Evening journal., 1889-12-05
TIE K.RMs,rSs CT BEAUTY.
a MATINEE or PserTY cHlLDREN's
DANCES.


middiss OF Royal Llnoage-votes ON the
Dances.
The attendance at the Kirmess matt
nee yesterday afternoon was not as large
as 1t might have been, but the youthful
dancers did not allow few empty seats
to cool their ardor. The curtain rose on a
pretty tableau. The snowballs had a
prominent position in the centre aud the
royal middies occupied the rocks. The
snowballs led the grand march, followed
by the Japanese maids the roses and bees
and the middies.
The first dance was that of the roses
and bees. The roses. sixteen young girls
danced gracefully on the stage and after
some preliminary movements formed In
groups of four. Then the bees appeared,
sixteen small boys, with hands out
stretched and quivering With rapid
steps they surrounded the roses, a buzz
zing throng. The dance proceeded. imita-
ting wonderfully well the movements of
bees about flowers on a summer day. The
roses were dressed in dresses of white,
pink, yellow and red, four of color
Each wore a girdle of green with long
points, resembling the foliage on rose
bud. Their caps were of the same color
as their dresses. trimmed with green.
The bees wore black suits, with wide
yellow sashes, tied in large bows; at
tached to their shoulders were black
gauze wings. Yellow rosettes were on
their shoes and two bands Of yellow
crossed their breats.
Miss May Candy chaperoned the
dancers, who were: Misses Madge John
son, Bessie Gilpin, Marion Candy, Anna
Bird, May Jones, Natalie Wilson, NADIA
line Draper, Charlotte Young, Ethel
Candy, Katie Rice, Lillian Burgess.
Mamie Maull, Katie Mcintyre, Alice
Mcintyre, Edith Kyle, Bessie Rice and
Masters Andrew g. Wilson. Jr., Trusten
Draper, Henry Candy, George Harring
ton, Willard Porter, Thomas Young,
Pointell Johnston, Percy Read, Howard
Webster, Sellers Smith, Charles Jefferis,
David Lindaay, Harry Bush, Walter
Tatnall, Albert Churchman, Pointeil
Candy.
The Royal Middies had the second
dance. They wore sailors suits of white,
trimmed with navy blue, and straw hats,
likewise trimmed They danced the
hornpipe and pulled imaginary ropes.
Some of the youths had not been middies
long, for they did not know the ropes and
pulled the wrong way. Mrs |. 7. Quigley
was the chaperone. The middies we're
Walter Gouert, Harry Candy, Lee Nell
vaine, James DeVou, Walter Bush, Don
aid Bush, Allen Lindsay, Harry Morse,
Corbitt Warner, Elliott Harvey, Perlie
Sisler.
The Japanese dance was pronounced
very cute. The maids, all of whom were in
reality from school, came on the stage with
mincing Japanese step and through the
dance handled their fans in proper
Mlkado style. The maids wore gowns Of
gaily lowered material with sashes
and trimmings Of red, blue or
yellow. Their hair was fastened
up with miniature fans, a la Japanese.
The three little maids from school,
Misses Minnie Carpenter. Buff Candy and
Helen Hewes sang their solos and trio
and were encored. The dancers were
Misses Minnie Carpenter, Helen
| Hewes, Buff Candy, Grace johnson,
Tillie Lambson, Edith Spruance. Betty
Sperry, Matte Shortlidge, Esther Will
son, Emily Gray, Marie Morse. Elsie Rice,
Clara Lindsay, Nellie Sparks, Mabel
Porter. Reba Townsend, Katie Bradford.
Lulie Muslin, Louise Elliott, Bertha
Morrow, Marie jackson, Bessie Quigley.
Mrs. w. II. Porter was the chaperone.
Masters Howard Webster and Charles
Jefferis danced the sailors hornpipe with
much eclat. They wore trousers and
white blouses
The SNOWFALL dance, with its bound
ing, gliding step and the bewitching
forms and faces Of it's dancers, closed the
matinee. The curtain fell on beautiful
SNOWFALL tableaux.
All the dances Of last evenings per
formance showed Improvement, and
greater ease and grace. The measures Of
the minuet were tripped with stately
grace.
The flower dance was more beautiful
than before and was encored The SWISS
dance held its own in popularity and the
1 French maids were as fascinating end
entrancing as before. Their popularity
is deserved, for no audience ever saw
a dance more ravishing and beautiful.
The German harvesters out did them
selves last evening. Their dance was per-
feet in time and step. The singing Of
the Sengerbund added much to its
attractiveness. The little middies danced
their hornpipe last night and were en-
cored. The Japanese dance was also
given.
The music that the Opera House or
| chestra has rendered during the Kirmess,
has been great help to the dancers. It
is played with such perfect time and ac-
cent. that 1t fairly lifts the dancers from
their feet. Professor Webster deserves
all the credit that has been given him,
for the training that has resulted in such
magnificent dances and effects.
The candy at the Russian booth is made
by the managers of the West End read
ing room for boys, at Fourteenth and
Scott streets. After the Kirmess they
will take orders for any quantity, which
will be sold at regular rates, for the
benefit Of the reading room. The
managers are Mrs, George H. Bates,
No. 1920 West Fourteenth street !;
Miss Bowman, No. 1900 Delaware avenue,
and Miss Bissell, No. 1909 Delaware
avenue. Tea from genuine Samovar or
Russian tea kettle, loaned by ex-Secre-
tary Bayard, is dispensed al this booth.
The managers of the Kirmess wish it
known that hereafter any one is at lib
erty to dance on the stage after the Kir-
mess dances, whether in evening dress
or not.
The dances for this evening will be the
TYrolean, SNOWFALL, Bow and Arrow,
Turkish, Royal Middies and Gypsies.
The voting for dances for Saturday
evening is getting interesting, and their
is much frisndly rivalry and a great
deal of energetic canvsssing. The
total vote for dances that have
over 100, up to noon to-day, is as follows;
flower dance, 5S7; German harvest, 494;
French Maids, 1886; snowballs, 327; gyp