The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-26

MISS NEfTIE BROWN.
Miss MATTE GRLY.
Miss SUSIE MoRAoSE.
Miss LOUISE MoRAoSE.
Miss ALICE MoRAoNE.
Miss CEcIrI.E MoRAGSE.
Miss WILLIE HEARs.
Miss EMMA BOYD.
Miss JAMIE SWAMI.
Miss LILLE ANDERSON.
Miss Lou CASovA.
Miss JESSIE DAVIS.
Miss LAURA TEAsDALE.
Miss ANNIE BARNES.
Miss FANNIE DAVIS.
Miss HATTIE D'AurREy.
Miss GEORGE f. PERKINS.
In martial array, with Lieutenant Jo
seph marching shoulder To shoulder with
the leader Of the right hand column, the
maids filed Down the hall i'm single file
the columns uniting at the head of the
hall. the leader Of the right column tax.
ing the head Of the grand column, the
leader OF the left column taking her
place as second in the grand column
thus alternating till the whole of the two
columns were united and marching
gracefully and martially down the long
movement to the music. At the foot of
the hall the columns broke as they
joined. alternately 10 the right and left,
marching up the sides. Lieutenant Jo-
seph marched up the center, timing his
arrival so as to meet the columns
as they turned inwards, and
the maids, marching by twos, the grand
column again came down the hall, and
breaking by alternate twos to the right
and left, repeated the movement, each
time doubling, until at the last repetition
the whole array came in grand order
down the hall in platoon formation,
marching in an alignment as perfect as
could old soldiers.
Then. unable To contain themselves
longer, the spectators spontaneously and
tumultuously broke into such storm
of applause as could but testify To an al
most unbounded delight and admira-
ton.
THE SONGS THE MAIDS SANG.
On first emerging from their corners
the maids in chorus sang a joyful ditty,
and this was the song that they sung:
"Rig-a-jig-jig and away we go! hi, no!
Rig-a-jig-jig and away we go. hi, ho.'
dd ibifuBi. All around the hall could
be heard words Of praise and astonish-
ment at the perfection of the drill and
the beauty of the movement. But
this was only the beginning, and as
one succeeded another, there seemed
to be no end to the complications of the
delightfully."- graceful movements which
Lieut.. Joseph had evolved out from the
convulutions of his teeming train. The
conceptions were grand and the execu-
ton was brilliant, and to parody Sir
Boyle Roche, each was more brilliant
than the other.
To describe each movement in detail
intelligently would be possible. Of
course, but would take up more space
than would be expedient, and we say to
those of our readers who would like all
the particulars to be set down In cold
blood, "you should have been there to
see." No pen or pencil could tell 1t all,
and certainly not the fullness Of the
grace, individually and as a whole. Of
the bright-faced and picturesquely beau
tiful band.
THE MANUAL OF PALS.
Although each movement seemed
more beautiful than the last preceding
one. yet some there were which were
peculiarly noticeable from an excess OF
grace and beauty. After a seemingly
endless variation of the movement above
described the two columns marched
down the center by fours, in open order,
and at the word of command halted and
grounded stools" Each maid then sai
upon her own particular stool and In
chorus the band sang "Milkmaids
Song" the echo of which was rendered
with exceedingly pleasing effect
Another brilliantly executed movement
was when by a variety of complicated
Lieut.. Joseph formed his well drillet
band into a star, each ray composed o
four of as bright beams as ever proceeded
from Venus or any other orb OF th'
starry heavens. Having formed hi
star, the Lieutenat put his bright,
beaming band through what we suppos'
he called the manual of stools ans
pails.' In rapid succession came tn
commands, in their proper order
"ground stools, carry pals, "shoulde
pals, Support pals, ground pals,
and the maids were as perfect in TIN
manual as in everything else. Indeed
il ever perfection is to be found on eartl
it was to be found Last night at thu
Guards Armory. We were always |
believer in the superiority OF the fair sex
and that belief has been confirmed b.
what we witnessed. Certainly no bod.
OF men, with their clumsy tread, coul'
have WED with these fair maids, who, II
such rhythm and grace, daintily steppe'
around that hall in such perfect an.
happy unison.
| At the close of one of the most perfec
| of the movements, while In star forms
| ton, .Ground Stools.' followed by II
place, rest.'' was no doubt gladly hear
order, for young maids, graceful Q
otherwise, cannot endure forever; b,
we must say, To the credit OF the happ
band, that the last movement was ex'
cuted with as much vim and energy 9
| WAS the first and IL sueaks well of p;