The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-16

They are Said to be Exquisite" at the Car
naval.

naval.
Mrs. c. L. Todd, chairman Of the lady
managers Of the Carnival de la Mer desires
t. call the attention Of all "gourmands" to
the exquisite ffty-cent dinner which the
ladies are serving at the tabernacle every
day.
The biz Of fare for to-day's dinner reads as
follows: Consomme with vegetables. roast
beef. spring lamb. mint sauce cream pota-
toes baked tomatoes; maccaroni, with
cheese. spinach. with poached eggs queen
fritters raw tomatoes fifteen cents extra.
Yesterday afternoon a large audience was
present to witness the matinee of Little
Jack Homer Pie The children were in the
majority and greatly enjoyed the perfor-
nance.
Last evening another immense crowd
poured into the building perfectly willing. rs
it seemed. TO be almost roasted In the tropi-
cal atmosphere as long as glimpse at the
beautiful scene on the stage could he OBJ
tanned where the fan drill Of last Saturday
was being repeated.
All the ladies who had expressed their will
inguess to take part IN the exhibition were
pre-, Mt, and the sight was beautiful one,
indeed
The ladies acquitted themselves Of their diff
hcult task iu such lovely manner that they
had O. repeat the whole exhibition.
soonest dre,, for the occasion but she also
played her part splendidly.
Mrs H. g. Iabb and Miss Nellie Parker
led the stately minuet. and were followed by
Mrs c. G. Walker. Mrs. r. l.. Norris, Miss
Mary Moore. Miss Bertha Ploasants. Miss
Mary Nancoy. Miss jennie Bocock, Miss Lille
Marshall Mss Alice Henning Miss huogene
Morris, Miss Kate Wallace Miss Carrie Moore
Miss Park Ba2uy
The ladies' at the flower stand received an
elegant present Yesterday from Mr.. John
Pope of the Alcs,rs. Allen d Ginter.
II consisted of large ship containing "A
hundred of the most beautiful Baroness
Rothschild and American beauty roses, the
finest assortment Of roses ever seen M this
citv
The flowers came directly from New York.
where they had received "a prize at the recent
flower show.
II goes without saying that the roses were
sold very rapidly. and within an hour or SO
they had All found ready takers.
This afternoon the apron sale VIII take
place at O'Clock and aprons of all sizes and
prices viii bc offered for sale.
An Evening on the Farm with the Barn
yard Club viii bee given this evening. nitro
ducing am lver-ecr with ms slaves, and the
programme viii be as follows.
A chalk talk by fhe "oyerseer" on heads"
Chorus ''Iho Little Brown Church
Tenor solo, The Farm j. W. Iruhett
Bass solo. I'm Gwino TO Ole Nlrgnny
Solo. "Da5s a-Broakn. Lannie S Jones
Solo "Jncle Jones Lament, f. Willard
Sweeney
song. .Iirhmond Notes" with medley, chorus,
W. McJoue- and the Club
=Yc Burnt Cork Artists:
Uncle Tom .................E. Willard Sweeney.
Tom iud ,.......................J. ". IHnuett
Nhistm lill ......... .... ..... ... J.. = Jones.
Iouc- ErdNtpn ....-...... ......- hatcher bagoY.
Ben Carte. oNerseer .... .... .,...-:..M. McJones
Slaves Frank Mccarthy. j. Vivian French. II.
". Russell. H. ". Anderson. II. j. Anderson.
On Saturday afternoon the matinee 10 de
serving children viii be given, for which the
programme LAS Just been completed.
Mr. Malcolm ShackelfOrd will render one Of
his minstrel songs Mrs 4. g. Dickinson. #
New ork mother Of Mrs Il. /. Norris. the
latter lady. and Alrs G. c. Walker. viii give
rccitatious. while Miss Mary Preston Moore
and little Miss Fannie Murray will sing.
The children viii be- admitted through the
double door ou the Fifth street side and each
one ~ them will receive plate OF lce-cream
on their admission tickets.
Mrs William Simpkiu has purchased a large
number OF tickets which she has presented %
the Day Nursery and kindergarten, the Re
treat for the SICK and St paul's Nursery.
Mrs William Redhng on Tuesday sent the
ladies of the Presbyterian ship an elegant
lunch.
The ladies of the flower stand are under
great obligation TO Messrs. Hammond, Hill
and Harvey. who daily send them large col
lections 81 choice cut flowers.
Tie Executive Committee of the Carnival
de- la Mer have decided to close the enter
tainmcqt on Saturday next AT +. Nj.
All fahcy articles not sold by that time will
be marked down and offered for sale at the
tabernacle from IL a. VI. to =. VI.
Any articles then left over will be sold az
public auction on Tuesday. No admission
VIII he charged on Monday.
Mrs William Simpkin gave an elegant din
uer To a few invited friends at the restaurant
yesterday. when all the delicacies Of the sea-
son We're served.
Another delightful dinner was given al the
same time by Mc-srs H. Halter,tadt J..
Fuvscr and Thomas Spence t. Misses Mickie
Coombs and NJ T.. Frayser
Nh Arnold. Of Providence r. l., past com
mandcr Of ST. Johns Commandery who is
visiting at present iu this city. spent several
hour, al the Carnival last night, where he was
shown around by Major j. H. Capers
The ladies of the Methodist shipwll. during
the apron sale this afternoons sell high Chinese
tea to their patrons and black-bird pie TO the
little ones.