The Newtown bee., 1897-05-14
Local Affairs. Those Charming Spinsters
GIVE AN ENTERTAINMENT WHICH CAPTI-
 YATES LARGE AUDIENCE

held their last meeting at the Town hall, on Friday night, took the town by storm, or at least that part of it that was gath cred at the hall, and good big audience was present to see how they conducted themselves. The entertainment was one of the best by local talent yet given, full of life and spice, and the bachelors of the town were kept on the anxious seat all the evening, wondering what would be said or done next. It was an entertain mept that must be seen to be appreciated for description if it could be but tame compared with the original. An orches- tra composed of Mrs J. W. Gordon, Prof c. s. Platt and Arthur Platt made the time pass pleasantly while the spinsters were prinking.
 The session opened by Josephine Jane Green (Mrs s. J. Botstord), the presi- dent, appearing on the stage. She was soon surrounded by number of sisters in costumes simply amazing. The new woman was there, the woman in hoop skirts, every other kind of skirt, the short, sweet, fat and tall, they all came Order was called for and each member recited some appropriate selection oi which the following is a sample:
 "Men are like drum-The man with the | biggest head makes the most noise."
 Some interesting minutes were read by the secretary, Rovilla Abigail Hobbs Miss J. Briscoe) and then the constitu tion, wonderful document that told tho aims of the spnsters. While it was large ly burlesqued, yet the way the spinsterI voted with equal zest OF both sides of { question and then declared it unanimous ly carried, made many smile. A de
 bate on dress reform was full of interest | POrtia Olivia Bennett Mrs c. s. Platt arguing Loyalty for it's adoption on pro posed trip to Oklahoma, where men wer' said to be plenty, while Penelope Doc little (Miss Beare) argued that if they
 were to catch the men they must pre- serve their modest demeanor, and th' question was decided in her favor.
 | But what caused the most fun was thu jokes on the bachelors, young and old, il the audience. We should like to repro duce some of them, but will forbear There were some red faces in the audi ence during this performance and somt of the hits were capital. Cynthia Pris ella Jones (Mrs H. k. Tucker), received a generous encore for nicely rendered solo and BetseY Bobbitt (Mrs F. s. An drews), was enthusiastically received il the reading of poem. Rachel Rebecct Short (Mrs D. P. Richardson), rendered a piano solo in pleasing manner. Int entertainment closed with the appear ance of Prof Renova Makeover (S. J Botsford, who created out of homely women any desired result. aThe first can didate that tried the machine came out $ musical divinity, Mrs J. w. Gordon talk ing the part of the makeover and her cos tune was charming. The second scandi date made it's appearance in Mrs Herber Clark, who sang a pleasing selection Two candidates tried the machine to- gether, coming out beautiful dancers Misses Fannie and Alice Beers being the creations. The last candidate was the fat woman, Florence Arabella Large (Harry Mason). She broke the machine and after the crash of breaking glass anC splinters, shoes hat and clothes came out of the top of the machine as the curtain lowered. Those who took part in the entertainment were Mrs s. J. Botsford Mrs H. E. Tucker, Mrs L. c. Morris, Mrs c. F. Beardsley, Mrs D. P. Richardson Mrs c. S Platt, Mrs F. s. Andrews, MT: F. s. Mitchell, Mrs H. s. Nichols, Mrs W. M. Reynolds, Mrs s. c. Glover, Mrs W. J. Beecher, Mrs Herbert Clarke, Mrs J. W. Gordon, Misses Jennie Briscoe Cornelia Beare, Sadie Minor, Edith Minor Julia Dikeman, Fannie and Alice Beers and Messrs s. J. Botsford, H. c. Beers and Harry Mason.
 As result of the entertainment the li brary will have added to it's fund some $75. Thanks are due the ladies of Sandy Hook as well as the Street who worked so energetically for the success of the un. dertaking.