The sun., 1898-10-25
BIG SOCIAL Event OPENED
"The Temple Of Fame Presented
at the Opera House for Della
ware Hospital.
THE DANCES AND PARTICIPANTS
Hundreds of the Society Folk Attend
the Carnival. Booths Handsome
ly Decorated and Presided
Over by Fair Damsels
and Gentlemen.
THEDANCES AND PARTICIPANTS

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Over by Fair Damsels
| and Gentlemen.
The Temple of Fame which is to be
held in the Grand Opera House all week,
opened at 8 O'Clock last evening, when
the auditorium was packed with friends
of the Delaware Hospital, for whose
benefit it is being given.
All were greatly delighted with the
carnival of dances presented and voted
the affair grand success. The Board of
Managers of the hospital were congratu-
lated on all sides for the pleasing manner
in which everything passed off.
Upon the rising of the curtain at 8
o'clock the Goddess of Fame, Miss
Eleanor G. Walton, came upon the stage
attired as a Gtecian deity, attended by
Misses Agnes Richardson, Jane Crilly,
Elsie Thatcher, Elizabeth Schawb and
Greta Sparks.
They all took seats upon gaily deco
roted throne, the Goddess occupying the
seat of honor.
There were beautifully decorated
booths on either side of the throne, and
in the boxes at the side Of the stage.
The first dance was the "German Har-
vest," in which the following ladies at
tired as German peasants and carried
staffs covered with evergreens, partici.
pated:
Misses Rosa Thompson, Name Kenney,
Cora Edwards, Gertrude OToole, Mary
Negler, Jessie Murphy, Carolyne Nc
Call.
William Pritchett, Paul Taggart, Will
liam Strahorn, John Branst.rn, Low
Bradford, Willard Turner, Eugene
Harte, Mr.. Hillagas, Misses Clara Bing-
ham, Elsie Thomas, GerCie Lackey,
Maud Grier, Anna Taylor, Anna Mitflin
Harriet Stidhaln, Edward II. Brennan,
John Hamilton, William Taylor, John
Snyder, John Hale, Forrest Pyle, Frank
McCov, Theodore Dixon.
During the dance there was singing by
the Delaware Sirngerbund.
A dance entitled "Springtime" was
next given by ladies' PRETTY attired in
costumes suggestive Of Spring, and carry
ing apple branches in blossom.
| The ladies we're: Misses Elna Thomas,
Mary Jones. Edith Poole, Rola Common,
Mary Hawkins, Eleanor Shaw, Fannie
McCousIand. Carol Inc Lobdell, Edith
Danforth, Alice Gallagher, Alice Connor,
Elizabeth Murphy, Jessie Lungren, Mary
Kent and Helen Van Trump.
The Hungarian dance was next on the
program. 1t was given by ladies and
gentlemen dressed as gypsies and was
gypsy song rendered by Mrs. Yonson,
who was Il leading opera singer i'll
Sweden for years.
The ladies participating were: Misses
Elizabeth Warner, Bertha Lindsey,
Helen Scott, Bessie Hopton, Rena
Mitchell, Ellen Beltz, NJ nrie Palmer,
Susie Dickinson, Berthe Dickinson, Mary
Russell. Adah Bennet, Gallagher, Arthur
H. Carpenter, f. I. Mullin.
The gentlemen were: William Mask,
J. T. Wickersham, Almond Chaytor,
Mr.. nhau, George Middleton, Paul
Kilen and George Bailey. Miss Lorraine
Lynch was the gypsy queen.
The Lotus Lily" dance was next. 1t
somewhat resembled the dances origi-
mated by Loie Fuller and the ladies wore
handsome costumes.
The participants we're: Miss Clara
Bingham and Blanche Verden Brown.
The "Cake Walk" was a pleasing con-
ceit and now occupied the attention of
the audience and made hit. The par.
ticipants were gorgeously attired and
stepped it off to perfection
The participants were: Leader, Sam
Jonson; No. q, Ivory Black and Miss
Blanche Ravin: No. 80, Scipio Smith
and Miss Lily White; No., 49, Negrissi-
mus Short and Miss Arabella Dark; No.
10, John H lphimselt and Miss Martha
Washington Jones; No. 70, Obadiah
Trusty and Miss Ambolina Philopena
Snow, No. l2I, Henry Clay Nit and
Miss Amanda Anderson.
The "Daisy Chain was next given by
the following ladies', lin pretty costumes:
Misses Mary ZiegIer, Carolyn Mccall,
Florence Cam, Gertrude Lackey, Jessie
Murphy, Else Thomas.
'"The Old Thirteen" followed, accom-
panied by the singing of patriotic songs.
The ladies carried flags bearing the
names OF the States, and were prettily
attired They were: Delaware, Miss
Mabel Porter; Pennsylvania, Miss Marie
Jackson; New Jersey, Miss Matte
Sipple; Georgia, Miss A. Phillips; Con-
necticut, Miss Katharine Rice; Massa-
Miss Bessie Wales; Maryland,
Miss Helen Scott; South Carolina, Miss
Bertha Lambson; New Hampshire, Miss
Emma Keim; Virginia, Miss Matilda
Lambson; New York, Miss Bessie Rice;
North Carolina, Miss Florence Hodgman,
Rhode Island, Miss Bessie Harris. .
The closing dance was "uncle SAM
and John Bull. The ladies and gentle.
men participating wore costumes sugges.
live Of the United States and England.
They were Mrs. Swithin Chandler, Miss :,
Miss Alma Groves, Miss Van !
Trump, Miss Annie Gauge, Miss Pogle, !,
Miss Smith, Miss Wilson, Paul Nc !.
Jurdy, S. Hodgman, ). Rice, Herbert /,
Rice, r. Pennington, William Jones,
Ned Ryon.
At its close the ladies and gentlemen
who took part in the, other dances
marched upon the stage and the Goddess +
If Fame came down from her throne and ,
the front of the stage. Patriotic
ongs were rendered, closing with 1.-The /
star Spangled Banner" 4
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Walz have been
.isitiNu frpnds in Nav Castlp