Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-19
DANCE CARNIVAL.
Opening Evening Presents a
Grand Spectacle.
A'GaIaxy Of Pretty Children, Graceful
Dancers. Well Trained.
The Stars Capiisate the Audience To Be
Repeated This Evening.

nVPCatCuj IHIS CVcHinq.
Everything was lovely from the an
pearance of the Spring float bearin;
/ little Ncttie Shaw to the final caval
cade of all those who took part in tn,
performance. Never We're any prettie
| dances, more appropriate costumes, o
| more cunning tots seen in Il perform
ancc before the Augusta public. Tn
| Festival of the Seasons is decidedly
pageant that is well worth seeing
Fortunately il can be seen again. to
night, 50 that those who did not avail
themselves, Thursday evening. can sat
isfy themselves that they never saw
young people in prettier effects
The Carnival Of Dances as it is call.
ed. has been a long time coming be.
fore the public eye but it is AT last
here ana ii was well worth waiting for
IT was started away back in last No
reniber. when il was abandoned. almos
on he eve Of its production. on account
Of the scarlet fever. Ii has finally come
and such a symphony Of graceful dan
ceis, pretty costumes and novel figures
in the way If dances ana. above al. Gun
ming children. one would never expect
To see eXccllrd.
Tho order of the Eastern Star is to
he congratulated upon its choice Of
MIS-. Wyman AS the trainer Of the
dancers and Mr.. Leslie as manager
If the affair. for ii has made possible
this production. The dancing of La
Petit" Mabel patten Of Boston. alone is
well worth the price of admission. She
is whole evenings performance all
by herself and the applause the little
miss recei, ed was we'll deserved. 1t is
hard To tell whether she or that little
darling. Frances Purinton, as Cupid.
in the last dance. created the greatest
Juror. But they We're in two different
costumes. 50 they need feel no jealousy
of each other. The former was liked
because of her perfect and graceful
dancing. and her charming manner.
while the latter was for her own little,
chubby. charming self.
And now what is the Carnival Of
Dances? 1t is something different than
anything that has ever been here be
fore. I; has been mentioned in con
nection with Living Whist. but it is
50 entirely different that they are not
TO BE compared. The latter is COM
posed of dancers among the older peo-
PIE ana those who have been trained
in dancing. The present production is
made up Of dancers among the young
people. almost wholly, and new and
pretty dances are introduced.
They welcomed the float Of green on
which little Miss Shaw was standing.
dressed 10 harmonic with the floats
cclors. 1t was as welcome as spring
H. every year.
Then the March winds appeared. This
contained a bcvy Of little girls all in
pretty frocks and each with a blue veil
hanging out behind as they ran and
danced about in manner that re-
minded one very much IF the wind.
The Whiring. swirling. turning. racing
dance in which they all rushed and
then slowed up. and rushed again. in
the style of the wind. was pleasing.
The striking feature Of this was the
cute little ones who would come around
on the turns like the snapper on a
whip. their plump little arms waving
ami their faces all smiles. as they. all
Oft Of breath. cndeaVored to keep IN
with the leaders This brought down
tllt mousse anu iltN Udu ~ 'oIllt bdth
Miss Mabel Patten then appeared in
n Jolly sailors hornpipe She was
dressed az q sailor ana her whole mar
ncr was 50 very nautical one would al
most imagine himself aboard ship ana
hear the "heaVe no Of the heartieS.
10 say that she carried away thu
spectators would be a mild way of
expressing Ii ana she had to come out
again Really the little girl acts &c
though she was treading on air she is
u Ii.rht ana every stop Is with the per
foo, confidence born of practice.
IN thc Aprn dance the four little girls
came out and did some appropriate act
ing when TN" ralndrops apparently began
To fan. Up went The umbrellas and the
pretty little dance commenced. The little
girls We're very pretty in their green
frocks ard bunnets.
Miss Frances Baker, niue Gardner
miss, was Simply charming IL htr Nfd''"-
ma Mlnutt. she recl'td ana acted ahd
then danced in costume the stately Hle'9-
urcs. she was repeatedly recalied- MISS
Patten presented her with Il p"uPuet' an"
even this did net disturb pr Ply her PIT
ono measure, :" natural uoes t"is grace
come TO her.
lheh came the MAY u'i'oe' u . an ~
English May daE rothp on ehe green i"'
boys are IN pntch'rs lro'hS WIN Stee"
StOt Kings, Wnllt the SllS nave tuS Pl'i'N