Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-18
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The Jewish fair, closed at : o'clock this
morning, with not a single article left on
hand. Everything had been rallied or
sid, till NOT SO much as n pin could be-
found without an owner. The cpncert lIke
all the special features, was . success the
various participants acquittIng themselves
to the grntiicAtion of the attendants. sn.lu
II Ia to, soon to report uponeths f~inancial
outcome, but general opinion placss IL
above the 81, 900 mark. The following Is a.
partial list OF those who won prizes;ps &
z Max Nordhaus chair; SOL Rasenthal,
saving machine; Ollie Earickson, Turkish
pipe; Mis- Mary La Rue, franciscan NUM-;
Dan Rodes, punch set; Sidney Block, the
set OF Dickens works; Miss May Reynolds,
the breast pin DR.. e., b. Shaw, the travel
ing companion; liza Davis, 1T the
d aner set; David R,senwald, the parr2t :
Conductor Drury, the solid silver lantsrpi
r ,arce Murphy, jr., the bicycle Miss Belle
Ilfelds the astrakan caps; MrssC. NJ Pct
ter, the stove; Mrs. D Wiutsrnitz, the
silk quilt; MrS. r. A. Knickerbocker, q
pillow; Mrs. Suss, a clock; Louis Judell,
the mandolin; Mrs. Chas. Sporleder, the
%settee; Capt. L. G.. Fort, the gold headed
cane; Miss Brewster, the ladies' gold
watch and many others too numerous to
mention. The jewish citizens Of Las
Vegas are certainly to be congratulated in
no unmieaasured terms both upon the sue
ceas of the fair aadsths ability shown in its
management. sls N %ys,l,sa
sss,tss LIVING. PICTURES.
THE OPTIc regrets it,. inability to do
Justice 10 the Living Pictures,' at the
fair the other evening. No mere descrip-
ton can convey an adequate idea Of the
/ requisite beauty Of the several presenta-
tins. Those who saw them will never
forget them; those who did not. lost q
pleasure which cannot be restored. VIZ ~
The first was Introducing the Bride
from the painting of Herdman. Miss Edith
Rothgeb was so charming a bride that
many young men wished himself the
groom. Mrs. A. II, Whitmore. as mother,
Hugh Wright as groom, Miss Elba Stone
road as sister, DO Long as brother, all cos
TUNED in the old colonial style, made 2
picture not to be forgotten by th e
present. rss ,sxss aa..e asgas
SD parted Spirits" after II. T. Bellew,
gave a table full of empty bottles, With
Wallace. Reynolds lying beneath. This
was more suggestive thap expressive. .Is
Bicycling Bad for the Hearth" g. d. Glib
son being the artist, next claimed and re-
ceived the applause. The scene lay, in q
garden, Miss Minnie Holman being ,in
riding costume. and sitting on a fence,
while Hugh B.. Wright, as. q love- struck
swain, lay at her feet. ,r
SIN Grandmother'sy Time" was also 9
colonial picture, Ia which Mrs. .Wallace
Reynolds. Miss Beatrice Atkins and Miss
Mary LaRus well represented their parts;
"The American Girl. = after G. D. Gibson,
was exquisitely rendered by Miss Kate
Ray nolds. ,gf ncAss gfos., s.y,s
aIn the picture, Fins Feathers Make
Fine Birds," DR.. H. M. Smith, in military
costume, received the marked attention
OF. Misses Ruth Reynolds, Beatrice Atkins
Edith R~othgeh, Minnie Holman an!
Belle HELD, while poor Hugh Wright,
Hal. Reynolds, DO Long and Gsorg.
Kilmer, teing dressed as civilians. re-
ceiycd no attention at al. "Sappho,n th,
divine singer of Greece, gave fine opporls:
tunity for the composition Of an excellsngl
picture, in which Mrs. r. G. Rankin ant
Mrs. Ell. Hamblip, Misses Elba Stone
road md OLIVIA Fort did ample justice te
the characters represented.
.trhe Coming BELIEF was participated II
by Misses Katherine Wheelock, Mary L.
Rue, Blanche Rothgeb, Belle Ilfeld, Messrs
Bo Long, Hal Reynolds, and George Xii.
NOR. The concluding picture THE Bach
elcr's Dream,v showed W. E. O'Leary
contemplating In slumber the list Of hi
vanished flames. These were represented
by Misses Irene Hamblin, Belle Held
Beatrice Atkins. Mary La Rue, Oiivis
Fort, Ruth Reynolds and Mrs. Wallace
Reynolds. /. e.aa& .~s,erses "a o,,s