St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-23
A CENTRAL KIRrIEss FIGURE.

weird fancies in our brains? hope not,
if the GypsieS seen this week are at all
like the real thing. The Gypsy dances
were among the hits of the occasion,
and no wonder, when some of the very
prettiest girls Suppose some of them
have the right TO write the cabalistic
Mrs. in front of their nameS) In st. Paul
were for the nOnce the most
gypsy of gypsIes. Their costumes,
too, were very fetching. Mrs. John
Merriam and Miss Katherine Gordon
were the queens to this fascinating
trifle, and Mrs. LuciuS Ordway and
Mrs. James F. Elmer led the long line
of pretty girls that included such favor
ties as Misses Margaret Hall, May Gill
tillan. Sue Baker, Miss Mann, and half
a score of others, equally pretty and
equally sweet. The costumes were of
various bright eolOrs. and live in mem-
mory as a bewildering array of
tiny bells and tinkling chains
weaving in and out across the stage,
like rainbOwS on a bender. The last
scene in the dance. where the tambOur-
ines that had been leading feature III
the scene were sent Swimming across
the stage, bottom side up, was sug-
geStiOn that the audience were not slow
to comprehend, as the shower of gold
and silver pieces that came tinkling
upon the stage amply demonstrated.
This was a love Offering for the day
nursery from its friends.
No country is better loved by her
wandering children than bOnny Scot
land, and no wandering children are so
deceptive as these same Draw Scots.
Their dances. while looking only aces
sionS for the display of nimble feet and
graceful bodies, are really history in
themselves. Looking at the pretty girls
who danced in the KirmeSS theSeScOtch
dances, one could easily see how they
could express defiance, love, friendship
and bitter Scotch hate, but all the same
they beautifully danced. And the cos
tunes of bright plaid kits. flowing sash
and jaunty Glengarry cap and feather.
The four leading dancers, Misses
Lucille Egan, Mamie Livingston, Bon
ME Ransom and Anita Mcclure, wore
a darker plaid, but were equally Scotch
and equally becoming.
The land of the shamrock and she'll
lalahs, blessed Ould Ireland, was repre-
scented by as gallant crew as the sun
ever shOne upon. One had q realizing
sense of what wearing o. the Green"
meant while looking at their costumes.
Thew were for the women full green
skirts, close fitting bodiceS laced over
full shirts of white muslin. and cOquet-
fish little caps. For the men green dress
coats, smooth white knee breaches, with
long black stockings and an American
version of brogans. Funny white Cone
mara hats, with green bands, worn
with that jaunty debonnaire air char
acteristic of the real gOSSoon, completed
very pretty picture.
1t is said that Mr. Smith, who has
charge of the Indian dances, has been
among them and reproduces these
beauties from memory. 1t would be all
interesting question to know what sort
of dreams Mr.. Smith has these days, If
from memory he can evolve the scheme
of awkwardness and-shall l say it
ugliDess that held the stage at the
time of the war dances. Those costumes
were something to be wondered over.
Where, oh, where are the handsome
bronze warriors that p. r. Jones and
FennimOre Cooper taught us to look
for when we reached the Northwest
territory. 1t is claimed that men have
no vanity. One can well believe it after
that scene, especially when one is a
credulouS old woman, and is told that
these same savage warriors, when at
home, are among the handsome men at
the fort or in the cisy. But, then, If 1T
IS a question of vanity, think OF the
pretty girls who were willing to walk
pigeon toed across the stage, for sweet
charity sake, attired as Indian maldenS.
There is something Infinitely attract