El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-28
THE KIRMESS
Synopsis of the Unique Entertain
ment.

Ell Paso is soon to have the opportun.
| ity of attending an entertainment quite
| unlike any that has even been given In
| this city before. While it is called q
Kirmess, it is very different from the
outdoor festival which passes by that
name in the old world, and again from
| the indoor fair or bazaar which is some.
times called kirmess in this coun-
try.
| The entertainment will consist OF
fancy dances and attractive music. 1t
will not be merely q miscellaneous col
lection of scattering program num-
bers, but on the contrary there will be
thread of q play running through a
part OF 1t. This bond will be Longfel-
lows poem, "The Blind Girl of Castel-
Cuille,'' q pathetic little tragedy retold
| by the poet after q folk tale of the
Lowland Scotch.
The story runs as follows: Baptiste
had won Margaret. the beautiful
daughter of a veteran. Shortly before
the wedding the young girls sight
was taken away, and at the
command OF Baptiste's father
left home, returned, loved Angela, and
prepared to marry her, while thinking
still of Margaret. 1t is the day before
the wedding. Margaret hears of Bap-
tiste's arrival, and Paul, her little
brother, thoughtlessly tells her of his
approaching marriage. Jane, the old
fortune teller, has warned Baptiste
and Angela, and has tried to guide
Margaret Alright. 1t is the wedding
morning. Margaret, her heart broken,
| with Paul so as to be there before the
wedding party arrives. She hides and
listens. She hears one word from Bsp.
tiste, recognizes the voice, steps sud-
denly from the confessional, confronts
her lover, places the point of a knife to
her breast, and with the words, ''Since
thou hast wished my death, as holy wa
ter be my blood for thee" she falls
lifeless at his feet.
The part of Margaret will be taken
by Miss Lucy Kneeland; Angela by
Miss Ethel Catlin; Jane, Gertrude
Windsor; Baptiste, Winston De Voc;
Paul, William Mari.
The peasants will be Misses Eva
Kneelsnd, Tillie Cohen, Josie Mari,
Alice Maple, Ollie Lookart, Clara
Munday, Nellie Munday; Messrs. VIM.
Mari, Malcolm McLachlen. Frank
Hughes. Lewis Avis, Herbert Bishop,
Ernest Hughes, Tom Davis, and Eddie
Berrien.
A double quartet will be made up
OF Mrs. w. D. Howe, Mrs. E. E..
Baker, Mrs. J. F. Williams, Miss Es-
telle Jones; Messrs. Parker, Beach,
Hunter, and Slater.
PROGRAM.
The program will be about as fol-
1.-The Blind Girl of Castel- Guile.
Scene I-Village Green.
Peasant dance, with song from
Faust" by double quartet.
Dance, Ethel Catlin.
Song, "Her First Waltz" (Piccolo.
Mine). Mrs. E. E. Baker.
Spanish gypsy dance: Nettie Irwin,
Carmelita Ainsa, Gertrude Virgins.
Song from Carmen, Mrs. w. D.
Howe
Chorus from "Erminie".
SCENE II-MARGARET's HUT
Characters as given above.
SCENE III-VILLAGE GREEN
Dance Of the roses:
Eileen WALK, Gertrude Virgins,
Lillian Crawford, Carmelita Ainsa,
Margaret Allen, Laura Sorenson,
Agyra White, Vivian Drummer,
Abilene Noake.
Solo, Gertrude Virgins.
Wedding procession, of peasants.
Ellie Shelton, Leona Krause,
Mamie Lakeland, Helen Cooper,
Vivian Drummer, Clara Davis.
3.-La Caohucha (Spanish), Eileen
Walz.
4.-Song and dance, "Come down, ma
honey, do" Gertrude Virgins.
5.-Tam BOURNE dance:
Mrs. Beach, Mrs. Stanton,
Mrs. Akin, Miss Beall,
Mrs. Edwards, Miss Kneelapd. |
@. Song Heaven hath shed a tear |
(Kuehn), Mrs. E. E. Baker.
I. Sailors hornpipe:
Frances Clark, Natalie Davis
8. Dance of the butterflies:
Ellie Shelton, Carmelita Ainsa, |
Helen Cooper, Eliza Berrien,
Mamie Lakeland, Leona Krause,
Vivian Drummer, Lucille Catlin.
Q. Butterfly dance:
Eileen Walk, Pearl Grieg.
10. The red, white, and blue:
Gertrude Virgins, Laura Townsend,
Carmelita Ainsa.
Messrs. Jaffa, Prayer & Miller
Fought a fine bunch of Ram bouillet
ANS from J. M. Miller last week and
will breed 5000 picked Merino ewes to
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