Brown and White Vol. 3 no. 51

              the first game of the season was played on saturday afternoon at rittersville ball park resulting in a victory for the allentown team by the above score the day was chilly and cloudy and those of the spectators who were so unfortunate as to leave overcoats at home had a pretty cold time the game was called about 3.45 with allen in the field carmen was first at bat and went out at first on a short hit to infield tay lor got to first on being hit by a pitched ball then lowe got to first on a bunt assisted by an error of the pitcher but taylor was caught at third lowe stole sec ond and scored on a two-base hit by senior and on e grace's three base hit senior scored snyder retired the side by a hit to first in the second half gilbert reach ed first on senior's error then both got to first on a short hit gilbert being put out at second on fielder's choice eastman got to first on being hit by the ball advancing eoth and a wild pitch advanced both him and roth a base then bear got to first on four balls and a base hit by messinger let in roth and eastman ziegler's hit put messinger out at second cham bers got first on balls and then mertz retired on a hit to gannon the second inning was a short one neither side scoring in the first half of the third continued on third page thunder h l bell 97 wood pecker promises to restore the hat and the whole fun of the play arises from his search through london with the wedding party continually at his heels in order to replace the leghorn hat he first goes to a milliner who turns out to be an old flame of his the milliner farnham,'99 upbraids him for his falseness and he promises to be true if she will only find him a hat she has none in stock suitable but tells him of one which she has sold which was a counterpart of the one which was eaten off woodpecker rushes the wedding party follow ing merrily behind to the mar chioness of market harborough where he is taken for a noted singer by hard work he manages to secure the hat but only to find it a black straw whereas he wanted a white he is informed by the marchioness that the hat he seeks was presented to the marchioness niece and nearly baffled but not discouraged he goes in search of the niece he finds the house only to learn from the lady's hus band that she was not at home tapping finally goes to his own apartment where he meets ue wedding party who have learned that there is a lady in tapping's room poppy top father of the bride consoles her by promising a divorce whereupon foodie once more takes advantage of his cous inly opportunity by embracing her poppy top orders the wedding presents brought out and tapping comes on the scene at this point spying a hatbox he endeavors to secure possession of it but the hat was the gift of uncle bopaddy who steals it while tapping is occu pied and the latter gets nothing but an empty box with much gusto he presents the box to the lady mrs bunthunder glad to be freed from his trials and great is his consternation when he finds the box empty ' finally all are " run in " for disturbing the peace to a conveniently placed station house by a policeman who knows yez at last they are released matters are amicably adjusted the lady's hat is restored tapping makes satis factory explanations and the mar riage is permanently on the ladies in the play carried their respective parts in a manner which left little to be desired especially in regard to looks and the carrying of skirts lee 97 as the bride was particularly effective looking and smiled pleas antly when being embraced by either cousin foodie or her prom ised husband belden 96 as major-general bunthunder the marchioness of market harborough seabrook 97 an emotional noble woman and smoot 98 as the duke of turniptopshire an emotional nobleman were all very good the latter showing considerable polish the wedding party gayly uni formed looked well and tripped gracefully over the boards to a very mustard and cheese on saturday evening last the mustard and cheese dramatic as sociation delighted the people of the bethlehems with a splendid production of w s gilbert's ec centricity the wedding march this affair is rapidly becoming one of the most prominent and popular events of the college year and if future productions pass off with the dash and success which charac : terized the play on saturday even ing the association is bound to re tain the popularity which it has earned dy dint of perseverance and hard work the play departed from the usual operatic perform ances of the past few years but if appreciation and applause are any signs no mistake was made in this respect as the variation proved very acceptable when the curtain rose for the first time the actors and actresses looked down on a comfortably filled house composed of the so ciety people of the three towns but there was a noticeable lack of col lege men in attendance the plot of the play was simple being a series of adventnres which