The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-04-19

rOn'S bcppo, Is suggestive OF cotjft' ana no
man license, Rcc at New Orleans, NomuS at Gal
weston, and other wickedncss under the covering
OF fine clothes But Carnival OF Authors" is
quite another matter 1t is Il moral, intellectual,
| heightened entertainment calling for Il certain
amount Of wealth, some reading of poetry and
fiction and an ingenious intelligence, tosay moth
ing of pretty girls and colorcd lights.
! In Ottawa til. Carnival on Wednesday and
| Thursday evenings passed of pleasantly and sue
cessfuly Dickens (W. T. Phipps) showed him
self and small portion of his large army of
children, Longfcllow's old duticr Standist fumed
and stewed again; the Little Women" delighted
the little women; TIE Pdrtin9toa acted the fool,
as usual; and all in all everyone was pleased
| The characters represented came in groups, the
first being that of Whitticr's "Snow Bound" the
Rather and Mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Titus, the
Sctoo'mast,r, Bartes ndie'tn mint, Miss Grdley,
the chiidttR.
Longtcllow came next, with the group OF
Miles Standsh" .H3es, i. Yentzer; John A.
d~., c. Griggs; Priscilla, Jessie Orr; magistrate,
l.. l.. Thompson; dedcoH, Cal Curtis. In this booth
were given scenes from the poem with the dia-
! loguc which like the other sketches given in the
|
hear the voices above III" roar in the hall.
Then came Mss .ilcot; (Zctta Strawn) and her
Little Women Veg, Mary Thompson; Louri,, Ed.
Miller; 40, Bella Mcgs B.th, Elmie Roberts; ;
: hiy, Belle Strawn; Join Brooks, J. T. Hunt;
4ud Norrh, Sarah Fskc. These were a fine set
Of characters, truthful enough perhaps, Aunt
.Ud,ch having the best make up' The scenes
from the book given on each evening were quite
the attraction for the young people, not a few Of
whom, by the way seemed TO know the story by
| rote.
Mrs. stoves Mrs. IEnsdale) booth was next
on the list, containing characters from the fam
Gus "Cnclc Toms Cabin Dr. Ryburn imper-
sonated 81. Ciair: Miss Phipps, Erd; Mrs. Boil
meyer Mrs. ST. CLAIR; Miss Eames, Topsy: X W.
| Holmes, The Dacon; Mr. Chase, cute: Doc. Phil
| lips Tone, Miss Harrison, .iaat CiD. Owing 10
the absence of Mss OlAoi;u (AIrs. Butler, who is
very SICK the sketches in this booth were omit
ted. TotSy was one Of the best characters Of the
carnival, we'll sustained and source Of much
amusement to old and young.
| The poets Corner was SIMPLY a corner or
namentcd, as one would think of & poets study,
WITH bric.a-brac, painted china pictures, statu-
airy, dc, the poetry Of household furniture; and
it was an attractive feature"
The tableaux given on the first evening: THE
Peri at the Gate of Paradise" and THE Entry Of
the Peri into Paradise" were both very beautiful,
the characters being represented by Bell Gibson
and Josie Rhodes. To add to the interest of this
/ pair OF pictures, Miss Kate Smith rected the
poem from Moore's "l.alla Rookh" in very
creditabc manner. Other very beautiful tableaux
were given. Another feature of the first evening
was the Fan Drill by dozen young ladies lead
by Hiss Lydia Strawn. The young ladies were
dressed in the costume Of the age of Addisons
Spectator, 11ll-l7l4. In paper No 1902 full di-
rections for the drill are given, 10 which we refer
the reader. Separate characters were presented
on each evening: Mrs. Portiagton and Ike, Mrs.
Glover aud VIII Nicely; Hdanah More, Mrs c. d.
lrimblc; Eli=abeh FRI, the English philantro-
phist, Mrs. Jones.
| The chief features Of the Carnival were the
Dickens reception and sketches from his works
and the sketches from Hiawatha.' The latter
was very well gotten up, the scenes being the
courtship Of UG'mtaa (McElwain) and .Kinathd-
Ia (MaN .,ruc," and the death Of HiEEciatHI
with the persOniHvation Of tttrr' and Fdmiot.
The Dickens" part of the carnival was the most
successful of all, perhaps, and certainly formed
the greater part OF it, On Wednesday evening
were given scenes from Nicholas Nickleby''
with Theron Bushnell as Na'hol1S; Prof. and Mrs b.
Boltwood AS W.. and NrS. .SYutcrS, Of "Dothe-
boys Hall" and Harry Lydy us Su.;tt. This last
was we think the most perfect representation OF
the carnival. The scenes i'll "Dotbeboys' Hall
were capitally given, as was also Fdanie Sqtor's
| (Fannc OsmanD tea party, Miss Eldrcdge playing
| 7JIia Price, tboth ladies with capital costumes,
and George Sweet as John B,Vtodt. Characters
from 'Domby and Som" Mrs. Don.ty I'll, Fannie
Hopkins; Florence Virginia Hook; Susan NipTrr,
Elsie Trmbc; 7ootS, Ed Cameron; capt. cutie,
! Phil Clark; Water, J. +. Morgan scenes
| given. On Thursday evening was given The fam
Gus Ba,deH v P;cijcct trial. fully elaborated.
Characters: .H,s Bdri.H, Mrs J. Megafiin; Mrs.
CluppiaS her particular friend, Miss Fannie Huh;
Sergeant Ba.ta=, +. +. Bull; Mr.. SkjmpiH, y, B.
Snow: Sergeant Sm,,jin, +. c. Swift; Wr Pbaa-
ky, l.. ". Brewer Parker, Mr.. Paine; Sam IE.iLr,
Geo. Sweet. The ha'IitE, :. W. Ruger and Dan
Tucker were there. Mrs Bardcll's friends, The
a,,y, Ira Nelson, Gus Wood, Chas. Petit, K. d
Lyman, e A., and the j,Sig,, D. 4 Cook. The
trial conducted throughout, Skimph and SHtJbisI
preparing appropriate speeches; witnesses were
examined; the instructions given the jury tad
mirable ones-yery funny and not a little satiri-
cal on the intelligent jury and ayerdct rendered.
1t was capitally rendered, much better than most
admirers of Dickens had imagined, and was
fitting climax to the Carnival.
The hall Oh both evenings was well filed with
spectators and financially, otherwise, We judge
! IL 10 have been a success
New and nobhy hats at VI. Stieiel a Coz.