The herald., 1896-09-26
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The fete champetre given out at the
Severance place, on Adams street, last
evening is "a bowling success" In the
parlance Of the small boy, who. by the
way. was out in force with his sister
The magnet which drew the children
was the presentation Of the Mother
Goose melodies. no less enjoyed by the
papas and mammas and uncles and
aunts Mrs. Loleta Rowan was the ioeal
Mother Goose of the storybook. My
Lady in the Garden, Hope McMastere;
Flowers, Mildred Dunnell, Inez johnson.
Hazel Dunnell, were taken well. Tom,
Tom, the Piper's Son, brought down the
house. DE cop" (policeman) was In
imitably good. A dear Little Bo-Peep
was Edith True. Charlotte Bailey as
The Old Woman, took we'll the part.
Virginia Walsh portrayed to perfection
the sad, sad fate of Little Red Riding
Hood, while the dreadful Wolf, by Rosa
Whitley, was equally as good. The anx-
ious perplexity of Little Miss Munett
was excellently done by Majorie Sew
erance. Hugh Cameron, as Little Jack
Horner: The Minstrel, Herbert Payson;
Little Boy Blue, Harry Masser; Jack and
Jill, Clarence and Mary Weight; Little
Pussy, Carnette Clemans, were each and
every one done as only bright children,
we'll drilled, could. Three Black Sheep,
.
Annie Schaefer and Lulu Cornell. were
good. Mary Had Little Lamb MARY.
Valvalie Dummy was good. while the
Little Lamb was cutely taken by Master
L. Bolton. Little Man and Little Wife
Barbara, Fisher and Virginia Walsh,
were fine. The Bells. Cricket Walsh,
was very pretty. Juanna Creighton and
Edward Mayhem were splendid in the
duo, My Pretty Maid.
The Death and Burial of Cock Robin
was a splendid spectacular tableau, as
well as each part being we'll given with
out exception by every participant. The
dramatis personae was as follows: The
Sparrow, Mamie Packard; Fly, Glen Ed
wards; Fish, Wade DrummOnd; Beetle,
Edith Heron; Linnet, Maud Bell; Lark.
Stephen Snow; Rock, Clarence Edwards;
Owl, Walter Bonynge; Dove, Alice
Gwynne; Kite, w. E. Andrews; chorus
of mourners, Arnold Rogers, Emily Sew
erance, Marion Snow, Ada Gleason. Alice
Gray, Ethel Moncton, Hope McMasters
Grace Berger, Fannie Ludlow, Hattie
Severance; the orchestra, Hattie Sew
Gleason, Ethel Muncton, Alice Gray,
Grace Berger, Emily Severance, Fan.
nie Ludlow, Clayton Cunningham, Louis
Lanning. This production is wonderfully
interesting and will be repeated tomor-
row afternoon. The full need Of credit
is due to Mrs. John Gray, especially,
and to her able assistants, Mrs. Creigh-
ton, Mrs. Henry I. Lee and Mrs. Dwight
Whiting.
The administration booth was com
posed Of the following: Bishop Johnson
Mines. Severance, Elliott Bugbee, Wot-
kyns. Clacius and Miss Susie Patton,
assisted by Miss Seymour and Capt
Overflow Here O rushing business was
done in posters; photos Of the bishop and
of the hospital were also sold.
Though the big cannon and stacked
guns still frowned in front, the cross
done IN red incandescent lights on a
white ground proclaimed peace to be
the motto, ard not war
The flower booth, in charge Of Mrs.
Griffith, was prettily stocked with
blooms. The lemonade booth still held
its rosebud garden" of pretty girls and
was made doubly attractive by the ad-
dition of string music Tamales and cof-
fee were still above par at the ramada,
made still more attractive by music.
At the ice cream booth the summer girl
still gave evidence of the fact that she
had not lost the traditional appetite for
the product, especially as the summer
young man showed such a generous dis
position to treat" The pretty girls
here were gowned in white, with white
muslin chapeaus. The individual with
the traditional Sweet tooth" was GER
tainly abroad in the land, judging from
the way in which Mrs. Frank R1aer's
stock diminished at the candy booth.
Music added at the soda water booth
and hot bouillon, too-two decided adj
dtions. A rushing business was done