The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-03
WIDOWS HOME FESTIVAL.
To-day the Last Day and Tonight the
Last Evening..-Centinued
Success.

Crowds OF equipages thr0nged the street above
and>beiow and opposite the Music Hall last night
and the street cars were packed to suffocation.
The rush to the ticket-oifice was simply immense.
Inside The crowd was more dense than on any
former occasion, the toilets were more elegant
and the purchases of the rare and beautiful oh
jects more spirited. Ats O'Clock, when the con-
cert OF the Thomas Orchestra, which had been
kindly volunteered by the great maestro, began,
the floor of the Main Hall about the booths and
bazars was literally packed, the galleries We're
filled and hundreds thronged The corridors and
do0rways.
able one and the attentive crowd clustered about
the front OF the stage and listened to the exquisite
instrumentation with delight
Further back the surgns masses of people COM
ing and going and struggling forward to hear pre-
vented any enj yment Of the delicious stratus
Such music as Mr.. Thomas with his wonderfully
trained orchestra produces, is only suited TO a
seated audience ana TO such the delightful melo-
dies move almost to ecstasy. What Mr.. Thomas
feelings must have been last evening while his
orchestra was playing in babel of such propor-
tlons we have no means of knowing, but to a
lover OF such exquisite music. such as the pro-
gramme gave. II was akin 70 torture to have the
delicate harmonies drowned amid the chatter
about the booths the scutling feet and the rustic
OF drapery as the waves of people surged to and
fro To those who could hear, however, the music
was mag ifcent.
Financially considered the Fair is success
to last evening the total receipts foot up to
the neighb0rhOod of SIS, 900, and a vast quantity
of the stock yet remained unsold, although some
OF the booths were almost denuded. At some of
the stands, for instance, nothing whatever re-
manned. The Avondale Bu0th had, we believe.
the honor OF having effected the largest sales OF
any up to last evening.
The Doll Booth looks deserted. The attractive
waxen creatures and most of the homely substan-
tial ones as well, nave departed along with their
trousseaux, ana their tidies. anu their wagons,
and their shawls, and powder boxes and tooth
brushes.
The Widows Home booth was cheerful with
the comely matrons in charge of its little parlor;
the paper booth yet hell out its smiling allure
ments the art booth its treasures gather ed from SO
many remote places; the candy booth yet yielded
its sweets, and the cigar stands their narcotic al
lurements
In the Oriental Bazaar the Mexican, japanese
and Spanish clriostieS still attract the beverage
that chee but not intoxicates still rains it's am.
broslal streams. To the cur Gus the japanese pic
ture books with thrilling adventures OF giants
and m nsters and military chieftans and fat Al
dermen and tigers and things still charm. and .hf
moral printed at the close is conducive largely tC
pious meditation amid the bewildering hours
who wander under the suspended lanterns and
embroidered tapestries.
The pyramid of flowers remains, and the sale o
cut flowers was augmented yesterday by a gener
GUS donation sent to the ladies by Mrs President
Fl yes. Miss Nelson kindly loaned the flower
piece presented her Thursday afternoon, at the
benefit of the Elks, at the Grand Opera house
This was miniature castle in VIII te immortelles
from balcony of which descended rope ladder
where Juliet descends to Romeo upon bank
where roses and lilies are seen like stars, and
where "Neilson' is seen in letters formed of the
horets of double scarlet geraniums.
Mr.. Prnbasc, makes another liberal donation
to this Department of rosebuds, and Mr.. Critchel
of lilies of the valley
The attractions for this afternoon will be an ex
ira concert by the Cincinnati Orchestra and the
''children's May pole dance" This will take
place on the stage at oclork, and will be part Q
ipated in by seventy-five children The May
Queen, with her attendants and the merry dancers
about the pole. will form sight pleasing to bott
young and old
The Smith Family will give a matinee thi
afternoon directly after the conclusion of the Ma.
pole Dance. The regular evening concert WILDE
in at O'Clock, and an extra heavy one is an
nnunced at 9 O'Clock, after which "Mr. J. Smith
will auction off the stock of the country store.
| An attractive musical prog anime will be pre-
sented this afternoon and evening.
The Fair closes tonight at 10 O'Clock.