Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-04-24
cHiLDREN's ENTERTAINMENT
AT osGoop MEMORIAL
Programme Of Songs and Tunes Of
Lens Ago Beautifully Given.

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the Parish House association Songs
and tunes of long ago made up mu-
steal programme that met with un-
qualified appreciation and the tableAux
illustrating these old. songs and several
favortte old poems were most attrac-
. tive.
The posing and costumes of the
young actors were Of q high degree
of excellence and many charming pic
lures were formed upon the stage.
Nelson Branche made an excellent
stage manager in his picturesque cos
tune Of herald. An orchestra, com
posed Of Misses Lois Perkins, Olive
Huntington and Grace Lester, Charles
III. Haskell. Alfred Allen, Wentworth
Prentice, Harold anderson, Robert L.
Johnson, Reginald Smith and Louis
Stockwell, with Mrs. Grosvenor Ely,
piano, gave a choice programme of old
favorites, including Medley. key of G,
Old Oaken Bucket, White Cockade,
Comm Thro' the Rye and Rocked in
the Cradle of the Deep. The violin
solo. Robin Adair. by Wentworth
steal tableaux were nine in number.
For these the soloists were Mrs.
Charles Tyler Bard Mrs. william A.
Norton, Mrs. William H Allen and
Miss Elsie D. Brand. The qnartetts
comprised Mrs. Bard, Mrs. Norton,
Miss Amy L: Cogswell and Mrs
Charles H. Haskell.
Sweet and Low was sung by the
Quartette. with tab1eau by Miss Hen
rietta Browning. The Girl Left Be-
hind Me was played by the orchestra
and the impersonation given by Miss
Sadie Colt. Mrs. Bard gave a fine
rendering of Buy Broom to the pos
ing of Evon Broadhurst and Carol AL
ton. Home, Sweet Home was suns
by Miss Brand and pictured by Misses
Marion PuIlen and Hazel Fletcher
Philip anderson and John Sayles.
The Lost Chord was especially pleas
ing. The perfect harmony of the
quartette as an accompaniment te
Mrs. Aliens melody made the music
most attractive and the steady and
long pose of the choir boys was cred
table to John Alton, Arthur Broad.
hurst, Bruce Rogers. Manly Eastwood
Edward Gallaudet, Clyde Garfield and
Leslie Fletcher. The part Of Crue
Barbara Allen was taken by her name.
sake and her story sung by Mrs. Bard
Arthur Norton was the highland lad
die in Blue Bells of Scotland, which
was sung by. Mrs. Norton, Dorothy
Robertson made a pictures pose fol
The Last Rose of Summer, for which
Miss Brand was the soIoist All tn,
children surrounded Miss Betty How.
Hand as Liberty in the closing song
America. Five old poems were alst
illustrated as they were read by Mis-.
Alice w. CogswelI.
| These were Brownings Pied Pipe
| of Hamelin. with Robert L. johnson
as the piper; Lowells The Courtin'
| with Miss Lois Perkins. Miss Gather
inc Isbister and William Perry in tn,
title roles: Stevenson's Foreign Chill
dren personatsd by Esther Pullen
Isbister and Jessie Park as Indian
Eskimo. Turk, Japanese and English
Longfellow's Children Hour. with Pau
Latham az Longfellow and Kitti
| Sloan, Eleanor Norton and Emil,
| Camp as the children and whittier
Barefoot Boy with Manly Eastwood a
| an excellent representative. Mrs. vii
| liam H. Allen was general directres
| and manager in chief for the enter
tainment. The committees RESPONSE
BILE for it's success together, with hel
| Were. Music committee. Mrs. eros
w. HI. Allen. Mrs. William A. Norton
Mrs. Charles H. Haskell, Miss Amy L
Cogswell, stage setting and trainins
Miss Cogswell. Mrs. Edwin E. Perry
Mrs. Adam Reid and Mrs. Henry A
| Tirrell; costumes and selection O
Oliver l.. Johnson, Miss Elizabeth PuI
len, Miss Mildred Wightman, Mrs. "
III. Allen, Mrs. Ely as pianist, and ac
companist contributed her full share t
the work of the music committee.
After the entertainment proper
sale was held in the parlors of cake
candy, flowers and grabs. Mrs. A
! n. H. Vaughn was chairman of tn
sales committee. the other member
being Mrs John T. Rogers cake; Mr..
Donald G. Perkins and Miss Elizabet
| Trumbull, utilities; Miss III. r. Truin
bull and Mrs. Frank BunneIl. flowers
Mrs. Frank A. Pullen, candy, all o
| whom had pretty tables of their vari
! Gus wares, and Mrs. Frederick Sym
| ington, in charge of the grabs, whic
were distributed from q tent by he
gypsy assistants, Miss Dorothy Jonel
Miss Ruth Sylnington and Master JAG
Hill
Trade was brisk in all department
and some were entirely sold out i
short time.
The whole entertainment was clev
erly planned and skiifuliy carried GU
and was most successful in ever