The San Francisco call., 1899-07-23
GREAT THRONC
WITNESSES THE
CARN|VAL'S END
Audience of Seven
Thousand Present.
THE PRIZES ARE DISTRIBUTED
AND KELLY WIN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
Juvenile Artists Give Final Exhi
bition-Nearly $500 Realized
for the California Sol
dier Boy Fund.
THE PRIZES ARE DISTRIBUTED
M'MAHON AND KELLY WIN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.

The cakewaIk carnival is a thing Of the
past, and the thousands of spectators who
have thronged Mechanics Pavilion every
night for the past week must now seek
other sources of amusement and enter
tainment The windup of the carnival was
fully as brilliant as the opening, while the
attendance was greater by far than on
any previous night. Big audiences have
been the rule, and there have been no eX-
ceptions. but last night the spectators
swarmed into the mammoth building in
droves They filed the seats and the
aisles crowded into the galleries four
deep. and even invaded the big band stand
in their efforts to secure places from
which they could view the spectacular
panorama being enacted on the floor be-
low a conservative estimate of the num-
Der present is 1000. and every one of them
was equipped with well developed pair
of lungs, which were kept working All the
evening.
The uproar of applause began the mo-
ment the grand pageant, headed by Miss
Pearl Hickman as drum major, made its
entry, and there was hardly a moment
from that time forward when some one
of the many CakewalkerS was not reCeiV-
ing evidence of the approval of the audi
enCe. The principal interest was, of
course. centered iii the finals of the cham
pionship contest and in the juvenile art
The former was between ]. Walker Cole
and Miss Georgiana Brown and r. Nc
couple was allowed ten minutes on the
floor to show what they could do. All
four had been on every night during the
week and those in the audience who had
seen them before thought they knew
about what kind of an exhibition to eX-
pect, but they were shown some steps
that they had never dreamed of. Each
couple had something new to spring and
the applause that greeted their efforts
showed how well they were appreciated.
The Judges. after long deliberation,
awarded the handsome diamond cham
pionship medal to Mr.. MCMahon and Miss
Kelly on the ground that their eXhlbi-
ton came nearer to being the genuine
plantation cakeWalk, but they announced
that if the contest had been for the most
graceful walkers the priZe would have
been awarded TO Mr. Cole and Miss
Brown.
The Juveniles gave an excellent .exhibi
ton, which was followed by a special CON
Aronson winners of the first prize Fri
day night and Blanche Trelease and
Gladys Montague The judges awarded
clinching the decision rendered on the
previous night. All the little folks were
then presented with prizes. those especial
above named being frankie Buttner and
Marguerite CrOnin, Johnnie Manges and
Cora Davis, Freddie Keene and Irene
The society amateur cakewalk was won
by Harry caro- and Bernie Dougherty John
and Margaret Steward. the colored cnGm
pions of the Pacific Coast. issued a chu-
ienGe to the winners of the professional
contest The Stewards then gave an eN-
hibition Of the genuine article that
brought down the house.
The carnival closed with a grand pa
rade of the winners in the various con
tests and Il social dance The unqualified
success of the carnival has been n sur
prise to the general public. but it was not
altoggeether a 4, surprise to lGs those who were
work in preparing for the affair which
was performed by those having it in