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Show EAST WARD RELIEF SOCIETY GIVES FINE ENTERTAINMENT . The East Ward Relief Society repeated re-peated their playlet (composed by Mrs. Grace Woodbury) given here Sept. 16. by request, Tuesday night, in the Gym., to a very large and delighted de-lighted audience. When it was given giv-en it met with such great favor that the sisters were importuned to repeat it. They did so, with some slight changes and additional frills which, good as the first presentation was, was even better. The playlet starts with three women, wom-en, representing mother, grandmother, grandmoth-er, and great-grandmother, engaged in sewing and their conversation turns to the change in dresses and costumes worn at the different periods. per-iods. The talk developes into an argument as to which period was the best for amusement, conduct, etc. The great-granddaughter now comes in and shocks her grandmother and great-grandmother by the levity of her speech, talking of her "peppy bunch," etc. It is finally proposed that each of the four get a party together to-gether of their friends of the respective respec-tive periods and engage in the songs, dances, deportment, etc. and dress in the style then in vogue. The party gotten together by the great-grandmother first appeared and sang, very nicely, one of the favorite songs of the time. This was followed by dancing the minuet, and right gracefully was it done. 1 This was followed by the grandmothers' grand-mothers' party which sang a serenade of the time to guitar accompaniment by one of the party. The song was followed by anold-time quadrille. The mothers' party followed with a song and danced an old-time waltz. Then the youngest party appeared and sang a jazzy song, followed by a fox trot. They were the favorites among the younger people and were encored. No men appeared in the playlet, and considerable amusement was caused by the appearance of short stout ladies in men's costume. At the close of the playlet the audience was invited to join in general dancing, many of the old-time old-time dances, quadrilles, Sir Roger D'Coverly, etc., being engaged in. The affair was a big success, financially finan-cially and otherwise, and was declared de-clared the best entertainment ever given here. |