The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-19
"ylReISIus" Ar TACOMA.
PRESENTED by Cots. Fife and Nissch~r
for the Fair.

IAcoas, Jaae is Special l--Csow. and
Mrs MeGgsw. Miss Mctsraw. Secretary %
State Price and Mrs. Price and Col. Aleert
- @eao occupied = box in the Ninth Street
thsaFeE this evening and Witnessed the
rendition Of .NIFgintgs." with Col. w. ].
fass in the title role. Miss Fay Fuller as
Virginia and Col Nlll l. NIsschsr as Dem
tatas- The house was packed, aud
the proceeds will so % the Interstate fair
fnnd. The idea OF producing the pay
with local talent vas carried forward hy
the ladies auxiliary Of the Interstate fair,
and included as aggressive workers Mrs.
Samuel G. Slaughter. president; Miss
Beraace Newell, secretary: Mrs. A. Il.
Ruil. Mrs. Mctieer, Mrs. Worden, Mrs.
Hamlin. Mrs. Wells. Mrs. Ball. Mrs.
Mekeller. With Col. Fife 10 assume
the leading park the problem Of
making the affair success was fairly
solved. Col. Fife gathered = strong COM
pany Of sealous local players. with Miss
Fuller in the lead. and the players aud the
workers in the details essential to bring
out the performances have for weeks wed
with each other in the earnessness and
effectiveness OF their respective duties.
Capt. Howell managed the business and
advertising end OF the undertaking with
marked success.
The pronounced scenic effect of tho
evening was the massing Of io,0oo roses
about the boxes, before the footlights and
around the balcony. This outdid ail pre-
vious efforts in this city in numbers of
roses the effectiveness of the masSing and
artistic coioring. The color scheme was
even carried TO the shades of the
gowns worn by some of the occupants
of the boxes. besides having the
electric globes covered with tissue paper
tinted TO harmoniEe with the great banks
OF Sewers surrounding them. One side
was crimson with Jacks and Black
Princes. aud the other Was even more
beautiful in the predominating shades OF
ID France and variety of snow
white roses. There were actual cur
tains of massed roses, taking the place
Of the box curtains and screens.
Mrs. George Moulton was chairman OF the
decoration committee, and throughout the
color effects the Artistic touches of Mrs.
Slaughter were continually cropping onL
Nearly every rose garden in Tacoma con-
tribnted toward the rose banks, and evil
denced the widespread interest mani
tested IN the success of the lnterstat fair
no less than the crowded house.
Twelve hundred dollars will DO realized
from the evenings performances, and an
other viii be given tomorrow evening for
those who could not get seats tonight.
The adaptation of the tragedy as
presented was enthusiastically received,
Col Fife and the imnersonators
of the leading roles being several times
called before the curtain. Everything
went along so smoothly that ar
rangements are TO be closed forth
with to reproduce "Virginius"
at Seattle. Everett, Port Townsend.
Victoria and Vancouver and at Olympia
during the state eneampment. all the pro-
ceeds TO so TO the Interstate iair. The
tour may be extended east OF the mount
aims and into Idaho. The attendance at
the performances will be considered by
the managers of the fair as contributions
of the cities outside Of Tacoma to the
Interstate fair project