Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1916 — Monnett School Operetta. [ARTICLE]

Monnett School Operetta.

The play represents a tribe of Indian maidens celebrating the Feast of the Red Corn. The one who finds the first red ear of corn has her dearest wish granted. The Queen of the tribe is to join in the search this year, hoping by finding, it to get news of her King, who has gone to the wars. The old squaw tells the maidens that the Four Winds have whispered to her that no wish will be granted this year because some one has committed a grave offense.

Impee Light, the little sister of the Queen, is suspected of the crime and threatened with burning at the stake. She is found guilty of teasing the Queen’s two little children and of tying war feathers on the Sacred Stuffed Bear, but excuses herself because she has inherited a peculiar temperament. The Ghost Dance follows and at its close the Queen lulls them all to "sleep, and night falls. The second act opens with the dawn of the Feast Day. Impee Light wakens the maidens, and after the Tale of the Three Little Bears, the Queen suggests a canoe ride and the Old Squaw declares there will Ibe no wish granted this year. The rest of the tribe go for the ride, and while the Old Squaw chants the Song of Sorrow, the party returns wailing over the drowning of the Queen’s children. At the end of the funeral march the children jump up and explain that Impee Light has played a joke on the Queen and .maidens and they are all right. The Squaw invokes the Four Winds again and the wish is granted. The feast proceeds and the Queen finds the lucky red ear and the play ends in a gay chorus. Between acts the following numbers will ibe given: Chorus —The Lure of the Road Camp Fire Girls. Solo —(a) Sing, Robin, Sing; ((b) The Stars—Wilhelmine Traub. Admission 25c for adults and 15c for children under 14. High school auditorium, Thursday, April 13, 8:20 p. an.