St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-24

fered from the ordinary, one-horse,
everyday cake walks in that the judges
were selected withaa view TO obtaining
decisions based upon theF nicer points
in a function Of this kind. The sue
cess of the affair." belongs largely to
Harry Hardick and George Allen, who
arranged the details and persuaded
Messrs. Yerxa Bros. that the only clever
thing to do was to present an incentive
in the way of cake. The bone Of con-
tention was promptly forthcoming and
was royalty fought for.
The JUICES were Messrs. E. s. Warner,
George Walsh, James j. Ahern and Joe
Gaines, and what they do not know
about cake walks was not apparent
from their actions. The crowd about
the raised platform was SO great that
the dusky contestants male their way
to it only with great difficulty. And the
Fan9 ,'iaypd. There were n JoZen col
cred gentlemen attired in costumes the
details Of which Berry Wall never
dreamed Of in his halayou days Each
had partner and a host of admirers.
The betting was desultory as in the case
Of field of nail-cracker -wo-year-olds,
whose mettle is as yet untried. The
wise ones liked William Warwick or
Tom King to take first money, but the
best Warwick could do was to show"
While King never got near the distance
nag, and all on account of his girl, who
never could have lived on Minnesota
street, for she entered the ju lges' pres
ence with generous COB Of chewing
gum slowed away in her face. That
did settle it. Tom was DISQUALIFIED.
Warwick was certainly a hot number
CARRIED in conventional evening dress,
his chin had become so elevated at the
completion Of his toilet that ne failed to
observe that his broadcloth trousers
We're still turned up at the bottom
When ne entered the arena Certainly
the Judges could not brook this breach
and William was Scratched" and left
the place murmuring something about
Its raining in London" Miss Frances
Drake, a buXom lass, with coaI-bIack
features and walk which was manu-
factured expressly for the occasion,
had accepted the invitation to do the
walk with Morgan Robinson, who so far
laid aside his etiquette as to approach
the Judges with what appeared to be
the stub Of cigar, firmly held in one
corner of his mouth. The cigar did the
business, and Miss Drake will probably
nave another partner at the next car
nVal Charley Joyce did his walking
In pair of generous galoshes, which
SO concealed his real gait that the
Judges, after balloting on the matter,
6tcided to throw out the candidate.
William Davis walked with Lulu Da-
Wis, and their chances were being
tipped by the touts as being gilt-edge,
when, alas, for both, Williams shoe
string became unfastened, and SO ma
red the tout ensemble that he was ohlig-
ed to give up, not, however, until he
had executed difficult pas seul on his
ear in one corner of the platform.
Number four was in bad order from
the outset for his fragrant violation
or cake walk ethics. So engrosscd in
Keeping step with his partner was he
that ne overlooked two or three salutes
TO the judges and they were not to be
trified with; SO Mr.. Four lost his meal
ticket.
Barring these little inadvertences the
game was good. Very good, in fact
Audience and participants entered into
the spirit Of the thing and cheers ana
each funny move and
groteSque gyration.
Round and round they went with
crooked elbows straight bodies and
measured tread. There is only one
thing harder to judge and that's baby
Show, so the gentlemen who were to
decide the event had no easy tine OF it.
Inc lucky numbers, when announced,
were II, 8 and 6, Which stood FOR Master
Harry Blake and his little lady, who d.
vide the first prize of $40. J. Davis and
Ida Sellers, who split up the second
honors, $50, and William Warwick, he Of |
the dress clothes and rolled up trousers, |
who will negotiate for the division Of |
third money, $40, with his dusky part
ner, Lottie Dutton. The event was |
pulled off with much eclat and was one
OF the best features of the evenings en-
tertainment at the carnival.
Immediately at the conclusion of the cake
walk the redskins took possession of the big |
platform and held a war dance.
me SquaWS were coy last night and hud- |
1Ied IN the center about the tom-tom beat
erS preferring to look on at their own dear |
braves in their mock preparations to do |
battle than to participate in the ceremonies
The dance started off quietly enough but |
soon waXed fast and furious.
With no other accompaniment than the |
monotonCus beating of their tom-toms and
their own weird whooping, the braves list
ened to the lamentations of the medicine man,
and then danced about the place like mad
Theirs is peculiar step, consisting of a |
sort of double shuttle on each foot before
changing to the other foot. What the bucks
lacked in the way of clothing, and some of
them wore but title, they made UP in war |
paint. feathers, and all manner of trinkets
like shells, sleighbells and beads. 1t was a
novel sight to many of the SPECTATORS and |
the scene was closely watched by many who |
saw more than the mere inane evolutions
In it. Maj. Wilkinson has arranged matters
so that the Indians will march into town to-
day, leaving the carnival grounds at l |
o'clock, and will parade the principal streets
headed by band.
The redmen and their squaws will pass the
leading business houses and hotels and will
be halted in front of Newspaper Row and
the Pioneer Press building. Every day dur
Ing the carnival at and $50 p. m. they
will hold powwow and dance, each different
from its predecessor.
Beginning today the squaws will take part,
and army men say that when the women
dance the bucks are stirred to the top notch
Of enthusiasm.
Gloriana the queen of the carnival, enter
tanned select party Of eleven newspaper
men In her boudoir at the business residence
Of Adam Heckler, her worldly representative,
last evening from EDWARDS. The enter
was anything but frost, Glori-
ana laying aside the fardels of royalty in
for the nonce, and devoting her
self to the serving of oysters, caviare. eel
cry and champagne. The consideration Of
entree to the feast was not a diploma from
Judge Flandrau's school of philosophy, no
one being admitted unless he wrote pieces
for the paper some paper published in st.
Paul preferred. This was about to shut out
H. P. Hall and Capt. c. c. Whitney, and the
st. Paul residence was insisted upon long
as the quill pushers were loyal to the queen
Of Aurorapolaris. At late hour last night
they all were.