The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-30

There have been Kirmesses ana Kir-
messes, but just as predicted, nothing
has ever approached the spectacular
event which opened last night on the
Lyccum stage and will continue during
the remainder of the week. The cont
dence felt in these happy prospects
was evident in the largest first night
audience which have ever greeted n
similar affair. Everything went off
smoothly. Miss Stewart has great eX-
ecutive ability and she was just as
much ready last night to manipulate
the evolutions of the 300 people on the
stage as she would be next month.
There are no bitches in her manage
ment. She is always prepared for any
emergency, and nothing disturbs her
equanimity. She knows everything,
down to the last detail of shoe-laco,
and leaves no chance for mshaps. How
on earth she can train such a multi
tude TO do the most complicated dances
with little similarity in the character,
is a real problem.
If the dear public wants to get
good, comfortable seat in order 10 see
the kirmess, it must step lively, please,
after the advertisement which las,
nights performance will give. There
is great advance sale for all the other
presentations and the question is likely
to resolve itself into scramble for the
remaining loges and boxes.
Last night the following programme
was given, Bauer's orchestra playing
the music:
l. Overture.
2. Grand Tableau and Procession.
8. Hungarian Gypsy Dance.
4. Dutch Wooden Shoe Dance.
5. The IIornpipe.
@. Dance of All Nations.
I. Dance Of Pages
8. Clog Dance.
0. Spanish La Manola
10. A Rose Dance.
II. Oriental Dance.
12. Dance of Pierrots and Picrrettca
IS. Frnnch Military Drill.
II. The Folics
II. The Seasons.
The curtain was rung up on the most
brilliantly splendid Kaleidoscope of
color, when all the performers We're
grouped in picturesque attitudes on the
stage. Mr.. Milton O'Connell, as Jester,
led the procession which followed and
which evoked a continuous tumult Of
applause. Notwithstanding how en-
thusiastic this might be, the edict had
gone forth from Miss Stewart that
there We're to be no encores, and there
We're no encOreS as far as repetition
went. This was truly wise precaution,
for last nights programme was the
longest of the week.
ATTRACTIVE MUSIC.
The music selected was of the most
attractive order and set everybodys
toes a-tingle. The first dance was the
Gipsy, with it's gay coloring and its
lovely poses. The personnel is very at
tractive, and the costumes We're hand
some. This is the dance in which Miss
Helen NJ. Corbett does a wonderful solo,
full of little. beautiful attitudes and
poetic movement. Mrs. r. NJ. Scranton,
Mrs. +. T.. Platt, Mrs. +. j. Platt and
Mrs. j. II. Torrey are the chaperones.
The Wooden Shoe dance followed.
Quaint and rhythmic, the young peo-
pie made most attractive appearance
and danced charmingly, in spite of their
impediments. Mrs. Sydney Henwood,
Mrs. Howard Griffin, Mrs. William Sad
Ter and Miss Claudia Williams are
chaperones.
The Hornppe is always very popu-
lar. Six little maids, Misses Helen
Kiesel, Sara Kann, Mana Price, Kath-
crime Wood, Ruth Machette and Jessie
Gray, arrayed in white suits, trimmed
in blue, gave the liveliest possible dance
and came in for much applause. Mrs.
w. ID. Klots, Miss Alice Matthews and
Miss Dale are the chaperones.
The Dance of All Nations was among
the most amusing, as the little people,
from Uncle Sam and Miss Columbia
down to q bobbing Japanese couple,
went through with their pretty move
ments. Miss Romaine Spruks and
Master Harry Humphrey, in the most
correct of Highland costumes, danced
a Highland Fling in q manner that
warmed the hearts of the Scotch con-
tingent present. The costumes were all
exceedingly pleasing. Mrs. Thomas
Spruks and Mrs. B. #. Moore are the
chaperones.
The dance of the Pages was one of
the very prettiest. Their costumes We're
elaborate and beautiful to degree. 1t
was followed by a solo clog dance by
little Miss Louise Armbrust. The chap
erones are Mrs. Jones, Mrs, Howell and
Mrs. Sloat
Two small maids in spangled black
net, with red roses in their dark hair,
gave one of the most fascinating dances
OF the evening. 1t was purely Spanish,
and the performers We're Misses Jean
Samter and Ruth Machette.
EXQUISITE COSTUMES.
The Rose dance will closely contest
first place. The costumes are exquis-
ite. The girls wear rose leaf dresses,
with a tunic of green fitting the slight,