Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-03
A DANCE OF DAISIES.
Happy Children Present Beautiful
Pictures in Old City Hail.
FANCY WALTzEs WELLPERFoRMED
It Was Given for Charity and Aids the
Helping Hand Society.
A BRILLIANT DISPLAY OF COSTUMES

Old City Hall never was more crowded by
swell society people than last night. Mr..
McCallister wasn't there, but the consistent
| Pittsburg "4O0'' was assembled to aid
the s'Helping Hand" Society in its benefit
for the working girls.
Celebrating a MAY Day in Merrie
England" was the order of the evening, and
the young participants gave most pleasing
imitation of the way things are done by the
festive girls and boys, subjects of Victoria.
The different committees were composed oi
most all the prominent society people in the
two cities, and their children entertained
the audience by very graceful dancing and
picturesque costumes. The officers in charge
of the affair were: President, Miss
Kate Mcknight; Vice Presidents, Miss
Caruthers and Miss Park; Treasurer. Miss
Lawrence; Secretary, Miss G. L. Wilson.
BUTTERcUPs AND DAISIES.
Under the direct training OF Mrs. Slack
Davis the dimlnutive dancers acquitted
themselves like SO many fairies, and the
richness of their costumes, regardless of ex-
pense, made the event asuperfne ''hurrah. +"
Among the people who were fitting about
as entertainers and assistants were: Miss
Chalfant, Miss Suydam, Miss Guthrie, Mrs.
C. I. Mckee, Miss L. M. Robinson, Miss
Anne Phillips, Miss A. Robinson, Miss
Mel Stewart, Mrs F. G. Kay, Mr.. Frank
Robinson, Mrs. Park Painter, Mrs. Henry
Darlington, Mrs. james Chambers, Mrs.
Walter McCord, Mrs. R. w. Patterson,
Mrs. W. R, Sewell, Mrs. John Harper, Jr.
The first dance on the programme was
called "Buttercups and Daisies" in which
% beautifully attired girls and boys sang
and danced charmingly. The children
were dressed in short skirts with an en-
broidered yoke and baby waist. The ma
terial was Of white null. A belt and sash
of bright silk was fastened around the waist
The skirts were adorned with buttercups
and daisies, and the large sun hats of half
the merry dancers had trimmings of daisies
and the other half buttercups. For an
opening chorus they sang:
Buttercups and daisies; oh. the pretty
flowers.
Coming in the springtime to tell of happy
When the trees are leafess, while the ground
Buttercups and daisies spring up every.
where.
They were heartily applauded by the
admirers, which they we'll merited.
The second dance on the bill was the
'sI'm to be Queen of the May" songs of the
Joyous springtime celebration in England,
which you read about in the second reader,
were never more faithfully enacted than by
these petite little ones in gay, bewildering
costumes, enhanced by iridiscent lights
thrown from magic lantern. The castanet
dance was done by Gertie Kiefer, Marie
Rose, Josephine Grey, Jeannie Kearnes
and Edna Little.
The little ladies were dressed most be-
witchingly in Italian costumes, and their
depletion of sunny" dancers was delight
full.
THE OTHER FIGURES.
Switzerland was represented by ten pretty
young girls who danced the Alpine fling
with as much alacrity and grace as the ma
tive girls climb the dangerous mountains.
very truthfully flung the "Highland
Fling" and their costumes were in accord
ance with the Bagpipers OF Bonnie Scotland.
What brought forth great applause was
the Russian dance. Thirty aemporary sub
jects of the Gar gaily tripped about to the
tune of "Czublitzsk'y US Comolin."
The last and most pleasing dance was the
"Minuet." Mrs. w, R. Sewel superintend-
ed it, and those who took part were as fol-
lows: Anna Scaife, Charlie Patterson, Amey
Watson, John Ricketson, Rebecca Darling
ton, Ollie McClintock, Mabel McCord,
George McMurtrie, Mary Painter, Benney
McCord, Agnes Dickson. Alex. Chambers,
Marguerite Singer, Eugene Messler, Lizzie
Chambers. Dallas Byers, Fanny Oliver,
Harry Robinson, Mary Swearingen, Willie
Ferguson.
The little ladies and gentlemen dressed in
the costumes of colonial days, looked and
acted like the fair women and gallant men
which figured as society 2swells" century
ago. Gernert& Guenther furnished the music
accompaniment. There were numerous
booths to which the audience after the en-
tertainment was allured by. the lovely fe-
male attendants. Lemonade, pincushions,
and flowers were served at prices to suit the
size of any persons pocketbook, no matter
how large.
All charitable people are particularly re-
quested to attend the festival tomorrow
evening, and, as one of the young ladies
said, "bring every person you know"