Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-04-09
chiidren's Day Ut Club.

SuttOf0U 10y u Ot0Os
Children's day in the Randolph Wo-
mans Literary club has become one of
the pleasant features of the years pro-
gram, and on Saturday afternoon, most
enjoyable two hours was passed by about
fifty members and guests in it's observ.
ance. The meeting was held with Mrs.
E. o. Blanchard, Mrs. Blanchard and
Miss Abbie Clark being the hostesses.
The program included choruses, duets,
solos and Rotations, all showing the
most thoughtful preparation on the part
of the young people as well as the excel
lent training given them by Miss Clark.
Following is the program
Greeting song, by class; Rotations,
ssLittIe Boy Blue" Annie Gilbert Bell;
duet, ssNaughty Raindrops," Muriel and
Madeline Martin; chorus, s'Hurrah for
the Holidays;" recitation, "When Papa
Was Little Boy,o Paul Russlow; song,
ely Away, Birdie, to Heaven" Fred
Goodwin; "Three's--A Problem" two
little girls; song, "Bessie and her Little
Brown Bear" Lucille Bradshaw; recita-
ton, "The Duel" Esther Ham; duet,
"When Life is Brightest Helen Blanch-
ard and Fred Goodwin; song, "Five Lit
tie Pussy Cats" five little girls; recita-
ton, ssTbe Boyless Town." Lawrence
Leonard; piano solo, "Over the Waves"
Emma Flint; chorus, "Quack, Quack;"
"An operate Tea," Misses Blanchard,
Bradshaw, Ruth and Emma Flint; .'Part-
ing Song
Music Hall Items.
For the benefit of the regular patrons,
a subscription plan has been arranged
whereby seats can be secured for attrac-
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the advance sales. f. H. Joslyn will be
glad to explain this plan to all patrons
interested.
The lively musical comedy, "The Van
derbilt Cup" coming April "a, is espe-
cially interesting to all automobile en-
thusiasts. From the first "honk" the
whole production has the true automo-
bile air, almost redolent with gasoline.
Genevieve Victoria, young and pretty
actress, takes the place of Elsie Janis in
'sThe Vanderbilt Cup' as Dorothy Will
/ Its, the simple country maiden, whose
singing and dancing is not the less pleas
/ ing if it does not always SAVIOR of the
country. The dancers set pace that
would do credit to racer, especially the
three PendIeton sisters in the second act,
and the favorite songs receive the ap-
d
! The book of 1.-The Vanderbilt Cup
was written by Sidney Rosenfield. The
music is by Robert Hood Bowers and the
lyrics by Raymond w. Peck. Some OF
the songs are very catchy and have be-
come well-known, including my Little
Chauffeur" Somewhere in the
World,' sung by Earl Dewey with male
chorus, is very popular everywhere.
The season closes May 18th with the
big comic operate success, 1.-The Mayor
/ of Toxic"
From the Weekly Wanderer.
/ John B. Perham of BrookfieId has for.
warded to this office two items of interest
taken from the Weekly Wanderer, the
first newspaper published in Randolph
and which was started in 1901 by Serene
! Wright, afterwards printer for the state
One item, an extract from Mr.. Miller:
retrospect of the Eighteenth Century
Newspapers in the United States, ap
peared in the Wanderer of Monday, July
2, 1904, and gives the journalistic condi
ton of this commonwealth as fololws:-
'sIn Vermont there are nine papers-on'
at Bennington, one at Rutland, one a
Brattleboro, two at Windsor, one a
Peacham, one at Randolph, one at Mid
dlepury and one at Burlington; all pub
lished weekly. There are in the United
States about 200 newspapers. OF these a
least seventeen are printed daily, sever
three times week, thirty twice weel
and one hundred and forty-six weekly
Domestic infelicity seems to have wan
dered into the Wanderer occasionally ant
sought relief from pent-up tribulatioI
through thorough airing in the publi
prints; as witness this lyrical posting o
an unrhrifty wife by her injured hus
band, who, no doubt, was saddest whei
he sang:-
ssTake Notice-Whereas my wife, Suke
utterly refuses to live with me, therefor
forbid all persons harboring her or trust
ing her on my account; for | will not pa.
any debt of her contracting after thi
date, of whatsoever name or nature.
"For she will neither spin nor weave,
But there she'll sit and take her ease;
There she'll sit and pout and grin,
As if the Devil had entered in;
For she W ould neither knit nor sew,
But all in rags / had to go.
So farewell, Suke! and farewell wife
Till you can live better life.
.'Joseph Lowell.
ssRraintree June 90 1901