, 1889-11-29
THANKSGIVING DAY.
How the Popular Festival was OBJ
served in Cheyenne.
The School Children Attend "The
Leaders" Matinee.
Social Gatherings, Church Ser
vices and Shooting.

OF course THE LEADER matinee to the
school children OF the city. was the event
Of C~heyenne's Thanksgiving. The An
drews company presented Ediha's Burg
Tar and Uncle Josh Whitconb, and did
ample Justice to both productions. Ed
tha's Burglar is a very pretty and touch
ing story in one act. with a cunning little
girl in the cast. The family woes por-
trayed in the play are quite affecting and
many in the audience could not refrain
from shedding tears. The sadness Of
''Editha" and her surroundings were en-
tirely forgotten in following the grotesaue
career of Uncle josh in the city. and all
laughed heartily. but became sober
enough at the death of the unfortunate
roman who welded a drunkard.
Such an audience as accepted the hos
pitality of The LEALER and Manager
Andrews wa never before seen in Chey-
enne. 1t comprised more than 1000 Of
the city's scholars with enough grown
people to exercise a restraining influence,
They commenced to gather at 1890 and
there was an crowd OF them
about the opera house when the doors
were opeped at 2. and they kept coming
from every direction until the curtain was
rung up an hour later. The chatter
within was a din, but the order equalled
that OF the average audience. They were
nightly appreciative and in full accord
with the characters on the stage. APP
plause was vociferous all the time be-
tween acts, but moderate auietness pre-
vailed during the play.
1t was noticeable that pretty nearly all
of the children were well dressed and the
gallantry Of the rising generation was at
tested by the fact that the girls had the
best seats. The boxes were filled with
merry little ones who tried to act like
grown people. A feature commented
Upon by the adults was the really remark
able number Of children between the ages
of 8 and IL. There were rows upon rows
of them. All keenly enjoyed the enter
tainment and THE LEADER is glad of it.
After the play the departing audience
fled away in every direction in columns
two blocks in length and filed the air
with merry laughter and timely comment.
There were many social gatherings yes
terday, the most %pretentious of which was
a Now England dinner given by Mrs.
Governor Warren in honor of her father,
Matthew Smith. Mrs. Thos B. Adams
had a children's THANKSGIVING party for
Newton Adams, whose birthday was yes
terday. An elaborate dinner occurred at
the Goodell residence last evening.
The church services were held as an
nounced yesterday morning and were
largely attended.
Fine dinners were served the county
charges at the Jail and hospital. The Re-
lief Association distributed food to many
families.
The Cheyenne Guards held their annu-
al range competition south of the city and
Geo. w. Brown again captured the gold
medal with a score of IL out of a possible
Is. Mr.. Brown had donated the medal
to the company.
Trap practice shoots were INDUCED in
by the Magic City and Cheyenne gun
clubs.
In the evening there occurred the sew
enth annual Thanksgiving masquerade
ball of the Typographical Union. 1t was
, hio affair X aara hall ha;no oromJoJ