The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-01-25
CHILDREN ENTERTAIN
CLUB WOMEN
Mrs. William +. Brewster, Former
Federation President, Guest


served ChiIdren's Day in the Library
Parlors, Saturday afternoon, January
20. She president Mrs. Florence
Waugh Danforth presiding with
Mrs. Emily Foss and Mrs. Winona
Homsted. as hostesses. Potted plants
of hvacinths in bloom adorned the
presidents table The president an
nounced that $4 had been received
and sent to the Crosspatch Commune
ty children at Christmas time. Mrs.
Eugenia Merriam reported for the
Christmas committee that Is families
representing siXty-five children, and
also twenty-five aged and shut-ins,
had been remembered at Christmas
time through the generosity of the
Town Improvement ladies. Miss En-
ma Hall, chairman of the Christmas
Seals committee, reported the amount
of sales was S55.24 The rest of
! the afternoon was then given over
to the children who presented the
operetta lone Days Fun" under the
! direction of Mrs. Rose Burrill, with
| the following cast: .--4.-ss
Grandma, Miss Velma Fogg; the
| Goodwin children. Adelaide, Evelyn
Burrill Futter, Muricl Cover: Lit
| tie Bess, Leah Washburn; cousins and
! friends: Tommy Tussel, Norman Wat
son; Arthur, Merrill Cover, Donald,
! Albert Decker Edgar. Edgar Bishop,
| Rob, Brock Clark; Johnny. Warren
Conant. Dimple, Evelyn Savage; Emil
ly, Nathalie Beaulieu; Edith, Char
lotte Gates; Dorothy, Pearl Fleming;
Mollie, Phyllis Weston; Kitty, Edith
Bishop. Billy. street boy, Ralph
| Nutting. The "BlowIOuts,' Tom Tus-
sci" Arthur, Donald, Edgar and 9th
ers. The "Blow-lns," Billy, Johnny,
Rob and others
Part |. Morning. How Tommy
Tussel Got His Big Black Eye; song
by the Little H0usemaid. Flutter (Mu-
riel Cover, who decides to be a
nurse and sings The Nurses Song. J"
"In Bye-Low-Land," by Dimple Eve
lyn Savage) the Baseball Song, (af-
ter the ball gamel, tsung by the VIC
torious "Blow- -Outs'D and the "Blow-
ms" with Tommy Tussel and his
black eye then form the tabeau, "The
Rattle's Over" as the curtain is
drawn on act |.
Part II. Afternoon. A dolls re
ception. Tableau. at the hospital.
the wounded Blow-lns given emer-
gency treatment by the girls who are
representing nurses. Grandma's par
ty planned at the DOLLS Reception >
| Dolls song, by the chorus of girls
followed by "Our Little Jolly Mollie'
sung by Emily fNathalie Beaulieu
and Edith Charlotte Gates J. Next
| while refreshments are being served
on the balcony the boys come in and
initiate the girls singing to the music
of the dolls song. and hang up the
dolls by their necks for Blue Beard S
wives. but are interrupted in their
pranks by the return of the girls as
the curtain Is drawn on act II.
Part III. Evening. Grandma $
birthday Grandma surrounded by
the children, sings her evening songs
and rs then presented with birth
day cake. Then follows the Grand
Finale THE Hippety Roundelay," by
all.
Accompanies. Miss Helen Hawes,
Miss Muriel Cover. and Mrs. Christ
inc Pooler Day. The afternoon en-
tertainment closed with a vocal solo,
"That Sweet Story of Old" by Pearl
Fleming, accompanied by Mrs. Alma
Bishop.
Mrs. W. r. Brewster of Dexter. a
past president of the Maine Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, was introduce
ed by Mrs Danforth and expressed
her appreciation of the children's en-
tertainment and cordially invited the
ladies to attend tie mid-winter meet
ing of the Federation in Augusta next
Friday. After the meeting refresh
ments of ice cream cones were served
by the committee in charge. At the
next meeting of the society the play,
"The Old Fashioned Country Store"
will be presented. The date is TO
be announced later