Smyrna times., 1898-11-23
MOTHER-GOOSE ENTERTAINMENT
The Little Folks Give a Splendid Reception
On Monday Night last,

The lecture room of the Methodist
Church was crowded on Monday night
to witness the Mother Goose entertain.
ment given under the auspices of the
Social Committee of the Christian En-
deavOr Society. A nominal admission
of ten cents was charged and the fact
that 1t was an occasion when the little
folks participated, was drawing card
The consequence was q large crowd
was in attendance.
The lecture room was beautifully
decorated for the occasion. Under
decorative art, the room presented an
ideal reception hall, and what flags.
flowers and bunting did not do to make
1t attractive was made all the more so
under the mellow shades of banquet
lamps.
The entertainment was distinctly a
juvenile affair. There were twenty
four little folks who participated and
all were dressed to represent some
Mother-Goose character. Miss Emma
Stevenson was dressed to impersonate
Mother Goose and she had around her
the follow fairy subjects:
'Son Jack" John Gearbart
Dr; roster" "............. .Baynard Fowler
old Mother Hubbard" Miss Julia HUM
Baker Man, '.:............. Charlie Hill
"Old Woman Who Swept the Cobwebs''
..r. Miss Ethel FAIRIES
Little Bopeep". 1900. Miss Mary johnson
Man in the Moon Ralston McCausland
"Daffy down Dilly" Miss Helen Shrieve
soldier ...................De Delaney Moore
BaeheIor" ".................H Howard Arnett
wife" ................M Miss Ethel ADnletOn
"Old King Cole'' .........,... Irving pRWVII Walls
Jack and jill" Carlton Walls
.., and Miss Margaret Postles.
Miss Chariott McFarIane
"Humpty Dumpty". Norman Taylor
Little Red Riding Hoodo Miss Eta Jones
Jack HOrner. go. John Postles
Lucy Locket" ......... .DOrathy Hynson
Little Boy Blue" ".............. CARL Price
Mamie EndicOte"
Miss Henrietta Prettyman.
frlest .................W Watson Gearhart
MARY Quite Contrary Miss Lola Dick
The program opened with reception
In which all of the above characters
stood in line and received the guests.
When this was finished they formed a
grand march about the room and closed
with '"The Owl Song" as they formed
IN line near the stage. AS Mother
Goose Emma Stevenson) called the
name of each one of her fairy subjects,
they mounted the stage and recited the
Mother Goose rhyme applicable to
their respective characters. This was
one OF the most amusing parts of the
program and produced much laughter
with the audience. "Jack and Jill"
lmpersonated by Carlton Walls and
Margaret Postles was especially fine
as well as the part taken by the ''Bach
elor", Howard Arnett, as he wheeled
his wife, Ethel Appleton, to the
platform in a wheel-bar1ow. At the
conclusion of their speeches, all the
characters entered in and sang "High
Waves the Banner Der Us. " and closed
the program with a march.
The rest of the evening was spent in
social way in which everybody
moved about in a general social greet
ing. Light refreshments consisting
OF chocolate and cakes were served to
each one present. During this period
some vocal and instrumental music
was rendered, and proved to be pleas
ant feature of the reception. The
musical program was as follows:
vocal Song of Autumn.
Miss Lulu Beck
P!ano Solo ......... Miss Arie Hynson
Piano Duett. Miss Edith Beck
and Miss Bertha Smithers
Piano Solo. &. Mrs. Marion Coverdale
Piano Solo-"Chimes of the Deep, -.
Miss Bertha Price
The entertainment was success in
every way, and credit is due Mrs. J.
w. Clifton, Miss Katherine Beckett,
Miss Ella Smithers, Miss Hettie Me-
gear, Miss Laura Bell, and Miss Edith
Beck, for the excellent program
rendered. The Social Committee will
clear over $4,000 which will go to the
Christian Endeavor Society.