Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-21
PRETTY SONGS AND DANCES.
Mother Goose Novelties" Presented
at Columbia Theater Yesterday.

- Mother Goose Novelties was the tiff
of an entertainment consisting of pretty
songs and dances by children In cos
tune, given yesterday afternoon at the
Columbia Theater under the direction
OF Miss Minnie Hawke, for the ben
eft OF the Chiidren's Country Home, St
Michael and All Angels Church and a
boys guild of st. Johns Protestant Epis-
copal Sunday school. The performance be-
gan at 4:15 o'clock and lasted until about
$50 O'Clock. The house was packed by an
appreciatfYe audience.
The opening scene showed 4 garden. The
following children were in the opening
chorus: Misses II. Fischer, NJ. Needham,
f. B. Ostron, T. Eichberg, l. Cameron, NJ.
Cameron, X. WILCOX, Nj. Hauch, V. VIII
liams. II. Williams. q. Chapline. F.. Booth,
&. Livingston. Nj. IrayIor, Il. Tharp, T.
Hughes, NJ Mckee, E. Taylor, II. Dunkle;
Masters j.. Mccain, e. Dom, B Ostron,
f. Schrader, &. Beuehier, Il. Johns, L.
Johnson. E. Freeman, l.. Bonghton, X.
Luce, Ii DAVIS, L. CoSSroye. The Mother
Goose characters who appeared IN this
scene were: Miss Muffett, Irene Lowd:
Jack and Jill Robert and Nena Burkiin;
Jack HOrner Aubrey tischer; Red Riding
Hood, Dorothy Leltgell; Boy Blue, Harry
Wells; 30 Peep. Edith Marceron,t Mistress
Mary, Katherine Harrison: Tommy tucker,
Maurice O'Connor; King Cole, George Hor-
nung. rhe numbers on THIS part of the
program included:
Toe Pas Suel." Miss Katherine Alder
man; song. "Dearle,' Miss katherine All
derman; Sailors Hornpipe Miss Anna
Howell Lucy Linda Lady, Edna Brown.
Minnie SaXton. Ruth Shaw, Beatrice Cos
grove, Margaret Cannon, Huburta Dunkle,
Margaret Hudson Marion Robinson, Anna
Harvey and Mildred DE Hart; song,
Dainty Cupid" Miss Elsie Sheetz; Para
sol Dance. Miss Mary Mccain; Coon Song,
Master Roy Humphrey; speciality, Tell
Me. Dusky Maiden" Miss Mabel kirby
and Dance, Peggy Brady, Misses Eliza
beth Forney and Minnie Saxton; Scotch
Dance, Miss Edna Brown; Naughty He'd
Riding Hood. Miss Margaret hudson;
Just My style" Miss Mildred DE Hart
Jack o. Lantern" Miss Helen Lock-
wood: Dutch dance, E. Dorsey, +, Sheetz,
NJ. Kirby, M. Saxton. NJ. McCann, A.
Howell ana X. Alderman.
The second part of the program pre-
scented an Indian village. Laughing Wat
ers'' was represented by Miss Adele Roo
fnson, assisted by Miss Il. Dorsey, Miss
K. Graves, Miss T. Payne, Miss ii. Lock
wood, Miss h. Sneetz, Miss A Howeii,
Miss ii. Graves. Miss NJ. Mccain. Miss X
Alderman, Miss T. Pattison, and Masters
e. Dom, ]. Mccain, 1. Cosgrove. b. Os-
iron, 5. Brenizer ana K. humphrey
The following numbers made up this
portion OF the entertainment: ''Symposia."
Miss Beatrice Cosgroye; ''Hhree Little
Sailors" Irene Loud. Harry Wells, Edith
Marceron; ole Man Moon. Miss Pauline
Sullivan; Pas de DeuX. Miss Angela
Mannakee and Henrietta Behrend; Song
and Dance, Misses Margaret Cannon and
Minnie Saxton; Il Esprit, Master Elmer
Dom; Highland Fling" Miss Margaret
Hudson and Master John Mccain; Mother
Goose, song, Miss Edna Dorsey; "Jocky
Hornpipe," Master Spencer Brenizer; Song
and Dance, Miss Anna Harvey; Pas de
Deux" Miss Ruth Shaw and Huberta Dun
kle; comic song and dance. Master George
Dorsey: French dance, Misses Il. Sheetz,
\ fri NJ
Dorsey X. Alderman and A. Howell.
A pretty tableau, in which all of the chill
dren appeared on the stage, brought the
performance to an end.