The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16

'inal and unique and are devised and
decorated by the little girls them
selves. They are typewriter in
blue ink on two sheets of plain white
paper decorated with hand painted
American flags and the pages are
tied together with red, white and
blue ribbons. The girls made their
debut at Strawberry Point. The folks
there were highly pleased with the
splendid program and. feel doubly
honored to know that this talented
company are advertised as the
Strawberry Point Entertainment COM
pany. Program as follows:
Song, Goodbye Broadway, Hello
France, quartette.
Recitation, Pop Corn Song, Dora
,Kraus.
Piano duet, Happy Days, Audrey
Meixell, Alice Warren.
Recitation, The Flag, Alice War
rem.
The Flag March, Mary Kraus.
Recitation, Hurrah for the Flags,
Dora Kraus.
Song, Paddy Mack, quartette.
Recitation, Moo Cow Moo, Dora
Kraus
J Bugle Call, piano, Audrey Meixell.
Song, I'd Rather Play in my Own
Home Yard. Mary Kraus.
Recitation, My Own United States,
Audrey Meixell.
Song, The Long Trail, quartette.
. Recitation, How the Little Birds
Knew, Mary kraus.
2 Recitation, The Tree Toad, Alice
Warren.
Sorg, Keep the Home Fires Burn
ing, quartette.
Recitation, Mammals Violets, Dora
Kraus.
Solo, The Brides Song, Audrey
Meixel., chorus by quartette.
Recitation, Eve, Little Brothers.
Mary Kraus.
Song, For Your Country and My
Country, quartette.
Recitation. My Little Brother, Dora
Kraus.
ne lOuI SoiIiO III
white holding small American flags
in the left hands which they waved
in unison and recited in concert:
/ salute you Old Glory,
love you / do,
For all that it stands for
I'll ever be true
Vocal solo, When l Went to School
With You, Audrey Meixell.
Piano solo, Farewell to Thee, Alice
Warren.
Star Spangled Banner closed the
program. To hear these little girls
sing the above song is surely a treat.
They are familiar with all the words
and sing it with vim and feeling not
expressed when grownups sing it..
The girls gave pretty little tableau
with the singing. Dora Kraus, the
youngest and smallest of the quar-
tette, representing Liberty and hold
ing large American flag stood in
front of the other girls who were
grouped in a semi circle. At the
close of the program the host and
hostesses expressed their ,appreci-
alton and great pleasure of the en-
tertainment and presented the girls
with a bright new dollar bill which
is nucleus for the Junior Red Cross
fund for which the entertainment
was given. These girls have been
invited to give the entertainment at
several homes in the village and in
q couple of weeks will give it in the
Roberts home in Sterling in compli-
ment to Miss Gussie Roberts who has
been shut in for nearly three months
and who has just recently returned
from st. Luke's hospital 10 her home
in Sterling where she is making
splendid recovery and greeting her
many friends.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Gossard in Old Town was frightened
Thursday morning by the arrival of
a baby girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rich and son
Merton left Monday forenoon via of
the Ford route for their home in Will
low, N. D. They have been enjoying
a months vacation at the F. Fl.
Barnes and E. w. Washburn homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Gossard and
family motored up from Kasson the
latter part of the past week for
visit with their brother Fred and sis
ter, Mrs. Emmett Pervis while here
in company with the Pervis family
motored to Blue Earth for short
visit with friends.
MIR. and Mrs. Claude Meixell this
morning received an announcement
card from Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. Berry
of Window bearing the name Wayne
Sanford Berry, weight nine pounds.
Mrs. Berry is staying for the present
with her parents in Window. In
September the family will move to
Mankato where Mr.. Berry is in bust
ness. The Berrys were former resi-
dents here and have many friends
who will hear of the & little boys
arrival with pleasure. Il