Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-06-26
I'm THE LAND Of
| MAkE-BEL|EVE
Scenes of Bewilder. .
ing Beauty at Elks'
Theater
FINEST PERFORMANCE YET
kirmess of All Nations Should
Draw Crowded House
Tonight.

A scene from Fair Nippon dawned
upon the audience in the Elks the.
atre, when the curtain rose last even
! ing upon the "Kirmess of Nations, y
and it was a prophecy of the bewilder.
| ing beauty of the finest amateur per.
| formance that Santa Fe has ever seen.
The stage setting was perfect and car
| ried the illusion of Japanese dainti-
ness and loyeliness in its smallest de-
tail, to the huge bouquets of chrysan-
themums, the garlands Of Japanese
lanterns, and even the exquisite nat
ural flower screen in the back ground.
Upon the stage were grouped in cos
tunes, borrowed from "The Mikado'
Mesdames Kirkpatrick, Hatch, Bard
shar Curns and the Misses Estelle
Sloan, May Closson, Genevieve and
Nellie Harrison, Lucy Grygla, Frances
and Esther Barry, Ethel Church,
Ruth Mcbride, Eileen Zimmerman,
Anita Baca, Julia Jaffa, Sylvia Morri-
son, Matilda Alonzo and Florence
Moore. Charles Miller. as Emperor
of Japan, in gorgeous costume, sang
solo from "The Mikado," and was
in fine voice. Miss Alonzo sang,
"Simosa San" a graceful, merry mel
ody, evidently suited to the soloists
temperament and voice. The audience
was surprised, and very pleasantly at
that, and applauded and encored Wig
orously.
Egypt.
The languor of which the Lotos
blossom is the symbol, seemed to per-
wade the next scene, for the curtain
rose upon Cleopatra" reclining on a
! divan and on couches on each side of
her three other maidens. six in
! all, lounged gracefully. Their cos
tunes were those OF the Orient and
that of Mrs. Curns as Cleopatra, a
statuesque beauty Of decided brunette
type, was a dream Of glittering orna-
ments and sinuous draping. There
was fire and passion however, in the
song by Mrs. Curns who possesses a
| fine and we'll trained voice, which lin
ally aroused the group to the dance.
| Besides Mrs. Curns, there were in the
tableau, Misses Matilda Alonzo, Gene
! We've Harrison, Amelia McFie, Eileen
Zimmerman and Mrs. Bardshar.
Again, the audience applauded and en-
cored to an echo.
| Out West.
Like a breeze from New Mexico's
mesas, was the tableau of which Mrs.
Bardshar, petit and vivacious, was
the center, while around her were
| grouped in the costume of the cattle
camp of the West as the old timers
knew it, Misses Florence Moore, Julia
Jaffa, Amelia McFie, Esther Barry
who had roped lorgnetted tender
foot, Frank Keefe, and were having
barrels of fun with him. Their song
had the breeziness of the mountains
in it and the chorus almost sang It,
| self. AS a background to the rollick-
! ing girls was an Indian camp, the
principal tepee being occupied by
Mrs. fitzpatrick, in splendid Indian
costume, while around one camp fire
were Manuel Otero, Edward Stafford,
John McFie, Clarence Pierce, Jacob
Stafford and We're Boyle, while around
the other camp fire we're crouched the
squaws, the Misses Grygla, Church,
Barry, Sloan, Closson and Morri-
! son. 1t was a striking scene, es-
pecially, when the Indians executed a
war dance, their whoops, being the ac-
compartment of lively Indian mel
ody. Like in every other tableau,
those who took part had to respond
to an encore.
Sunbonnet Sue.
The sunshine of childhood pervaded
the next group that of "Sunbonnet
Sue.' Like view into the Never
Never Land" of Peter Pan, was the
glimpse into this child's garden, the
center of which was a see-saw, on the
pivot of which stood Miss Hazel
Sparks, in charming costume, includ-
ing the new bonnet, which was the
topic of strangely melodious mel
ody and song. From an artistic and
sentimental standpoint, it was the
most touching tableau of the evening,
a scene which brought laughter and
longing for the days that never come
back, very near together. Those
grouped about "Sunbonnet Sue," also
in picturesque costumes and sunbon-
nets, were the Misses Julia Jaffa, May
Closson, Frances Barry, Anita Baca,