Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-09-05

MOTHER GOOSE RECEPTION
Come Lads aud LasSies, heed my call,
For Mother Goose gives you "a Ball"
''The name Of the Lady ?" asked Pussy Cat,
And she whispered 10 me, ''Whg! Mary Mohat."
She has gathered up the fruits Of the season.
And sends this rhyme 10 give the reason.
"Archie" too, the "Knave Of Hearts,
Has promised her to furnish "Tarts;"
Blanche rs 'Muffet"
Lends her "lufet,"
And ON the day
Gladly divides her "Curds and Whey"
And little "Jessie" "Red Riding Hood"
will treat you all so kind and good.
On Thursday, then, at half;past seven ;SS avo,,n
Come like Birds and Flowers and Beasts,
Come. and well have "Merry Feast"
September an, 1884 RS. N.P.
The receipt of this invitation threw some
fifty little hearts into hutter OF antlcipa-
ton and the past two weeks have been spent
by them in all the excitement of childish
preparation. And when last night came
and brought the realization of their hopes,
It is'safe to say they all departed complete
ly and entirely happy. 1t was lovely even
ing and the house was brilliantly lighted to
welcome the fancily- clad little guests as they
trooped in. Mrs Moffatts four little chill
dren stood in a row on large fur rug and
received the various mythical characters
with childish dignity Mary, as Mother
Goose, was a bewitching little creature;
Blanche was Miss Muifett to perfection;
Archie was Knave of Hearts in royal style,
and little Jessie as Red Riding Hood was
wee winsome little thing of beauty and
grace. In groups of twos and threes the
little folks came until the house was full OF
them, and, as many were accompanied by
their parents, a. large party was assembled:
The older members never tired OF
gazing on the moving scene,
as the little ones, in their
quaint dresses and the sublime unconscious
ness of childhood, played and walked about
or danced to Prof Kilmeyers music.
About nine o'clock some delicious refresh
ments were served and then the fun was re-
sumed until many a golden little head
dropped, when the signal to break up Was
given.
1t was difficult to obtain all of the char
acters represented. and some of the prettiest
may have been accidentally overlooked in
the following list:
Cleel List was the Fairy Prince and his
little sister Cinderella; Little Boy Blue was
we'll represented by Eugene Hildreth, Lind
say Hamilton, Bob Brown, Don Merriman,
Wi lie Turner and Whitney Wallace; Mary
Phinney was Mary with the little lamb;
To-day Baird, Helen Mccoy, frankie Reed
and Annie Carnahan, were all Little Bo-
peeps; Gertie Fisher was the old woman
who brushed cobwebs from the moon; Liz
zie Mendel and Matte OFT were the Queens
Of Harris who baked the tarts, while Archie
.unatl was the knave of Hearts
no stole the tarts; Sam Harper WIS
gorge Washington; Morgan Berger and
Alice Brady were Jack and Gill; Henry Rus
sell was Admiral Bobly Shafto Wilson
iIoge, Jack the Giant Killer; Gertie Prall,
uinderella Jennie Campbell and Mamie Ba-
ker, flower girls Rosie Hoffman was Polly put
he kettle on Hattie Dalzall, Dame Crump;
Lee Walton, Dolly Warden Dorrie Hub
bard, Mother Hubbard and Annie Hub
bard the same; Josie Warehouse, milk
maid; Gene Warehouse, Little Bopeep;
John Reed, Jack with the beanstalk; Neal
Barton, Shepherd Boy: Harry Simp-
son, 10Th century child;
Harry McLain, Jack the Giant Killer;
Carrie Franzell, Nancy Wancy; Elsie Whit
;aker, Milkmaid; Annie Hoffman, Little
Gettie Blue; George Wise, King Coles Fid-
dler; Willie Bates, Tommy Tucker; Alice
Bates, Mary, quite contrary. Among the
little folks not costumed were Flossy Han
nan. George and Bev. Sweeney, Harold
Norton, Lou Hubbard, Will Hearne George
Norton, John Doddridge and Johnnie Kells.