The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-18
THE CARNIVAL OF DAYS
Second of the Series of En-
tertainments a Grand
Success.

The Carnival of Days" at Hasbrouck
Hail has made a decided hit. as the in
creased attendance at last nights per-
Torrance clearly shows. "Fourth OF
July" our National holiday, was the a
chosen for representation. The charac-
ters were assumed as follows
Goddess. Miss Hepsisy: Dutch girls.
| Alviua Stuhr. Emma Clifton, Juliet
| Phillips. Bessie Hewlett; Puritan girls.
Katherine Potts. Libbie Tuunard, Grace
Taft, Sadie Means; French girls. Anna
May Banks. Eleanor Benjamin, Mabel
Snedeksr, Gertrude Bushfsld; German
girls, Minuisbel Knight, Eta Banned.
Lilly Cox. Lottie Dudley; Irish girls.
Jennie Jones. Ethel Potts. Emma Wes-
terve,t, Ella Harrison; Scotch girls. Bella
| Banks, Edith kuox, Adelane Heinoid.
Ella -Brackenbu.n; Spanish girls. Flor
ence Mills. Belle Haryie, Anne Jennings,
Katharine Elliott; Swiss girls. Lila Mills,
Mabel Russell, Nora Garrison, Hattie
Smith.
THE GODDESS.
Miss Hepsley. dressed III the Stars and
Stripes, and bearing the star spaDgled
banner in her hand, made a beautiful
goddess. She made the opening adj
dress. 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"
The Girls Brigade of the Bergen Re
loIIlCus SA0tOh - oAAAA &ho
demonstrates to the audience that girls
can drill as we'll as boys. The girls who
participated in the drill are the Misses
Seals, Platten. Lizzie and May Steinle,
Dlummoad. Hicks. Weidener. Thacker,
Autenrieth. Conklln, Huntress, Taylor,
Dorem, Hess, Bryson aud Bramm.
THE FLAG DRILL.
Following the exhibition by the Girls
Brigaoe was an International flag drill By
thirty-three young ladies. Nine nations
were represented.
First came four Dutch girls. wearing
costumes with pale blue skirts, white
waists aud black caps.
The demure Puritan maidens, all
dressed In gray with white kerchiefs
about their necks, entered Go slow music.
aud, after going through various evolu-
tions in a stately manner, took their
| places at the side of the stage and made
way for the French maids. They were
their hair powdered. They were
much livelier than the Puri>
tan maid ems. Four German frau
leips came next Apo The scene. They
wore PINK skirts and white waists with
black oodiees. 10 jig music there entered
| four lively 'colleens waving the flag of
| ola Ireland, They wore green skirts aud
white waists. They danced a lively jig
and Joined the rest at the side. Miss
| Irene Vermilyea aud Drew Graft danced
the Hiberniau Lllt aud did 1t with pro-
feSsional ease and abandon.
Scotland was represented by laSses in
piaids, and then little Miss Muriel
Saunders executed the Highland fling
In a manner worthy OF any S~cotchInau.
| The Spanish girls wore by far the pref :
| tiest costumes, with the exception of
the American. They wore yellow and
| and black. and at their waist there hung
small tambourines which jingled merrily
as they waiiZed onto the stage. By far
the best performance of the whole even~
| ing was given by Miss f 18th Dickinson,
| VINO follow ed the Spanish girls with y
| Spanish tambourine dance. Miss Dick
inson is by far the most graceful dancer
Ia the city.
Swiss girls in red and black, and wear
ing white aprons, Joined the others, and
| Miss Hepsiey entered. After marching
and countermarchIug. and bllnaing the
| colors In beautiful harmony. they gath
| cred around the Goddess and ended the
performance with a well arranged
tableau.
The Stage was cleared. aud the flag
which is to be voted to the most popular
Boys or Girls Brigade was. placed in the
centre of it,
A MISTAKE.
For some reason which no one could
explain, a flag of Great Britain was placed
beside it. 1t looked Insignificant beside
the Stars and Stripes, and was harmless.
and yet it, should not have been there.
The tables did a rushing business. and IL
the interest does not flag tonight this
will probably prove the best paying fair
given for the Home OF the Homeless.