The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04
ONE MORE PERFORMANCE
THE PAPER CARNIVAL TO BE
CONTINUED.
The Interesting Features Given Last
Night-The Stage Hands
Strike-A Nice
Profit.

II has been decided to extend the
paper carnival to one more performance
and close with tomorrow night, instead
of last evening as was expected.
The affair has been very successful, both
artistically as we'll as financially.
The attendance last night was the
largest that has greeted any previous
perfor The price OF admittance
for Monday nights performance has
been reduced to one standard to all
parts of the house.
For awhile it appeared as though
there would be no performance on the
stage last evening alter the first two
scenes had been given. The stage
hands struck because their bill for SER
vices and other items had not been
allowed. Rev. Gray, who has managed
the carnival. got in and rustled up subs
and proceeded to change the scenes,
while the regular stage hands looked on
in derision at the efforts OF the I'M
promptu shutters to perform their new
work. The trouble WAS due to Mr..
,Gray's having deemed the bill OF the
stage hands 600 big and endeavoring to
cut it down. The bill was originally
sos. Mr.. Gray said this was too much
and cut it to SIS, which Included to-
morrow nights performance. However,
the trouble was smicably adjusted after
awhile and the men will work at to-
morrow's performance.
Mr.. Gray stated last night that be-
tween 5000 and $1,000 had already been
cleared.
The dances by the courtiers of the
Spanish booth were extremely correct
and most effective.
Many of the dresses, although OF
paper, were as elaborate in their con-
struction as if made of silk. One
dressmsker charged $1l to make paper
dress worn at the carnival.
Mrs. Mscklin's dress as MAID
Marion" was very correct in its de-
tails. the wearer looking her part to
perfection.
Miss Heinch's dress was most effec
tive and showed to great advantage,
being the Red Rose OF Lancaster"
Miss Margaret Sumner ae the white
Rose of York" wore a most elaborate
dress, which showed off her beauty to
great advantage. The roses on her
costume were work of art in them
selves.
The tableau Thursday night well
earned its applause. George and Martha
Washington were so wonderfully we'll
arrayed in their well known costumes it
was difficult to believe, they were cos
tuned in paper and surrounded by the
states of the union, represented by some
of our prettiest and most admired ladies
and the boys brigade dressed as sailors,
formed one of the best tableanx given.
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much admired.
The grand march, headed by the mill
itary band and heralds and led by the
two beauties, Miss Heinch and Miss
Daisy Summers as the roses of York
(white), and Lancaster (red) was wond-
erfully well drilled and Unanswered each
evening. Mr.. Birdsall needs much credit
in the way he drilled the procession.
The dances and polonnaise were ex
tremely we'll carried out.
Mrs. j. I. Jones was g wonderfully
good Mary Queen of Scots.
Great credit is due to Mr.. Gray for his
exertions in making the paper carnival
the success it was. 1t is the hard work
ers behind the scenes" who often get
little credit when they are the main
springs Of the whole success.
The Chinese wash house created the
fun of each evening.
Scarcely q family of any note in Los
Angeles but had one or two of its mem
bers taking part in the carnival.
We must not lose sight of the fact
that the paper carnival was given for
the worthy object OF raising funds for
the enlargement OF one of our finest
churches, St. Paul's Episcopal church on
Olive street, and il the funds raised are
sufficient, the great trouble and fatigue
the 500 participants have been put to
in getting up so elaborate a show will
not have been in vain.
The HERALD, which enters the home
OF every person who took part, deserves
many thanks for its notices during the
week.