The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-05

anu SheruDic children Were
There I'm Abundance.-Descri
of the Various Dances.
St. Paufs fairest women, prettiest girls
and most cherubic children, gowned In
adorable costumes, danced on the stage
of the Metropolitan last evening for
sweet charity's sake. They call the en-
tertainment the '.Kirmess," but after Sec
Ing the beautiful pageantry presented SO
successfully as 1t was last night one feels
that the name Is altogether too uncouth
to express the medley of charming
dances.
"A large and fashionable audience was
present last evening ana showered ap-
plause and flowers in about equal pro-
fusion on the pretty dancers The bitches
that so often mar the production by
amateurs were almost wholly lacking last
night and If once in while the curtain
did prove refractory or some of the
pretty little tots forgot their steps while
they smiled artlessly at friends in the
audience-well, the former only served
to keep charming picture a little longer
before the eye and the latter by it's frank
naiyette added to the delight of the
audience. For the Kirmess was beau
tifully costamed and cleverly danced, and
1t abounds in charming ensemble eff
fects that completely satisfy ones taste
for the beautiful. Prof. Speedy can con-
graduate himself on the success of one
of the prettiest entertainments st. Paul
has enjoyed in long while.
The curtain rose on stage empty eX-
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sigma of royalty. Presently to the music
of stately march the dancers Of the
minuet. entered, led by Mrs. J. D. Lawler,
the Kirmess queen Royalty itself, Ger
tainly could not boast of fairer one
than this charming lady made in her en-
pire gown of white brocade, adorned with
a wealth Of Jewels, powdered hair and
patches all complete.
The men were almost as fine as the
women, with their satin breaches, elabo-
rate waistcoats and all the other finery
of those by-gene days The dancers made
charming pictures as they tripped the
slow, sweet measure of the quaint old
dance. The following people were in the
minuet: Chaperones, Mrs John LAWYER
Mrs Milton Grlggs; dancers, Mrs. John
Lawler, Miss Bum, Mrs. Milton Grlggs,
Mrs G. B. Hersey, Miss Gotzian, Miss
Ransom, Mr.. F. Tarbox, Mr.. a. Porter
Corning, Mr.. Shepard.
After the dance the dancers ranged
themselves around the queen on her
throne.
Miss Belle Barker sang GUNNER by
Chaminadc, and for an encore sang
Comm Thro' the Rye"
The May pole dance, participated In by
number of pretty white-frocked chill
dren, made a beautiful picture. The. fol-
lowing children took part: Chaperon,
Mrs. w. G. Robertson. Dancers, July
Law1er, Agnes MARS, Hazel Alness, Cath
crime Wood. G. Power. G. Mae Lovel,
Blanche Ryan, Edith Holman, Minnie
Berkey, Achsah Gardner, Marie More
land, Margaret Judson, G.. Cavanaugh,
bert, Lilltah Moore, J. Dalrymple, F. Dali
rymple Addfe Murphy, Lillian Ranney,
Edith Cavanaugh.
Art" the classical dance, was repre-
sented by a group of graceful maidens
clad in the aesthetic Greek costume, with
fllets of gold in theis hair The dance
was an exceedingly pretty one ard re-.
markedly well carried out The dancers
were: Chaperones, Mrs. e. o. thinner
man, Mrs. Albert Scheffer. Dancers, Ag-
mes Holl, Elsie Wiehman, Martha Schef-
fer, Johana Holl, Elma Scheffer, Ella
Munich, Clio Brink, Alice Won Dyne.
The Dance Of the Flowers comprise
ing a series of eight dances, representing
all the different roses, the crysanthemum.
the violet, the daisy, and the carnation,
and danced by a myriad of charming lit
tie tots with 1ower-trimmed frocks, was
one Of the prettiest dances presented,
and the tableau at the end formed a
beautiful spectacular effect. The follow
ing were the dancers and their chaper-
onS:
No. 1-Chaperones, Mrs. Charles 81.
Nat Ia,Ir
De Coster, Mrs. John Dale. Dancers.
Ruth De Coster, Dorothy Grain, Caroline
Angel, Virginia Schuneman, Jeanette
Katie Dodds, Laura Randall, Hannah
Angel, Flora Lewis.
No. 2Chaperone, Miss M. A. H. Horn.
Dancers. Winifred Westlake, Bsss.e
Runyon, Clara Beck, Bessie Feeley, Har-
riet Lewis, Hazel Johnson, Margery Lusk,
Anna Chapman, Marjorie spates, Sadie
Mrs. 2. 9. stohr, Mr. .s E. Ne ern Smith
Dancers Gladys Roberts. Mary F. Cum
mings, MargaI ct LoWeth, Blanche Booth.
Linda Reed, Belle Lord.
No. 4-Chaperones, Mrs. G. H. Ranney,
Mrs. Haynes. Dancers, Catherine Law
Ter, Mayfred Briggs, Malel Bishop. Dor
Wagner, Agnes Elmer.
No. 5-Chaperon, Mrs Harvey Officer
Dancers, Lota Mcmillan, Nancy Judson,
DOr1dQ,
L. Dorian, Vera Prayer, Gretchen Bur
COVER, Cossette Mentor.
No. 6.Chaperones, Mrs. H. T. Black,
Mrs. Andrew Henderson. Dancers. Lillian
man. Sadie Mclaughlin, May White.
Mary Loweth, Celia Clarke.
No. ,speGial-Chaperon.- Mrs. A. R,
Dalrymple. Dancers, July Lawler, Agnes
Mtirs. Gladys .Cavanaugh, Edith CaYan-
augh, Hazel Alness, Catherine Wood, Ida
Mae Lord, Margaret Judson, Helen Nc
No. S-Chaperon, Mrs e. E. Hughson.
Dancers, Nellie Cook, Miriam Holman,
Marion Gooding, Helen Fillebrowu, Adele
Lanpher.
The Kirmess march was participated in
by all the dancers, with Mrs. Lawler, the
queen, at the head. All moved In perfect
time through the intricacies of a series of
pretty figures. The march was enthusi-
astically applauded.
The serpentine dance. by Miss Eff1e
Gooding, was gracefully executed, and
the pretty dancer was forced to do 1t
over again. The different colored lights
thrown on the stage added a charming
touch to the sinuous flow of drapery and
the slow grace of movement The classic
dance representing SORROW" though 1t Is
difficult to conceive of sorrow taking SO
charming guise, was done by the fol-
lowing young ladies in somber black
robes: Sadie Heine, Anna Seeger. Flor
ence Krieger, May SINNERS, Freda Maui
man, Ida Bohn. Olive Freeman, Jean Ca
vim.
The remainder Of the programme con.
sisted entirely of our own national dam
ces and marches. The queen of the Kir-
mess was replaced by the Goddess of Lib
erty, charmingly impersonated by Miss
Celeste Coglan. The latter's singing OF
the Star Spangled Banner. entirely cap
tured the audience.
The "Midshipman's hornpipe," danced
by jolly crowd Of young tars and sailor
girls in sailor costumes, was cleverly
done, and brought forth an encore.
The American buck dance, by Herbert