Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-30
ENTERTAINMENTS.
Something About Katy Mayhew-1
Carnival of Nations q euccese.


fine old days of the Legitimate" in Cali
fornia was one of the most charming
and had for stage contempo-
raries Crane, Robson, James O'Neil, Miss
Hawthorne and score of other bright
lights. When she first appeared on this
coast Tom Mcguire was still chief of man
ayers in San Francisco, and Barrett Il
Mccullough were just entering upon the
contest with him at the California Theater,
that finally resulted in Mcguire reliDquish-
ing the managerial scepter. Miss May hew,
under Mcguire management. bad splendid
support-such, indeed, as it would be very
difficult to call to the aid of soubrette now
adays. Katie MAYHEM had, however, risen
above soubrette parts. thorough training
in all the legitimate comedy and burlesque
walks of the drama. and some of the heay-
Ter work, before the sensationalism and
rot" OF the present, with its g Tin Sol
tiier and Brass Monkey" and similar
q business" crowded real wit from the
stage. She was always the pains-taking,
conscientious and magnetic actress. Her
audiences warmed to her and she to them
in a way that always puzzled the critics to
explain. 1t was not that she was superior
to others, for she had many rivals who
were Der equals, and some her superiors, in
an artistic sense; but there were none who
could get closer to the audience, or invest a
character with more of the sense of natur-
alness. Her manner was so unaffected
that she acted without any apparent effort
to do So in fact, Katie Mayhew's success
resided in the fact that she could, with
apparent ease, sink herself in the persons
ton. She has had warm welcome back
to the stage in San Francisco lately, and the
press of that city agrees that she has lost
none of her old charm OF manner.
The Carnival of Nations entertainment
at Armory Hall last night, under the
auspices of the ladies of ST.. Paul's Church,
drew sn immense audience. 1t was COM
plete success, brilliant in decoration, rich
in costumery, and in the matter of beauti-
ful women in the most charming of toilets,
representative of the costumes of ancient
that has not been equaled in this city, if
we except only the magnificent floral dem
onstration in honor of Mrs. III. E. Croker,
nearly four years sgo. The hall last night
was transformed from a plain, cold and
barn-like apartment into a brilliantly
adorned room, in which bright colors,
flowers, silken drapery, lace hangings, ele-
CANT booths and fanciful designs combined
to make up scene of great beauty. There
are in the hall, beneath the galleries, eight
principal booths, each in strong contrast of
dissimilarity from the Others. The ladies
in charge of each one had evidently en-
gagged in generous rivalry to Guido in the
matter OF making the apartments attract
i've. Beginning on the north and west, the
first booth is that of the Queen of the
Grotto, and is bower of evergreens, where
coffee, sandwiches, salads and cakes are
served. 1t is presided over by ladies dressed
in quaint and fanciful paper costumes, as
follows:
Mrs. w. P. Emery (Director), Miss Ruth
Catlin Queen of the grotto). Maids
Miss Laura Dierssen, Miss Grace Spillman,
Miss Olive Maydwell, Miss Hattie Roth,
Miss Eva Mckee, Miss May Wolf Aids
TO Director-Mrs. T. Deming, Mrs. G.
Brown, Mrs. S. B. Weber, Miss Belle Pey-
ran, Miss L. Spillman, Miss H. Wright
Miss H. Phillips, Miss H. Richardson
Banner bearer-Miss r. Brown
Next on the south is tue musical BOOTH
an apartment constructed and furnished
to represent drawing room. The cos
tumery of the occupants is of paper, silk
and rich soft goods-Mrs. ]. l.. McCord
Director). Aids-Mrs. VIM. Beckman,
Mrs. A. G. Miliken, Mrs. Jobsop, Mrs
Brusie, Mrs. DeValin, Miss Julia Sui
livan, Miss Mile Gregory, with eight
gentlemen assistants. Here quartet and
chorus, accompanied by stringed instru-
ments, furnish music.
