Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09
CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL
UNIQUE SPECTACLE IN FREDE-
RICK, MD.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
FREDERICK. Nd. September 8. 1906.
The second annual children's carnival.
held yesterday afternoon on the Frederick
fair grounds under the auspices Of the guild
Of the Frederick City Hospital, was brilliant
success. Nearly 300 children were entered
in the twenty-odd classes for which prizes
were offered. and most of them wore fancy
costumes of either an artistic or a comic
character. In addition to the children's
costumes. beautifully decorated baby and
doll coaches, bicycles, tricycles, pony turn
outs, express wagons, ETC.. lent beauty to
the spectacle.
The carnival began in the city when a
party Of boys dressed as clowns, with two
representing the Roosevelt bears" started
out to throw confetti about the streets.
Soon afterward Queen Titania-Miss Bar
bara Mullinix-a by pages. maids
of honor, knights on horseback and other
attendants, making pretty pageant. start
ed out from Clarke place and paraded the
streets before going to the fair grounds,
where Queen Titania took her seat on the
throne in q court Of honor and presided
over the carnival
After pretty drills by the clowns and
folly girls there was a parade of all the
children. vehicles. etc. entered in the carni-
val past the grand stand, which was crowd
ed with spectators.
First prize In the class for boys In fancy
costume was won by Master Theodore
Christian Howe. the three-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Alpha Howe of Wash
ington, d. c., who are visiting near Fred
erick Master Howe wore novel and
pretty costume made OF corn husks, Dec
GRATED with corn grains His cap. also
made of husks, was tipped with corn tas-
GELS. Attached to the costume was
streamer bearing an inscription which born
made known the character represented ana
Of Andrew Carnegie and Theodore Roose-
welt. The inscription was "Korn King
Other Prizes.
The judges, Mrs Harry Friedenwald, Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Burger of Baltimore. Mrs.
c. T. Hearin of Mobile. Ala; Mr.. John
Sifford of Somerset, Pa: Mr.. and Mrs.
Knipp and Mr.. Kaufman, awarded the fol-
Best costume group fairies)-First Eliza
beth Kuhn; second. Edith kintz; third.
Elizabeth KeStler.
Best costume group (nations)-Girls-
first, Mamie Hales. Boys-Ffrst, Jesse
Ramsburg: second. Madeline Houff
Best costume group (burlesque)-First.
Mary Gilbert: second. Rudolph Grouse;
Twins and triplets-First. under one year,
Paul and Pauline Dutrow, Queenie and OIL
via Hershberger; first five to ten years,
Lucille and Louise Steward.
Twins In costume - Clarence and cara
Marsh.
Best rider of tricycle-First. Bernard
Baumgardner: second. Arthur Hales
Best decorated express wagon or four
wheeled vehicle-First. Lee Dertzbaugh;
second, Fahrney Young.
Best group for schools-First. Wilson Hal
Ter: second. Marion Miller, Anon Burgee.
Walter Mehrling.
Best of costume group (gypsies)-First,
Helen Klein; second, Leila Lewis; third,
Katie Hahn.
Costume group Qndians) = First. Bessie
RACER; second. Heloise RACER; third. Clar-
ence Carly.
Best decorated pony turnout-First. Miss
Helen Motter: first. double occupant, Chas.
w. Ross and Catherine W. Ross.
Best. decorated donkey turnout-First.
children of Mr.. F. w. Staub: second. Ar
thur Brown.
Handsomest float Single occupant-First.
Robert Stull: second. Frederick Alvey:
third, Walter De Grange. Several occu-
pants-First. Annie McGinness: second. VIII
lie Ridenour; third. Theresa Eichelberger.
Best rider Of bicycle (girlsl-Ffrst Julia
Roderick; second. Helen Oraeman; third'
Irene Enright. Boys-First, Charlie Staley:
Baby coaches and go-carts; best decorated
In artificial dowers-Ffrst. children OF MI
Ingomar Albaugh: second, Elizabeth TIT
low. Baby coaches other than flowers
Heaviest babies under one year-First.
Franklin Marsh; second. James William
Houck; third. Janette Griffith.
years-George Saller, Edwin Snauffer. y
Baby from greatest ddstance-First Ed
ward Montour. Florida; second. Z. b.
Chipley, Pittsburg: third. Catherine Mat
toon, Baltimore.
Best-decorated doll carria ge+First, Anna
l. Poole; second, Virginia James; third,
Myrtle Irene Nusz.
Rider ON pony-First, Cornelia McSherry:
second, Harley Sponseller. In costume
First, Frank Doll second. Catharine Me-
Sherry.
Fancy costume (girD-First Sarah Gilbert;
second, Elsie Meier; third, Virginia Frazier.
Fancy costume (boy) - First, Theodore
Howe Washington; second. Ralph Eichel-
berger; third, Austin James.