The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-28
MOTHER GOOSE
AND CHILDREN
Appeared at Annual Fair Of
Universalist Society.
UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN
Large Audience Greeted the Quantity.
CARRIED Characters in Festival Hall
Last Evening and Witnessed Portray,
al Of Well Known Nursery Rhymes.

uui,ef,aii.t .oeiciy which oi,rns,i yc.ie
lday afternoon al I o'rlock aud ciiied wii
the lasi al the danrens leaving toward Nh
leafly hour this morning Nas snecc'
fnm every point III view, While I'll
weather conditions Wefe such a. 10 VA
rant the brliei that the attendance migh
lhe below that 81 former years thu, tail,.
10 be- true aud Festival hall Was taxed {
a. capacity long before snprrr was ~
nouncti at o'clock. The interior oi ~
hall was a revelation IN the Ray 0i dts
oniions 10 Mr.. l. u. Bailey belong
the credit for the unique and artistic sil
houeitos representing characters IN Moihe
tua,- rhyme. which wer hung about ih
hall. Mr. Bailey was IN charge OF th'
decorations aud the various picture wen
/ her handiwofk
| Entering the hall one was confronted hl
| the King IN the parlor counting ont hi
gold. frcl {. Sargent. who sold tickets iol
supper The Queen in the kitchen. eatini
bread and honey was impcrsonated hl
Mr. Freeman Scott. who rrlinqui-hcd hci
idsk long enough 10 collect the tickets sold
by the king. aud Jack Spmtt and hi wife
Freeman Scott and Mn. ". -. ellison
u,hrrcd the guests 90 the supper table
where a tempting rcpast was served hy
the following waters. Mi.ses Loc Ward,
Narka Ward Minnie Flagg. Helen Morris,
Mr., Ebhighauscu. Mr. y. \. Hopkins,
M-, Daisy Brown. Mn. Henry Allen.
Nlrs Arthur f. Roberts, Miss Ella Gotta.
Miss Edith Canedy, Mr.. Alonzo Brackett,
Miss Alta Eamcs. MIR. Carrie Allen, Mn.
Tracy Park, Mr. b. VI. Switzer. Mrs.
Frank Strcetcr, Mr. Charles Il. Simond.,
Miss Lizzie Ranncy and .dis, Edith Ken
dali
During the afternoon the Dream Of
Mother Goose was presented under the
direction of Miss Marion knight aud was
repeated following the supper at 5 o'clock.
Miss Gertrude Plummer was the dreamer
and seated on the stage she was visited
hy Mother Goose MIR. G.. +. Warner. ap-
garbed and wearing high
pointed hat, who marshalled her children
and in turn presented Miss Helen &.
Rohde a. Little Miss Muffet. Claude Ami
Ion as Peter, Peter. Pumpkin Eater, Rob
.rt Chamberlain as Jack Iorner, Edith
Kendall a. Little Bo.P Peep. Enroll Richard
.on as Simple Simon Roy Switzer a
Iiumpty' Dumpty, lnez Stowell the Queen
II Hearts, Hugh Stowell a, Tommy Tuck
n. Chfistobel- Hamilton a. Baby Bunting,
,lrs. Verne H. Winchester a Mistress
Mary. who a. the story goes, was quite
ontrpry. Ruth Stowell as Red Riding
Hood. Stewart Stearns as Tom the Piper
on CLYDE Chamberlain and Miss lzetta
Willis as Jack and Jill Mrs. Fred c. Sar-
ent as Mother Hubbard, Hazel Switzer as
he naughty child who drowned the cat
n the WELL Clayton and Hayden Randall
5 Johnny Green and Tommy Trout, who
CURED in a cat drowning exploit accord
lg to the story of Mother Goose, and Will |
am Gibbs as Little Boy Blue. Old King |
ole. +. c. Leitsinger, and three iiddlers |
dded TO the reality of the dream by in |
arspersing appropriate music The garb |
the various characters was highly gro
,sque and displayed no end of originality
pom the part of those in charge of the
The general color scheme was green and
hite. the green being laurel. A touch
color was added TO the decorations by /
lndreds OF artificial poinsettias, the
ate flower Of California. Mistress Mary
resided at the flower booth where cut
,wers and potted plants were sold, This :
10Th was in charge of Mrs. ID. f. Trout,
rs. ID. p. Dewitt, Mrs. Verne II. Win
ester and Miss Mabel Barrows. The Z
10Th was constructed in the form of a
nopy and the supporting posts and body i
the booth were a mass of laurel. The 5
ndy booth was in charge of the Queen !
Hearts, Miss Minnie Scott, and her
sistants, who, like herself, were conspic !
MS by large scarlet hearts upon their
WINS, were Miss Margaret Barber, Mrs. o
j. Coils and Miss Annie Richardson. p
lis booth was ornamented with large &
arts of red through which the customer a
is handed all sorts of CONNECTIONS. The i
9th devoted to fancy articles was
inty creation surmounted by a fancy ~
Il or woodwork through which was in o.
woven laurel and poinsettias. Here was
played aprons, linens, embroidery and
,rge of children of Mother Goose, Mrs.
w. Rockwell, Mrs. f. l.. Burnett and
SIS Emma Lundberg. That part of the
9TH devoted to the useful articles was
der the charge of the Maid in the Gar
l, Mrs. Lyman Goldsmith, and the old n
man who was tossed in a blanket, Mrs. Sc
w. Bruce. They were assisted by Mrs. \
lily Edwards and Mrs. John Lindsey. in
is booth was arranged in the form of Oh
den with trees and laurel used to lpl
n the booth. Simple Simon's fishpond, tn
arge pail, was presided over by Paul he
ase and Enrol Richardson. A rustic u
ce surrounded the pail and Simon ma y
ulated fishpole and inveigled the Gu g
rs to try their luck. There We're two d
k Horners, Robert Chamberlain and b.
,rles Gotta, in charge of the pie. which at
grab bag arranged in the form of a fa
re pie. A generous slit was made in ne
crust and beneath were found many WI
sterious packages. This booth was con cd
,uous by reason of its large placard tn
ring the title of Jack Horner. so
he lemonade booth was in the form of an
ustic structure and the posts support liza
the roof were twined with wistaria TIC
SONS and laurel Mrs Clawson was in br
rye assisted by Miss Izetta Willis and fol
de Chamberlain as Jack and Jill. Mrs. Ju
'riet Bemis and Miss Alvena Walker.
S Helen Rohde as Little Miss Muffet ers
sided beneath large SPIDERS web and res
fortunes in tiny envelopes, upon one pa
Ter of which was attached a large spi- am
Miss Ruth Sargent, little miss, IN
the old woman who lived in shoe nm
was ensconced in large red shoe ING
re she sold paper dolls. Mrs. E. E; Tor
yg was in charge of the old woman and val
wares. The flower girls were Malva otf
erts, Minnie Cooper, Ellen Cudworth, bet
/ and Beatrice Scovell. Tetla Ebbig- ant
sen and Dorothy Kendall. The quaint tor
IL cards on the supper table We're de- L
ed and executed by Mrs. A. w. Rock ma
The cards and also the silhouettes abe
in the decorations were disposed of ing
uction during the evening. A striking alll
of the decoration was a. large figure We
Mother Goose astride broom which che
placed in the center and above the wo
e. Dancing followed the entertain phi
t. Leitsinger's orchestra, represented yot
Did King Cole and his fiddlers three, it
ished music. am