The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-02-28
HE REDWOOD GAZETTE.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. %, 1900.
MOTHER GOOSE RECEPTION.

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pretty OperettA Cleyerly Present.
ed Last Tuesday Evening.
A Mother Goose Reception, an OPP
eretta, was presented at the opera
house in this city on Tuesday even
ing OF last week, under the auspices
of the ladies of the Methodist church,
who were assisted in the rendition
by ladies and gentlemen from other
societies.
The operetta was original in prose
and verse, and while it brought
just about all the characters in the
Mother Goose rhymes: the songs,
choruses, and lines of the operetta,
we're as interesting to the adults as
were the we'll costumed characters
of the play to the younger folks,
who were there in great numbers.
AS a prelude to the play there
was superb piano duet by Mrs.
and Miss Cooper, a solo by Miss
Ethel King that was so sweetly
rendered as to cause the audience
to call for an encore, reading by
Miss Kitten Houghmaster that was
so clever that Miss Kitten had to
give second reading to satisfy the
audience. Rev. F. J. Barackman
sang solo that met with enthusiast
tic applause.
The curtain then arose for the
operetta. Mother Goose, in the
person of Miss Frances Everett,
entered humming. and after calling
Jake, in the person of Frank E.
Ring, gave him instructions on the
receiving of the guests. The latter
commenced to arrive, and they ap-
peared in song and verse each pc
culiar to their own particular sta
ton. Mrs. Ring, as Mother Hub
bard, begged for her poor dog a
bone, and later on, as the s.Old
Woman who Lived in the Shoe, in
the person of Mrs. w. B. King APP
peared, he'd frequent gossipy
neighborhood chats with her-not
only on things as they are, but as
they were when they were girls.
Miss Lucy Woodward, as the
"Queen of Hearts appeared in
queenly style and was seated on a
throne. She was followed by her
pages, the Misses Edith and Winni-
fred Burmeister, who took seats on
either side of the queen The
Knave of Hearts, Charles G. John
con, followed this Gprocession, and
was given a station to the right of
the queen. Little Red Riding Hood
was there in rich red costume,
Miss Wilcox impersonating the
character, and her appearance was
greeted with song and chorus,
Jack and. Jill, represented by
NJ. Dewitt Martin and Belle Clay
son, stumbling across the stage,
Jack breaking his crown and Jill
tumbling after. Frank Hubbard
represented Simple Simon and went
fishing in his mothers water pail.
Miss Laura Brainerd represented
Miss Jack Spratt, and told of the
woes of the numerous Spratt pro-
geny to each arrival. Mrs. J. r.
Lankard represented the ''Maid-in
Garden Mrs. O. L. Dornberg the
gruesome witch, and Mrs. Frank
Hubbard was Jake's Sweetheart,
who had a difficult time keeping
track of the boy. The first part
closed with a pretty chorus and all
characters participating.
In the second part Jake ushered
in little Bo-Peep, Miss Ethel King,
who was having difficulty in finding
her sheep; Jack-a- Dandy, Joe Chad
derdon; Tom. the Piper's son, Fred.
Warner; Little Miss Muffet, Orpha
Bowers; Little Polly Flinders. Mrs.
A. J. Jones, who made distinctive
hit in solo; Tom Tucker, Owen
Tradewell; the five little pigs, For
est King, Henry Morgan, Sherwood
Holmes, Edgar Race and Andy Lus-
cher, and this aggregation made a
great hit; the bachelor, Brainerd
Finn: wife, Hazel Aune; Little Boy
Blue, A. J. Jones; fairy, Alice
Hitchcock; Cinderella, Grace Ferris