The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-22
CHILDREN'S DAY
BY WOMAN'S CLUB
Neither Goose Pattty Given by Children
of Kinderga; ten-Refreshment
Served After Program.

The Brattleboro Woman's club held its
annual Childrcn's day observance yester
day afternoon at $50 o'clock in
Odd Fellows temple, when the pupils
of the free kindergarten, the Austine In
stitution and the younger children of
the members of the club were guests for
the afternoon The affair was Mother
Goose party and was given by the chill
dren of the kindergarten under the direc
ton of Miss Mary Fits, instructor, with
Miss Sylvia Crosby, assistant, at the
piano. 1t was greatly appreciated by the
audience The little folks did exception
ally well in their parts, and Judging from
the happy expressions on their faces
| they found pleasure in entertaining the
| listeners A circle of little chairs was
placed in the center of the hall for Miss
| Fittss class, seats were reserved for the
Austine pupils, and chairs for the young
er members of the club were placed in
the front rows around the hail.
The meeting opened with reports given
by Mrs. Richard Averill, recording secre-
tary, followed by greetings from the
club, extended to the children present by
the president, Mrs. I'll. L. Waterman.
The first number on the program was
grand march, led by the children of the
kindergarten, the other children present
being invited to join, which many of
them did. Miss Fits then announced
that the children would give several of
their occupation games and songs which
they play each day at kindergarten. The
games consisted of the Bowling Game,
the Shearers, the Shoemakers, and Wind
ing the Clock. This was followed by the
, bird songs and the flower songs The
Iext number was the Mother Goose party
which was presented from the stage
The characters were: Old Mother Goose
Miss Fits; Little Boy Blue. Earl
Brooks; There Was an Old Woman
r Olive Dilback; Jack and jill. Glenn Taft
and Palma Goodnow; the Crooked Man
Francis COombs; the Queen of Hearts
Martha George; Bobby Shafter, Kimbal
, Barber; Little Polly Flinders, Lorene
/ Pierce; Jack Be Nimblc, Robert Marley
| Mistress Mary, Lydia Barber; Peter
Y Peter, Pumpkin Eater, Alex Illustrator
Little Jack Horner. Paul Bushnell; Wee
Willie Wrinkle, Annie Atkins; Bye BABY
hunting, Emily Amidon and Gordon lie
Bert; the Three Bears, Frank Smith
> Dorothy Bashaw and Fannie Mustafier
Goldilocks, Edith Kali
Several of the older children then pre-
sented The Sleeping Princess, which wa.
an enjoyable part of the entertainment
t The part of the Prince was taken b,
, Stewart Barney; the princess. Dori.
Wood; the fairy. Marion Rice. TIL.
e other children taking part were Miriam
y Fits, Dorothy Metcalf, Shirley Trout
t Mary Stolte, Jennie and Blanche Dupan
/ Betsey Barber, Mary Crane, Evelyn Cain
Elizabeth GRAHAM. Helen Thompson
y Wendell Barber, Ralph Eldridge, Rober
5 Dugan. Harold Tenney
:. At the close of the entertainment, tn
v social committee Of the club served re
It freshments OF ice-eream cones and waf
ers. The young ladies who assisted i
d serving were dressed in costume. The,
e were Misses Elizabeth Schwenk. Ale
r Boyden, Vivian Hunter, Dorothy Piper
r. Evelyn Mann, Dorothy Edwards, Wini
le fred Cain, Eleanor Rogers, Madelin
Cain.