The herald., 1896-09-26

here. Mrs. Richard Mercer and Mrs. J..
A. Fairchild. new volunteer assistants.
The Japanese tea garden! Everything
a. Ia Japanese to the merest detail. The
tum tums.' Oh. dear! One cannot de-
scribe them. AS bewitchingly sweet as
cherry blossoms In charge here are
MRS. Seymour Locke. assisted by the
Misses Greenleaf, Hubbard, Anna Hub
bard, Shoemaker, Armstrong, Greble,
Margaret Cradle, Rowland, Mr.. Hart
and Mr.. Bruce. all of Pasadena. Here
can be found the man who makes
posters while you wait. He Is the cele-
brated artist. Mr.. Waum. Thanks to his
get up" very Japanese in appearance.
His stand is a queer, cage-like affair.
over ON the"stage, sitting in true Japan
ese. fashion are Mrs. Locke and Miss
Greble, who are the lightning chrysan-
themuln makers. Judging from the
number of boutonnieres of the flower
which adorn the manly breasts Of the
lords of creation, there must have been
a run on chrysanthemums. Music here
as usual. The Russian booth still holds
forth in charge of Mrs. Belle M. Jewett
and Mrs. c. NJ Severance, assisted by
Miss Mildred Reed and Miss Pell. Mrs.
Freisner and Miss Mccullough (the lat
ter also major-domo Of the grab bag)
are in charge of the Old Woman in the
Shoe The "old woman" Is taken by
Miss Hattie Severance. Miss Reilly and
Miss Watkyns Of Colorado also assist
Saturday the shoe and vicinity will be
crowded with children.
In the mansion the merry dancers
vile the hours away into the "sma
hours" The banquet table groans with
good things for gourmands, for vivants
and other ordinary mortals.
But the center of interest was the
Bijou theater and its juvenile perform
ers. Mr.. A.. C. Dezendorf was star
attraction, giving last night One Legged
Chicken by F. Hopkinson Smith. Mr..
Dezendorf's negro dialect readings are
given. in an inimitable way all his own.
Tomorrow, Saturday night, we have
again Living Posters, SO well and ar
tistically gotten up by Miss Catherine
Casey, assisted by Mrs. A. P. Posey. Miss
Laura King Messrs. Dobinson and Will
son. On the same evening will be given
the side-splitting farce of Mollie and 1
and the Baby. Too good to miss.
The cake walk this evening will be a
hummer" small boy quoted again and
no mistake. You cannot afford to miss
1t. Itswil be out ofsShe ordinary. not one
of the stiff. up-to-date affairs. The elite
will be in line doing breakdown, a
buzzard lope. q breakdown or a coon
Zine" that would be a credit to the YER
lest little pickanniny. There will be four
teen banjos and snatches from negro
songs sung as the quality folks" par
ade in thee axe walk. Some of our solid
citizens will endeavor to make Sambo's
eyes turn green with Ono pun intended)
envy at the fancy steps achieved by
constant home practice Of the steps.
Major Klokke, w. B. Wiltshire, Major
Truman, c. c. Carpenter. w. M. Groo-
land. M. s. Severance and Tom Rowan.
Another attraction will be the May
pole. in charge of Mrs. j. w. Griffith.
Prof. Parera, the greatest mandolin
player in America, will, perhaps, be per-
suaded to play again, so delightful was
the music Friday evening. Mr.. George
W. Parsons, as fierce and bloodb thirsty
looking as a real brigand, Is the crier.
His witty sayings produce much merri-
ment