The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-27
DANCE OF THE INSANE.
The Annual Carnival at the Mary
land Hospital

BALTIMORE. March 1.-THE third
annual carnival Of the patients of the
Maryland Hospital for the Insane. near
Gainesville, VS. held last night at their
amusement han adjoining the hospital
In many respects the carnival resa.n-
hlod the -Concert- in China. OF course
ii Hung Chang was present and acted
remarkably well the part of the crafty
statesman But during the grand march
around the hall the shrewd couRseI0r-S
long robes led 10 his fall on the waxed
floor ere he could feign sickness and
creep out OF the procession. Various 9th
er representatives of nations were at
tired in the robes Of Italian. Spanish or
French princes and knights of Olden
DAYS. who carried real swords. while
those of the japanese Legation had only
fans and parasols The American sailor,
who might be called one of Uncle sam
| representatives. carried a long oar in his
| hand and looked as though ne could play
havoc with it should the or aston arise
DIT J Percy Wade the superintendent
| Of the hospital. acted the role Of ''medi-
| ator- before any open hostiliJies could
| arise. With the assistance of several
| nurses Dr. Wade removed the swords
| oars. parasols, and other paraphernalia
| as soon as the '-procesSiG,:'- was over and
| deposited them in a SAT-. place Then the
| orch. stra struck UP lively tune and the
dance was on \ diplomat whirIed around
the room with the court testers wife and
! even the Knight of St Joh1: showed great
attention 10 the sweetheart of one of the
sailors. On the stage were gathered a
| score or more of invited guests and on
| each side and at the rear Of the hall
were seated patients of the hospital who
! had also come 10 be amused.
/ The procession with which the carnival
! opened was headed by the King and
! Queen of Hearts both wearing gilt
] crowns and red garments trimmed with
gold Then followed II Hung Chang and
| Mrs. Chang. attired in long dark robes
| trimmed with yellow and wearing queues
! IierOt an PiereIte. dressed II white and
/ wearing cOneShaped headEe@r, followed
| and smiled pleasantly q the people who
| had gathered along the corridor near the
| entrance of the hal. Prince Charming.
! wearing handsome black suit OF some
| what warlike cut and dangling a real
sword It his side followed He WIS at
! tended by q lady attired in blue silk.
| Then came the Knight Of Malta in a
/ monk gown and wearing . long brown
J beard sJreaFled with grey His partner
/ caused u sensation. for she was Sister
/ of Charity with an immense red cross
! that could have been seen through pretty
! thick smoke IN scene OF ballroom
/ seemed familiar 10 her. and she danced
! and WaltZed with as much grace Is a
/ princess
/ he was over six feet tall Wore anproprl-
/ ate WhiskerS. and had blue goggles over
| his - IS He was to have :,zen attended
/ by seven wives but only four were with
! him. the other three having accepted in
| yitatIOns to be partners OF some knights
who evidently were not afraid Of arous-
| ing the ire Of the blue-bearded giant
Finally in came King Carnival, a digni-
fed, roSy-cheeked man. who Wore purple
garments trimmed with lace and gold and
| had on a long, dark wig Queen CaTui> al
! was = lady Of middle age and was dressed
in gown Of pink silk. trimmed with lace.
| As the King passed he attracted much
attention, and several young wCuld-be
/ Sherlock ItOImCScS who were near by re-
! marked how well his Majesty looked
| though II was easy 70 see that the King
/ was one OF those melancholy patients al
/ the hospital who were IN the exalted
/ period.
They were mistaken however. for King
/ Carnival was one Of the attendants at
the institution and was perfectly sane.
After the march around the FaH the
! King and Queen proceeded TO q throne
/ erected IN one corner of the room. Gni
there took their seats with much pOmp
! A Jwo-Step followed. in which all except
! one person participated with apparent
! glee- he was man dressed IN a costume
OF half white and half black, and seemed
! TO be noralist- After the dance he re
I marked TO a reporter i don't exactly
/ approve Of all these people dancing and
| If these Notwithstanding folks dot
! watch out they will go TO a warm place
! The dancing continued until about Il
o'clock. when the participants were
! served with refreshments, after which
! they retired The master Of ceremonies
/ at the carnival was one of the patients
who had formerly beSu an actor, and Is
now the managing editor of the Mary
I land Hospital News published by the
/ patients He said that the affair was to
/ have come off or Washueton'S Birth
I day. but had been postponed We made
all these costumes ourselves he con
/ tinued, and ! have been preparing and
drilling these dancers for a month It
! IS great source Of pleasure 70 all Of
them and gives them food FOR Thought
and conversation for fun three months Of
each year