Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-28
HEEL AND TOE,
The Way They Go at the Kir-
mess Show.
An Amateur Entertainment Which
Is Successful.
Last Evenings Opening of the Happy
Terpsichoreau Festival - The
Dances and Dancers.

What is a Kirmess? The question
was answered last evening at the Grand
opera house in most acceptable man.
ner by the young society people of Los
Angeles, who gave the first of series
of Terpsichorean entertainments in aid
of sweet charity. A philologist might
wonder how ''church ale" could be tor.
tured into meaning typical dances of all
nations, but if he visits the opera house
any evening this week, he will see that
no matter where the word came from
nor how it was twisted into its present
meaning, the result is enjoyable to a
superlative degree.
The performance last evening quite
fulfilled the announcements, and, with
the exception of usual first-night rough
ness, was admirably executed. The
Kirmess opening scene, as it is called
upon the programme, was composed of
two tableauX and two scenes, with
movement, as follows: The word "Kir-
mess," represented by members of the
Athletic Club gymnasium of Los Ange-
les. The young gentlemen composing
this tableau were w. Cochran, H,
Dennis, W. Biehl, Arthur Guthrie, F.
Strahorn, j. Cherry, Fred Alter, Frank
Alter, w. McStsy, f. Chapman, S.
Peterson, D. S. Burke and w. Taylor.
Scene 2: The Wharf at Redondo,
Redondo Hotel.
Groups of participants in the follow
ing dances of the festival, viz: The
Flowers, Flowers and Bees, La Belle,
Dew Drops and Leaves, the Military and
American, together with Uncle Sam and
Columbia. American Airs and Colors.
Steamers: German, Furst Bismarck !;
English, Majestic; Chinese, China.
Salutes as ships enter the harbor. The
throng advances at sound of whistle.
Signals as the steamers draw up to the
pier. The steamers bring representa-
tives of foreign nations to our Pacific
coast, by way of the Nicaragua canal.
The Americans greet the passengers,
who disembark in groups and advance
under the flags of their respective ma
tious. Uncle Sam introduces them to
Columbia. National airs. All hasten
to the train for Los Angeles by Santa Fe
railroad, taking special excursion over
the kite.shaped track.
Scene 5: Streets of Los Angeles.
Grand procession of all nations, headed
by the band; tamale carts, street ur-
chins, etc.
Scene 4 Grand tableau representing
the Kirmess grounds; over 200 partici-
pants grouped according to their several
dances. Then followed the regular pro.
gramme of dances for the evening,
which is changed each performance,
that for last night being:
Hiberuian
Tableau. and Dew Drops and Leaves.
Tableau and Flower dance; solo, The Fairy OF
the Ferns
Hollandaise
La Belle-Solo.
Orchestra.
Military.
Tableau, and Bohemian GYPSY with solo.
Tableau, and spanish-a. La Jota, with song:
b. La Cachuchs, with song, accompanied by
Signor Arevelo's club.
Orchestra
Tab eall, and French, M1StletOe minuet.
Chinese, comic.
The tableau and dance of Dew Drops
and Leaves was performed by the fol-
lowing little people: Misses Nellie
Lockwood, Marie Churchill, Eva Perry,
Agnes Littleboy, Silvia Dawes, Clara
Melner, Anna Dunn, Mona Taylor, Ida
Hasson, Ada Smith, Masters Walter
Maxwell, frankie Amlar, George lie
Doux, Erving Hellman, Edwin Ducom
nun, Robbie Newmark. The scene rep
resented a sylvan dell, and the little
graceful evolutions.
The participants in the Russian dance
were Misses Nellie May Wilde, Emma
Braly, Ada B. Moore, Jessie Wilde, Nor
man Robinson and Carrie Wilson,
Artb W;11 l1n~
H. Burkes, Howard Rivers, William G.
Aiken and Harry Heffner.
This was very graceful and pretty
dance, the characters being dressed in
typical costumes, and several OF their
evolutions being highly suggestive of
the movements of skating.
The Flower dance, performed by little
girls with wreaths and garlands, was
very pretty number. 1t was performed
by:
Soloist, the Fairy of the Ferns-Miss
Anna Smith; Cupids-Warwick Horn,
Edith Robertson, Theresa Mehr, Fred
Edith King, Nellie Taggard,
Pearl Teale, Ruth Jackson, Laura Va
IlcI, DCSclC LiCViOOoy, bidOO Gil y, hdc
Davsson, Grace Stewart, Georgietta
Gard, Jessie Jordan, Blanche Alvins,
Clara Meyer, Hattie Andrews, Fannie
Lang, May Edgerton, Mamie Hen
dricks, Grace Whitesall, Annie Van
Nuys, Irene Shade, Irma We'll.
The Hollandaise was much like the
Russian dance, except that the dancers
in leaving the stage broke into couples
and waltzed off to the strains of the old
and familiar Lauterbach waltz. The
characters were Misses Grace David
son, Winifred Davidson, Blanche Al
wins, Clara Smith, Anna Jones, Nellie
Sherman; Messrs. Arthur Smith, VIM.
Manning, Walter Mcintosh, Russell
Taylor, Harry Roth, Robert Parsons.
La Belle, solo. by Miss Mamie Gui-
teau, was most finished and graceful
performance, the young lady showing
marked talent and careful training.
The military number was taken by
Misses Clara Battelle, Nina Jevne, Liz
ze Wildman, NJ. G. Walters, Charlotte
Bugbee, Florence Reed Messrs. H. w.
Watson, Henry J. Kramer, Gregory
Perkins. Welcome, G. N. Randolph, j.
Fred Blake.
Those personating the Bohemian gyp-
sizes were: Gypsy Queen, Miss Jenny