The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-06-22

And he called for his bowl.
And he called for his fiddlers three"
Grown-ups were taken back to the
days of childhood rhyme and the chill
dren were given an animated illus
tration of their worshipped heroes
and heroines Wednesday night in the
production of Mother Goose's House
Warming" by the students of Mt.
St. Scholastica's Academy.
The INSTALLATION of the famous
characters of the child-world was COM
plete and seemingly perfect At
least the idealized standards of the
children were met and the grown
folks were, indeed, well satisfied.
The heavier and deeper interpreta-
tions usually given by the school at
commencement time were this year
abandoned in favor Of Mother Goose,
no doubt to add variety to the annual
programme and also to give versa
tility to the students in their thespian
accomplishments. The change was
a happy one.
The libretto of the operetta was
written by Miss Ruth Wade of the
class of 1912. All the favorite rhymes
were set to pretty and catchy"
music The costuming was all plan
ned by the sisters and each was a
masterpiece of the mantua-maker's
art. 1t seems remarkable, but each
of the sixty or more costumes were
made by the sisters and the most of
them were Of crepe paper. The color
ings blended beautifully and the en-
semble scenes surpassed imagination
in their harmonious banking of the
many shades.
1t might be said without discredit
to the others in the cast that the
play surely must have been written
about the three Henderson girls, the
Misses Dorothy, Katherine and Mar
garet, daughters of Mr. Hugh ]. Hen
derson of this city. If was not, then
it was happy coincidence that they
should be available for the parts of
Mother Goose, King Cole and the
Knave of Hearts. They all distin-
Ruished themselves but Miss Dorthy
especially, for she as Mother Goose.
carried the thread of the plot, little
as it was, through each chorus and
ensemble.
The House That Jack Built was the
scene of the first act. Jack had con-
structed it and presented it to his
mother, Mother Goose. She was SO
delighted that she planned to cele-
brate the event by entertaining King
Cole and the Queen Of Hearts togeth-
er with all their subjects.
She went to her cupboard and
found only Humpty Dumpties in the
persons of C. Rogers, z. Henderson
and C. Johannigmann. They came
out and sang:
Humpty Dumpty, sat on a wall:
Humpty Dumpty had great fall;
Not all the kings horses, nor all the
kings men,
Could get Humpty Dumpty up again.
Then they went back into the cup
board and Mother Goose locked it and
hung up the key. She started for
market, telling her son Jack to see
that no one molested anything while
she was gone. Hardly had she dis
appeared down the road than the
Knave of Hearts appeared and in
weighed Jack into going out to fly a
kite.
While Jack was gone four and
twenty black birds with the three
crows appeared; the three Crows who
we're NJ. NJ. Cooper, H. Rogers and
ID. Goodloe, saw the key and took It
away. No one saw them do it but
three blind mice in the persons of N.
Callen, c. Finlay and l.. Alfred. They
introduced themselves by singing:
Three Blind Mice,
See how they run,
They all ran after the farmers wife,
VINO cut of their tales with a carving
knife:
Did ever you hear such thing In
your life
As three blind mice?
Mother Goose came home and was
chaErined when she noticed the loss
OF the key. Jack was called In but
could give no Information other than
that the Knaye Of Hearts was tho
only person about during her absence,
Nothing dsunted Mother Goose