New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-19
CHILDREN DANCING FOB SICK BABIES.
PRETTY PICTURES AND PAGEANTs AT THE
LENoX LYCEUM.

PRETTY PICTURES AND PAGEANTs AT THE
LENoX LYCEUM.
A carnival that is held after Easter loses some
thing of the significance Of its name, but one
is likely to care much for that If it is as beautiful
and Joyous in itself the Chlldren's Carnival yester
day afternoon at the Lenox Lyceum for the benefit
of the Babies Hospital The pageant was under tho
direction Of Carl Mar'yig, who has had much ex-
perience in such affairs and is enabled to produce
thoroughly artistic results. The material result was
also highly pleasing the space in the hall reserved
for spectators was we'll filled and the hospital gained
about $4,000.
It Is not often that so pretty an exhibition is
afforded as that given by the children under Mr.
Marwigs direction. 1t began with procession of all
the children engaged in it, led by the court Jester and
the Goddess Of Liberty who followed by company
of heralds on fiery, untamed hobby-horses. There
were Tyrolean peasants and Prince and Princess
Carnival In the Temple Of Amusement, on wheels
and drawn by butterflies, which Cupid, as driver, held
in check and restrained in their desire to drag the car
of the door into the upper air Of the dome; then
there the four seasons, Spring riding In peary
shell drawn by swan; SUMNER seated in q horn OF
plenty overlooking with flowers and grain; Autumn,
In car drawn by deer and attended by wood nymphs,
and Winter, drawn by snow men. Flower girls,
babies, sailor maidens, navy boys and dolls made
up the rest of the procession.
When it had moved several times around the hall
the children grouped in front OF the PLATFORM with
Prince and Princess Carnival, Cupid and the butter
flies in the middle, and the dancing began. pretty
dance Of eight girls, representing flowers, was the
first, and then the Tyroean peasant maidens held
little revel Of their with the music of the either
Nothing perhaps delighted the spectators more than
dance by three tiny girls with dolls They were so
little that the director had TO put them in their places
and start them, but after they were started their
pretty and skilfu dancing and their perfect sepos-
session won repeated applause.
The symbolic dances of the seasons were thoroughly
pleasing. Spring showed herself especially clever in
pantomime, in the loss and recovery Of the flowers
that she carried, Summer was charming picture with
her blossoms and ears OF grain, Autumn danced and
posed prettily with her hunting horn, and Winter
danced in little snowstorms that she supplied from her
own pockets. Cupid next showed that he could dance
as well as draw the and the most expert dancing Of
the programme was exhibited by the prince and
princess themselves to their admrng subjects. The
Goddess of Liberty dancing to the tune OF Yankee
Doodle excited patriotic emotions and enthusiasm,
the babies cut some funny capers and sailorboy per-
formed silful hornppe, with sailor girls and other
sailor boys for background. The exhibition was
followed by ball In which all the children present
who chose Joined.
All the children showed expertness, skill and grace
to a remarkable degree In their dancing Some OF
the principal jewellers were the following: Court
Jester Breckenridge Carroll; Prince Carnival, Walter
Liberty, Florence NJ. wilson; Cupid, Harriette L.
Schroeder Winter, Elsie Hrsh; Spring, Maude Coe;
Summer Llewcyn Carroll; Autumn Estene Keller;
TyrolcaIs, Edna JudsOn and Elsie Carroll; children
In the doll dance, Miss Hershfeld, Irene srasbTger
and Estce Freeman sailor girls. barbara sdley Lula
Thompson, Elsa Carroll, Adela Roche, Viola Ray
mond Florence Benedict Nettie Smith, Jessie Thomp
SON Edna Moore, Cornne Roche, S. Handy, a. Walton,
b. Fletcher and X. Murphy sailor boy, Ralph 0'Reiy
babies George Bayley, James Hall, Charles Hoffman,
Arthur Metz Barron Marks. Walter BOyce, John Hall,
George Stout, Edward Shelly and Albert Yoeger;
flowers, Mgnon dc Cordova, Hda Freeman, Mabel
Moore, Hattie Coo and Hattie Marks.