The Redwood gazette., 1901-12-11
THE TRADE CARNIVAL. So
Draws Fair House Each Night and a Good
Show is Presented.

IE11l 11VNoAt La ekAANA
Show is Presented.
The carnival given under the
I auspices Of the ladies Of the ST. Ter
j onica S Guild, and managed BY
sIcoupIe Of gentlemen who make thai
i feature their partic cnlar line Of busi.
mess, last Saturday and Monday
Ievenings, was well attended on botI
4 s|eVenings, and the audiences were
/ treated to shows fully as good as
1 they expected:
/ The entertainments consisted ol
/ three drills. an electric display Ind
three comedy acts. Two Of the
drills were ad advertising features,
each young lady representing some
particular business house Of this
place or North Redwood. and
goWned according ly. Some Of these
costumes took the roll of comedy.
lthat Of Mrs. O. w. Mcmillan adver-
tising b. e. Halls cigar, Any Old
Thing, probably leading. Miss
Lulu Mortimer, as colored chef
advertising Lunn's Bakery, was
not 50 slow. Miss Peavey, adver-
tising Nick Martie, carried a young
TamWorth, and created consider
able Of laughter. The Fair Store
advertised with a Santa Claus.
OF the. expensive costumes that of
Miss Bigham, representing The G a
zETTE, was among the finest. The
gown was of white, with white and
red silk trimmings. On the white
ribbons was printed at various in
tervals, in red, the GAZETTE heading.
while on the red it was printed sim
ilarly in black. A crown of white
ribbon also bore the heading, print
ed in red. Miss Bigham, in place
of a banner, carried huge bou-
quet Of natural flowers furnished
for the occasion by the nursery Of
=. a. Gatigny, Sleepy Eye, and
from this bouquet GAZETTE ribbons
were suspended. There we're other
fine costumes, among the number
being Miss Chad bourne, Miss Ja-
cobs, Miss Conner, Miss Pease,
Miss Francois and Miss Race, rep
|resenting the hard stores were
each exceptionally fine, while the
hunting scene given by the latter.
in a special act, in which two stuffed
birds and a live chicken, were
brought down, was a relieving=fea
ture.
Miss Kennedy appeared IN a spec.
sial act Of s aConquering Electricity,
a feature especially prepared by A.
sC. Burmeister of the Redwood Elec-
trio light plant. So perfect was.
Miss Kenned y s control over the
light, and SO magnificent was the
spectacle that an encore was re-.
2sponded to.
Melissa Persons appeared as the
painless dentist iin a special act, and
later in an advertisement for Dr.
Lyman. The former act elected APP
plause from its humorous features.
A hoop drill by q group Of very
young girls, all in white, was. next
to the last feature, and the drill
showed excellent training. The
last feature Of the evening was a
barber shop scene, in which lather.
was freely used, and the razor was
of wood, many times larger than the
real article.
The banks were. represented by
young ladies whose gowns were
decorated with genuine money,
mortgage bonds, etc.
The telephone system was repre-
sented by Miss Bessie Mead, ar
rayed in bells, arranged to ring at
intervals.
Miss Flora King acted as pianist,
and her march renditions were un-
usually charming
The ladies Of the Guild netted a
little over 800 as result Of the
carnival.
DEATH OF swan PETERSON.
Swan Peterson, father Of Carl r.
Peterson, passed away at his home
on Jefferson street, this city, last
evening, at { ;35o clock. Old
E.ASress u,S flra cc,1cn nf fioath M - Daft