Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-18
a Successful Bazar.

n HOFClty III LD6 way OF entertain
ments in Watertown was the Mothe
Goose Market last Thursday evening
held by the ladies of St. Paul's churcl
guild At 108 Main street. Eleven at
tractive booths were presided over b,
little folks and grown folks in the
quantity picturesque costumes of 10th
er Goose's nursery rhymes. Mrs. A
p. Boardmann, as Mother Goose, had
under her supervision the different
booths and their presiding characters
Mrs Wesley Woodard, representing Old
Mother Hubbard, was Mother Goose's com
! panion for the evening.
| Mrs w j. Lee took the part of the ''old
woman who swept the cobwebs from the
sky" and had for sale busting caps, brushes
| broom covers, etc.
Nancy Etticote, Miss Lille Beurhaus, Of
fered for lsale lamps, candlesticks and can
dies.
Miss Grace Pooler, as Queen of Hearts, sup
piled the toothsome tart.
Miss Helen Schwieger, as Mistress Mary
quite contrary" sold chrysanthemums, and
was assisted by her pretty maids all in a
row" Misses Mary Daub, Jennie Evans, Jen-
ME Kuse., Selma Schempf, Elsie Wiggenhorn
and Helen Rack, who disposed of variety of
fancy articles
Mamie Schwieger, as Little Bo-Peep in
thatched sheep-shed, sold wooden articles of
many kinds.
Genevieye Bradley, as Little Miss Muffet
occupied her tuffet under an artistic toad
stool.
Dan Throne. as Jack Horner, sat in cor
ner of the window and offered the by-stand-
ers plum from his famous Christmas pie
on payment of nickel.
Ethel Norris aIternated with Marjorie
Evans as the "old woman in the shoe," occu-
pying an immense shoe over which myriads
of gayly caparisoned dolls were strewn
promiscuously; this booth was the center of
attraction for the little folks
Jack and Jill,represented by Sydney Eberle
and Ned Evans, dispensed lemonade to the
thirsty from an old-fashioned well.
Miss Mamie Robinson, as the maid in the
garden hanging ont the Clothes" displayed
variety Of aprons realistic clothesline
Max Rohr and Miss Bessie Throne. as the
KING and Queen in the old dtty, "Sing a
Song of Sixpence,' were cashiers for the
evening, and occupied their throne midway
between the booths and refreshment tables
Others of the young people were appropri-
ately costumed to represent various charac-
ters.
That all were successful, though in
experienced, market-tenders was
proved by the manner in which they
disposed of their different wares,
though possibly the fact that the arti-
cles for sale combined both beauty and
utility was also point in their favor.
An excellent, if somewhat limited,
menu was served on the European
plan throughout the evening, by FIVE
young men-W. C. Off, E. L. Schempf,
Z. r. Rlumenfeld, j. F. Prentiss and
G.. w. Norris-assisted by some of the
ladies Of the guild. The evening ended
with dancing on the upper floor,
where King Cole (Gust. Buchheit) and
his "fddlers' held sway for the benefit
of the young folks; F. NJ. Newton and
NJ. E. Gritzner were the musicians.
The very satisfactory sum of SIP was
realized.
If any fault could be found with the
evenings entertainment it would be
the lack Of space to accommodate the
many who were present, but since the
fact of SO large an attendance was one
proof of the success of the bazar, that
fault may be overlooked.