The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-18
FETE WILL CLOSE TONIGHT.
There Was..a Good Attendance Last Night,
Though Few Of the Seats We're tnOe.
cupicd-prOgramlne for Tonight.

The extreme cold weather probably
accounted for the fact that last nights
kirmess audience did not completely
fill the rockingham theater. How
ever. the uuoccuDied seats had nearly
all been sold and the Home for the
Friendless will not be much of loser
on account of the cold. AS has been
said of each preceding performance
that of last night was the best of all. ."
This statement has been truthfully
made from day to day and is readily
understood from the fact that the dan
GERS improve with experience. So
those who are fortunate enough to Sc
cure seats for tonight will have the
pleasure of seeing the best night of all,
although all have been good.
The programme conSiscted of four
teen numbers and contained two chill
drens dances. 1t was as follows: Mir
| rOr dance and dance of the troubadours.
taDieau and procession. japanese dance,
Tyrolean peasant dance. dance of the
follies dance of the flowers and bees,
COrsican saltorella, drill of the Napoleon
guards. Spanish cachuca, serpentine
dance. French court minuet and ga
Vote. military dance. dance of the
Nenitian gondoliers, procession and
| tableau.
Election Returns viii Bc Given.
Tonight promises to be one of the star
nights of the fete. " lille 1t is not an
ticipatcd that the election will i'm any
way affect the audience it is proposed
to give the election returns by wards
| These announcements will be made
from the stage and in such a manner
| that the audience may be as well in
| formed of the result as would be the
| case in either of the political headouar-
terS.
| without this feature the attendance
would probably be as great as on any
| preceding night, certainly such ought
to be the case, judging from the follow
ing very complete programmes: Mir
| ror dance and dance of the trOuba dours.
cine serenade. the rehearsal. the sur
PRISE, dance of the peasants): tableau
ana procession. carnival dance. horn
| pipe dance tjuvenile), skirt dance (ju-
Nenile) Corsican saltorella. dance of
the lollies. Tyrolean peasant dance.
serpentine dance. French court minuet
and gavotte. Spanish cachuca, military
nance. talnbourine tgyDsy) dance of
Roumania. procession.
| Articles viii BE Sold.
| After the dancing the donated arti
| cles remaining unsold will be sold at
auction to the highest bidders. The
voting contests. which will decide what
chaperones and which speciality per
former or singer are to possess the emf :
glass articles. will he decided
| The same rules that applied to the
selling or tickets for last nights per-
formance will be true of tonight. From
tn ii o'clock this morning the box Of
| flee will be- open only to the holders of
exchange tickets. and after II o.clock
any person may reserve seats. boxes
and loges.
| No little compliment has been be-
slowed upon the very clever leading of
| the marches and the other good wor,;
| of Harry Newman. and 1t is unfortu-
| nate on this account. If for no other.
| that certain reports in connection with
| his appearance should be- falsely cjrc,-
lated. 1t has been said that he refused
| to appear as court jester unless for a
, compensation. This Is not true. He
has not asked or suggested that he be-
| paid. He performed the same duties
so satisfactorily during last years kir-
mess that the present Management sev-
eral weeks ago requested him to ap-
pear this year. He was obliged to de-
cline on account of pressing business
and personal demands The managers
unwillingly acquiesced in the matter
| and II was forgotten until after the
| first nights performance. when 1t was
seen that a court jester was absolutely
| necessary. on this account. and
though it seriously inconvenienced him
| Mr.. Newman gave the kirmess his SER
| vices.
The very artistic and complete pro-
grammes of the kirmess was compiled
| and designed by II. Jules MaillouX. and
| is the product of The Tribune's jOl
printing department.