The daily sentinel., 1906-12-24

Remember the masquerade ball or
Christmas night.
s Are you going to try for the prize
in the cake walk Christmas night.
| The Grand" is making price oil
$500 on their $500 Alaska seaIslsin
The greatest day of the year fo,
the children is. tomorrow, Christmas
day.
Misses SADIE Erickson and Jose.
prime GLADDEN. arrived home from
| Boulder Saturday.
c. ID. Smith & Co.'S line of ladies'
dressing cases, are the finest shown
In Western Colorado.
Before you make that Christmas
present see Fleming and Lambs
dressers, tables rockers and hand
some special designs in chairs.
Our new car Just placed in stock
today, carried the swellest line of
special pieces of furniture ever
broust to the city Tleming & laaih
Plat and Heron will on the first
of January open a large harness shop
department to their already large
business. A first class harness MAX
er Will be secured and large stock
Of new goods will be purchased.
Miss Celia Gait is at home from
Colorado College to spend the Christ
mas holidays. She arrived Saturday
The children of the Elks are highly
interested and eagerly looking for
ward to the Christmas tree entertain
ment to be given at Elks hall for their
pleasure tomorrow afternoon.
Tonight the piano contest closes
and 1t Is needless to say that sup
porters of various contestants have
been working like Trojans today and
the vote cast today has been very
heavy indeed, running way up into
the thousands. 1t is impossible to
plck the winner, and not a one of the
leading contestants is confident
enough of victory to make any claims
total of about 175,0O0 votes will be
cast in the contest.
Everything is in readiness for the
annual ball of the Redmen which TAX
es place at the Auditorium tomorrow
night and which has been advertised
for many weeks. The masquerade
ball of the Redmen is always one of
the biggest events of the holiday sea-
son in Grand Junction and the COM
ing pan promises to be the most suc-
cessiul and the most brilliant vet
gwen. Hundreds of people will be
in attendance. The custumers are here
with great assortments of costumes
and masques.
Americas youngest star. Maude
Fealy. who has won the greatest sue
cess of her career in Martha Morton's
new comedy, The Illusions of Beat
rice in which she will be seen at
the Park opera house. Wednesday.
December 26th, was leading woman
for the late Sir Henry Irving when
but eighteen years of age. In this
connection a most amusing story is
told. When Miss Fealy appeared with
Sir Henry Irving for the last time in
London, beautifully engrossed tes-
timonial was presented to her by a
number of London admirers The
young actress, glowing with pride.
showed the document to Sir Henry
and with girlish delight, read the list
OF names appended to the testimon-
iaL As she mentioned each name Sir
Henry nodded his head with approy-
al, saying Il know him we'll" or "he
is friend of mine Finally. Miss
Fealy read the last name on the list. /
which was Albert Edward. 'I don't
know who that is" said Sir Henry. |
do you Miss Fealy?" the young act
ress said she did not but would find
out. The next day she sent the fol-
lowing note to Sir Henry Irving: Il
find that Albert Edward is his mai
esty, the king"