The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-03-04
CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL FETE.
Little Folks in Fancy Dress Enjoy a De-
Iightful Time al the Opera House.

opera house in Brownsville last
evening, when the children's carni-
val fete took place under the sue
cessful management of that best
friend to the little folks, Miss NJ.
Duffy. The large hall was prettily
adorned with flags and palm leaves
making an effective setting for the
fancy costumes of the youthful
participants. Excellent music was
provided, and the grand march
made a very pretty pageant with
about twenty pairs of little ones in
various quaint fanciful or comic
characters. Dainty fairies danced
with grotesque clowns. and little
flower girls with sable-hued walters.
Mother Hubbard with her hungry
dog and little Bo-peep represented
dear Mother Goose's family, while
admirals and army officers We'd with
the rank aud file in paying court
TO fair little danes of the Empire.
II was a beautiful scene, and the
appreciation of the grown up spec
tators fully equalled the unfeigned
pleasure of the children. Cakes and
lemonade constituted the simple
and appropriate refreshments which
were served at an early hour.
While it was quite difficult to OBJ
tain a list of the children and de-
scription of their costumes, an eff
fort was made to do so, and if any
of our little friends be omitted it is
hoped that they may not believe
that THE HERALD Intentionally
overlooked even the least of them.
While Titania herself was not pres
ent she was represented by a num-
Der of the sweetest little fairies ever
seen. Among these were Anita
Cowan, Zelma Prior, Ella Hanson,
Lily Laulom, and little Victoria
Glenn. Katherine Kleiber made the
quaintest little Mother Hubbard
imaginable, and Amy Wise a sweet
little Bo-peep. Ethel Neale was a
little empire dame. Nina Prior as
a tambourine girl wore very pref
ty and effective costume. A pretty
peasant was little Mamie Hanson;
Julia Browne, a dainty butterfly.
Annie and Alice Musel and Louise
Armstrong were cute little flower
girls. while Sylvia Armstrong as
Spring, Marie Armstrong as Sum-
mer and Jennie Armstrong as a.
poppy were also very prettily gown
ed. Katie Egly and Nora Leahy
made neat sailor girls and Viola
Egly an effective gypsy. Old Spain
was represented by little Master
Jose Barreda in a very pretty torero
costume, and his sister Irene Bar
reda made a pretty little Spanish
manola. Blanche Austin was a
Japanese lady and Mary Austin a
cute little butterfly. A manly
American officer was Ralph
Schmelling, while Clarence Kowal-
ski made a gallant admiral. Moyse
Radcliffe as a MILDLY, Louis Ko-
WALSH, John Hanson and little
Robert Wells as sailor lads made a
good showing. A jolly quintet OF
clowns were Fred and Martin Han
son, jr., Francis Kowalski, Louis
Laulom, and Teoflo Crixell, jr. A
dainty page in white satin trousers
and lace trimmed blouse was little
Lambert Cain. One of the best rep
reservations was the Cream of
Wheat" makeup of Benton Hooks,
Bernie l.. Kowalski and Alfred
Sherwood, who made a fine trio of
colored walters.
A number of little ones not in
fancy dress, though all daintily
attired, were among the dancers.
These included little Misses Rose
and Mary Thornham, Addie Celia
va, Marion and Gladys Layton,
Una and Eva Cowen, Bessie and
Virginia Cooke, Stella Sherwood,
Matte Prior, Katie Keller, Elsie
Neale, Maggie Hanson, Hazel