The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-29
SUCCESSFUL FESTIVAL.
Ladies Of Episcopal Church Well Repaid /
For Their hfforts


For Their Efforts.
There have been many social entertain
ments in Hale's pavilion during the past
winter but there has not been a larger at
tended OF more successful one than was
given there last evening, it being the Eas-
ter-tide festival BY the ladies Of the
Church Of the Good Shepherd. The seat
ing capacity Of the hall was more than ta
ken ap, and the especially well arranged
and we'll rendered programme, which last
ed from to 1880 afforded all that could
be asked for by the audience ii the way Of
entertainment
Ice cream, punch aud carnations we're
sold during the evening and found ready
customers Perhaps one Of the most
pleasing parts OF the programme, although
every part was above the average, was the
farce striking Oil presented by twelve
Of the best amateur actors In the city. The
play was rib ticker from beginning to
end. and nothing was lost in the interpTe-
tation of the parts BY the cast y O..
Rowland as Joseph Watson, rich oil
magnate, and Miss Fannie Draper as Mrs.
Amanda Watson his wife, took their parts
well.
Paulina Watson, Miss Mae Sexton, their
only daughter, Is sought after BY Lord
Duttonhead, DR.. r. III. Lynde, a real Eli
glish lord. who reaches her home after a
most trying ride over ..that terrible Cen
trai Vermont railroad. The first person
he meets on entering the house Is William
! Hampton, A. w. Allen, an escaped lunat-
10 from Waterbury asylum who has gain
ed entrance to the house as the Lord Dnt-
tonhead whom the Watsons were expect
/ ing.
| The lUnatic makes no end Of trouble for
the real lord besides proposing matrlmony
to Miss Elvira Clarendon, Mrs. W. H..
Richardson, an old maid who thinks the
young Miss Watson Is not old enough to
marry lord. At last the fake lord Is
found ont and taken back to the asylum.
Lord Duttonhead. from the first thinks
4 that he has struck queer people. The fair
/ Miss Watson not taking to his attentions
suddenly, acts crazy and seares poor Dut-
1 tonhead into making break for dear old
England.
Solomon Steady. + S Williams, makes
his appearance and Mrs. Clarendon at
once takes him for d husband, and re-
ceives the congratulations OF the family.
The minor parts were taken BY Miss Lou
I Calder AZ Mrs Hannah Plunkett4 Miss
Moatl Mudgett as Sarah Brown, SER
want, Alex Troup as Daniel 0'Raaerty,
Alex Trail, frst detective Thomas Ven-
ner, second detective.
The rest Of the programme contained a
selection by q ladies' quartette composed
| Of Mrs. "A. w Allen. Miss Bessie Jones,
Miss Scott and Miss Lon Calder; q read
ing by Miss Georgia Trail, plano solo BY
Miss Maude Coburn; song, boy doubls
lqnartette; selection BY the Phllharmonios
consisting Of Robert Nelson. banjo, En-
gene Ellis, banjo, Joseph Jenkins, mando
lin. Louis LABEL, mandolin, Philip ellis
guitar, George I.ayi0lette, guitar, cak'
walk quadrille by the children who did 81
well at the ehiidreu's ball. At the con
clusi0n Of the programme dancing was en-
joyed By the young people till II o'clock
when the festival ended, being the mos
successful, both socially and financially
that the church has ever held.