The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1893-01-08
THE PURPLE AND GOLD
OF THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE
OLD NORTH STATE.
The Mother Goose Ball and New Year
keceptiOn's--Other Events OF
Pieasure-.Notes and

Although it is probably useless the
CHRONICLE will state that the Mother
Goose ball was ball mssque given by
the young ladies of Raleigh. 1t was in
tended as a Leap Year affair, but bad
weather prevented, and it was postponed
until January 8. 1898. The characters
or costumes were to be taken from
mother Goose" Rhyme hence its name
of Mother Goose" ball. The ball began
at 9 o'clock, the dancers being masked
At the hour of ~ o'clock all unmasked
and from then into the "wee small hours
Of the morning the cotllion was danced
The cotiilon was continued until the
hour of 8. when the dance was brok, u
| up and the participants wended their re
| sLective ways home Never. in the
| annals of Raleigh. has sn occasion of thi.
| kind been more ENJOYABLE. The charac
ters were most skilfully por'rsved. snd
| the dancers deserve great credit for So
artistically arranging their costumes
| Miss Annie Busbee. particularly. should
he congratulated. Her position as leader
Of the german was especially trying
one. and she received tn, encomiums oi
all present In commanding such lie
gion she showed the spirit of leader
worthy of Napoleon or Hanrihal; anG
in the invention Of new figures she ex
celled all The "Mother Goose" will b,
looked at and tslke about as "a thips
of beauty and a joy forever" for years t,
come.
After uumasking the following ladie
and gentlemen danced the cotillion il
character:
Miss Helen McVea as "Baby Bunting
with JamesWright as "Knave Of Hearts
Miss JAMIE Andrews as Little Mis-
Muffet." with NJ W Miller as "Littl
Tommy Grace; Miss Addie Stith a
"Old Mother Goose" with W H Kin,
as Little Tee Wee; Miss Bette Harri
as "Polly Put the Kettle o." with Dr.
J NJ Aver as Charlie Wsg"; Mis-
Mary Pescud as Little Miss, Prett
Mss," with Starke B ,tchelor as ''Simpl
Simon; Miss Bessie Mordecai as "Wher
are You Going my Pretty Maid wit
Ioe K Marshall as Tommy Tucker
Miss Lizzie jackson as IN SIS Muff t."wit
F. H Cameron, Jr, as Bobby Shaftoe'
Miss Kate benson as Little b Peep.
With NJ Wentworth as Peter Piper
Miss Mamie Cowper as "Jill' Wit
) Thomas deer, Jr., as "Jack"; Mi:
Blanche Williamson as Queens {
Hearts" with George S. Hardin as 20.
King Cole; Miss Anns Burwell "Wit
t Rings on her Fingers" with Mike Hok
: as DIR. Foster; Miss Gotten as "Quee
of Hearts" with A B Andrews, Jr..
"Humpty Dumpty"; Miss Jennie Pc
j cud as Mother Hubbard" with Sa
+ IIiusdale as Piemsn"; Miss Janet Ba'
o ger as the Girl in the Lane"with Geors
e H Snow. Jr as the boy on the Hill
d Miss Margaret Hinsdale as 'Marge
o Daw" with J. s. Massey. as Little B
? Blue; Miss Ka'ie Haywood as Daft
II down Dicus"with Jno Stronach IS 'Jac
. Miss MaryMller as "Polly put the Ket,
d On" with Sherwood Faison as Pet
. White; Miss Margie Busbee as Cur
It Locks. with Alex Stronach as Sns
etc. Miss Anna StrGnach as Lady Bu
e with John Faison as Old Woman und
the Hill; Miss Myra Pearce ss Milk Ma
with Guion Dewey as Sol Grundy: NJ
Mable Hale and W L. McGehee in
is and Ms. Jack Spratt: Miss MildredBi
d ger-O Woman a little Hard ofHeariu
d with S F. Telfair Jack be Nimhle; NJ
N Mamie Jones as Little Mamie Etico,
10 with W. B Snow as King of Hear
It Miss Katherine Badger with Cecil
10 Lee, the streets were so broad the lar
n. were SO narrow could not get my W
:. home without wheel barrow; Miss T
r berta Smith-Mary, Mary. quite Cnntrs
With S. A. Ashe, Jr., Goosey, Coos
Gander
The floor managers were Mrs An
=, Busbee as "Mar0. Mary. quite contrar
~ Miss Lille Hicks as ''B ssie Brook
- Miss Lucv H4wkins as Queen
Hearts," Miss Eta McVes as ''Marg
Dsw" The following your genllen
received rosettes of the floor manage
re Messrs John Stronach. S-mu~l Hinsds
he James Wright and Thomas Ruffin
~ The stags were: Perrin Busbee
sb The Priest all Shaven and Shorn:" P
fessor Pritchett, Father GRAY Bear
George Graham, Thomas Ruffin. Pc
m Cook, the "Three Wise Men Of Gothar
~ Messrs. Ed Battle. Van Wyck Ho
~ George Collins, Buxton Hunter ]
'e Prior, John W. Marshall. How
Thomas E. n Lee. Frank P Haywo
he Jr., Frank Stronach. w. Irwin Ave
ed VI. T. Leach, E B Engelhsrd, John
SITS Ferrall. Lucius P. McGehee as
u Hark. Hark. the dogs do bark.
he The begParS are coming 10 town,
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