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The Prerrot of the Minute by Mary B. Sutherland

id i ‘HE first play given by the students at our regular monthly meetings
was a fantasy in pantomime, “The Pierrot of the Minute’’—selected
from a book of plays.

The two characters, the Moon Maiden and The Pierrot, were taken
by Peggy Cartwright and Marion Coote, under the able direction of Bee
Lennie, while the dialogue was read from behind the scenes by Phillis
Kirkpatrick for the Moon Maiden and Katherine Harrison for The Pierrot.

The scene of the play was at the entrance to the temple of Cupid, in
front of which stood a statue erected in his honour. The plot revolved
around a Pierrot who had fallen in love with an immortal Moon Maiden.

As the curtain rose, a very realistic setting met the eye. There is no
stage and very limited material for stage decorations at the Art School,
so Margaret Williams and those who helped her deserve great credit for
the attractive arrangement of the scenery.

The two characters were very daintily dressed in costumes of their
own design.

The play was greeted by a more enthusiastic audience than was
expected, and it has encouraged us to attempt other and more ambitious
productions.

WHY SOME ARTISTS STARVE

Their work is so subtle that no one besides themselves can “‘get”’ it.
Critics are prejudiced against them.

They are painting for glory and not for money.

They haven’t enough of a reputation.

They haven’t the time and leisure to study sufficiently. |

They have too much self-respect to give the public what it wants.
They haven’t enough inside pull.

Their ideas are too advanced.

They are afraid their really good work will be plagiarized.

They can’t paint.

ParKE Cumminos in Saturday Evening Post.