The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-20
CARNIVAL OPENS
PROSPECT BRIGHT.
beautiful Floral Entertainment
Starts Out Under Most 4.
Favorable Auspices.
BLUES CAPTURE ENTIRE PARTY
Battalion Marches III aid Has
Things Its Own Way--Co'n-
ing Features.

| Tho Floral Carnival for the bcneltt Of
| tho NYonlnnB Christian Association and
4 tho Belle Bryan Day Nursery and lAin-
| dcrEnrten Opened under tho nleasantost
! anu most promislng auspices last evening
at Masonic Temple. III
Mayor. Mccarthy, who was TO nave made
the opening address. was unexpectedly
prevented from being present. but the
Rev. Robert W.a1Nprsyth, OF ST. Iaul's
Episcopal Church., made Il very fcrvent
prayer and the master Of ceremonies.
Mr. John Stewart Bryan, after apolo-
ezing for tho Mayor. gave Il short ad-
dress, i'll Which he congratulated INC
ladies Of the city on their most creditable
carnival work and invoked for them no
aid and interest necessary to bring their
Undertaking to a full and complete
measure Of success. Mr.. Bryan was
heartily appnudcd at tho conclusion Of
his remarks.
The hail. with the different handsomely
decorated booths, presented &: gay and
animated appearance. TO the risht. 2a
one entered. were the three day nursery
tables. the one at which fancy work was
displayed being adorned with sprays 81
peach blossoms and pink and green dfnp
cries; the next In order was the cliry-s
san then1uny table, whore the most OK
third table. ornamented with pink and
white tulips, was the one at which home
made candy was having brisk sale anu
dolls Of Il ffcrent sizes were shown
Had Fishing Pool.
The Presbyterian table. with It's grace
full clusters or wistaria, had q fishing
POOL, which proved very attractive. The
Christian Church booth, decorated WITH
pink roses. was hung inside and out with
many articles .of use, and beauty. Inc
Baptist table was q. japanese pa CODA II
shade, ana had the pink hydrangea g s It's
flower. v
hail. The lemonade booth, Il division OF
the tobacco table, was both pretty and
we'll spatronized. The Methodist Dootll,5
covered In water, lilies and filled with
dainty articles, did great credit TO Inc
taste Of the ladies' who had IN charge
ana who had a division where peanuts, X
neatly put up i'll paper Lays, proved very
popular.
The Episcopal, or orchid booth. occu-
pied the center of2the room. llcre;a tH'o
young artists were making excellent
sihoucttes and finding many CUSTOMERS
desiring Of ascertainng their correctness
OF outline in profile and OF testing he
artists skill. .53 Ss45
The restaurant BOOTH where ice cream
was served toward the close OF the
evening, was on the third floor and was
& cnerully visited and enjoyed /
Blues Capture Whole Party.
The interesting feature Of last even
ing was the entrance OF a company OF
the Richmond Light 1nfantry, Blues I'M
der tho comnand 81 Captain Ilobson
They stacked tlleir sir,>lcs in the lobby.
marched III and around tho hall, then
broke ranks ana proceeded TO MAKE
vi ',nseftbA E htrcmelM agreeable, rs
they always do on such occasions, be- |
Ing an institution that Richmond people |
have a just right TO be proud Of and
s2Qs5
Tho children OF tho Kindergarten will
give an tertainncntfo for tho benefit Of
tho Day Nursery this afternoon when
Miss Margaret McRoc Thaw& will rccte, |
With pantomImc Lead Kindly Llght"t
The drawing cnrd,ffor o-nisht5wi ~ be
"iThc Freaks under the management |
Mrs. Robert Blankcnship, Mr.. 10 Lane
Stern and Mr.. james Pollard. Such at
fractions az "Tlle g'rwo-EIendcd Woman"
."The Dwarf, "The Wild Girls from
Borneo" THE Forty Thousu.nd Dollar
Beauty and others equally as fine viii |
he offered. The performers will he Misses
Bessie jackson. Ida Mason, Sorah RAN
delphi Lucy Christian, Margaret VIII
lIanls; Marie Mills, Ruth Marston, alessrs.
Lghtfoot Brooke, Edward I3rcedcn, Roy
all Turpin, Edwin J3Viliams, E. Macon.
John Christinn,i Charles Bigger. $llnrn'er5|
Meade, Richard O'Reilley.flchegru Wool
folk, q. a. Marstclcr and IIaXull Grundy.