Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-07-23
Little Ch,ldren's Fancy Dress Party.

Little Chlldren's Fancy Dress Party.
| The young folk had peasant time last
| Saturday evening at the residences of Drs.
A. M. and Halter Henkel. The entertain
ment required both houses to accommo-
date the little one, and even then it broke
loose On the street in the form of pro-
cession.
The party was in honor of little Godfrey
Henkel's birthday, and came near getting
away from bis birthday into the night. the
little folk had so nice time. Most of
them were in fancy dress, and acted their
I parts creditably. The following were some
of the characters assumed:
Godfrey Henkel was Little Boy Blue,'
and had the ''sheep beed in the meadow
or the cows in the corn" he certainly
would have gotten them out He was
dressed in blue roundabout, blue trOus-
ers. Spanish lace vest, little blue cap, and
he blew little blue horn. He marched
first in the Lilliputian brigade.
Charley Hunter came next. dressed as
Cupid-a 'leetle'' bit more dressed than
the classic Cupid. He had flesh colored
skirt, tarlatan sash, culver full OF arrows.
! and a bow in his hand.
l Little Mary Yost then came as Lady
| Washington. with blue quilted petticoat
and lowered coat train. Her hair was
| Washington cap. She moved with dignity
! and grace as representative of colonial
days should do. ''Iacedit regina et incessu
patuit dea.' as the old Roman hath it.
Then little Annie Hunter tripped
forth fair fairy, in pink tarlatan, follow.
ed 10y Josie Loeb as a tsmbouriDe
girl, in red suit trimmed with black vel
vet, wearing large hat, and having her
tambourine slung across her dainty Shout
der.
Ada Summerson made sweet little
"Bo-Peep," in light blue, with large hat
and white feathers.
J The Queen of the Fairies was well rep
resented by Annie Bell Tiinberlake, in
white tarlatan, trimmed with gold span
! giles, with a silver veil under her golden
crown.
| Maud Cooke as Florentine Peasant
| girl, wore beautiful red dress, with RO-
man sash of white muslin, caught up at
one end with bunch of wheat. She wore
peasant cap with Roman stripe.
| Margaret Timberlake was Undine, in
green tarlatan with silver trimmings, hay
| ing a green veil with crystal beads to rep
resent drops of water.
Another Bo-Peep appeared in the person
of little Katie Yost. with light blue dress
| trimmed with pink. She held a crook,
| tied with pink and blue ribbons.
Margaret Frost, as Folly, wore white
| dress, Fclly's cap with bells, and had bells
fastened to pointed pendant pieces attach
ed to her skirt.
Eddie Reese was an excellent Louis XIII.
in black velvet with Louis" hat and
plume.
Harry Cootes was a sailor boy in white
| with blue braid, and blue hat trimmed
with white.
The little Misses Bumgardner, as Sisters
of Charity, in black with white handker-
chiefs. and the white bonnets characters
tic Of the sisterhood, looked saintlike pious
and charitable.
India Bumgardner, as Quakeress, in
a dove-colOred dress with large white
handkerchief folded across the breast,
looked as demure as pretty follower Of
Penn always does.
Matte Wayt was flower girl in pink
underdress with lace over it. Topped at the
side with flowers. She carried flowers in
| her hand.
I The Misses Mcfarland were fairies, in
white muslin. They had flowers in their
, heir and in baskets. Tiny wings grew
from their little shoulders, and they seem.
ed ready to fly.
! Miss Gussie Bumgardner was becoming
ly dressed in white, and Bo.Peep again ap-
peared in little Miss Burnett.
Willie Pilson was Il sailor boy, dressed
in white suit trimmed with blue, and Or
namented with little anchors on the cape.
Masters Wayt Gibbs, Eugene Summer
son and others. were suitably dressed.
Miss Bell, from Clifton Forge, Miss Stu
art, of New Orleans, Miss Sallle Mcclure
and Miss Gibson, all most charmingly at
tired in pure white, closed the procession.
The children formed a procession in
front of DIR. A. M. Henkel's residence with
Master Godfrey at the head ; they then
marched half-square to the residence of
DIR. Halter HenkeI, and were cor
daily received and entertained until seven
O'Clock, when they returned to the resi-
dence of DR.. A. M. Henkel, where boun-
tiful supper awaited them. In fact, from
| the appearance of the handsomely arrang-
ed table, we think the Doctor was setting
, bad example for mothers. or else he is
wrong in his cautions about not to much
supper for the children.
If our reporter has overlooked any of the
little ones. or misrepresented their char
acters, we beg pardon. Fancy dress par
ties are new to us, and our descriptive
powers of such affairs are very deficient.