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VOL. VI., NO. 4.
PINEHURST, N. C, DEC. 19, 1902.
PRICE THREE CENTS
CRUSOE AND CHARADES!
Unique and Interesting Entertainment at
The Berkshire.
Audience a Larg One, Including- Xot
Only the Hotel CJueatu, Hut
Villag-ei'M u Well.
The most unique and interesting en
tertainment of the season thus far, was
given in the parlors of The Berkshire,
Saturday evening, before a large gather
ing including not only the guests of the
hotel, but many cottagers and villagers
as well. The affair was carefully ar
ranged by a large committee comprising
Miss Neales of Providence, R. I. ; Mrs.
Montgomery A. Crockett of Buffalo,
N. V. ; Miss Stackpole of Ridge way, Pa. ;
Miss Priest of Franconia, N. II. ; Miss
Spofford of Pinehurst, and Mr. A. W.
Warren, of New York City. From be
ginning to end it was carried out finely,
and the laughter and applause of the
spectators were frequent and evenly divided.
Jtolinon Cru.woe Up-to-date.
The entertainment opened with a
"dramatic" presentation of "Robinson
Crusoe up-to-date," and this familiar
story was presented in a manner ex
tremely interesting and unique. A tiny
stagu was used, complete in scenery and
appointments,across which the miniature
figures were drawn by means of invis
ible strings, while the lines were read by
those behind the curtain. The effect was
very pleasing and the scenery used clev
erly gotten up. Many very good effects
were also produced, notably the passage
of a ship and a row boat.
Slight changes were made in the orig
inal text to give it a local tinge, but not
enough to mar its meaning. For in
stance, in the second act, Friday's
English was credited to back numbers of
The Pinehurst Outlook, and later on,
Friday attempted to cheer Crusoe with a
few jokes :
"Why does a hen lay an aig?" "Be
cause if she done drap it she done braik
it !" for instance ; but for the most part
the play was a simple and effective story
of the life of Crusoe, and which will
always have a fascination for old as well
as young.
The cast and executive staff were as
follows :
Robinson Crusoe (who did so)
Master Albert Crockett
Friday (who didn't)
Mr. Herbert L. Jillson
The Parrot (who comments)
Master Oilman Crockett
The Boatman (who saves them all)
Master William Ketcham
Executive Staff :
Stage Manager,
Mrs. Montgomery A. Crockett
Musical Director,
Dr. Montgomery A. Crockett
Chief of Ushers, Miss Priest
Manager of Properties, Miss Neales
Treasurer, Miss Stackpole
fire Splendid Charade.
Immediately following the presentation
of "Robinson Crusoe," five charades were
presented in a most finished manner,
their presentation being so finished in
many instances, that they resembled a
dramatic entertainment very closely.
These were in the hands of committees
headed by Miss Priest, Miss Stackpole,
Miss Neales, Miss Spofford and Mr. War
ren. Each syllable of the word was pre
sented, act by act, and then the whole
Mrs. Arthur C. Ketcham of New York
City and Miss Edith Malcolm Tewskbury
of Lynn) and for a few seconds every
body looks bored, after the usual manner
on such state occasions. Finally Mr.
Malcolm has a happy thought which may
break the stiffness of the occasion, and
he rises and asks one of the ladies (Mrs.
Ketcham) to "oblige." Mrs. Ketcham is
very much astonished, of course, and she
smiles and smirks and blushes and
squirms in a very becoming way, after
the usual manner, but finally her timid
ity is overcome and she rises as the cur
tain falls "Timid."
In the third and last syllable the curtain
reveals a very pretty waitress (Miss
Bradbury of Pinehurst) busy at a table
"built for two." Presently a very swag
ger young man in dress suit and top coat
(Dr. Crockett) enters the restaurant and
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Drop At, Sir! Drop It!
word was given in one act. All were in
pantomine with one exception.
"Intimidate."
The first syllable given by Mrs. Crock
ett, Miss Neales, Mr. Warren and Master
Albert Crockett. The curtain rises re
vealing Mr. Warren (the clerk) seated at
a hotel desk busy over a newspaper.
Very shortly a guest (Mrs. Crockett)
arrives, accompanied by a very charming
maid, in the most fetching cap imagin
able (Miss Neales) and a typical bell boy
(Master Crockett) loaded down with
wraps and bundles. The new guest ex
amines the register, the clerk looks con
fused, the bell boy weary and the maid
self-possessed, after the usual manner,
but finally a room is assigned and ttie
scene ends "Inn."
In the second syllable the curtain re
veals Mrs. Bullington of the Pinehurst
School, seated in her drawing room read
ing. Presently' three callers arrive (Mr.
A. I. Malcolm of New Haven, Conn.,
arranges for seats at the table and gives
his order. As he leaves, the order ap
pears, and the temptation is too great for
the pretty waitress. She looks about
furtively and then greedily devours the
order, keeping her eyes on the entrance
door betimes. Just as the last morsel
disappears, the very swagger young man
enters with a very sweet young girl
(Miss Neales) and seats are taken at the
table. Then the food is missed and the
curtain falls as the search for it is taking
place -"Ate."
The presentation of the full word re
vealed a class of eight boys taking part
in a spelling lesson under the direction
of their teacher (Miss Spofford). As the
pupils fail they go to the foot of the line,
but finally one refuses to go and the
teacher promptly draws a revolver and
insists "Intimidate."
"Jlendicant."
The first syllable was given by Miss
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THE PINEHURST KENNELS!
More Than a Score of Dogs Each Boast
ing Proud Ancestry.
laixurioiiftly Houed, Well Fed and
Cared For, and J-ife For Tliem i
Nothing- Hut a Hunt.
Man's best friend is his faithful dog.
He never says too much or too little;
never has to be 'told that one is joyous
or sad ; never needs to be questioned as
to fidelity, and time with its strange vicis
situdes, never changes him; he is ever
the same.
He has tact, perception, affection,
reasoning power and much else that is
the lot of man, all of which brings him
close to the human heart.
For just three reasons the recently es
tablished Kennels which are maintained
in connection with the Pinehurst Shoot
ing Preserves, are a centre of interest
for the people of Pinehurst.
All men were not created "free and
equal" in a literal sense neither, were
dogs. There are the common folks and
the aristocrats among them ; those who
have been schooled and refined by gener
ation after generation of training and
breeding; those who have gone lower
and lower generation after generation,
from lack of it, they have become degen
erates. But the dogs which Pinehurst
owns, are like everything else in the Vil
lage, the best obtainable!
Every dog in the Pinehurst Kennels
would if he could, take a particular pride
in telling about the deeds of his ances
tors, and it is well, perhaps, that some
cannot talk on this question, for fear
that a too frequent recital of the deeds
of those who came before, might give
them what it sometimes gives individ
uals, and what Kipling describes as too
much ego in their cosmos.
All aristocratic dogs do not live in
homes fitted with every luxury that mod
ern life affords, for full "many a flower
is born to blush unseen" among dogs as
well as men, but Pinehurst's dogs are
fortunate in this particular. Not only are
their surroundings delightful but their
associations are of the most satisfactory
nature, and if dogs love to hunt as well
as men believe they do, Pinehurst?s dogs
must be supremely happy. They are
well cared for, luxuriously housed and
their life is but to hunt; to find birds for
sportsmen to shoot.
Over a score of pointers and setters are
now quartered at the Pinehurst Kennels
and are carefully looked after by Alliston
Gray, formerly manager of the High
Point (N. C.) Kennels and a trainer of
wide experience. Two buildings have
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