The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-28
Carnival Notes.


Queen MabelIe and her nSAIs were
the guests of Miss Elizabeth NJ. Cos
grin. representing the Rawlins lodge.
at dinner last evening. the function
taking place at the Kenyon. Three
tables we're put together forming one
large one. and this was decorated pro-
tusely with roses; carnations and other
beautiful plants. No gentleman took
part ia the banquet. but the jolly court
or ladies managed to make lots of fun
out of the occasion. The banquet was
served between 6 and 8, and imme-
diately following, the guests adjourned
10 the I heatre, where, as guests of
Queen Mabelle, they witnessed the per
Torrance OF Annie Russell in a Royal
Family"
The children of the Orphans Home
and Day Nursery viii be the guests of
Roderick Mckenzie, L. 2. Harr and
George Iaysum at the Elks' carnival
this afternoon. Free admission viii be
given the children to all Of the midway
shows. Superintendent Read of the
Consolidated Railway K Power COM
amy has arranged to give the orphans
lee transportation to and from their
home on South State street.
Colonel Nickum's spiel in front Of
the booth where the visitor has his
picture taken with Lord EllxintOn fo1
the small sum of 80 cents is attract
ing good deal of attention. 1t runs
something like this:
IF you live to be a thousand years
old you might not never have another
chance like this one to have your like
ness taken with a real live elk. Come
IlsEt into the Pen. There amt any
danger. Wait a minute, I'll get my
wife and show you"
And 50 saying. the Colonel rushes
across the street and drags Mrs. Nick
UNI into the pen with the live elk to
prove that he is gentle.
Hadji le Mahofede Cherir, former
BedOuin of the desert, is spreading
Arabic throughout the German village.
Whenever anybody takes a drink of ice
water or lifts a cigar TO his lips he
says, saba which, being translated.
means How Here's to you" Here's
regards" Your health or Here's
looking at YOU The parting greeting
is Allah saba Good bless your.
The Midway attendance yesterday
was 3.649, heavy falling off from that
OF the previous day, and, in fact. from
the other days The attendance to-
night is expected to be enough to make
up for this, however
Compared with the previous evening.
the German village was as quiet last
night a. a New England village on a
Sabbath. Even then. large quantities
OF LIQUID refreshments were consumed.
A II. Tarbet and Robert Spence were
looking for each other in the German
village last night Mr.. Tarbet had
aVerred before the Kangaroo court that
Mr.. Spence was insane and should be
committed to the Provo asylum. There
upon, Mr. Spence went out and paid IS
Tor Kangaroo star and club and
waited for Mr.. Tarbet. They finally
came together in the German village.
each armed with n star and each wait
ing Tor the other. As the authority was
equal the result was that neither sub
mitted to arrest that time.
Farmer Ben Allen appeared at the
German village last night in a "Rube''
makeup and succeeded in dispensing
several gold bricks to uususpecting con-
hdenCe men.
The contest for the most popular Elk
IS waxing terrific. When the polls
closed last night the vote stood as fol-
lows W. T. Snyder. 3.000 A. II. Tar
pet, -,3i2; ". !. Ehinger. 212O: A. A.
robertson, 1,223; w. J. Mcintyre, I,1SS.
homas kearns ISL: Captain F. f.
Stou- 64y; G. .. Ellingwood. SOS: Ben
Ahen' S2S; scattering, 3,429. Lively
tlmes are expected tonight.