The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-17
THE BUTTERFLY FETE.
A Charming Entertainment of Varie-
gated Dances and COIOred Light
Effects.

gated Dances and COlOred Light
Effects.
A large audience greeted the first presen-
tation at the theater last night of the But
terfiy Fete, given under the auspices and
for the benefit of the Savannah Volunteer
! Guards. 1t seemed a gathering on the
stage of Savannah's beauty in all the
adornment of colors and colored lights that
made it the most attractive of spectacular
entertainments.
The performers were all Savannahians,
little misses, young ladies, and a few
young men, who lent their aid to certain
features. The entertainment was made up
almost entirely of dances, solo dances,
! quartette and quintette dances, and dances
| by groups of twenty-five or thirty young
ladies', all attired in the brightest and most
attractive costumes, and in rythmicai mo-
ton, under the variegated colored lights,
the most pleasing effects were produced.
About $50 Savannahians, most of them
girls and young ladies, took part and each
of them was instructed in the various
dances by Mrs. Hattie Mccall Travis, who
with untiring energy, has devoted her
| time and attention to the work, to which
is due the successful presentation the au-
dience witnessed last night.
| Besides the dances, there were two songs,
one by the queen of the May, Miss Blanche
Belsinger, entitled Summer" which was
| much enjoyed by her audience. Miss Bel
singers excellent voice was heard to ad-
vantage, and she was warmly applauded
The other song was by the Queen of the
Woods, Miss Lola Moynelo, whose sweet
voice was much appreciated in La Tin
| CARA" These two features added much to
the entertainment.
| One of the brightest and most enjoyable
! features of the entertainment was the
dance of the pickaninnies, in which a num-
Der of little girls, with their faces BACKED,
presented some of the negro dances. 1t
was laughable and unique feature. Those
who took the different parts in the enter
tainment were:
| The Merry Tobogganers.-J Janet Brown,
Gala Lyons, Eva Starr, Media Fretwell,
Helen Thompson, Bessie Whatley, Bessie
Brady, May Richmond, May Black, Katie
McDonough, Leila McDonough, May Ho-
gan, Sadie Watson, Daisy Burroughs, Kate
Burroughs, May Woodbury..
! The May Carnival.-Garrard Newman,
Alex Mcdonald, Manning GainOr, Albert
| Rosenheim, VIM. Garrard.
Queen of the May-Miss Belsinger.
Highland Dance-Harvey Hull
Rose Gavotte.-Miss Hunter, Miss Blois,
Miss Wilcox, Miss Moynelo Mr.. Crane,
| Mr. Butler, Mr.. McDonough, Mr.. Wilcox.
Fishers Hornppe. Krenson.
The Tarantella-Misses Margaret Suits,
| Helen Puder, Constance Chestnut, Harvey
Hull Gussie Wood, Edna Maxim.
The Garland Dance-Misses Withers,
| Elliott, Connerat, Daniel, Haines, Hudson,
| Blois, Butler, Roman Haslam, WILCOX,
| Freeman, Moynelo, Shellman, Harmon.
Porter.
The northumberland Stults.
The Butterflies-Misses Gussie Wood
Fannie Scott. Ethel Fretwell, Lucy Dance,
Elise Krenson. Estelle Sheftall, Hattie
| Woodruff Mena Grim, Mary Batty Mich
Ia
Minnie Mackall, Mamie Stillwel Flor
| ence Drummer, Meta Grim, Bertha Cum
| mings, Ethel, Fretwell.
| Solo Butterfly Dance-Constance Chest
| nut jamie Shuptrine.
The Wood Nymphs-Mole Scott, Bessie
Nadley, Atossie Harley, May Black, May
Richmond, May Cullum, May Woodbury..
Gala Lyon, Kate Prosser, Matte Scott,
| Gladys Johnson Mary Valleau, Emma
Grim, Minna Wood, Laura Sheftall, Ger
trude Cronk.
The saraband-Miss Smith, Miss Reed,
Miss Eunice Reed. Miss Louise Reed, Mr.
McDonough. Mr.. Stoddard, Mr.. Fleming.
Mr.. Anderson.
Queen of the Woods-Miss Moynelo.
The Cachuca.-Gussie Wood.
The Imperial Banjo, Mandolin and Gull
tar Quartette-F. T. McGraw. Director
The Lawn Tennis-Katie McDonough.
| Leila McDonough, May Hogan. Daisy
Burroughs. Kate Burroughs. Gala LYON
Sadie Watson, Katie Lloyd, Steve Hey
ward, VIII Sullivan, Sidney Stubbs cir
ford Stults, Gordon Carson, Eddie Car
son, Leslie karow. Bierne Gordon.
The Newsboys, "1492." Miss Blois Misc
Moynelo Miss Hudson Miss Withers. Miss
Connerat, Miss Haines. Miss SHERMAN.
Skirt Dance-Margeret Suits.
Spanish Bolera-Mrs. Nicoll.
Dance Grotesque-Louis MORGAN ana r.
d. Melton. -
The Pickaninnies-March de Finale.
The Butterfly Fete will be repeated at
Che matinee Saturday afternoon and again
Saturday night e''-''