The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-02
A BRILLIANT SUCCESS.
The Children's Ball at the Theatre
Other Social Notes.
The ChiIdren,s Ball.

1t was. of course, impossible that the
children's ball given at the Theatre
yesterday afternoon should have been
anything else than an unqualified sue
cess, especially when we remember the
enjoyable experiences of years past No
one, however. was scarcely prepared for
the crush of diminutive humanity that
came together within the walls of the
Theatre yesterday. A view from the
rear of the stage during the progress OF
The tableaux, etc, revealed the large
dancing floor filled almost 10 its entire
capacity, the parquette circle crowded
back to the walls, the first and second
circles uncomfortably filed. and n
large number of The little ones and their
escorts occupying the space usually re-
served for the gods. Viewed from this
point of vantage il was a brilliant and
happy scene. the children. from mere
todulers up TO Is years, being decked
out in their ball attire, and not a few
costumes were remarkable for their
beauty and elegance. There were some
where III the neighborhood of LOO
happy bright-faced children crowded
into the space mentioned. who crowed,
laughed and applauded at the many
novelties presented for their amuse-
mentS. After dancing for a couple
OF hours. at 1 o'clock the stage was
cleared. ana the curtain rang up Oh the
tableaux of Blue Beard and Fatima, the
former Fred Clawson) looking as fierce
and blood thirsty as any one could de-
sire. and the latter Miss Winnie Claw
SOM pretty enough 10 have melted
even a harder heart than that Individu-
al was supposed 10 have had. The next
scene represented the b.ue chamber,
with the heads OF five of Blue Boards
wives hanging on the wall of the ROOM
These five beautiful faces and heads OF
hair were owned by Misses Maud Mer-
rill, Vilate Kimball, Lutte Young,
Ada Croxall, and Winnie Kimball, and
presented a picture that drew forth
rounds of applause, and murmurs of
appreciation. Then followed the spec
tacle of the living woman minus body
AN illusion that was so real as TO b.
almost startling and over which the lit
tie ones went wild with delight. The
elephant proved TO be as amusing as
ever, also. but the crowning part OF the
entertainment was the Marine Drill, en-
larged and improved from its first
presentation with the o. X. G. troupe.
Under the command of Miss Tessie
Clawson, the % little misses, who
presented one OF the cute.L spec
tacles one could possibly imag-
inc, in their blue-trImmed white
suits, went through a series of evolu-
tons with such precision and with so
strict a regard for time, as 70 cause a
hearty encore from the hundreds of
dfminutiye spectators, while the child
rem OF a larger growth Joined heartily
in the applause A description of the
scene is impossible, and We can but
compliment Fred Clawson on the sue
cess the little ones have attained under
his instruction. The shadow panto-
mime was more laughable than before,
the tight-rope business in which the
elephant took prominent part being
especially unique. Altogether, as we
said before. il was grand success, and
Saturday will be red letter day in the
history of hundreds who were present.
The management of the affair was in
the hands of Mr.. H. B. Clawson, and he
was ably assisted by a small army OF
ieutenants.
Thebal in the evening drew out
large number of young people, who
were even more demonstrative at the
tableaux and drill than were the little
ones during the afternoon, the Marine
Drill coming in for the largest share of
attention