The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-18
Pleasing st. Patrick's Day
Feature Presented Last
Evening
OBSERVANCE DREW
OUT LARGE CROWD
Annual Fair Opened in Afternoon and
Was Well Patronized Interesting
Program Given - Hall Handsomely
Decorated-List cf Booths.


The annual fair of ST. sIichaeI's Ro-
man Catholic parish and the entertain
ment by the children, held yesterday
afternoon and evening in Festival hall,
attracted one of the largest crowds
ever present at one of these entertain
ments The hall was trimmed pretti-
ly IN green and white with booths at
the sides.
The stage on which the entertain
ment was provided was rooted over
gave the effect of windows. In the
center was 4 fireplace.
The first number of the entertain
ment program was a piano duet, The
/ Dance of the Flowers, by Anna Flem-
\ ing and Gladys Russell The inter
mediate girls gave When We Were
I Little Girls, for which music was pro-
vided by Miss Gladys Russell at the
piano and Miss Maize Calvin, violin.
The intermediate boys followed with
a reading and drill entitled A Good
Umbrella, and the next number was
motion song, Dolly, Dolly, by "Our
Babies Miss Marion Long was al
the piano for this number.
! The operetta, The Wild Rose, in two
acts, was the most pretentious thing
of the kind given by the children Of
the parish and each member of the
east revealed in her work careful
training on the part of the teachers.
Miss Agnes Blake at the piano and
Miss Calvin, violin, furnished the mu-
sic for this. The cast Of characters
was as follows:
Rose MeCloud, popular society belle,
Mary Kennedy; Mary Forsythe, Roses
secretary and friend, Helen Mann;
Mrs. Fussy, her housekeeper, Marion
Long; Lady Grey, an ecentric play
wright, Mary Danyew; Miss Writeup
and Miss Putemdown, reporters; Kath-
crime Garrity and Katherine Denning;
Dora, Flora, Molly and Polly, debutan-
tes, Alice Manning, Marguerite Haus,
Mary Peilerin and Anna Fleming; Miss
Talkalot, suffragette, Isabelle Cav
anaugh; Mrs. Doingood, a charity
worker, Charlotte O'Connell; Madame
Sewseams, . dressmaker, Evelyn ATS
tin; Madame Feathertop, a milliner,
Mary Grady; Madame Smellsweet,
perfumer, Elsie Danyew; Bobby, the
buttons, Gladys Russell; city people
and country people; maids, intermedi-
ate girls.
The last number was a military drill
. by senior boys. The captain was JUS
tin Moran and the leader, Daniel Cur
; tin.
George O'Connor guessed that a jar
contained 500 beans ard as there were
904 in it and no one guessed any near
er TO the actual number he carried on
ham awarded as q prize.
There were six booths, three on
either side of the hall, all trimmed in
: green and white. The fish pond was
: in charge OF Miss Margaret Cor
! borino, Miss Margaret Fleming, Miss
! Elizabeth Moran, Mrs. III. J. Moran
: and Miss Maria Eckels.
The doll booth was managed by
Miss Susie McGrath and Miss Helen
Fenton, while the booth where fanes
articles and aprons were sold was in
charge of Mrs. D. NJ. Meany, Mrs
John Guiheen, jr., and Mrs. Ralph
q Oakes.
The ice cream table was in charge
of Mrs J. T. Kaine, Mrs. NJ ]. Lynch
( Mrs. Thomas Long, Mrs. Richard Hea
ply and Mrs. Charles Allaire.
The booth where cakes, pies anC
doughnuts were disposed of rapid,
a Mrs. A. L. Wood, Mrs. James Austin
r and Miss Eliza Grady.
Ie The lemonade was served by Mis-
n Mary Leahy, Miss Lena Young, Mis-
'e Agnes Whalen, Miss Nellie Hamilton
r and Miss Sadie Young, and az thi
y candy table were Mrs. Charles Cook
n Mrs. ]. 7. Denning, Miss Katherin
d Denning, Miss Katherine Welcom
7 and Miss Gladys Russell.
! Coffee was served by Mrs. Johi
is Curry. Mrs. Patrick Manning an
a Mrs. Eugene Ferriter.