, 1892-03-02
THE "CAKEW ak. ::
A NOVEL AND INTERESTING EN-
TERTAINMENT.

Columbia Hail Crowded to- Wit
ness the Event-Names of the
Successful CompetitOrs-The Af-
fair a Success.
The mysteries of the 'cakewalk, " which
has been the source of considerable talk
and not little conjecture during the past
two weeks was solved last evening at Co
lumbia hall to large and expectant gath
ering. The entertainment was given under
the auspices of the social committee of the
Women's Auxiliary of the Young Mems
Christian Association, and was not only
a success socially, but financially as well.
II has been said that in order to be sue
cessful ''cakewalker,' person must be, of
the whole party, the Chesterfield in manner,
the Beau Brummel in dress and the Berry
Wall in style, but it was evident last eve
ming that these requisites were not 'sin it;''
as the persons who S'took the cake'' are the
ones who held on to the flag.
Secretary Gregg, at the beginning Of the
entertainment, instructed the participants
in the mysteries of the ''cakewalk,n which
is conducted as follows: 'The ladies and
gentlemen form in couples and march
around the hall. A flag is given to one
couple and at signal, single clash from
the cymbaIs, the flag is passed to the next
| couple behind, which is repeated until
there is a rapid clashing Of the cymbals,
| when the couple holding the flag is awarded
the cake.
The opening march was commenced
! promptly at O'Clock and was participated
IN BY about oneshundred couples. The sue
! eesstul contestants in the several marches
were as follows
/ First Miss May Bum and Miss Laura
/ Barbee.
second-L. r. Byrne and Miss Anna
| Callow.
Third Harold McFadden and Miss Rosa
Mari; B. B. Baker and Miss Winifred
Hawley.
Foufth-P. S, Lesher and Miss Amands
Dammon; Robert r. Whitman and Miss ]
r. Chaplin
Fifth-George J. Wolf and Mrs. Bolton.
Fred Lammon and Miss Amanda Lammon
Sixth-Arthur Douglass and Miss Laura
Barbee; ]. A. Munroe and Miss Lulu
Brown
seyenth-W. ]. Marvis and Miss May
Ford Ray Bigelow and Miss Lille Meays
Elghth-L. q. Wilson and Mrs. R. S.
Weston; G. V. Leach and Miss Hattie
/ Callow.
Ninth Mr.. and Mrs. "A. g. Going: j. S
/ Longmire and Mrs. George Ingalls,.
Tenth-C. E Schultze and Miss Sallie
4 Joyce; Charles Leighton and Miss MAY
Randolph.
William H. Carter, L. R. Byrne, D. r
McQuarrIe and H. H. Benner acted as flool
managers, and the door keepers were Ru.
| pert Hooper and L. S. Strout.
Secretary Gregg was ably assisted in the
distribution of the cakes by Mrs. A, G
Clark, Mrs. G: lngle, Mrs. A. Q. CLARK anc
/ Mrs. Geo. u. Sickles.
Excellent music was furnished by the
Capital City band, and Mr.. Gregg took
! occasion to impress upon the minds of the
gathering the necessity of supporting such
a combination of musical talent, which
was one that Olympia should be proud of
| During the Intervals between the marches
/ the band rendered some fine concert selec
tions.
An admission fee of ten cents was charged
at the door, which entitled the holder tc
the opening march, and the price for each
/ succeeding march was ten cents. The pro.
ceeds of the entertainment were about $40
The number of persons in attendance was
The idea of the acakewalk' was instiga
ted by Mrs. Strofridge, an eastern lady
who has been here for some time, visiting
Mrs. Geo. L. Sickels, and to her a great dea
| of credit is due for the success Of the en-.
tertainment.
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