The Portland daily press., 1878-12-30

represent Inc BaDeS IN Cne W00Q, DuL wiser
heads discovered it to be the young princes in
the Tower. Next followed a court scene
Queen Elizabeth gorgeous in her ruff and
stomacher giving the ring to the Earl of Es-
sex. Agnes was the queen, while her cousin
George was Essex, and knelt down on vel
vet cushion to receive the gift. His crimson
satin doublet had been manufactured with
great difficulty out of christening cloak some
fifty years old, while his sword was Spanish
dagger borrowed from Mr.. Thornton's cabi-
net Of curiosties. The ladies of the court
were as smart as crimped ruffs, beads and the
united jewelry of the house could make
them. The next scene was Elizabeth visit
ing the Countess of Nottingham in her bed,
and shaking her as she confessed that she had
not given the ring which Essex had sent to
the queen. 1.-THE wordi the wordw was
now shouted out, and 1t was soon guessed to
be towering" the towering passion of the
last scene finishing up the whole. The next
charade commenced with Goldie and his
three youngest sisters being led along as cap
tives with iron chains round their necks,
while a priest, represented by Frank in
flowing robes and a long beard passed by, and
asked who the children with those fair skins
and bright hair could be. When he was told
"Angles' he answered "Not Angles, but an
GELS" This was of course St. Augustine and
the English prisoners. The next scene was
Robinson Crusoe, in his suit of skins, trying
to strike light with a fint-stone. His cats
and parro. were looking on, and as the parrot
called "a glass of brandy and waterv' just at
the right time, this was thought to be the most
successful scene that had come yet. Now the
lights were lowered and Scrooge, the miser,
was seen covering over the embers of his fire,
water Cruel in one hand. The ghost of Mar
ley appeared in the background. The part
OF the ghost had been given to the thinnest
boy that could be found he had tight suit
Of white calico, while vaporous mist of
white gauZe gave him a most ghOstly ap-
pearance. When he muttered ''S-c-r-o-o-g.ew
in deep sepulchral tone, some Of the little
ones shivered with terror. But they were all
right again when the curtain was drawn,
and, after little consultation "Skfnfintv'
was called out by the spectators, and this
guess proved to be right. No more charades
were to be given, in accordance with Agnes
Thornton's rule that there should not
be too much of any one thing during
the evening. The party now divided.
The little ones played post and puss-
in.the-corner, while the Others sat round
in circle to have game which would
exercise their brains instead of their legs.
It was as follows: Two of the party 60 out
of the room, while the rest fix on certain
character, either in history, fiction or real
life. A certain object or substance with
which the person is connected is also fixed
upon. and the task of the others is to guess
from the answers to their questions who the
person is and what is the substance. One
takes the person, the other the substance,
and the questions are asked alternately.
Frank Thornton chose the person and began
at the top of the group.
rs the person alive at present, George?"