Daily Republican., 1889-12-02
THE GREAT KIRMESS
IN AID OF THE DELAWARE
HOSPITAL.
The Kirmess Opens Tonight in the
Opera House-The O O'Clock Sup
per-Ihe Dances of The Evening
Managers aud Committees
A brilliant Spectacle.

The Kirmess in aid of the DelaWart
Hospital opens this evening In the Operi
House, and will continue open all week
II win beyond doubt be the most move
and interesting event given In this city.
This evening at @ o'clock the doors Il
the "Kirmess Inn" will be thrown open
The Inn Is most beautifully decorated
Robert Graves is caterer, which OF itscll
insures royal entertainment. lie will
serve oyBters In every style, chicken Gro
quettes, sweet bread cutleta, terrapin,
boned turkey, ices, cakes and every other
known luxury. A brilliant house ia
expected, and as far as possible the
audience is requested to be in evening
dress.
The program every night will include
tableaux of all nations, and fully 25O
people will take part. At the sound OF
grand march begins, led by tho court
GENE the dances chaperoned as follows:
The Minuet, Mrs. Willard Hall Porter;
the German Harvest, Mrs. Austin Har-
rington; the swiss, Mrs. L. I. Candy; the
Tyrolean, Mrs. John P. Wales; the
French Maids, Mrs. Austin Harrington;
the japanese Dance, Mrs. w. H. Porter;
the Turkish Dance, Mrs. Edwin H..
Gayley; the Gypsy Dance, Mrs. James G..
Know les; Roses and the Bees, chaperone,
Miss May Candy; the Royal Mlddies,
chaperone, Mrs. 7. Quigley; the Little
Middles Snow ball Dance, Mrs. ID. w.
Maull tho Indian Princess, care of A. 8.
Webster; Bow and Arrow.
The Hornpipe will be danced by Mas
ter Charlie Jefferis and Howard Web
ster. The Bow and Arrow is another
attractive dance for the children.
Director and manager OF national
dauces-A. S. Webster.
The booths will be IN charge of the
following ladies, with a corps Of assist
ants:
Russian booth, Mrs. Charles NJ. Bird,
Mrs. Andrew @. Wilson and Emily p.
Bissell; American booth, Mrs. Charles g.
Rumford, Mrs. e. 4. Warner; Japanese
booth, Mrs: J., e. smith; French booth.
Mrs. w. II. Porter, Mrs. Austin Har-
rington, Miss Alice Johnston; Dutch
booth, Mrs. James A. Hart, Mrs. +. B.
Il. Miller; Kalender booth, Mrs. r. l..
Gilpin, Miss Bowman, Miss Lafferty, Mrs.
Harry Bradford; Gypsy tent, Mrs. J. G..
Knowles, assisted by "the gypses" who
are in the gypsy dance.
The Japanese booth will be especially
attractive, not only for lis beautiful East
ern decoration, but for the beauty of the
goods offered for sale. Special attention
has been paid to selecting articles pretty
for Christmas presents. They are arti tic
and unique and of such a moderate price
as while attracting tue eye they do not
jar the purse too heavily. Some beauti-
ful pieces OF Satsuma, both the old and
the new, will be shown.
The following ia the official list Of the
committees OF the kirmess festival to be
given at the Opera House during all the
evenings of this week.
Executive Committee-Mrs. #. L Gil
pin, chairman; Mrs. Austin Harrington,
Mrs. Willard Hall Porter, Mrs. Charles
@. Rumfori, Miss Alice Johnston, l.. T.
Candy, A. G.. Wilson, L. j. Daliett,
Austin Harrington; treasurer, Il. T.
Candy.
Decoration Committee-E. J. Dallett,
chairman; Mrs. Austin Harrington, Mre.
Willard Hall Porter, Mrs. Charles G.
Rumford, Andrew g. Wilson.
Floor Committee-Austiu Harrington,
chairman; Willard II. Porter, Andrew
G. Wilson, E, j. Dallett, E. I. Candy,
Job II. Jackson, Gen. J. Parke Postles.
Tilghman Johnston, @. G. Rumiord, f.
L. Gilpin, William Candy, Hon. /. c.
Grubb, Hon. L. L. Wales, DR.. Elton G.
Buck, DR.. Lewis P. Bush, H. II. Carter.
Hon. George ii. Bates, J. Ernest Smith.
The entertainment this evening will
commence promptly at s O'Clock. While
the German Harvest Dance is in progress
the Delaware SenSerbund of thirty-fve
voices, under The leadership of Ex- Mayor
Rhoads, will sing some select pieces.
The stage OF the Opera House has been
enlarged by 20 feet additional frontage.
The two boxes will be used for the Rls.
sian and Japanese booths and will be
gaily decorated with flags of those na-
tions. The American, Dutch, Gypsy
and French booths will be on The stage
and all will be decked in the national
colors. just In front of the Russian and
Japanese booths there will be the kalen.
der booth and the flower booth. At the
ka!ender booth the kirmess books will
be offered for sale and there any one can
vote for the favorite dancer. The votes
will be recorded in uniquely y-desigued
books, and any person can vote as often
as he or she may desire.