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This was a patriotic play called the "Courtship of Miss Canada", put on by the congregation of the Tabernacle Church in Belleville, Ontario. From a typed sheet on the back:

"COURTSHIP OF MISS CANADA CAST OF CHARACTERS PROVINCES: Quebec Miss Laura Phelps Ontario Miss Mabel Mills New Brunswick Miss Pearl Davis Nova Scotia Miss Helen Moore Saskatchewan Miss Maud Naylor Prince Edward Island Miss Ethel Slater Yukon Miss May Wallace Manitoba Miss Ruth Snell British Columbia Miss Lucy Forester Alberta Miss Mary Drewery

CANADA Francis Nicholson JOHN BULL Mr. J. E. Walmsley ENGLAND Mrs. Grant IRELAND Mrs. Duff SCOTLAND Miss Brown

NATIONS Belgium J. J. B. Flint Uncle Sam Harry Moorman France Burton Asselstine Spain T. G. Bell Russia J. O. R. McCurdy China L. Wrightmyre Japan Armour Bennett Norway Harold Davis Sweden Clayton Mastin Mexico Percy Mastin

THE ANGEL Jean Nicholson

PROGRESS Ada Greenleaf INDIAN MAID Lulu Dyre STUDENT Joe McCorkill FOUR WINDS Dorothy Clark, Eva Davis, Muriel Greenleaf, Wilda Palmer.

FLOWER GIRLS; CADETS, etc.

SYNOPSIS OF THE PLAY

ACT I. Introduction of Canada; The Homage of the Provinces; Progress and Cadets; News Army; Wheel Drill; Native Canadian Maid; Flower Drill; The Message of the Winds. ACT II. Building The Flag; Entrance of John Bull and attendants; Canada's Bouquet; Courtship of the Nations; Canada's Reply. ACT III. Passing of the Indian; Canada's Regret; Appearance of the Angel; Canada's surrender and Dedication.

Program commences at 8 o'clock sharp/

This elaborate production, enhancing as it does every patriotic emotion of the true Canadian and British Subject, is something that will appeal to both young and old. The music is patriotic, which gives vim throughout the whole play.