The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-07-06

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The Mother Goose Festival river
LIT Metropolitan Hall Wednesday
evening IN aid Of ST. Thomas
|church, vas greeted with ! large q
tendance. There were ! number
present from HALEY. Bellevue and
adjacent precincts. The Bellevue
orchestra discoursed sweet music q
intervals during the entertainment,
and 1t tho social dance which con.
cluded the festivities.
The programme was varied and
Of unusual excellence. The man.
ager, Mrs. c. w. 6tickney, aided
BY Miss Valeria Dollarhide, vas in.
defatigable in her efforts to make
the affair both pleasant and profit
able, with the result that it was uni.
versally accorded to be 4 complete
success in every detail. The hall
presented Z brilliant appearance
with its drapery of the stars and
stripes, and the air was fragrant
with the perfume of lovely flowers
which adorned the booths and =
freshment tables. The Postoffice
was a genuine Uncle Sam institu-
ton made attractive with clinging
vines dotted here and there With
pansies and sweet forget-me-nots.
After an overture by the orches-
ira, the curtain rose, and Master
Eddie Tucker, master Of ceremonies,
announced the programme in pleas
ing rhyme.
The first feature Of the entertain
ment was the appearance of "Old
Mother Goose" and her quaint little
family with the attendants emerg-
ing from the dressing.room at the
lower end of the hall, followed by
King Cole and his pages, the Queen
of Hearts, Boy Blue and Humpty
Dumpty, Old Mother Hubbard,
with her dog "a real, live hungry
looking canine), Dame Trot with
her basket of eggs, The Old
Woman who lived in the shoe"
and her many children carrying a
shoe Of adequate proportions, Lit
tie Bo Peep aud her sheep, Tom the
Piper's Son with his pig, Robson
Crusoe and his man Friday, Jack
the Giant Killer, and the Giant
himself. who lowered nearly to the
ceiling.
The costumes were fantastic, some
quite grotesque, which created
much merriment.
Master Eddie Tucker announced
the name of each character as they
took their positions upon the stage,
where "Old Mother Goose" was
about to hold a reception to the
friends who gathered there ito hear
her rhymes and jingles dear"
After the unique looking person
ages were seated, Mother Goose"
Miss May Weaver) in a quaint
and admirable manner introduced
each one of her guests to the aud
ience.
As "Mother Goose" seemed to be
rather dry, Jack and Jill master
Melvin Mccoy and Miss Ger.ie
went up the hill for pail
IF wafer. Red Riding Hood Miss
Nellie Barry came tripping along
IN the road to grandma's, looking
10 sweet that it was q fortunate
hing for her that the old wolf had
tent his regrets, he'd eaten her up,
Iure.
1.-The old woman who lived in a |
'hoe" { Miss Carrie Wilson, had q |
,reat time with her growing family, |
he fact that she had 80 many chill
lren, that she didn't know what to
To-" was plainly visible in her care
vorn face.
King Cole master Eddie Price,
ooking very imposing in his royal
'obes, formally introduced Boy
Blue master Eddie Tucker) and
dumpty Dumpty Eddie White),
rho, after saluting the King with a
,raceful bow, sang a pretty char
cter duet which was we'll executed
nd received with loud applause.
Dame Trot" Miss Sadie Nc
;oy) created quite q ripple of ex-
itement when she dropped her bas-
ct of eggs.
Mother Hubbard" Miss Lillian
Vhite) in her up-to-date gown,
old all about her poor dogs disap-
ointment at finding an empty cup
oard, and just how Father Hub
ard (Adam-like) had got away
18th the bone. Said she had struck
ut to make a living for herself and
he dog without the assistance Of
be old man.
King Cole with the Queen Of
Iearts Miss Jessie McPheters) |
ad the seat of honor at the ban
net table. The moment the King
egan to carve the famous blackbird
lie, FIVE little blackbirds Roy Nc