The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-26

Joseph Carr. James a Yrltuan
Jctn WaddeI ". H L-fcgiaui.
The tickets for the Calico Ball were s..
admitting one gent 1.man. any number OF
ladies' and embracing besides one chance in
The rules required that the ladies' w@a-
calico. that the gentlemen dressed plainly,
VAS Wasting no money IN carriage hire; instead
clothing properly wrapped, TO be handed
al the door 10 the committee waiting 10 re-
wAGoEEoAD5 OF PACKAGES. =.
As a result, the committee secured 4 large
wagon. va Ioad 0f Psekasss. Mr.. y Mailer;
the music.-had tweuty-seyeR musicians In
the orchestra, besiies four callers some
Of the tables were some large beil-crownei
brozd-brimmed straw hats. that had been
donated A number Of the gentlemen bought
these hats at 8 apiece and wore them all
evening 10 the intense glee Of those pres
ent-
The calico ball was repeated the next
was not the success its predecessor had
been 4 grand promenade concert was
this was practically the closing night OF the
fair. that had been running nineteen days.
The tournament was repeated at the
Fair Grounds. october q. Mr.. Z. c. Meseh-
am. knight Of Baseball" winning .frst
hcnors and Growing Miss Julia Seu1pfe
Caow Mrs. Ashley d. scotp Queen Of Love
Colonel AIonzo W. slayback was orator
for the second tournament. The corona
tion ball took place at the Linden Hotel the
following Monday night. October -. Again
Mr.. xaupi looked after the music and dan
cling cannot close without giving one
Opera Company was in the habit OF bur
iesquine everything local. much as Weber
Z: Fields have so often done in New York;
opening each Monday might with 4 new bill
that ran through the week The tOurHa-
mont furnished fine opportunity for a good
performance.
The appreciation that greeted the knights.
the maids Of honor. the fiery steeds the
opening night will never be forgotten BY
those who saw II. The "stseds' were all
OF wood and of exaggerated length. but
they could not have been more than two
inches in thickness. They were brought on
the stage by their intended riders. amid
much applause and excitement. owing to
the naturally restless disposition OF these
particular animals. Each horse was sup
Piled with n curly name OF shavtngs. and
was propelled by means OF grooves
The knights were most grotesquely at
1asf rTsd BIsntif, 1 xffg dopnad With brsss but
tons and a white muslin mask to conceal
his identity. They also carried wooden
The expectant queen and maids Of honor.
becDmingly dressed In white. carrying huge
b9nches Of srtid.ial flowers. sat in boxes:
incased hogsheads. were hung on immense
wooden hooks. Fred Wilson was knight
or the Three Basebails." Some one else
was knight OF the Sawdust'': still another
Knight OF the Black Plume" having in
his helmet . black feather full four feet
long. which caused much amusement TO the
audience and much anxiety TO the wesrer.
n, full view was a very large clock by
time himself I'm making his rounds: The
way one eve was kept on the clock. the
other on the Uurns nageable horsc. was very
funny. The knights" and the horses were
always getting IN Cd IN Others way. and the
disputes thai followed over individual
rights. and IN. rites governing the tour
NHs1 IRE
At last they made a start. only TO collide
and b. unhOrsed in the sawdust OF the
''amphitheater" The few who reached the
rings" dismounted at the very post. care
fully examined the points OF their iances
and niethodicIliy proceeded to capture I
Wien suceess attended such effort the
applause was beyond description After
Claimed ,ictor tN and, followed by his
knights" he crowned the Queen" and
they had the hail for closing scene.
Southern Relief Association a check for
the receipts OF the opening night of ''rourn-
From tbe official reports kindly loaned
me- ] find the Southern Relief Association
receipts 5000. against le.4sSes expense ac-
But so many are the moneyed items
have written. 30 numerous the donations. u
inclines me to thi1k the receipts far In ex-
fair closed all prizes that had not been
awarded in the grand raffle were removed
by the proper committee ana ihe Notk MI
iShed.
In the restaurant department. so ably
presided over by Mrs Jesse Arnot. all work
pertaining thereto vas disposed OF on tho
spot No one connected with the South
ern Relief Fair Iabored more faithfully
and intellIgently for its success than MIS-
Arnot I am told she was stated for the
presidency OF the association; but could not
accept the great responsibility because OF
an accident that befell her
Among the donations OF goods were many.
many costly articles whose cash value rep
receipts Such articles we're sent 10 other
cities and towns holding fairs FOR the same
purpose The money Was disoursed by
distributing committee and WAS used to
provide for widows and orphans in this and
other Southern states
check for s. o00 was sent TO Jefferson
Davis: one for Ike amount 10 General
II has been a pleasant task to tell OF
the Southern Relief Ssir.
For many of the names here Written are
Of my old persona. friends.