The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-20
THE CARNIVAL ENDED.
Home For the Homeless
Will Be Greatly
Benefited.

The Board of Lady Managers have
made a grand success OF their bazaar for
the Home Of the Homeless this year. The
success is largely u to the pretty enter
tainments, dubbed "The Carnival of
Days." which they have given III oonnec-
ton with it. The carnival ana baz lr closed
on Saturday night, On Saturday after
ternoou Christmas was represented In a
three act play. The frat act Was en-
titled christmas Eve" aud the charac-
tiers were assumed as follows:-
The Mother. Miss Hepsley; Rer chill
dren. Florence Hutchinson, Alpha Hol :
brook. Sadie Dunlop, Eilethier Spoor;
Santa Claus. Charles Woolsey; Christ
mas, Bertha Marguerite Anuess.
The chorus opened with HALL All
HailF' aud then the children hung up
their stockings for Santa. Claus to fill.
Their mother told them q story aud sang
them a lullaby. When the children had
all 60 ne to bed and the coast was clear.
Sauta Claus catered aud f1Iled the stocks
lngs. When he had disappeared the
children entered singing, I'VE must &c
and see II our Santa Claus has been
here" At the completion of their song
they examined their stockings aud for
several minutes there was nothing but
EXPLANATIONS of delight by this happy
youngsters. Beautiful Christmas eu-
tered and sang. Il celebrate event SO
great" The first acs endsd with a
madrigal, "Welcome Christmas Day" by
the Madrigal Choir.
The second act was. Coating Ready
for the Party"
l.. The Characters were: Mrs. Ruggles,
Maggie sullivan; Her Niue Children,
Maude Van Amburg, Emmie Fiuye;.
Gertrude Pierson, Maggie Plersou,
Clarence Nawklrk, Harry NewkirK.
Arthur Dear. Charlie Holbrook aud
Harry Sim Dxon. 1t was q short acs aud
consisted OF a few songs by the children
and inspection by the mother TO see that
they were all ready
MISS vERMILYEA'S PRETTY DANCE.
The last act Was the Christmas party
and opened wi II the childran gathered
Ground the Christmas tree" Tney
clasped hauds and dancing around it
sang Here's a Wonderful Tree" Ger
trude No ris then sang 1.-The Sweet Raj
Rose" aud tue children sang the chorus.
AT it's conclusion the children stepped to
he back of the stage and pretty little
Irene Vermilyea entered dressed in pale
blue, we ring a dainty blu hat aud
carrying y blue parasol. She %pirouetted to
the centre OF the stage to slow music.
She then told Of how she had seen some
one dance a faucy dance and
wondered II she could do it. She
ended by trying, and a better exni-
bition of nimbleness and excellent
dancing has never been given by any
amateur IN this city. Kicking her para
sol with first one and then then the
other dainty foot u nImber of times in
succession without any apparent eff orr,
she then performed the difficult feat OF
dancing ana walking all about the stage
upon ner toes, and wound up by throw
ing her parasol and hat TO one side and
twirling until a person became almost
dizzy watching her. Tit applause she
received was deafeniag. and she must
have rather startled some OF the people
present. 1t was nothing less than the
split" Miss Muriel Saunders followed
her with the Spanish cachuca dauce,
which she executed in u grtceful man
ner. Miss Lillian Prior. VINO is an
excellent whistler wnistled Push
Those Clouds" and AFTER the Ball"
Inc enter ainment closed with a GOOD
Night" by The chorus.
The closing performance consisted of
dancing, tapleaux aud statue losing.
Miss Adele Maroney opened with a
Turkish skirt dance, which was Wall
lone aud very pretty.
Tableaux movements by the following
young ladies' fullowed:-Bessie White.
Bertha Marguerite Anness, Ida May De-
marest, May Oakley. Agnes Harrington.
Lulu Kilby. MISS Hepsley. soloist. and
Miss Fairchild. accoinpantst.
Miss Nellie Reynolds performed
Spanish tambou iue dance with fine
effect aud The performance aad
the carnival wound up with
statue posing, Night" and "The Fates,''
by these fair mlsses:-"Nignt." Miss
Ericka Jones; THE Fates." The Misses
Snedeker. Demarest aud Bessie White.
All the chairs were slowed away and
the audience turning their atfeution tc
the tables were soon absorbed iu making
purchases. AS the evening waued, iu
order that everything be disposed of, all
remaining articles were put up at auc-
lion and nothing was left over.
RESULT OF THE CONTESTS.
The various guessing aud voting con-
tests ended with the winners as follows:
Blue satin sofa pillow. Miss Kate Spser;
piu cushion. Mrs. Shawda; toilet set, Mr..
Z. Holbrooke; doll, Mrs. D. Emmett OF
New York; lamp shade. Miss Darling.
who redonated il to the fair. The flag
for the most popular company of the
Girls or Boys Brigade WAS won by the
girls of the Bergen Reformed Church.
After everything mad been sold some
me proposed u dance, a space was cleared
on the floor. an obligipg young lady In
The pc EUn Of Miss Fairchiid played dance
music and the young people wallzsd aud
danced TO their hearts content in 4 truly
informal manner. To be sure, the du-t
they raised nearly chaked them. but
they didn't mind that n continued
untii a late hour.
1t is expected that the receipts of this
fair will far exceed all previous ones, anc
the ladies are to be commended for their
excellent management of 1t. Its success
has largely been derived. too, from The
work of the Two hundred children who
volunteered their services for the carni-
val.