taylor.

Phyllis Reynolds—Miss Julia von Ohsen.

Barbara Creyton—Miss Helen James.

Suzanne Horton—Miss Katherine Fisher.

Lillian Gordon—Miss Lillian Petrea.

Mollie Howard—Miss Mary Harris.

Anna Dayton—Miss Ruth Morrison.

Daisy Rogers—Miss Mary Ury.

Miliam, the Gypsy—Miss Roxana Cauble.

Jill, the waif—Miss Mae Blackwelder.

Nora, Mrs. Dynecourt’s maid—Miss Mary Gnann.

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The Concord Times (Concord, NC), 29 Jan 1917, p.6.

The play “The Chaperone” which was to have been rendered by the Senior Class of Mont Amoena Seminary at the Auditorium tonight, has been postponed until next Friday, February 2, on account of the illness of one of the members of the cast.