The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-29
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majesty and influence over all America 5
| queens, and in the name Of Wichita
| citizens. I have the pleasure TO crown
you, Miss Myrtle Hinton, queen of our
carnival queen of charity, queen Of our
hearts"
The queen as she was seated on the
throne presented a beautiful appearance
Tall and stately she appeared. Her robes
were Of the finest fabric and OF pure
white. Her cape was purple and lines
with white silk and trimmed with err
mine. She is one of the fairest young
ladies which this city has, and Wichita
has many. She has the grace and charm
TO fill her new position with dignity. In
all respects Miss Hinton is an ideal
queen.
As soon as the crown had been placed
ON Miss Hinton's head, Mr.. ]. D. Houston
stepped TO the front and gave the re-
spcnse Of the queen of the coronation
speech. Mr.. Huston spoke of the time OF
carnival of its festivities and of its joys.
He commanded the subjects of the queen
for the majesty TO appear at the carni-
val To lay away the cares for a week
and enjoy the festivities prepared by the
people of Wichita The queen did not
forget the sick and distressed in the re-
marks of the prime minister and these
were duly remembered.
The command OF the queen was that
after the carnival the people of the val
ley return to their homes and again re-
sumo the industry that had characterized
the doings Of the past. The remarks Of
the prime minister were filed with
thoughts and feeling of that which make
any subject in the queens realm love the
lady who is to reign over them.
Master Sylvester Cohn acted as the
crown bearer last night and the little
flower girls were Misses Christiana Ross
and Alice Jobes. Masters Henry Wallen-
stein and Sam Garst were the queen S
little pages.
A novel feature Of the evening was the
selection Of the fire queen for the car
nival week. This was done by the queen
through her prime minister, Mr. Houston.
The fire queen is Aneta Henderson, lit
tie lass who viii be attended by Masters
Flnlay Ross and Clyde Speer. As fire
queen little Miss Henderson will partici-
pate in the flower parade and other fes-
tivities.
The musical features of the program
were indeed fine. The whole first part
OF the program was of musical nature,
consisting Of choruses, solos, both vocal
and instrumental. and orchestra music.
The nature of the music also was such
as to please every one, as 1t ran from the
more ambitious style of Faust and Car
70 ha -
away Girl and Sousa's Stars and Stripes
Forever. The choruses were strong and
consisted of young ladies. all singers,
VINO had had the advantage of previous
training in chorus work, which aided the
director very much indeed in accomplish
ing wonders in so short a time. The
Runaway chorus of young ladies also
consisted of Wichita high school girls
mostly, whose superior training by the
music teachers OF the public schools of
Wichita also came in good stead in en-
abling them TO handle the music of the
average difficulty in very short order
The male choruses were made up of the
Apollo club, that organization which, in
few months. was able TO carry away
the prize from the state jubilee at
Hutchinson and who number among
them the very best male singers In Wich-
tia. and this is one of the reasons why
the choruses so ably handled selections
from Faust and Carmen on two rehear-
sails.
All the orchestra as well as chorus
work vas under the direction Of Prof
Ralph Dunbar, who as a conductor has
not only labored night and day over
obstacles too numerous 10 men
ton. but has by his superior ability to
impart and talent 70 direct. accomplish
ed wonders. He is a born director. Easy
and graceful in poise. watchfuI and dis
corning in conducting, possessing withal
good taste. The fact alone that Mr.. Dun
bar, after encountering many difficulties
in securing his singers. in TWO rehearsaIs
succeeded in producing the music that ne
did last night is sufficient without any
words Of commentator 10 demonstrate
his capabilities.
The best thing in the ensemble line n
the evening. and which seemed to please
best and called forth the heartiss and
most prolonged applause, was the scene
from the Comic opera. The Runaway
Girl" This number was very delight
fuL Il pleased everybody and II was
pretty. II was the best sung OF all Choir
uses and the best drilled. When the cur
tain descended there was spontaneous
and when the power operating
the curtain seemed 70 hesitate about rs:s-
Ing il for a deserved encore. the audi
ence broke forth in tumGltuous cheers
and applause which could not be disre-
garded and the whole act was repeated
to-the delight Of The auditors. The pref
" costumes, the beautiful young ladies'.
the perfectly executed evolutioas. the
male chorus in costumes and the clever
singing and graceful acting Of TIRE quar-
tette OK pretty girls. the Misses Kate
Dorsey. May Guthrie. Maoel Magiu and
Leo MueseGer. were all charming
Mrs. VIM. F. Robinson of Minneapolis. .
4 charming soprano was vel received
by the audience Ms. Robinson sings
sweetly. ard an aria from Isaiah"
which she rendered was well sarg. She +
was accorded hearty encoVe. 20 whi-h +.
she responded gracefully. Mrs Robin Z
son looked charming in dainty gown
n white silk null over PINK 1s9eta with ]
rose velvet trimmings.
Miss Ella G-7o6e Heacock OF s.. 10
,eph. contralto pleased very uauel, Mrs.
Heaoock attired in very handsome
lTess OF turquoise s.lk with trimmings +