Peter Baldwin, who succeeded Mr. Hecker as
baker-general--being therefore given the title of General--usually did
the first old man business, but as he was suddenly called to Boston, my
father, who happened to be visiting us at the moment, was asked to fill
the role of Master Crumbs, which he consented to do, on short notice.
There never was such a thing as a theater in the Old Colonie and I can
imagine the disturbed feelings of the good Dutch burghers could they
have known that their respected fellow citizen, Charles Sears, Esq., of
the pier, was actually appearing on the stage as a play actor.
One play was given by the boys and girls, or rather by two boys and one
girl, Dolly Hosmer, Craze Barlow and myself. We did Box and Cox, a short
farce, produced to piece out a vaudeville program.
The first hour of our winter evenings at the Hive was, by common
consent, assigned to the younger generation, and story-telling was
regularly made its most attractive feature. Mr. Dana was one of our best
story tellers, and his narrations were instructive as well as
interesting.
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