Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-14

we knew that the children were In
terested, as they always have been.
But the crowd that packed every cor
ner Of the Casino broke all records
and kept the Casino management and
the Journal people who were In at
tendance guessing To find places for
them al.
1t is one of the most gratifying fea-
lures Of The whole matinee to the
Morning Journal that the parents of
Albuquerque were willing to entrust
their children TO our care so fully and
completely. for there We're compare
lively few grown people in the audi
ence. The children came alone, i'm
lunches of two and three and a dozen
ana six dozen, and they kept on COM
ing until IL looked as If they would
never stop. Long before 1 O'Clock the
cars commenced hauling the little
people 10 the Casino, and at a quarter
after ! o'clock when the train Of five
cars lined up for the start. five cars
of the children had already gone to
Traction park. But they kept on
coming. and when the last of the five
cars had been lined up every one was
filled To- the limit and there were chill
dren still coming and still waiting.
BOYS Band PLAYS Co the Children.
While waiting for the cars to pull
out the Learnard q Lindemann boys
band PLAYED several selections and
played them wei. serving to hold the
young peoples attention and To keep
them from growing restless. The
boys band is getting Ia be a first
class Organization under the direction
Of Mr.. Ellis. and IFS work yesterday
afternoon was excellent.
A big picture was taken Of the train
of trolley ears before II moved out.
with every car jammcd to the roof
After the train Of ears reached the
Casino and the children had all been
seated. the cars kept on coming over,
and on each car came another crowd
of children until the Casino, already
filled, was apparently filled all over
again. and yet again Children were
standing on tables and hanging 10 the
screens which line the sides Of she
summer theater. There were two
children on most OF the chairs, and
every extra chair 20 Doe obtained about
the grounds was brought i'm and inn
mediately filled. n was the biggest
crowd that ever got itself packed into
the Casino. and probably the biggest
that ever win be gathered therein
Yet the children, packed and
crowded as they We're. were singularly
NNIAAFnAs NNIfN NiNNlNNN anu NANIlN'A
and cheered good naturedly, and de-
manded to be amused an the time,
but they were good natured about
their demands. and as bright and
cheerful and as happy an audience As
ever gathered for any entertainment.
Il have seldom had a more appre-
ciatiHe audience" said Mr. Burgess,
after the performance yesterday aft
ernuon. when @ child laughs you
can generally know that ne is amused
and that he means DO. The spon-
taneous laughter of r. boy or girl Is
worth a dozen times the forced laugh
OF q grown up. u IS hard % play 20
children. but enjoyed the perform
ance today as much as ever / have
enjoyed an appearance on the stage.
IA was "a difficult audience 90 play
to-. said Miss Laura Moore yesterday
afternoon. "but the children seemed
10 enjoy 90. and i am as glad as 7
can be about g. ! know of nothing
more worth while than 20 really
amuse and entertain tie little peo-
pie.
There is mo- doubt that the little
people we're entertained They show
"a ID. and when the occasion demand
Cd they were demonsfrativc about b.
Then there was thc lemonade. Il
Is dsubtrul if CHILDREN ever showed
such I'm amazing capacity fo- icmen-