The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-11-04
A COMPLETE SUCCESS.
KTRMESS EXCEEDS FoNDEST
HOPES OF COMMITTEE.

Record Breaking Crowd Attend Open
ing Night of Benefit Entertainments
Miss Charlotte Greist Makes the F1is of
tho Evening In Her SOng-MIss CouI-
ter of California Another Favorfte,
The opening of the Kirmess took
place last night and was complete
suecess-even more so than the fondesr
hopes of the committee in charge. All
the available seats were occupied and
the standing room filed. The booths,
decorated as they were in the most ex-
quisite taste. lent an enchantment to
the scene that was beyond description.
At all of the booths different articles
were sold, the receipts of which will
add to the sum realized for the home.
One booth in particular which caught
the eye was the Scotch booth. Hot tea
and chocolate were served here, along
with Scottish dainties and souvenirs.
The ladies presiding over this booth
We're Mrs. William Peterson, Mrs. Will
liam Davidson, Mrs. James Mustarde
and Mrs George d. Bone
The entertainment programme open
ed with an excellent overture by the
orchestra under the direction of Frank
Fichtl. Following this came the Mir
ror, or Dance of the Trorbadours. This
was divided Into four sections: One,
the Serenade; two, the Rehearsal;
three, the Surprise; four the Festival
Dance. The performance Of the scenes
was carried out without hitch and re-
eeived loud applause.
After this came grand procession of
all the characters in the presentation.
The costumes were beyond description.
That of the Spanish dancing girl, min
gled with the Dutch costume of the
wooden-shoe girl and that of the sum-
mer girl, made a scene long to be re-
membered.
The Hungarian gypsy dance, which
was next, was exquisite, and the dance
| of Miss jeanette Fleischner as the gyp-
sy queen was performance worthy of
a professional. She executed her steps
in the daintiest manner possible, and
her work won the hearts of all.
who is Miss Beatrice Coulter?" was
asked from one end of the ar1lory to
| the other at the close Of the Poppy
scene from the Wizard Of o." Miss
Coulter is a California girl at present
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. William All
fort, and by her rendition of Sammy
has made for herself hosts of friends in
this city. The scene was rendered per-
fectly by the ten young ladies in the act
and was favorite with ALL
Miss Mary Hendee's skirt dance,
which followed the Poppy scene, wos
worth the generous applause 1t receiv-
ed Miss Hendee was handsomely at
tired in white and her attire. set off by
the colored lights, gave most delight
full effect. ...s.<
The French Court Minuet and Ca
Vote was executed in charming man
ner, the handsome costumes adding
greatly to the scene. y
The cymbal dance given by Miss Jear
Coburn took the audience by storm, SO
dainty were the steps and the manner
In which they were executed. Miss CO.
burn received many floral gifts at the
close Of her act as an appreciation Of
her work. 4s 49,.
The Duet by Misses Florence and
Anna Macdonald in the Italian Taran-
tella Dance added the one thing neces-
sary to make the number one of the
leading favorites. -
The Wooden-S Shoe Dance, aided by
1 the costumes worn by the participants
in the act, was an excellent one and re-
ceived much applause. Miss Maud
Munson and Harrington e. Walker in
this act danced sabot dance deserving
OF much credit.
Miss Alice Cheney's solo at the close
of the Spanish dance was excellent and
received its just due at the hands of the
audience.
| The Dance of the Seasons may be
classed as the favorite Of the evening
Sixteen handsome young ladies', fitting
ly attired, represented the four seasons
spring, summer, autumn and winter
and gave dainty dance, performed
with striking exactness. AS a fitting
close to the act Miss Charlotte Greist
sang "I'll be Your Honey in the Spring.
time" About this song too much can
not be said. 1t was rendered in a way
that professional soloist would envy
4 and the sweetness of Miss Greist's
voice, combined with her natural grace
easily made her the favorite of the eve.
ming.
The steps danced by Miss Grace Tier.
nan and Paul Evarts in the "Pickanin.
mics" carried away the audience. All
of those taking part in the act were
BACKED up, and the DISCUSSES were
complete.
Miss Irma Daley, already favoritt
with New Haven audiences, completely
enchanted the audience by her serpen.
tine dance, given in her usual winsomt
way.
"Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" given by G
| sextette, was another favorite and was
heartily received.
Following this came a regular Indiar
war and moon dance, with its wal
whoops and yells carried out with 6
vim. The costumes in this number
were realistic and blended with the
scene
A quartette from the Yale Glee clut
followed this with several selections
The evening closed with a grand tri
umphal march by all the performers.
The work of the court Jester, John Y
Darragh, was Of flrst-class order ant
made him favorite.
This afternoon 1.-THE Sleeping Beauty
with all it's dances will be presented
and last evenings programme will b.
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