The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-09-14
C Hill DREN'S
CARNIVAL,
GRAND PAGEANT AT FAIR
GROUNDS.

enormous Crowd Witnessed th,
Display of Fancy Costumed
Little Ones and Helped the
Cause of Charity-Handsome
Prizes Distributed.
Smiling skies looked down
upon the brilliant scene at the
Fair Grounds on last FRIDAY
Chlldren's Carnival Day-apd
seemed to rejoice greatly in the
success of the event which they
had almost a week before put to
a gloomy termination.
The pOstponement of the af.
fairs mattered little in the general
outcome, yet it was not without
some little Precipitation than the
energetic and worthy mem bers of
the committee worked on after
the date had been changed.
The bracing air and the glor-
lous day seemed to have its eff.
feet upon the people, for they
turned ont ell masse and crowded
the grounds and grand stand
until 1t looked like one of the big
days of the fair.
The sun grew exceedingly hot
and much discomfort was felt.
but it was borne uncomplainingly
for the good of the cause.
Under the trees in the eastern
part of the ground the little ones
were gathered in all their fine
array to be judged for the many
beautiful prizes that had been so
generously donated by the bust.
ness mea of the city and friends
of the guild, under whose an.
spices the affair was given.
TO properly dispose of this part
ofthe program was a most diff
cult task, and the judges had
their hands full Tor several hours,
so many were the entries and so
varied the costumes and spectac.
ular effects.
Historic and fairy tales were
borrowed from to produce orig
NAL and striking effects and the
list of prize winners published
elsew here gives but a faint idea
of the magnitude and beauty of
the assembled aggregation.
1t was after four o'clock when
the judging was over and with a
fan fare of trumpets, the Queen
of the Carniya al ''Titania,n i'm per-
sonated by Miss Barbara Multi.
nix, in the daShing team of Gen.
eral l.. Victor Baughman. &C.
companied by her maids of honor
and cOuliers, passed in front of
the grand stand to the pavilion
erected for her majesty. She
was greeted by a round of ap-
plause as most beautifully gown
ed she alighted and assembled the
steps to the di $.
Her court occupied seats
around her, and the scene had
regal splendor that was intensi
fed as the pageant passed by her
in review shortly afterwards.
Her maids of honor were:
Misses Lillian Motter, Rebecca
Delashmutt, Walletta Keefer,
Myrtle Hershberger, Pauline Nc
Cardell, Maize Schmidt, Heloise
DeGrsnge and Amy Motter. The
knights were Messrs. Ernest Nc
Cardell, Frank Markell, Jay
Toms, Clinton McSherry, Roy
Hyndman, Hammond Clary, Muir
ray Stautfer, Arthur Kreh, Fred.
Cramer, Leyburn Hughes. Pages
to Titania-Noel Haller, Harry
Smith, Jr.; Prime Charming,
Aileen Frazier; Cinderella, Vir
ginia Frazier; pages at the court
of Titania, Ruger Rollins Rice,
James McSherry Alvey; flower
girls, Elise Howe, Flo + e Il c e
Schroeder, Cora and Elizabeth
Staley; court jester, Jamie En-
right.
Before the parade the Roose
welt Bears, Valentine Myers and
Daniel Steiner Schmidt, and
the clowns, masters Harold Mob
erly, Charles Sothoron Howard,
Jr., Francis Dorsey Howard,
David Winebrener, Philip Wine
brener, Arthur Brown. William
Sterkle and George Rodock. went
through amusing antics and evo-
lutions before the Queen, Joined
later by the pages.
A blast of the trumpet an
nounced the start of the carnival
parade, and every eye was dl-
rected up the race track as the
Indians came in view. They
were two of the tiniess little tots
the Hershberger twins, and
following them came other twins
walking and in coaches, deco
rated baby carriages, girls and
boys in fancy costumes, groups OF
tinselled gowned fairies, costum
ed bicycle riders, decor a tie d
wheeled vehicles, school groups,
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