The record-union., 1898-07-02


ing the afternoon and the attractive
young ladies who attended them wiled
many a dime out of the pockets of the
visitors, who could not resist the charm
of their presence.
But it was in the evening that Sacra-
mento poured out it's population to aid
the Red Cross. If any young man neg
leeted to take his best girl out to the
Park, his identity is not known, and it
is possible the girl went without him,
for the best girl was there in great
force She was there in hundreds, If
not thousands
And the .spieler' was there, too.
On ordinary days he poses as "a prom
inent citizen" "a popular society young
man." but last night he was a ''spieler''
pure and simple, and the way he set
forth the attractions of the various
booths and shows would have made the
fellow who belongs to the circus side
show and discounts on it's merits turn
green with envy And the best of it
all was that people believed what he
said, and found he had told the truth
generally.
There were so many booths that 1t is
hard to enumerate them all and tell
their excellencies. There was the ice
cream BOOTH the stores of which had
to be replenished several times, and
which did a land Office business; the
lemonade BOOTH which took fire from
one of the lanterns in the evening, and
was quenched by turning on the hose
of a Shasta water siphon: the neckue
booth where the young ladies put on
the ties after the young gentlemen
bought them; the Native Daughters
/ booth, where the most truly true for-
tunes We're told and the living pictures
were a decided attraction; the MorrO
| Castle, where pretty Cuban girls sold
genuine Havana cigars and did not
/ have Anna among them the supper
booth, which was most Handsomely
decorated with bunting and furnished
with feathered SOngSterS the 1Sh pond,
where the attendants fished for suck
ers and caught great many; the
candy booth, where the finest of home
made candies were sold and so many
We're eaten that the dentists Will be
busy for, "a week curing toothache; the
salad booth, where Incompatible salads
of all kinds, each better than the other,
We're served till new supply had to
be sent for to the city; and the CO.
lonial booth, where the stately colonial
DANES sold all sorts of articles and the
remainder were auctioned off, making
clean sweep. In fact when the car
niVal closed, there was verey little left
ecept the booths and their attendants,
and the latter left Immediately.
The fan brigade of children, dressed
in red. white and blue, gave an excel
lent drill and had to repeat it. Mother
Goose'S BOOTH with all her well known
children. from Humpty Dumpty 10 Lit
tie Boy Blue, was the children's delight.
and the old oaken bucket, with the well
of lemonade, was a great feature.
In the patriotic booth an excellent
program was given, both day and ev
ening and Miss Eugenia Hughes, as
Moll Pitcher, in a tableau, won much
praise. Voting for the flag to be given
to the most popular company was car
ried on here too, and Company G. was
the successful one.
Nor Were the shows forgotten. w. E.
Lovdal's incompatible aggregation at
the Oak Park Theater drew a very
large and enthusiastic audience and
the following program was given: Spe-
cialty, Farley sisters; monologue, w.
E. Lovdal; solo from Robert the
! Devil Sig. Abramoff; Coon song,
| George B. Lovdal: Les Files de Cadiz.
| Miss Roma; banjo and mandolin
! Messrs. Carpenter and Black. Mrs. c.
| A. Neale, accompaniSt.
| In the Weyler booth, both Weyler and
| Blanco had their heads knocked off a
great many times, while the ar. gallery
| with which the Crocker Gallery is not
to be compared, was literally patroniz-
| ed. The musical dwarfs were another
q of fr0 In fnof 4 t<,~o,
ton received its due need of apprecia-
| ton and the society must have reaped a
very substantial reward for its labors
for the cause, and its members may
we'll feel pride in the carnival