Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-02-27
MERCHANTS
 CARNIVAL.
One of the Most Successful Entertain mentS Ever Given at Dake'S Opera
 House Last Night.
The United Moderns Score A Great Hit in the Representations of the Vari-
 ous Business Interests.

The merchants carnival given last evening at Dake's opera house, under the auspices of the United Moderns of Prescott was a highly successful af- fair in every respect. The opera house was crowded as it has seldom been before and great interest was manifested in all the proceedings of the evening The lodge selected committee of three to manage the en- tertainment, and this committee select ed Mrs. J. E. Morrison one of their num- Der to take charge of it and for the past month or so she has devoted her entire time to it and the success ac- hieved demonstrated how well her work has been done. She not only called on all the business people of Prescott and secured all but two or three to interest themselves in it, but in most of the cases selected the young ladies to represent them and superin- tended their rehearsals, making sug gestions as to costumes, etc., and in every way contributing by her advice and work in making it attractive as possible. and she certainly deserves great credit for the complete success achieved.
 The cast of characters was as fol- lows:
 Queen of Industry-Miss Sarah Me Crea.
 Standard Bearer-Noreen Derr.
 Maids-Misses Murphy and Kir- waggen.
 Pages Misses Thomas, Speck, Derr, and Pentland.
 Soloist to Queen-Miss Etta De- Witt.
 Prime Minister-H. B. Clifford Mrs. J. E. Morrison.
 There were forty representatives of the different business houses in the town, and not single one in the lot that was not meritorious, while many of them were gorgeous and would be difficult to excel any place.
 The order of the exercises were the entrance of the queen and her suite, who were seated in the rear of the stage, the entire stage being draped with flags, giving it very beautiful effect. Miss Dewitt then rendered patriotic song in a very charming manner.
 The trade representatives were then presented to the queen, each one be- ing announced separately, and as she entered on the stage made herobeisance to the queen, and then crossing to the center of the stage, so that all could see her costume, took up her position, the lines being so formed as to make the letter "M" when all were in. Each one was cheered by the audience on her appearance.
 The selection of a committee to award the prlzes was left to a vote of all business interests represented, the following being chosen: Judge B. w. Wells, Judge J. J. Hawkins, Judge R. E. Morrison, Beverly Cox and J. B. Tomlinson.
 The audience was then given a sec ond view of the principal characters by series of living pictures, in which they posed on the stage in imitation of some particular object, some in groups and some singly, the effect of which was very beautiful.
 Then followed the star number of the evening, being fancy dances by Misses Nellie and May Pagan. The ease, grace and accuracy with which these young ladies went through the various steps were simply remarkable, l and they were applauded most en- thusiastically by the audience.
 Professional dancers could scarcely do better than they did in the acts given. They were instructed in the dances by Mrs. B. H. Smith, and this part of the entertainment was really | sort of afterthought and but little time was given to prepare them for it. The young ladies not only demonstra- ted their skill in dancing but also demonstrated that their training had been in the hands of a master in the art of dancing. Mrs. Smith deserves great credit for the success of this feature of the entertainment.
 A dinner party in which a number of the characters of the evening par ticipated furnished a fund of amuse- ment for the audience.
 The carnival proper closed with a military drill in which all took part and this was also a beautiful scene. At the close of the carnival refresh ment were served and dancing was indulged in until about 2 o'clock in the morning by all who desired to participate in it.
 The work of the committee appoint ed to select those entitled to prizes had difficult and unenviable task to perform. Out of the multiplicity of fine costumes, appropriately gotten up to represent some particular line of business, it was difficult matter to select a few and to say that they were better than others. The original plan was to give five prizes, in addition to the grand prize of the dinner set, of fifty six pieces, which was donated by the United Morerns lodge for the best advertised house. In order to give more lee way to the committee and to lessen the embarrassment of their position five more prizes were added, giving them ten in addition to the grand prize. :,
 The selection of the grand prize l was an easy task, as that had been t conceded by the audience t early in the evening and the commit T tee was unanimous on the first ballot I for1the selection, being Miss May a representing the Prescott . Electric company. She was dressed