Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-16
THE cHILDREN,s CARNIVAL.

-~~ The Children Held High Carnival at |
 the Hyperion Saturday Evening |
 Some Difficult Dances-The Nine |
 Muses.
 The children's carnival and fete at the l Hyperion theater last Saturday afternoon | and evening was marked success. The | entertainment being for the benefit of the Mothers Aid society and of the Leila Day nursery, large audiences were present, which we'll filled the theater.
 The curtain rose to the pleasing strains of the "Bsauties Cunning" gavotte, which was rendered in very pleasing manner by the Philharmonic orchestra. A charming scene was revealed in which the light and shade was blended in a most pleasing manner. The stage was set to represent 8 forest and was completely filled with chill dren who, as the music of the gavotte diminished to pianissimo, and then burst forth to the strains of Souss's "High School Cadet March," were all esgerness for the performance to begin. When the word was given c little New York miss, representing the Goddess of Liberty, started the procession with @ majestic wave of the silk flag she carried. Prince and Princess Carnival impersonated by Bertie and May Young of Daly's thester, New York, followed by Martha and George Washington, nine little misses representing the Dolls, Red Ridinghood, the Four Sea sons, the Rat Catcher of Hsmelin and 6 score or more of boys and girls oostumed to represent the natives of almost every nation on the globe. Last of all came the babies, or rather the sizable boys who took | that part.
 The brilliant procession wound It's way | around the stage several times and then | the participants seated themselves in three rows of chairs at the rear of the stage. The calcium light effects were beautiful. George Washington and partner then came | to the front of the stage and went through
 tho steps of the stately minuet with ele- gance and precision. The patriotic dance by the Goddess of Liberty was one of the
 most pleasing features of the fete. Prince | and Princess Carnival next amused the | audience. Their costumes were elegant,
 and the little princess took the steps of the
 English skirt dance with grace and deli
 caoy. The dolls fete was the next figure
 on the program. Nine little misses, each
 carrying doll almost ss big as themselves
 in the cases of the little tots, tripped about | OuO oVokO sO HO1h0 bAAAO nuo pUb0O III pIotby groups. The prettiest feature of the dance was when the little ones sat their dolls | down st the front of the stage and then | danced away from them, and then in and l out among them, throwing kisses as they
 retired. Little Red Riding Hood was the
 next dancer. While she was happily danc. ing the big wolf crept up on her and sine
 darted away off the stage right before
 everybody's eyes, closely followed by th.
 eager wolf, who it might be presumed de.
 voured her. Miss Haviland aud Mir. Mar
 wig, dressed in the costumes of Louis ".
 then appeared on the stage and rplendidly
 danced the beautiful and courtly old min | uet.
 The grand entry of the four seasons wat the next tableau. First came Flora scat tering spring flowers about Ceres with
 her cornucopia of grain and fruits fol
 lowed Flora aud danced the sickle dance Diana, wearing 8 leopard skin across hel
 shoulders and bright yellow ekirt slasaed
 with bright red, blew her horn for the
 hunt and called the wood nymphs to he,
 eide. Her dance was 8 pretty one. bsing
 an imitation of the ballet of the present
 Winter, represented by bright little bru. l Hette ro5ed in silvery white costume be
 spangled with silver lace, won-the hearts
 of the audience by her pretty dancing and
 attractive manners.
 Miss Hsvilsnd then danced the difficult
 Militatri Hungarian perfectly. After th;t
 the nine came ia led by Melpomone, Mrs
 H. Grant Thompson, carrying aloft the
 symbol of tragedy. glittering dagger
 Euterpe, Miss Witherspoon. 6 pipe and flute, the symbol of music; Polyhymnia
 Miss Eaton, the square, the symbol of elo | quence; Thalia, Miss Lsverich, carrying
 the comic mask, representing comedy
 Clio, Miss Margaret Sargent, with the sym.
 bol of History, half opened scroll
 Urania, Mrs. Macrea Ingersoll, with the
 globe, signifying astronomy; Erato, Miss
 Sargent, with the symbol of poetry, nine
 stringed instrument; Cslliops, Mrs. Chap. man, epic poetry book, and Terpsichore, Miss Wilcox, the dance, tambo.
 When the tableaux were concluded the
 misses slowly went through rather pretty dance and then filed from the stage Miss | Margaret Hsvlland, representing the Rat | Chsrmer of Hamelin, and a score or more l of little people representing peasants, then went through pretty dance. Miss Caro- line Haviland, her younger sister, then l danced the Tarantilla Characteristic su | perbly.
 The babies frolic was the last dance on | the program. It has been given in this city | before, but it was nevertheless very anus \ ing to the audience. The final tableaux and procession followed, all of the partici pants in the fete taking part. The proces
 sion made the most dazzling of pictures l and the final grouping on which the cur | tain went down was @ wonderfully ar- ranged and cleverly conceived one. The entire entertainment was 8 grand success | and reflected great credit upon MT. Mar. wig and his apt pupils who participated in it, and upon the worthy society under | whose auepices 1t was given. Although the expenses were heavy 8 handsome sum is netted for this admirable charity.