The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-19
A QUEER PARTY.
MOTHER GOOSE Has A BI.THDAY
RECEPTION At RTsLTo HALL.
A suece.sfui Entertainment for the
Benefit of the Free Kindergarten
and LTbrary-The Famous Char
acter- of ChIsa Fiction Resivihed
Matinee Today.

matinee Today.
As a social event ire birthday party OF
Mother Goose a. R.aEao bali last night
was a success. She fsa1 queen 70 pre-
SIDE and say grana.i0queafiy Let the
xsve.riss begin" No ore With . grain OF
SOFA acumen would deny the d4stinsue
effect % having a queen around 70 make
suzh remarks. True. tie knaye Of Hears
showed a rnoss ungentlem2uly desire %
pl8fer tl!ngs and become involved In
dael win one OF his victims. out 10 blood
,1as spilled and it was grand % see rms
queen stop IRE hga and pardon ne fighi-
ers. When & was over and all fled away
% tae banquet rail. the work -a-caay spec
tators. privileged 70 gaze on sh-s dsGgnt-
ful fssglvIty, thought Mother Goose and
her friends a very harm4Dg lot OF people
4 fr.ie eccentric. perhaps. IN costume and
ha8sts, bat Interesting wsthal-
The privileged work-a11ays gathered IN
Ratio hal a pDodly numbers. On the
llttle table - the door they left quite a
sum OF money. which vii 90 Tar TO id
she free kindergarten work and buy books
Tor the kindergarten library. To charm
forth more willing shekels booths bad
been arranged about the corners Of the
hah. and after the birthday party these
were presided over by Mother Goose s
quseT-aook.ng guests. IN the center OF rae
hail was 3 stage X was set vita a throne,
chairs and q cupboard. When the audi
snce had settled. a sweet Mother Goose.
Mss CaErick. came forth and began 10
talk about the friends she expected at her
party. There were regrets from the
gouty King Cole. the dyspeptte Jack Hor-
ner and several others. bur sorrow az
their absence was soon killed n wonder
For there arrived the d}sda.nful Mistress
Mary (Mrs. - G. salmon, with her three
pr0teges. Rosybell (aiiss Beuiah Carey,
IIlybeA (d.ss Bessie Ingiis) and Maybell
Mss Norma Adansl. THESE guests paid
their respects 10 the mother, made her
pretty speeches and gave her presents.
Hardy had they gotten otst % the way
V-aea in stumbled Jack and ia (Aiastcr
Warren Hasle and. Miss II. kelooh(
They were hyster3cal with laughter be-
cause they had fallen down hin. Jack had
broken MS crown, but was coasoled be-
cause Jill had tRmbled after. Then the
other invited ones came thick ard fast.
AL as they entered. MADE profound bows
10 Mother Goose and gave her birthday
presents They We're merrl.y Informal.
They told their family troubles 20 the-r
hostess with a surety OF sweet sympathy.
DaTy Down Oily (Mlss Sara Hanna)
brCEEht forth tears By relating Ia Irish
cayse he vas dead. Rosy, the dairy maid
fAfrs. FerraD. made appeuz!ng remarks
about milk. butter and cheese. Bo Peep
(Miss Elise Bruns) made all damp with
misery because she had lost her sheep.
Then there were Miss Mufret Miss
Daisy Mckay and Polly Flinders Miss
c. Haggnrd) and Little Boy Blue MAS
ter Haggard) and esihetlc BOBBY Shafto
(AIr Walter Alen1. The ridiculous Sim
pie Simon tMr. EngleharO, who attempted
10 carry a present OF wine In 3 sieve and
lost the fluid because he couldn't stop the
holes. added his presence to the party.
with what reverence was the beautiful
QCeen OF Hearts (Aiiss Irene simpson,
received as she swept IN, attended by
a wee mite OF a page master John Dew
hursi). In an Impossible suit OF clothes,
and the crlnglng Knave OF Hearts tMr.
Berry,. II was most imposing. and right
in the midst OF Il that foolish Old Mother
Hubbard (M.ss Florence Mckay, must
rush tn and get everybody hunt
Ing frantcally for bones. But the
queen was good and the queen
was great She promised bones
iunumarable 10 the Old woman, who
thankfully exclaimed May your majesty
never want for bones"
The party was on Each had his or her
say. and 81 was invariably said at the
right time and in the right way. The
work-a-days could hardly rea4ize II was
all acting. Iilybel SANG OF fairy things.
Rosy told in song OF a cow who 'mooed'
IN different keys. Bobby Shafto recited
Hamlet's soiiloquy IN a manner that
frightened poor simple Simon. The knaye
stole things and had a sword passage
with BOBBY Shafto. lie was remanded
% the deepest dungeons OF the queens
castle. Put be aidnt go. II all ended
most happily by a suggestion that the
banquet hall be- visited "Ah. the ban
quet hall" sgaed simon. compacently.
But what an OVERSIGHT. the beautiful min
net had nearly been foTgotteu-the min
net where al stepped so nicely and
formed such picturesque groups.
The closing act OF the entertainment
was a song BY Mss 81 Keljoch. she was
costumcd % suggest a Quaker. and the
best feature OF tAe song was tac clever
manner ln Whic8 she acted Uae sentiment.
The booths became afterwards the cen-
ters OF attraction. and the reula nder OF
the evening was spent in visiting them.
There VIII be a matinee this afternoon.
Among the patponesses actively inter
ested IN che success 81 the entertain
rnent are. Mrs r W Andrews. Mrs NJ
r Perry. Mrs ! II. Allen. Mrs \
Csaver Salmon. Mrs. SsurE7ls. Mrs Bus
yelle. Mrs de H. Harbauga. Mrs. -. ..
Cay Mrs W. H. Reeves Mrs r. \.
Si~aut Mrs Otto Ra8ke Airs. j.. q. Car
rest. Mrs. r. g Hughes. Mrs. Laurence
,fronlund. Mrs. Webster brown Mrs Jed
q Blake Mys - F.. Remsherg Mss
Ann Mather. Mrs. n. =. Holmes Mrs.
Francis Nlckeis Mrs. J. H. Elder. Mrs.
r. " Stein. Mrs. u u ChaaoV Ms.
,. n GarineT, S.rs. John Sehram. Mrs.
4. g. stewart, Mcs Maurice McMiokep.
AIS john +. Souie. Mrs. Z. u. ftuenes.
M~s James Shannon. Mrs k8utz Mrs
Cro.sSsnf. Mrs. T.. VI. carr, Mss. HoWe3ls.
Airs David FeHtoa. AIRS George Bush.
Miss Elizabeth kti-Tsofs. Mss Jessie car
SER Mrs Charles Armstrong. AIRS C. ID.
4aime Mrs. ; Holmes. Mrs Bosee-
berg. N~s T.. ~ sacfeod Mrs. Sin.soa.
Ms Hanna. Mrs. II g. Hargar