San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-12-08
THE BAZAAR.

A Gay Scene of Polite Revelry at Casino
Hall Last Night.
The Bazaar of Nations which the ladies
OF st. Marks altar society have been so
long preparing, at such great expense
and trouble, began yesterday afternoon
| but the real opening took place last
| night at the Casino. The press Of the
| city has heTalded the event far and wide
| for some weeks. consequently the affair
WAS well advertised and great crowd
| OF our best citizens were present long
before the exercises began. On entering
the hall the buhOlder was daZZled pv the
gay cOlOrs, bright lights and beautiful
ladies present The hall had been gaily
| decorated In the cOlors and bunt-
ing Of the nations represented,
Major Arnold and Mr. Goodwin
Mitchell, having labOred faithfully on
| this part of the entertainment. On
either side of the hall were arrayed four
| large booths, the headquarters OF the
nations represented. In the centre of
the hall was a large booth, beautifully
| decorated from base TO top with grow
| ing flowers in pots, for sale. At the up
| per end OF the hail was the orchestra,
| ZOttarellrs, In their box. ready to begin
| their overture prior 10 the rising of The
| NlbSt Sul Aallis III lnt hulblUlnR Saloon a
bOuntiful supper was spread, which wa
presided over by beaming matrons and
beautiful young ladies and misses in
costume as walters.
| About S:l0 the curtain arose to drill
or march OF 30 of San Antonios most
| beautiful young ladies', under Professor
| A. Schnaith's able directions. After
| performing, or rather marching through
| several very pretty and effective figures
on the stage, they all, headed by the
four young ladies' representing the
| American booth, went Gown into the
hall and to their respective stands
Next on the programme came the lG
| little girls In japanese costumes Great
praise is due Miss Lita Egen for the I'M
firing energy, she must have spent on
the instruction of these wee mortals, for
the way and the precision with which
they went through their different man
| euvers was very remarkable. Their
names were Eva Edmunds, Beatrice
Hahn, Georgia Davis, Birdie Illg, Lucy
TObin, Lilly Jones. LOrine Lane, Ida
| Ogden, Lottie Mobiles, Flossie Mobiles,
lnez Armstead, Jessie Maverick, Lilly
Ford, Nettie NewcOmb, Julia Merrick,
Agatha Maverick, S. Claridge and E.
Davis.
Each booth represented one of the
|
England, which was too nearly Amer
lean, or the American too nearly Eng
| lIsh to make a distinction. The nations
| represented were America, France.
Japan, Russia, Italy, Germany, Mexico
ana Scotland, the latter thrown in on
| account OF its quaint costume. Four
ladies presided over each booth, attired
In the national costume of the country
OF the 10th century, ne follows:
French booth-Mrs. r. II. Needham,
assisted by Misses Thompson, Lulu
Hunter, Ida Vance. Costume-Red,
white and blue satin; blue bodice, white
skirt, with bands Of red and silk lace.
Antique jewelry TO match.
japanese Booth.-Misses Mollie Ord,
Josie Tobin, Agnes Cumins, Agnes
Crawford. Costume-Japanese, with
| long trains and fan headdress.
German Booth.-Mrs. j. p. NewcOmb.
Misses Dobson, Minnie Dowden and
Nesbitt. Costume-Fifteenth and Six
teenth centuries; red cap with lace),
| black velvet bodice, red satin facings,
| red skirt, lace overskirt.
Russian BoOth.-Miss Sarah King and
Misses Mary Illg, Mary Arnold, Minnie
Smith. Costume-Bright colored skirt,
plush bands satin front. Embroidered 10
| gold), white lace bodice (decOllettc), fur
|
Mexican booth-Misses Minnie Nc
Graw and Zulena Garcia, Paulita and
| Maria Wulff. Costume-Red, blue and
| greet skirt, deliberately trimmed, bodice
| OF gay colors, black lace shawls.
American booth-Msses Lillian Ogden
and Ella Tobin, Alma Ogden. Mics
| Aubrey. Costume Of l776-Cretoune
suit, la Princess, Pompadou- hesddress.
Scotch bOoih-Misses Annie Howard
and Lena Cumins, Lillian Polk and Miss
Fisher. Costume of hlander-Red
| plaid skirt, bright bodice, plaid trim
mings.
Italian booth-Misses Eva Nesbitt and
Lulu Moore, Teresa Cumins and
Maggie Muncey. Costume-Bright
skirt. null waists, red and black bodice
| aud caps
| In the Scotch booth Zilla. OF the Ro-
many tribe, appeared as the mysterious
| fortune teller.
Art Gallery-Professor Onderdonk and
Mrs. S. Maverick.
Megalothoscope-M Stockton.
Flower Stand-Mrs. William Maverick.
Supper-Mrs Carr, Psncoast and Hun
| ter.
During the evening series Of tableaux
from Faust" were given as follows:
First-Faust's study and his transfor-
| ma'ioh' HhSphistopucitb tIIts W I1dkt
Faust sign the paper. Seoond-The
temptation. Faust sees Marguerite and
signs. Third Marguerite and Faust In
the garden. Marguerite sees the jewels.
| Fourth-Garden scene. Faust asking
Marguerite If she loves him. Fifth =
Cathedral scene. Mephistophees foiled.
| Sixth-Marguerite going to heaven.
MephistOpheles to the Inferno. VIII Z.
Herff as Faust, Miss X. Howard as Mar
guerite, l.. Eyth as Mephistopheles. Miss
NJ. Muncey as Martha, and Misses Au-
brey, Jones, Ogden and TObin attend
ants at the cathedral service.
The grouping Of the characters and
the scenic effects In tableaux were adj
mirable and executed under the able
direction OF Mrs. DIR. Hahn.
The BsZaar was well attended and
literally patronized. 1t will be con-
tinued tonight and tomorrow night.
The programme tonight will be even
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