Next is the floral BOOTH the occupants
also in paper costumes. Mrs. G. w. Rail-
ton and Mrs. A. A. Van Voorhees, direct
ors) Aids-Miss Effie Clark, Miss Mamie
Barrett, Miss Montfort, Miss Wisewell, the
Misses Stevenson, Miss Govan, Miss
Schwartz, Miss May Carroll, Miss Shakes
peare (of Oakland), Miss Epson and an
equal number of gentlemen as escorts.
Next. south, is the Egyptian booth, I'M
questionably the richest. most brilliant
and attractive of all the booths in decora-
ton, furnishing reproduction of the gorge
Gus interiors of Egyptian palaces and of
rich costumery of that people. Mrs. A. L.
Foye (director), Mrs. G. II. Hubbard, Mrs.
w. F. Jackson, Miss Emma Thayer, Mrs.
George Gale, Miss Martha SCHNEIDER, Miss
Nettie Hamilton, Miss NJ. Scanicker, Mrs.
Spurbach and the Misses Siddons.
Next south is the Kate Greenaway booth,
charming but simple apartment, neatly
furnished aud decorated in bright colors
and quaint Greensway designs Here are
assembled forty beautiful little children,
in Kate Greenaway paper costumes, and
that, despite the beauty displays at other
booths, are the chief charm and attraction
of the entire line of booths. These little
ones are under charge of Mrs. NJ H.
Breck (direcior), Mrs. f. f. Parsons, Mrs.
George W. Hancock, Mrs. Clay Chapman,
Miss Effie Alsip, Miss Grace kidder, Miss
Alice Nixon, Miss Lottie Robinson, Miss
Eva Murray, Miss frankie Spaulding.
On the south end of the hall is Little
Trianon," garden booth. Little Tria-
non" is intended to represent an historic ep-
isode in the life of the most unfortunate of
hal Of Erarn 10 Iax, d.
Enclosure, set with tables, where ice cream
Is served. Tie costumes of the occupants
of the booth are of paper. and probably the
most elaborate in the hall. Miss Stafford
(director) and Mrs. Charles Bonte as the
Queen her children, Blanche Dwinelle
and Dottie Jones. Aids-Mrs. DIR. Parkin-
son, Miss Waddilove, Mrs Skeels, Miss
Bassett Miss Lucy Hinkson, Miss Magann
Next, on the south, is the military camp
of Miss Maye Kewen's company, consist
ing of Misses Fannie Cravens Minnie
and Nellie Schaw, Lulu Steffens, Sadie
Schwartz, Miss McKillup, Miss Massey.
the Misses Keesburg, Edith Hughson, the
Misses Gregory. Della Megan, Mamie
Lindley, Misses Dewing, Jackson, Robin
son, Lille Evans, Alice Smith, Lou Water
man, Phoebe Brown, Carrie Waddilove,
Florence Wilcox and Mabel Boyd. The
tent of the camp is of American flags, sur
mounted by double star of sabers and
hayonets and fanked by caissons of CAT
Ting gun battery, the whole arranged by
Colonel Kewen. The costumery of the
company is the academic hat. black walk
ing dress, with silver-lace trimming.
Passing up the hall on the east side is a
grotto half hid in evergreens with well of
lemonade, a +" Rebecca" in the historic cos
tune (of paper) of that Biblical character.
A very inviting and handsomely arranged
booth, Mrs. f. A. Bovyer (director), Misses
Sophie Jones, Georgia Griswold, Jessie
Corliss, Gertie Carley, Mrs R. Mohr and
Misses Wheat, Stanley and McCleary.
Next going north is the beehive booth, a
neat design, with examples of printing from
the office OF our contemporary, and where
the evenings programme can be procured
for nickel. Mrs. w. H. Hamilton (direc-
| tori, Miss Aida Lewis, Miss Emma Clark,
as yellowjackets. Juveniles as bees: Lizzie
Wright, Fannie Little, Maud Cardwell,
Maud Hanley, Clara Valkenslien, Fiorelte
Hodgdon. Lura Welcker.
On the north end Of the hall is the stage,
considerably larger than that of the Metro
politan Theater, and shut out az needed by
the old Metropolitan drop, Here Miss
kewen's company gave very skiilful
drill, the members carrying drawn sabers.
The evoluuons were accurate and difficult,
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