The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-25
BROWNIES GALORE.
Palmer Cox's Queer
Little Fairies in
Clinton.
A NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT.
Rev. A, NJ. Osgood Will
Remain Y. NJ. G. A.
President.
A NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT.

Clinton, Nov. 23.-"The Brownies"
was given tonight, under auspices of
the Y. NJ. c. A, and will be repeated
tomorrow night. The first night house
was not as large as justified by the
character of the performance. The
cast was composed of amateur talent
drawn from the young people of the
best families of the town. The cos
tuning was rich, and the little actors
We're grotesque when they had their
makeups on. Miss Leonora Teasdale
instructed the little folks. She has had
the faithful assistance of Miss Ella
Richardson as pianist.
The scene opened with the fairy queen
and her fays in desperate plight to
know how to rescue the flowers from
the insects The Brownies put in an
appearance, vanquished the insect foes
before the English would have time to
shoot at a Boer, and pleased everybody.
The prince made violent love to the
queen, and a Brownie exquisite paid
court to the fairy, who was called
Aesthetica
The Y. NJ. c. A orchestra furnished
music.
The children who took part in the
play and the characters they assumed
are as follows: Prince Aldebaran, Will
liam F. Harrison; Charlie Bouttoniere,
Roy Alexander; Chauncey Quoter, Fred
Johnson; Maj. Tellof, Leon Bodman;
Patrolman Moveon, Irving Howatt;
Billy Tackabout, George Forester; the
twins, Tutti and F'rutti, Ira Marshall
and George Baine; Uncle Sam, Sumner
Call; John Bull, Forrest McNab; Don
aid McCracken, John Jeffrey; DeAlis
O'Rourke, George Winkler; Prof. Catch
akoff, David Dawson; Wagner Won
Strauss, Walter Priest; Chief Afraid
'of-the-Day, Irving Johnson; Funskins,
Harold Rogers; Wah Sing, Henry Ell
wood; Beetle, Orien Kinnear; Hornet,
Eddie Amsden; Wasp, John Riddell;
Queen Flora, Hazel Laselle; Toddle-
kins, Martha Thissell; Tippytoes, Nellie
Riddell; Aesthetica, Helen Briggs; Sun
shine, May Newman; Dewdrop, Marion
Hartwell; Starlight, Kate Meister;
Zephyr, Amy Pease; Roseleaf, Clara
Guy; Hyacinth, Edna Alexander; Egg
lantine, Myra Clifford; Morning Glory,
Mabelle Hager; Columbine, Ira Saw
yer: Heartsease, Blanch Dudley; Gold
enrod, Addie Goss Nursery characters:
King Cole, Walter Hartwell; Crooked
Man, Willie Narrower; Simple Simon,
Carl Schmidt; Old Woman Mary Ben
ham; Mistress Mary, Elsie Alden.
Rev. A. NJ. Osgood has renowned his
purpose of resigning the presidency of
the Y. NJ. c. A, owing to the pressure
put upon him by members of the sew
eral committees conducting the work of
the institution The chairmen of The
committees have promised to do the
work for which they have been Sc
lected, and win not, as has been done
in the past, permit an unfair proportion
Of the duties involved with the institu-
ton to fall upon the president
shoulders
Horace K. Blanchard, who died last
night, was one of the oldest residents
of the town. Mr.. Blanchard was born
in New Ipswich, n. H, in 1880. He
came to Clinton in 1853. He has
worked 30 years for the Bigelow Car
pet company, either as Waterman or
in the dye house. He lived for the
same length of time in the house where
he died at Union and School streets. He
is survived by his wife and three
daughters. The daughters are Mary.
wife of John Trimble, Mrs. Myron f.
Trott and Mrs. VIM. H. Benson. His
funeral will take place at o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. Rev. A. M. Osgood
will read the service.
Morris Poresky, a shoe merchant,
came into court in time to escape a
capias this morning. Poresky fell into
disagreement with Superintendent of
Schools c. L. Hunt, recently, and took
his daughter out of the school. He
sent her to a private school. The boy
was taken from school, and has not
been going to any school. The dis
agreement was over the refusal of the
superintendent to advance the girl
from the fourth grade to the high
school, and the boy from the fifth
grade to the eighth.
Truant officer Edward A. McCaffery
served a summons on Poresky to APP
pear in court at 8 o'clock this morning.
1t was 10 when he appeared He
promised the court he would be on
hand Monday morning. He claims the
boy is more than IA years old.
Patrick Gill, young man employed
at Lancaster mills, lost a thumb and a
finger this morning by getting hand
Clinton hospital. and the wounded
member cared for. Amputation of the
thumb and finger was necessary.
John Kimball reported to the police
as missing by his father, Charles S.
Kimball, last night, was located today
in Still River, where he had found a
job, and was industriously employed.
Young Kimball apparently had no idea
that his departure was going to alarm
his parents to the degree that it did.
A lodge of the New England Order
of Protection was instituted tonight in
Red Mems hall with 30 charter mem
bers. The institution was made by
Supreme Warden Levi W, Shaw Of
Boston, assisted by Deputy Supreme
Warden James H. Flint of Weymouth
and Deputy Grand Warden William II.
Hodgkin of Boston.