St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-23
ANOTHER KIRMEsS BEAUTY.

that if he had to look at many such
dances as this, his doom was sealed. his
case hopeless.
The movement in the dance of ma
tiOnS was so beWildering that it is i'm
possible to give any adequate idea of it.
There was perfect phantasmagoria Of
costumes Of all sorts and kinds; only the
fantastic movements of dream can be
anything like it; but with this eXcep-
ton, this movement was all planned by,
and followed its head, Prof, Speedy,
through constantly changing evolutions,
to rythetic ending.
The Africans were real sons of Ham
to all appearances. The women wore
gowns with full skirts of yellow, pale
blue, pink, green and red, and wide
brimmed, much-trimmed hats to match.
The men wore white costumes and
sashes to match the dresses of the
women.
The seasons were prettily represented
by young girls. Springs costume was
of pale blue. full skirts with white
waists and sailor hats. Summers COS
tune was white, with roses or other
flowers sprinkled over it, small hats
trimmed with flowers. Autumn was
black lace over colored silk, white
waists and colored silk sasheS. Winter
was all in white, as each should be,
with borders of ermine OH the skirt and
little round capeS, and round caps and
strings of silver bells that made eltin
music as they danced.
The sailors vera dressed in true Jack
Tar style, in dark blue suits, with white
trimming and silver hats. .~s~z-.-5.
= The HollanderS were-SS Dutch as 1t is
possible for people to be in costume as
we'll as general style. The girls wore
full skirts of different colors, close bod
ices over white shirts, muslin aprons
and lace caps and wooden shoes. They
had their knitting, of course. The suit
could easily be duplicated at any emf
grant train, and their dancing, we'll.
The grand finale was a sort of resume
of the whole programme. All the
dancers except the shoe people were on
the stage. Miss Gordon, as the Goddess
of Liberty, sang columbia, the Gem
of Old Glory, in her own sweet
way, while the eight girls who repre-
scented America, in their red and white
skirts, white waists and blue star. span
gled bodices, marched and counter
marched most beautifully together.
So ended the most successful amateur
entertainment st. Paul ever saw.
Last evening, Immediately upon the
appearance of Mrs. Lawler, the KirmeSS
queen, magnificent tribute of roses
was thrown at her feet, and was at once
gracefully presented to her by Prof
Speedy amid storm of applause.
Yesterday afternoon and evening
Miss Gordon sang in most superb style
for the introductory solo the aria My
Noble Knights" from the HugenOtS.
Mrc w HGcHpll and cnVpral other
ladies from Minneapolis attended the
matinee yesterday, and endeavOred to
prevail upon the ladies of the KirmesS
to devote one evening in the near future
to their Minneapolis friends. The Min
neapolis ladies offered the most allur
ing inducements. and it is more than
likely that some worthy charity of our
sister city soon will be made the bene-
ficary of Kirmess evening, given in
Minneapolis by ST. Paul ladies.
The lady managers of the day nursery
board are most enthusiastic in their
praise of Prof. Speedy. and say that he
has been indefatigable in his labors,
both night and day, ever since his arrl-
val in st. Paul. Very amusing incl
dents were continually occurring on the
stage. Last evening while Al Sibley
and maiden most fair to look upon
were comfortably seated upon bench
near one of the side walls, one of those
wicked scene shutters rushed forward
and pushed scene as close to them as
he possibly could and leaned it against
the wall, leaving them to make their
escape as best they could.
Friday the GLOBE suggested to the
gentlemen taking part in the court
dance the adviSabillty of a little judi
cious padding, but it seems the sugges-
ton was not needed, as nearly all of the
aforesaid gentlemen had recourse to art
to improve upon nature. They evil
denUly Overestimated the gifts which
nature bestowed upon them.
Jules Sash Denegre made very fine
display from an anarchistic point OF
view.
Leslie Wann glories in the title of
"Young Easter Egg" when with his =,
brother braves. 1t seems that his wig is
that of a bald man, and as cOnSe-
quence he is scalpless. He is said to
be the gamiest Indian of the lodge.
Charlie Stickney wandered about the
stage and looked with enviOus eyes
upon the bright suits Of the dashing
young tars.
jim Elmer will probably be missed
from the lobby of the Grand this week.
The "Struggle for Life" undoubtedly
W. w. Price wandered back and forth
behind the scenes with most at-hOme
air.
.'Genial George" Monfort attended
the Saturday evening performance and
was highly delighted.
Judge Wilkins attended the matinee
and stood up during the entire after
noon rather than disturb a few ladies
in attempting to reach his seat.
The Indians were not so ratified at the
matinee as on Thursday evening, and
gave few whoops that would have
done credit to lot of young bucks off
the reservation,
i ri takes seventeen yards of satin to
make a full court train,. how many
Yards of blue flannel does it take to
make a sailor suit similar to that worn
by any of the sailors III the hornpipe2
Jack Wampler said that the Spanish
dances reminded him most pieasurably
of his travels through Cuba and Mex
leo. Jacks descriptions of the Mexican