Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-23
THE BLUES NIGHT CARNIVAL
Great Out-of-Door Entertainments ="
he Given Tonight.

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nuch-heralded and talked-of blues
Night Carnival" which takes piaee
night AT the Broad-street Base-Baii r"i Ne
hundreds of tickets have been taken III
ADVANCE. and the crowd VIII -.,1
,est the capacity Of the grouhus' "a
bodv seems TO have arranged 10 80 -. -,
!, u,itl be a regular gala night. Inns en-
..r,atnment IS novelty In Richmond
tiandIng as IT does. so many various
,eatures and that the big out-ol-uooi
.hou, will prove 10 be brilliant success
ero,, every standpoint is assured Dy the
,,areonaIe Of those who comprise tne
Committee OF Management, and VINO as
sisted by Manager II. +. smith, nave
worked so earnestly for the past se'ei"i
weeks. ION % NJ
The gates will be open at 7:SO I. NJ
and the carnival will begin al o.S' DioOn'
with the vaudeville show, kinuiy ten-
dered By the Traction Company upon
specially-erected stage in full we" Vi we
gran1stand and bleacheries. fono"iue
this will come the other fsatutes-Oi0g 49,, ~
riding. sham battle, fireworks etc ne ne
Rlues' Band will play while the audience
is assembling. and VIII also give o'e'
tures I'm the vaudeville show.
Following is the programme:
concert by Blues Band-Mr. ID. A.
p,tcbie leader. Programme: March. or.
Blues" Q9alD; overture, "Kecol-
Iections of the War" BeyeD; calva
waItzes Oiarzelle): march, Stars and
stripes" (sousa); Oriental overture (Mis-
sud-. Dixie"
Vaudeville, by the Broad-Street Vaude-
vile Company. through the courtesy OF
the Traction Company:
Biiou Quartette-Waljen, hrst tenor
Dorsey. second tenor; Il. T. Wright bari
tone: William Wright, BASIN latest
songs and imitations-viz.: Steamboat
whistles. church chimes, bagpipes, ana
Barnum's steam calliope.
Burt Hart and Lillian Robe, the
American travesty duo.
Overture-Blues' Band.
Fred Morphet. from Kellers Egyptian
Hall. and Mrs. Morphet in an up-to-date
series of magical tricks.
Edward =. Wright, comedian.
Overture-Blues Band.
The novelty trio: Harry Morton and
Florence Mole, assisted by the child won
der. little Gertie Mole; songs, dances, and
comedy, etc.
Incidental music by the Broad-Street
Vaudeville Company's Orchestra.
Overtures by the Blues Band.
Exhibition Of expert, trick. and fancy
bicycle riding by Mr. Leroy Watson while
the stage is being removed to make way
for other features to follow.
In the sham battle the contending
forces will be the Greeks and Turks
Company A. Richmond Light-Infantry
Blues: Company b. Richmond Light-In-
fantry Blues; Walker Light Guard, First
Virginia Regiment. and United States
Regulars cod GuaTd'O. Commanding
officers: Prince Constantine. Captain
Clarence Wyatt: Prince George. Captain
r. w. Cunningham; General Smolenski,
Lieutenant w S. p. Mayo; General oman
Pasha. Lieutenant William Russell; Lieu
tenant-General. Lieutenant william NJ.
Myers; Colonel, z. Leslie Spence.
Plan of battle On the left is seen Fort
Volo, stronghold Of the Greeks; on the
right is seen the fort occupied by the
Turks. The skirmish line OF the Greeks
begin the engagement by desultory firing
upon the enemy, which is promptly an
swered by the Turkish outpOsts. who,
supported by the main body of their
army, Immediately advance. A fierce
engagement then follows between both
armies. until overcome by a very heavy
fire. and disheartened at their severe
losses. the Greeks retreat TO their fort.
The victorious Turks, with wild demon
straHon of their success. give immediate
pursuit, stOrming Fort Volo, and capture
the same. massacring the women and
children, who had fed thereto for protec-
ton
II is supposed at this juncture that II
Greece called upon the United States for
help in their desperate situation the Old
Guard, Confederate Veterans, and the
Richmond HowitZers, would be the first
to respond
Entering the field with the rebel yell
and dash OF 1861. they encounter the
Mussulman, and. amid the thunder Of
cannon and cracking Of musketry they
engage the Turks in a terrible fight
completely routing and putting them 10
an lgnominious flight Thus rending vic
tory from the vctors the conquering
forces sweep across the plain TO tn
stirring strains of Dixie"
The battle will be fought under the per-
sonal supervision Of Major Sol. Cutchins.
The entire staff of the Blues Battalion
will be on the field. the following gentle
men composing the same: Sol. Cutchins,
major; j. Clements Shafer, captain and
adjutant; Or. G. V. Darlington, captain
and surgeon; Or. c. NJ. Miller, first lieu
tenant and assistant surgeon; Charles A.
Rose. first lieutenant and quartermaster;
Frank h. Steel first lieutenant and COM
missary of subsistence; Captain II. r.
Vaughan (retire6 Captain Frank NJ.
WOon (retired); Ed $. Hazen, sergeant
major; a. l.. Davies, quartermaster-ser
geant; T. II. GlaZebrook. commissary SER
goant. George w. Hunter, hospital stew
ard, George w. Eppes and Charles o.
Saville, color sergeants.
ENTERTAIN THE OLD LADIES.