Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-06-08
A Mother Goose Revival.
A STORM CAUSES A PosrPoNEMENT:

STORM CAUSES A POsTPoNEMENT:
To one passing under the tall shade
trees on Sears Hill yesterday after
noon there were some queer things Wis.,
ible. An immense canvass shoe into
which many children could be put, an
inn IN front of which stood tub
and two ducks, basket hanging out of a
tree by rope, the House that Jack built.
a tree bearing oranges, bananas and other
fruits-many things indeed that brought
the conviction that there was going to be
great time among the children. Towards
shutdown the conviction was confirmed by
the crowds of young people gathering. 1t
was to be an exemplI6catiop of the writ
ten and unwritten work of that Master
Mason of childhood, Mother Goose. A list
of the characters represented will show
how thoroughly the field was covered:
Old Mother Goose was Miss Katie Nc
Guffiu j; the old woman that lived in a
shoe. Miss Emma Picker Goody Two
Shoes, Miss Belle Gilkeson; Queen OF
Hearts, Miss Maggie McChesney; King
of Hearts. Mr.. J. Shirley; Mother
Goose's son Jack, Sammy Christian Jack
and JILL. Mr.. Allen Howison. and
Miss Virginia Hartman; Little Miss Muf-
felt, Miss Annie Nelson Old woman that
sweeps cob-webs out of the sky, Miss May
Arthur; Mrs. Bond, the Inn Keeper, Miss
Maggie Morton; Cinderella, Miss Fannie
McChesney Prince, Lou Alby;. God
mother, Annie Fauntleroy Cinderella's
sisters, Misses Nettie Foster and May Ell
der; Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Spratt, John Ed
lnundson and Miss Annie Hoover Lord
MAY or Of London, Walker McChesney;
The three Tables, Misses Julia Nelson,
Lily Arthur and Fannie Baker; The old
woman under be-hill, Miss Leila Burdett;
Old King Cole, Mr.. b. F. Hughes his
page little Hugh McIlhany; The maiden
all Forlorn, Miss Mary Stuart; The
Priest all shaver and shorn, Mr.. Brad
Lara f; Little Red r ding Hood, Miss Lot
tie Rutherfnrd; B ,bby Shaftoe, Philip
Trout l. tie Boy Blue, Eddie Byers :;
The Piotty maids, Hennie Cushing, Effie
and Mary Burnett, and Annie and Ella
Shelton, Mother Hubbard, Miss Ollie
Hotchkiss; The old woman of Banbury
Cross, Miss Eva Baker; Jennie Wren,
Miss Allie Yost; Lady with the Shining
Locks, Mi Agnes Harman, and scores
m ne of characters that are familiar to
those who remember the literature of their
childhood.
But alas for human foresight; about 5
O'Clock, when a large part of the charac-
tiers represented. clad 10 their bright and
appropriate costumes had assembled on
the lawn ,drenching rain fell, all ran for
shelter and many fed to their homes. The
House that Jack Built Was washed out of
recognition, the Great Shoe snrunk into
damp ruins aud the hu I'd re Is of Chinese
lanterns strung through the trees melted
away like mist. And thus Was spoiled
the prettiest exhibition of the young people
of Stanton that we have eyer seen.
But this afternoon Mother Goose will
again hold her levee at the same place.
with all damages repaired. The exhibition
will commence at O'Clock and last as
long as the visitors are pleased. And
they will be pleased, for they will see the
loveliests and most picturesque gathering
OF her young people that Staunton has
ever witnessed.