The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-08-25
KING GEORGE
Entertainment For Charity.

King George Co Va. Avg. 20, 1904
That the lawn party al WsyeTley last
Thursday e,euinu Was Il succets lH every
particular j. tcreded 10y every one who
was present. and q merrler, hhppisr
gathering of the representative people +
King Gtorre Rnd the near 10y cities has
s-lIum Ass, hlrd Oh similar occhsl""
A-arucial event II WAS delightful. V
financially II thorough success ht
lawn Was prrttily Illuminated with
Japauesp lanterns, nnd under tHt Wpfr
and in many cCzy noOks seats W,fe
placed aud h8mmUcks were hang By
the gentle light of the moon the sct me-
was one of pleasing beauty. In The
centre Of 4he front lawn, tables were ~
ranged. VIII ie Ice cream, cake ld candy
were sold in abundance, end near 10y "a
l-m lh8de we'll was presided over hy 81 y
eral sweet rosebud girls, who were 80
charming that there Was no diihcnlty in
selilLg lemOna1r. The ladies' ana gent a.
men who were in charge Oi the rtirerh-
mept tables were 20 accomplished Rh1
systematic that the infringement ui thr
department was 6lsU perfect Inc large
crowd present was StrTrd tim' AHd
again with Ease aud promptners. hn :
seemingly without enor5
The front piazza OF the house was
used ~ - stage and an interesting pro-
gram of music and rccitatiOns Was most
plrasingly carried Out under the direc-
tion of Sir. j c. NInde Miss Lucy BILE
Mason played bright piano solo ss the
opening number OF the program. us
a. followed by IA vocal solo by Niles
Page Humphreys OF Wheeling. W Va,
who sang The Song of the -Four Seis-uUr'
She was compelled 20 respond 10 an rn-
core. 80 hearty WAS the al plSuse. Miss
Lille largest won laurels Tor herself IN
singing The star Of Hope, and her hne
voice was much eomp.imentrd- Mrs.
Joseph Hcfiin. nee N-wblh, well know
az p sweet singer. pleased the auiieLre,
"a. Of wore, with one Of her best songs.
Sir j. L Nlnde sang most effectively
Alice. One OF the most enjoyable songs
vac Il solo by Aliss Ruby lunis. oi BAL
timore. whOss fine voice showed 10
good advantage
Mics Blanche SimOnds. OF Baltimore, IA
petite blond, charmed the hudiebce WIN
a very taking recitation, When jack
Came Back Round after round oi mp
plause greeted her Mt the conclusion Ui
piece. and again and again she was en-
cured. Ia the second part OF the pro
gram she again reciteG. and won addi-
tiOnal bOnors. sweet solo by Miss
Mamie Humphreys with Il foil chorus
piano solo by Miss Lucy +, Mason. and
3 full chorus. Old henIUeby Home,
ended the program 1t "aH alter Il
o'clock ere the large company dispersed.
Fifty dollars were realized Tor the good
cause. We wish to thank all who con
tributed. and all who helped 20 untlring-
liz to make the occasion success, hnd 10
this WY to help the Ueedy OF hinE
George.
Among those present from a distance
we're Mrr. Kate X Henry, Misses Merry
Randolph Morris. Sadie syrUn and Lille
Alexander, OF Washington; Nisses faHe
and Mantle Humphrey ol Wheeling. ".
Va Blanche SimOHds aud Ruby Tunia. f
Baltimore: Grace and Marie bevRn, oi
Arlington: Bessie and Janet Straehn' OF
Petersburg; Else Funston, daughter !
Bishop Funston. of Idaho: Mr. ana Mrs
". ". Mountjoy and Miss Lila Turner
of New YORK; Margaret and Grace
Sothron. OF Maryland; Mrs- T. j. Smith.
Misses Grace Jones aud Eva Tyler. Of
fredericksburg: MessTs. John Morris, oil
Washington; O'COnor GoOliick and Lee,
of fredericksburg; DsndIitge Sale, OF
Essex county, and {. Mason smith,
fredericksburg.