, 1888-12-01
A GRAND SUCCESS.
The Authors Carnival Given
Thanksgiving Evening.
Keefe Hall Crowded to Overflow
ing and All Satisfied.
Grand March of the Characters,
Represented by Home People.
Very Successful Presentation of a
Scene from Shakespeare.

religious. IL Is q falth In Wnlcn the pres
ure at times becomes pretty high. So ii
comes that all Methodists are intensely
earnest in the performance of any under
taking which they may tackle. They en-
list for the war, never waver, seldom
desert. and fight from the signal shot un-
til the enemy ignominiously fees.
The truth of the foregoing observations
cannot be gainsayed, and the fact that
they are accepted as indisputable state
ments may in a measure account for the
unqualified success of the Authors Car
nival given at Keefe hall THANKSGIVING
evening under the ausplces of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church. Nothing of the
character ever attempted in Cheyenne
is to be compared with Thursday nights
entertainment.
The affair was planned and managed
throughout by the ladies. The prime
mover was Mrs. E. j. Churchill, who had
able assistants IN Mrs. Elliott, Mrs. G..
w. Sewers, the Misses Walker and
and many others. OF course a number
of males were utilized for the heavy
work, but it was a feminine enterprise
from its conception. The ingenuity and
experience of Mrs. Churchill was of we'll
nigh inestimable value, and to her is
largely due the success of the carnival.
The earnestness of the ladies was conta-
gion. and persons who were never before
in costume were induced to represent
characters in the grand march. The per
sistent recruiting officers would scarcely
take no for an
The hall lostl its identity after the dec
Grating committee had retired. The sides
were treated as a peculiarly shaped stage
and deliberately set. There were tents
for lovely Minnehaha. booths en- boz for
the courts OF bold knights and fair danes
and apartments for the carpenters OF
George Elliott's Imagination.
In nearly every instance the costuming
was faultless and a number OF the charac-
teTs deserve especial mention.
In the grand review, which took place
early in the evening, an excellent oppor-
tunity of scanning the impersonators was
afforded.
The marchers were led by Shakespeare
in the person Of Gen. John Charles
Thompson, whose stature, natural dignity,
facial contour and ancient dress made him
a prototype oftle immortal Bard of Avon.
A perfect dream of loneliness was Miss
Minnie Gillian as Ophelia Her natural
beauty was made more attractive by sim
pie, though comely attire.
Another rosebud was Miss Leontine
Abney, who made her first appearance in
public as Pauline, the Lady of Lyons.
She is a typical brunette, the opposite of
Miss Gillian. and was faultlessly dressed for
the character. She is tall and stately and
looked beautiful indeed.
AS Ivanhoe's Rebecca Miss Maginnis
was universally admired.
Petite Miss Smith was a model Juliet.
Miss Minnie Walker as Countess Amy
was richly dressed, looked very pretty and
carried herself with a queenly air.
AS Queen Gertrude Mrs. F. E.Warren
gave the audience a good idea of the
genuine queen. Her costume was ex-
ceedingly rich.
Miss Maud Horrie tried to look matron-
ly as Mrs. Stowe. Miss GertIe Morgan
made a very pretty Eliza.
Prof. Churchill was Poet Longfellow
and presided during the entertainment.
Miss Maud Work was a dashing Guine-
we're.
Miss Laura Lasrh looked very taking as
Queen of the May.
Lady Macbeth was c~leverly done by
Miss May WAR, whose regular features
and handsome form we're much admired.
As attendant to Juliet Mrs. E. Mason
Smith impersonated the old duenna per-
fectly.
The three wierd witches were Mrs.
Ollerenshaw, Mrs. Cowhick and Miss
Chisholm.
Mrs. Morris was Elizabeth Bede, W.
G. Knight, Adam; VIM. Wilkes, the
clergyman; and Miss Gertie Ellis, Dinah.
After the grand march Miss May futile
won much merited applause by r%eciting
the beautiful legend of the maid who
''raked the meadows, sweet with hay"
She appeared in appropriate costume.
In antique attire Mrs. j. G. Furniss as
Betsy Bobbitt, recited a poem suited to
the character. One article OF her attire
has quite a history. It is the bonnet of
light straw. which is more bar forty
years old.
t. NJ. Fisher was the doughty Scot,
Roderick Dhu, and Col. Sitter was
James Fitzjames. The sword combat be-
tween the pair was quite realistic and the
tableaux very pretty.
Cheyenne amateurs are nothing if not
ambitious, and many predicted a failure
when it was announced that the entertain
ment would terminate with a presentation
of the first scene in the fourth act Of the
Merchant Of Venice, Not 80, however.
As they say in the wicked theatrical