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The Silver Kewanite
The Operetta
"THE LUCKY JADE"
Cast of Characters (in order of appearance)
IN THE PROLOGUE
La-el, a dancer
Lois Katherine White
Guion, a trader
Mahlon Mercer
IN THE PLAY
Downs, a pensioner at Courtney home
Charles Meier
Mrs. Courtney, a careful wife
Wanda Plaster
Liza, the colored maid
Dorothy Rule
Nancy, a friend of Mary Ann
Elizabeth Bruner
Jeanne, another friend
Shirley Hill
Colonel Wavelry, uncle and guardian of John
Glen Taylor
Herbert, home from college
Harold Powers
John Endicott, a bashful aviator
Maurice Eastin
Mary Ann Courtney, a daughter of the Sunny South Jane Moore
Fanchon, her French maid
Eudora Long
Mr. Courtney, a sheltered husband
Raymond Orendorff
Horace Ferguson, who "never misses"
Mahlon Mercer
Sheriff
Alva Ripka
ON April io, the Glee Clubs presented the operetta, "The Lucky Jade", to a
packed house whose enthusiastic comments proved that each person present had
enjoyed the performance. An interesting plot, clever lines, and tuneful melodies,
together with an excellent cast, made it one of the best operettas ever produced
by Kewanee High. Special praise is due to Tane Moore and Maurice Eastin, whose
excellent voices have delighted the school for several years, and whose graduation this
year will leave a real vacancy in the Music Department.
The story of the operetta concerned a piece of jade that had its origin in a
voodoo temple in Africa where it was stolen years ago by a trader. It turns up in
the possession of a Negro mammy in Virginia, and when it disappears strange and
mysterious things happen. All is well, however, when it is recovered.
Mr. Lantz directed the production and Miss Behr coached the dancing. Both
should be congratulated for the success of the performance.