Evening journal., 1889-12-07
VOTING FoR FAvoRIres.
Exciting BalIoting Mt the Kirmess OF Ma
tions-rhe Winners.
..She dances.

'She dances.
And | seem to see
The nymph divine. p'ichore,
As when her beauty dazzling shone
On eerie heights OF Helicon.
With bursts of song her voice en- RANGES
The dreamy, blossoin-scen air,
And ne seems TO me as the W0Od-faWn free
And as the Wild rose, fair"
To night will be the last night OF the
Kirmess, the most beautiful entertain
ment ever given in this city. Nearly
every reserved seat has been taken and
the house viii be crowded
The financial success of the
project is assured and the unstinted
praise and applause given to the program
of each evening. has demonstrated its
success from scenic and social point of
view.
Those who have attended have been
fascinated by living pictures of unsur-
passed beauty and grace. The mercantile
department of the Kirmess has been
eclipsed by the dances, but it has yielded
no small sum to the grand total, and
the artistic and a natural arrange
ment of the booths were a part
of the varied stage scene that has been
such a splendid setting to the dances.
The music of the orchestra has added
MUM w An1 ouJItoo VI DNtA 0ahANs
All of last evenings dances we're given
with high degree of smoothness Miss
Lille jackson, who sang the Swiss song
in the Tyrolean dance was presented with
handsome bouquet The dance was
encored and ia answer the
gentlemen came on the stage
with the heel and toe step OF
Little tycoon" and after a sweeping
1. l.l.H .tnn ~ Tho nnla
ware Field Club in honor of the hospital.
answer TO the encore.
After the Swiss dance there was a con.
fused uproar from the orchestra chairs
which developed into "Webster That
gentleman came forward and acknowl-
edged the compliment. The German
Harvest Dance was unusually hilarious
and Miss Mary Cooper was presented
with bouquet by Mayor Harrington
The gypsies ended the dance
The excitement over the voting for to
nights dances, ran high The polls
closed at IL o'clock, and from the close
of the dancing to the hour of closing the
polls, the voting was fast and furious
F. l.. Gilpin and Mayor Harrington
posted the progress of the
votes on blackboard The scene
was similar to that of a stock
exchange there was shouting and clap
ping, cheers and a tumult of voices
Edward Bringhurst doomed the flower
dance by hundreds of votes at a ime
w. F. Smalley, Esq, used ell the arts
Of politician in working for the gypsies
Frank Tatnall led the admirers of ths
French Maids to victory, and John K
Bradford and the Smngerbund kept the
| figures Of the German harvest dance up
The Tyroleans threw up the sponge early
They made a deal with the snow ball
who had become fearful of defeat, b.
which in consideration of the SNOWFALL
encoring them 80 that they coul,
get in their heel and toe step and foo
ball yell, they wonld throw their infiu
ence in voting for the Snowballs. Tn
Tyroleans occasionally obtained nickl
/ from Senator Gray or some other frienS
and would form in line and with muc
display march up to the polls and deposi
enc e-vate.
The result Is as follows. It makes til
program for TO night: Flower dance
| 6, 504; Gypsy dance, 3,775; French maid.
3,714 Snow Balls. 3,119; German Hal
vesters, 1880. The vote for the otht
dances was as follows: The Japanes
1 duncc, 1900 the Royal Middies, 76.
the Minuet, 1866; Tyrolean dance, 10.
Swiss dance, 56: Roses and Bees, Al
Turkish dance, "a the Bow and AFRO
dance, 3 total, %. S25
Another attraction for to night will l
new mysterious comic dance. Til
auction will begin at 10 o'clock.