The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-05-14

The hearts of the people of Nash
vile appeared in a Mother Goose"
concert which was given at Fisk Me-
mortal Chapel last Friday evening,
that is to say, one hundred and seven
children, representing about as many
families contributed by their beauti-
full actions and their childlike inno-
cence and simplicity to the grandeur
of this occasion. Time and again,
ever and often, as is the by-word, the
citizens are favored with some rare
treat in the nature of concert, or re-
cital, but nothing that has ever been
given in Nashville has completely met
the appreciation Of every one as did
this Mother Goose" entertainment.
was learned by Globe reporter that
the idea of this entertainment was
first conceived in the mind of mem
ber of the Fisk Literary Club, who,
confided in others, and finally it was
decided to put the idea before the
club. The club endorsed it and at
once planned to set ABOUT to arrange
for this stupendous concert, the like
Of which has never been witnessed be-
fore in this city. Every member of
the Literary Club busted herself and
contributed her part towards the sue
cess Of the entertainment. It is no
small task to train one hundred and
seven children, whose ages range
from two to sixteen years, but those
who witnessed the performance Fri
day night will not again entertain the
least doubt that this can be done.
The rehearsals, from time to time,
had attracted widespread interest
and the people waited impatiently for
the approaching time. At 7:30
o'clock large crowd in the Memorial
Chapel awaited the raising of the cur
tain for the expected program. At
800 o'clock, Miss M. q. Grisham be-
gan playing Rainbow" and the two
doors on each side of the stage swung
open and Miss Mary r. Hill, as
Mother Goose" and Mrs. ]. e. Mil
Ter, as "Old Woman" led what
seemed to be an endless line of chill
dren around the sides of the Chapel.
When they reached the main entrance
they were joined by others and
marched down the center of the Chap
ell, presenting most picturesque
scene. Then came a lovely stage
scene, which was number one, q
Gypsy Chorus" The entire number
OF one hundred and seven children
was in the choir stand while twenty
f1ve young ladies', dressed in gypsy
style, occupied the platform, sitting
around the camp Are, and lead in the
chorus. Then came the light iAfAA-
try by fourteen little children, which
was the most amusing feature Of the
entertainment. This was followed by
show scene number one, Introduced
by F. A. Stewart, Jr., and W. Fl. Walk
er. Little Bo-Peep," VINO had lost her
sheep, was represented by Rebecca
s. Page. The sheep were ]. B. Sin
gleton, Jr., R. H. Harris, Jr.,
James e. Lewis and H. w. G..
Jones. The house was wild with
applause, Then came the old bach
elor and his wife, represented by j.
Merrill Mayberry and Alma E. Dunn.
The sixth piece on the program was
Jack and Gill" by Waldo Kelly and
Ruth Upshaw. Both OF these parts
showed careful and excellent training,
Number seven, Simple Simon and the
Pieman," was taken by John Overton
and Alvin Darden, who's were intro
duced by Mary Merrill. Simple ST.
mon was an amusing character and
was played to perfection The Boy