Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-22

and attracts crowds OF wondering
ones. This booth acknowledges
donations of exquisite flowers from
Mr.. l.. UT and Mrs. Preble Of
Tustin City, and Mesdames Miller,
Florence, Moore, Hooper, j. @. Nc
d nald, Weyse, Barclay, Moran and
Hervey Lindley. There will be q
display of choice flowers fiom Mrs.
Stephens, Of Ventura, in this booth
on Monday, and the children will
give drill on the stage between 2
and m.
Ice cream, lemonade, soda water,
milk shake, candy and popcorn, all
were in great demand yesterday and
we're dispensed from their floral quar-
ters by houris worthy of a place in
the groves of Trim.
THE ENTERTAINMENTS.
In the afternoon the children of the
Kindergarten gave a drill upon the
stage, much to the delight of the iE-
fantile onlookers, and evidently also TO
their own amusement. The little
ones marched round and about re-
markably we'll, and showed by their
exercises the careful training they are
receiving.
The evening proved to have an en-
tertainment in store that eurpasses
anything hitherto produced. 1t was
in the nature of song presentations
and the characters were sustained
by ladies who could have held
their own with the traditional
beauties of those they repre-
sented. The first tableau showed
the bringing Of Helen of Troy to the
temple by the wild swan, and fully
carried out the ideas suggested by the
Had. Beautiful maidens offering Ii
bations to Diana were grouped about
the stage, and their sweet voices, as
they resounded in the chorus sung,
threw an additional charm about the
scene. The character of "Helen OF
Troy" was sustained by Miss Wymie
Wells.
The next tableau was also OF clas-
sical nature, and represented the first
meeting OF Antony and Cleopatra at
Cyndus, as told by the Bard of Avon.
The poets ideas were grasped
in a mastery manner, and the
scene presented was glorious typf-
fication of the subject. Women of
enhancing loveliness filled the golden
craft, and their melodious refrain
ravished the senses with delight as
they sang their ode to Neptune. Mrs.
M. p. Davis impersonated "Cleo-
patra," and Mr.. H. Y. Hardney
"Marc Antony"
The Bible furnished the ground
work for the next tableau, which YVES
the return OF Jepthah to his daughter,
DR.. Fowler taking the part
of Jepthah and Miss. Nell
Carter admirably filling the part OF
the beautiful maiden.
The best had been reserved for the
last though, and when the curtain
went up and revealed Joan of Arc
burning at the stake, a murmur
of admiration burst forth. Di-
vinely fair looked the victim, as
with head bowed she awaited the
kindling torch which heralded her
tortures and when the cruel light was
fiually applied two white-robed angels
descended from above and waited for
her spirit to be set free from its earth
ly cage. The stage effects and devices
were wonderfully we'll managed and
storm of applause was heard as the
curtain covered the scene from view.
Miss Mamie Short made an admirable
Joan of Arc, and Mr.. G. A. DeKay
appeared in the unpleasant role of
the executioner.
Mrs. r. d. P. Widner. under whose
direction the entertainment was pro-
duced, deserves the highest COM
uaendation for her labors, which were
covered with a tiara of laurels by the
enthusiastic appreciation of the public.
FLORAL DONATIONS.
The quantity OF flowers collected
yesterday was quite on a par with the
previous days, and the quality was
also as good. The following are the
names of the donors and the nature of
their contributions
Mrs. G. B. Mcclure, Boyle Heights,
Marechal Mel and Marie Henrietta
roses; Mrs. Fren, Alameda street,
choice roses; Mrs. Augusta Vruere,
pansies, roses, marguerites; Mrs.
Brosseau, roses, marguerites, geran-
iums; Miss May Stewart, three kinds
of roses, $50 in number; Mrs. CocE.
ran, geraniums and marguerites; Mrs.
De Charming, Pasadena, three boxes
assorted roses, 50 varieties, very fine 4;
Miss Stevenson, roses and geraniums;
Mrs. Hayerstick, Grand avenue, pam
sizes; Mrs. Shepherd, Ventura, three
boxes assorted flowers, different vG-
rieties and very beautiful; Hanson
and Florence Moore, wild flowers;
Mra. Joughin, roses and lilacs; Walter
Pomeroy, roses, institutions, amaryl-
lis; Mrs. S. G. Barclay, handsome
basket assorted flowers for registry
porch; Mrs. G. H. Forbes, magniti-
cent collection OF roses, pansies, lilies,
amaryllis, Mrs. II. H. Boyce, choice
roses, six rare varieties; German 4
Co., one box lemons; Mrs. M. I'll
Kimball, Santa Monica, great va
riety; Mrs. Ralph Rogers, two boxes
beautiful roses; Mrs.J H. Hege, callas;
Mrs. H. III. Boyce, choice roses, rare
varieties and others; Mrs. Ralph
Rogers, 2 boxes of beautiful roses; ;
Mrs. Beebe, roses, honeysuckle
and geraniums Mrs. w. II. Rose,
roses, 5 varieties; Mrs. DR.. Dryer,
basket of nice roses Mrs. Gillette, 100
roses; Mrs. J.. G. Olmstead, marigolds
and yellow flowers; Misses Florence
and India Holman, Downey, sent in
200 choice roses, collected by B. B.
Froman, Of Missouri; Josiah Darrell
Florence, large branch of locust
blossoms and many roses; 337
|s. Main, 400 roses and callas !;
Mrs. Pond, handsome collection of
mixed flowers and pelargoniums ;
Mrs. G. A. Chapel, dozen roses,
callas and green's; Mrs. w. r. Wilson,
collection beautiful roses; Miss s.
Little, large collection lovely flowers /;
Mrs. F. Teachout, wild flowers; Mrs.
Frank Lecouveur, beautiful collection
of roses, geraniums, marguerites,
snowballs, ETC.; Mrs. W. II. Rhodes,
| onnln hloesoms. Mrs. Crane Dnarte