The Cecil Whig., 1881-01-01
The Fair and TableauX.

The fair for the benefit of the Catholi,
/ Church of this town, which began at Ode
Fellows Hall, on Friday evening last
! Christmas eve,-has continued Throughout
/ !he week. No more Unrropitious weather
for such an enterprise could have fallen It
| the lot of the most unfortunate, hut not.
withstanding snow, wind, and the ther
4 momerer ut zero and below, :. much larger
attendance than the circumstances gave any
one TO hope for was present each evening
| We gave full description of the arrange,
Hcnt and decoration of the Hall last week
| Every thing to attract the eye, eur, and
! palate was there in the greatest protrlsion,
| ana if Nennor and the other prophetic frl-
! lows, who have the weather in charge, had
/ only aHosred such rs would permit of pedeS-
ITianiSm by the average citizen, the enter
! prise would have been in all respects Il sue
cess. OF those who did leave their pleas
ant tiresides and breasted the storm for the
purpose of aiding the managers by their
presence, we can sately. say that the same
spirit that prompted them to be present
, took hold of their purse strings and kept
them open. For such n limited number the
amount of money expended was unprece-
dented.
The ;ableauX began on Tuesday evening
and continued until last night. Ton much
cannot be said in praise of the beautiful liv-
ing pictures shown. BY common consent,
they far exceeded any former exhibition
ever given in Elkton. Each evening from
ten to twelve tableaux were shown, after
which some half dozen living pictures, sim
gle and double, We're given. According to
our taste, the handSomeSt picture on the
first evening, was entitled The Court
Alarmed" In this scene, Miss Lizzie
Casho stately and handsome, as the queen,
and Major Norris digniiieh and manly, as
king, We're particularly etfective. Miss
Lucy Whittlesy's tall and graceful figure
completed the effect oi this picture. Miss
Ella RoSsell'S pose in this picture was very
intelligently taken, it being at once dra-
matte and effective The "Sea Kings
Daughter Il fairy picture, i'll which Miss
May Miller took the leading role, was a
striking scene and Won much applause.
In number of tahieauX, all of them of the
highest artistic merit, and which the want
OF space prevents us mentioning narticu-
lariy, Miss Morrison, of Newark Miss Patty
Pururl, Miss Alice WhittleSy, Miss Iva
Whtilesy, Mrs. Fl. n. Nj. Howard, Miss
Eva Howard, Miss Alva Gilpin took promi-
neut and effective positions. In Il nunber
of statuary pieces, pronounced most excel
lent, Miss Mary Mckinsey was the prnci-
pal figure, while in the fairy scenes Jennie
Morris, Florence Turbert, and Della How
ard made charming foreground groups.
1t would be disc"urteonS possibly to the
SternGr sex, not TO mention the excellence
of a number OF their performances. Mr..
Graham, as Sampson Mr.. Crow, as Riccio
and the Diver; Mr.. Bowen, as a graceful
Courtier; Mr Jolitit, as Mar,niun; Mr.. EoS-
sell, as the Prince in the Enchanted Castle:
Mr. Bennett and Mr.. Marshbank and Mr..
Gilpin not forgetting Mr.. Howard as TaSso,
nor Jack Morris, Victor Torbert, and Jen-
kns Henry in effective chi!dren'S 5 roles, each
contributed prominently to the series Of pic
lures. 1t would he Il palpahie in. ustice not
to publicly acknowledge the efficient SER
vices of Mr.. EdmunlSon Barroil i'll carrying
ont the programmes of the several presenta-
tionS.