The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-14
GOSLINGS AT PLAY.
Mother Goose's Brood Makes
Merry at the Carnival.
DANCE AND SING IN CHORUS.
Tableaux From the Poets Delight the
People OF Fair Women"
and .'The CorSair.s'

The children fairly reveled in the mat
inee given yesterday afternoon in connec-
ton with the carnival of poets at Armory
hail. the chief entertainment being pro-
vided by Mother Goose and her little brood
of nifty. There was a grand march 10 De-
gin with. after which the odd-lookinG gos-
lings formed in sets and danced the Ian
ciers to the nursery rhymes set to music.
Then came the tableaux, which gave the
young people unmixed delight. The ten
little niggers" We're represented Dy ten OF
the choir boys. In the tableau OF Otd
KIM Cole and His Fiddlers Three all
the members of the Mother Goose trlre
appeared on the stage, cheering the KING
and julnIng in the chorus. the closing
riece was by the FIVE lullaby girls. one OF
whom sang lullaby song, 10 when mere
was n hearty chorus. The little girls were
all dressed Hate Greenaway style. ana
rocked their Gt.ls with all the earneStness
of juvenile mock motherhood.
At night the hall was again crowded.
ard after the cIening pageant, which was
the same as on the first mig n. t!c'l4er
Goose's brood danced too he delight of
tt adults. The various companies then
Dispersed 20 their booths, ct which there
has been little change since I'll, open ng
of the carnival save that the sales seem
to be constantly increasing. One of the
handsomest of the booths is that dedi-
Gated TO Byron, presided over by Mrs. NJ.
z. West. The special poem chosen for
representation is The Corsair," and the
booth is appropriately arranged in the
form of pirates vessel. 1t is very real
1stic, with sails set, and masts and ropes
enough to fit out a sure enough vessel,
while in the prov stands erect complete
set of heavy armor. Others in the booth
We're: Mrs. j. B. Powles. Mr.. George w.
Aiken. Mr.. William f. Hamburg. Miss Liz
zie McGlicuddy. Miss Mary Mathews,
Miss NJ Potter. Miss Cora Carkeek and
Miss Annie ODonnell. all as pirates; Miss
Bessie Carkeek as Medora. and Miss Edith
West as page. This booth had the honor
of presenting a double tableau last night.
The first tableau was a scene from Tenny-
sons Dream of Fair Women" with Mr..
Ralph Hopkins as the dreamer, Mrs. Win
field Smith as Rosamond. Miss GenevieVe
Relic as Queen Eleanor, Miss Lawrence as
Jephtha's daughter, Mrs. Paschall as
Cleopatra, Miss Isabelle Jones as Joan of
Arc, Mrs Ainsworth as Iphegena and
Miss Hansard as Helen of Troy. Another
tableau given by the Tennyson booth was
a scene from the Princess" with Miss
Evelyn Graves as the princess, Mr.. Sidney
Hansard as the prince, Miss Gertrude
Clark as Lady Psyche. Mr.. Ralph Hopkins
as Cyril and Mr.. Linn Relfe as Cyril
The sand Man from Hans Andersen
showed that mythical being in the person
little children to sleep over their toys. One
of the Shakespeare tableaux represents cd
Othello recounting his adventures TO Des-
demona and her father, while another por-
trayed Romeo and Juliet in the balcony
scene. Whittier's Barefoot Boy was well
pictured by little Stewart Agen Then
there was a pretty scene from Bret Harte's
Conception de Arguello." in which nearly
all the members of the Bret Harte booth
took part, and a scene from George Eliot 8
Spanish GYPSY in which Mrs. w. H..
Whittlesey sang charmingly. The Byron
booth presented two warlke scenes, show
ing the pirates advance and Conrads de-
Tense
Two of the most pleasing of all the
tableaux thus far given were the two
scenes from Keats LAMA" one depict
ing the moment of Lamia's flight and the
other the instant al which Lycius falls
dead at her departure, the pure black and
white in which both scenes were set well
symbolizing the classic touch of the poet.