The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-06
CARNIVAL WAS A SUCCESS
PROMINENT MERCHANTS UNITE IN
EXPRESSING SATISFACTION.

Its Rosuits the Most Sanguine Expecta-
ns-FulIy 5000 Visitors Were in Town
-Eutertaining Features Provided for the
StranGers-Another Carnival to be Held.
The Merchants carnival was a
grand success was the verdict pro-
nounced last evening by every mer-
chant in the city who contributed to
the occasion.
Although it had been expected that
the day would be notable one in the
mercantile circles of the city, the car
nival exceeded in every respect the eX-
pectations of the most sanguine Of its
promoters From o'clock in the morn
ing until o'clock in the afternoon the
streets in the central part of the city
were thronged with such crowds as are
rarely seen on these always busy thor
oughfares. So much femininlty was
probably never before out in force in
New Haven, The ladies literally car
ried the city by storm, and they owned
the town during the greater part of the
day.
The streets presented a truly carnival
scene, with the buildings abutting
dressed in gayest colors, and with the
surging, jolly crowds. Even nature
seemed to vie with the merchants in
contributing to the success of the day,
and Old Sol shone out with all his
warm radiancy making an ideal day for
4l>.,, Gel ,fT
icut cities.
1t had been prOphesied by some who
were not over-enthusiastic concerning
the carnival that the persons to whom
free tickets We're given would come to
the city, see what was to be seen and
not spend any money, but the opposite
of this latter half of the prophecy prov
ed to be true, as the crowd was buy
ing one and left many thousand dollars
in the city.
New Haven ladies also entered into
the spirit of the occasion, and showed
their appreciation of rare bargains as
well as their sisters from the outlying
towns. It was estimated last evening
by Chairman Goodman of the enter
tainment committee that the visitors
numbered fully six thousand persons,
fully four-fifths of whom We're ladies'
There were girls and misses, old ladies,
old maids and matrons, all looking for
bargains, and they got them at every
store where they called. 1t was a grand
bargain day, and the ladies who took
advantage of the occasion will proba-
bly, for many day tell to their enVious
friends who did not come to town to
share in the spoils of the great oppor-
tunities offered at New Haven's Mer-
chants carnival.
By II o'clock the crowds had all ar
rived, and from that time on until the
time for the special trains to leave the
city all the stores were filled with fair
shoppers, while other thousands were
up and down Chapel street and back
and forth on Church street There was
a slight thinning out of the crowds be-
tween the hours of II and 2, when the
free entertainment was given at the
Hyperion. During those two hours the
big theater was continually filled. When
the doors were opened just before 12
o'clock a large crowd was in waiting
to enter and others continued pouring
in until fully $500 persons were inside.
OF this vast audience not more than
one hundred We're men. At 1890 the
curtain rose on the first number Of the
well arranged program. Leader Fichtps
orchestra of thirty pieces opened the
program with the overture "Notre
Dame" played with all the smoothness
of finish of which Mr.. Fichtls superb
aggregation of players is capable. The
Olympia quartet, composed of j. P.
Bree, T. H. Van Buren, w. H. Foley
and r. F. Ender followed the overture
with a selection, THE Brigade" The
gentlemen composing the quartet are
local vocalists of considerable promi-
nence, and they fully equalled their
usual first class work receiving an en-
core, to which they responded with
Misses Mona and Elsie, next gave one
of their pleasing and well executed
DANCES. They tripped off a variety of
novel and fancy steps and received
storms of applause. Miss Margaret
Goodyear Smith, the well known and
talented elocutionist of this city, was
next on the program. She recited with
fine effect, Judgment Day and was
recalled to acknowledge the applause
which her selection called forth Rob-
ert, Henry ard Herman Fenton, more
Familiarity known as the "Fenton Trio, -
followed with an exhibition of their
marvellous feats on the flying rings.
Their performance elected a hearty ac-
Acknowledgement of their skill from the
audience After other numbers by the
artists mentioned above the program
closed with a first class song and dance
selection by Evans and Dawes, the
travesty stars. All those who took part
in the entertainment received elegant
baskets of flowers The entertainment
was pronounced by competent judges as
a really meritorious one and the success
of this feature of the carnival reflects
much credit on the members of the en-
tertainment committee, who took much
pains to arrange it.
Another feature provided by this
committee was the bureau of comfort,
located at S37 Chapel street. At the
door of the bureau Special Officer Aug
ust We'll was stationed to keep out all
objectionable characters. Miss Ida M
Adams and Misss Addie Johnson were
on duty at the checking table inside to
take care of the hundreds of packages,
while the fair owners were seeing the
sights and making other purchases. So
carefully was each bundle taken care
of and so precise the order in which
they were laid that when later in the