befell a young bridegroom who was endeavoring to replace a young lady's hat which had been eaten by his horse scene one opened with a room in woodpecker tapping the bride groom's house mr 0 e pettinos took the part of the bridegroom and took it well he is well known here as a clever amateur actor and his work on saturday evening was no exception uncle bopaddy a deaf gentleman soon appeared on the scene to deposit his wedding gift j w thurston 96 made a decided hit in this role his acting was very even and of a high standard being deaf his com panions have some difficulty in making themselves understood and uncle bopaddy's answers to ques tions while not strictly applicable in all cases were nevertheless amusing the third of the main characters poppytop was partic ularly ably handled by bartholo mew 96,who acted the part with a great deal of ease and threw con siderable force into his work on these three men fell the burden of the play and their efforts went far towards making it the success which it proved to be it must not be inferred from this however that the accessory parts were neglected ; far from it they served to bind the play together and to make it bright and interesting to make these side characters intelligible a de tailed description of the play would be necessary briefly however after the young man discovers that his horse has eaten the young lady's hat he is confronted in his own apartments by captain bapp f h baldwin 96 and the un fortunate young lady mrs bun lehigh university south bethlehem pa monday april 13 1896 vol 111 jsto 51 the brown and white calendar monday april 13 — " production of the wedding march by mustard and cheese dramatic association at easton tuesday april 14 — meeting of junior class at 12.30 p m senior class meeting after lecture physical laboratory wednesday april 15 — meeting of sophomore class 12.30 p.m baseball rutgers ritters ville 3.30 p m thursday april 16 — meeting of civil section of engineering society phj^sical laboratory 7 p m friday april 17 — meeting of chess club lounging room 8 p m notice the regular meeting of the mathematical club will be held wednesday evening april 15 in the physical laboratory at 7.15 o'clock noerr 97 will read a paper on " hypocycloidal and epi cycloidal curves a full attendance of the mem bers is requested as some import ant changes in the constitution will be recommended and the nomina tion of officers for the ensuing year will be made president catchy air at every favorable opportunity as the time of the play was about 80 years ago it is not exactly clear how lillian russell lord dunraven et al happened to be present at the reception of the marchioness it may have been their grandmothers or prehistoric ghosts but at any rate they were there and there in all their glory brown 97 created much applause by appearing as lord dunraven in immaculate white trousers more fobbish and snobbish than ever and well placarded l w bald win 96 as airy fairy lillian brought down the house and gave a representation of that famous person with which she herself could have found no fault the serpentine dance of marshall 97 was also well executed and much appreciated taking it as a whole the play was a decided success the en gagement of woodpecker may have been on and off at every turn but the play itself was strictly on from the start everyone taking part in it deserves the high est praise for the heartiness with which lhey entered the work and the cleverness with which they carried it out the cast was as follows : mr woodpecker tapping a bride groom mr c e pettinos poppytop a market gardener -. mr g p bartholomew uncle bopaddy a deaf gentleman mr j w thurston the duke of turniptopshire an emo tional noble mr b smoot major-general bunthuuder a com panion of the bath . mr e t belden captain bapp of the guards • mr f h baldwin cousin foodie mr f d ammen cripps a milliner's bookkeeper mr e c thurston wilkinson a policeman mr f h g-unsolus jackson woodpecker's servant mr j c holderness b rap an old retainer mr j l rankin marchioness of market harborough an emotional noblewoman mr h seabrook anna maria poppytop a bride .' mr l r lee sophy crackthorpe a milliner mr r farnham mrs leonora bunthunder mr l h bell patty mr p g hilken lady popton mr l e edgar wedding party mr c b barnard mr g c leidy mr r e l george mr w g hare mr w b wood and mr f c wettlaufer guests of the marchioness lord dunraven mr h f brown miss lillian russell mr w baldwin premiere dansetjse miss loie fuller mr l h marshall the ushers were : s baldwin 96 bartles 96 daboll 96 dick erman 96 mcdonald 96 j r wilson 96 elliott 97 and scott 97 <*. , beck 96 played the violin and and whildin 96 the piano in the orchestra at the mustard and cheese performance on saturday evening whiting ex-'96 now at yale and thomas ex-'96 now at johns hopkins were in town on satur day «. pennsylvania has recently had a gift of 500,000 for the encourage ment of liberal studies baseball lehigh 7 ; allen a c 15