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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 May 1926, p. 41

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~f(ly 14, 1926 . WILMETTE famous siren, who has wrecked thrones and ruined kingdoms. And that is just \Yhat he does; and the si ren who seizes him is none other than Polly herself, who, after concocting a daring and fanciful background becomes the dangerous "Polly '"ith a Past," at whose feet princes have knelt. And doc .~ ~lyrtle rush to save Rex, \\'hen she sees him in the clutches of the S,!tppo sed ly · Ycry wicked vamp? Sill' docs: and the complications that foll(J\\' are very funny indeed. Polly di~cn\· l·rs , that being a famous "lady ,\'it h a past" is no't the eas ie st position ill the world, nor is it very glorious. LIFE . 4.1 . STUDENTS REHEARSE "POUY WITH A PAST" New Trier High School Senior Play is Rollicking Comedy-Romance With Clever Plot BY G. W. C. How sacl the fate of a yo ung man ',\Ito h a" not a singlt.: Yicc ~ Sadder yet hi-, iate if he is in love \\'ith a girl \\'hose work in li fe ·is reforming people, for refc,rmer:-; pay no attention to those \\'lid arc good. Just what would a Yl >tlllg lllan · in suc h a predicament do? _ -\tl(l tha.t is the question that worries Rex Yan Zilc in "Pollv with a Past" :. play by Geor~c ~1 id~llcton and (~u'y Bolton which the Kew Trier Dramatic club i:-; to present as a senior play at the high school. Rex, \\'ho ha~n't any faults ( docsn 't drink, :-.mokc . flirt, or play ch eckers) i~ i11 lon· with '!\[ntlc Da,·is . Mvrtle is a refor111er, an(t" like all :,uch, r~n·ls :n picking people ol!t ni the gutter, so t·l 'peak. an(l uplifting them. She turn s t ht· 111inds of drunkards toward lemon:tde and the ntinds of incl' s~a nt s mnk ·rs toward peppermint-.: and she alL \\'a~· ..., ha s an eye open i('r someone · .\"110 i" "had." But to Hex, \\·ho is hopc~t- . . . . Jy ~ood. -.he pa\'..; no attention. If ln· tries to gain ia\·~>r in her sight. shl' di-.111i:-"<'-- hint and ru :-. he~ off t c, a hencti t t' 1 ,n n·rt or a rha rit \' liazaar. And ·t:idt·r ..,uch ronditio11s . \\'hat can p()or !~ex And Rex finds out a thing or two about reformer::;. The play is to he presented Saturday, ~lay 29, at the );ew Trier High school auditorium. The cast, which contains only . seniors and juni~rs, is' now rehearsing s~eadi ly under the · elirection of Gordon Van Kirk, of the Dramatic department. The performanct· \\·ill undoubtedly be a success, fqr the cast is an enthusia~tic one. the director is experie nced and most capable, and the play itself contains a great deal of witty dialogue and many humorous situations . 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