The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-06
THE MERCHANTS CARNIVAL.
The GRANOEST SIGHT EVER SHOWN
TO THE PEOPLE OF CAPE CIR
AROEAU.
The Young Ladies and who They
Represented.

Ill The Young Ladies and who The.
Represented.
o. The second day of February, 1897
will long be remembered BY the citi
=. zens of Cape Girardcau as a day o
" one of the grandest events in the his
:. tory OF the city. Ii was The occasion
of the Merchants Carnival, the first
entertainment Of the Find ever pre-
scented to the people OF this city, and
something entirely new to this sec
ton Of the country.
When it ~; announced that We
were {. . have a Merchants Carnival.
our people were puzzled to knows
Is wE.at Wa, meant, aud it took No little
{ am0un: Of trouble ;::Id explanation to
make it understood by our bueiness
Tcn and to induce them to take part
in the grand show. When they did
+ %"catclI II however, they went to
WORK in dead earnest. each cae with,
| a determination to excel. and the re-
! suit was ihe gr1I,tc$l entertainment,
:, AMI the finest show eve presented to
l the people q! this city. The differ
eHt business hou>cs th:t took part in
the Carnival were represented by
you"g ladies aa;i each voting las:v
WAS dressed II 4 :nanaar to bc>: rep
resent the business of the house fer
which She appeared. Handsome
banners were carried on which were
painted. N most artistic STYLE. the
name of the business man ALL the
business IL was engaged i'll.
The Young ladies we're drilled ii
the grand march every evening for
Il week previous to the entertainment
by Rev. Arthur, and their srlcndid
exhibition Oh the Stage showed thai
they had been drilled hy an expert
d~ri.l-ma>tcF. Their every movement
WAS exact -nl graceful. AMI their
handsome costumes AMI pretty bai-
ner> male lie grand march 4 thing
of beauty. Mis- MnllIc s,"iucErcrt
was Captain of the brigade. and She
was truly a heroine III her role. The
cus;U.IcS worn Ly The yCang lsdics
were very a?pro. %riatciy designed &ni
ONE Of them were very expensive.
The Representatives were - follow:
jones y l:lDohcn. Mamie Garrett.
First National Bank. \. Woody.
Frank Ca2z. G.. rcrtrG>. Is
". Warren, Pearl Williams.
adams Express. Iona A.a"lnS. :
q. +. l.. l.. Mamie Mathews.
Iuitiva;"r, Irene WGoH". :
j. +. Wiilia#.s. Ms. j. I. Williams. (
DIR. Travis. Florence &DGEogLuc. :
" =. i;oGuoy, Ella Wal. i
]. \. Mage. S.'.ic Karr. =
!ii,igr = l;rcciel. Clara Rider. :
Miller a Wilton. E,:Aa Wi!-on. e
Gaar"n>h:. Ka.c MEOW. =
bank. .i.nI Albert. ,
il. i;aita. n!!;c i;urg.,s. II
y. ~i::cra.r;lI. Amrals .Ail"rs. d
DAi:T DsMG.EAr. Hasa" Adams. !,
ID. y. Gieal. Nir:ir kimm,!. -
T. II H., :, -. l. :..,1 II,
J. {. carrn!I. J"lit ;inr-!"y. 1
New Era. Anai" k;.cL",r.
il. =. pc:r"nlci. Lutte i'i,ronn,t.
So:h Er-t Music g. Int. GRAY.
= N~tra.:nai. Jrs>:- Grt.. I"
Mil. Ec:iic G'i'.un.!.ue. !"
:. Albert. Birdie l;uii. III
:. II. Wi!s"n. Cora Adams. i"
". II. Cocrver, Cara ilanny.
81. Avi: & Son. Magic McCIran. .,
lily Drug Store, I:cnlah portcrtieId. al
Thc Bee. Rnzilr Lehman.
lumi"kc ilat ~. Marin Lehman.
Mrs. Badcr, Clara Badcr. .,
|. Nussbaum. Ida Brown.
J.. \. Mattcson. Emma Wathcn. Il
apt. Sharp. Virgic Wilson. !"
opera House. Alice ~Schucll-rt. 60
!. Smith (Gecorai"r.l {. iIaUnschild.
:. Mai! La5rn Cramcr. m
The costumes worn by the yGnna
adics representing OFT banks were II
decorated with real mogey-geld. -
liver and grcenbacks. and many
eyes followed them as thew
marched around the hall. Money is
irst' Of all that is magnetic TO the I'd
eye. and no one knows lis ,,c
better than do the cashiers IA
Who pass it OYER the bank couut,r. 70
We would like 10 give a detailed ek
description of all the costumes worn. I'D
at We have neither the time nor .,
he space to do so. Ii is enough to 90
ay that all were fine. and the enter
was a success beyond all -
xpcctation. u
The ladies of the Episcopal Church
nd their Pastor. Rev. Arthur, deserve c.
he thanks of this community fer
heir success in the management of fro
he first Merchants Carnival ever
ED in Cape Girardcau. Nj
e- III;
BADLY Frightened.
A story is told of 4 young city CT
Merchant who liccd i'll the suburbs.
lis wife was taking an active part in J..
ecorating the church. and told him VIC
lie morning that he must. as soon as fol
C reached the city. send her OHt an
motto from the florist to Mi
ang on the church wall. She would III:
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