Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-18
FAIR Is GORGEOUS
 AND. GRAND
Brilliant Spectacle is Present. ed at the Never-to- -Be-for- gotten Fete-Ladies Repre- sent All Nations

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 In describing the opening of the Elks' fair at the orpheum theatre words and phrases must need be couched in superiatiyes, for a moro brilliant spectacle CT more represen- tative assemblage has never been seen in Douglas. Did one not know the faces Of the fair ladies whose gracious presence lent so much of brilliance to the occasion, one well might have thought he was a spectator at some world-famed show place where cosmo- politics foregather and worship at the shrine of Pleasure. Colors ran the samut of rainbow tints. merged into one another and were lost in the pris- matte play that oyerspread all.
 Singly and in groups ladies. repre-. senting nations of ,he world and ap- propriaieiy attirod. mingled in the throng. Here is a daughter of Old Castle. whose dancing. deep-dark eyes, raven hair and olive complex ion confess to a flow of real Castilian blood. Of red and yellow and black is her costume and chains of silver and gold ghimmer as she walks about. There, is a make-believe daughter of Nippon. her kimona gracefully flow ing and her hair tightly pomadoured. as Is the way ot the land oi cherry blossoms.
 Just over there is a pretty. buxom miss. begiriled in green and skirts 9 trifie short. She represents Ireland and Is suggestive of all that Is good about the land to which American blood owes SO much.
 In another gronp is Miss America. not so gaudily attired as her sisters If other nations. but nevertheless she 1 is Miss America and about her head is an anreoie of red and white and blue.
 And another mss pushes ner way through the crowd and bids the sons of Arizona do her deference. Not the lingering. clinging kind Is she. but the aggressiye, assertive type. She wears ! little tle-below-the-knee skirts of khaki and a low-necked shirt waist Leg
 gings and spurs and broad-brimmed hat tilted in the from. and ynenac- | ing six-shooter with cartridge belt complete the picture. She is our own
 western girl--the cowgirl of the plains.
 strong. agile. wiry. capable of taking
 care Of herself but none the less wo-
 manly. She gets hand" that even
 exceeds that of Miss America. | Elsewhere a graceful woman attir- I ed in a colonial gown reminds one rividly of the grand danes of old
 Ensland.
 , And then--perhaps the meekest, the
 .entiest and sweetest looking of all-- 'he Dutch girls with their quaint Hoi- land caps and costume otherwise pict- l uresque.
 These are they who moved about in the crowded theatre building to lend color. attractiyeness and prestige 70 he opening night of the fair Descrip- ions do Dot-caunot-do justice to the scene. One must have been there. trough Tepetitions of the first night are to come
 Siks in Parade.
 Seven o'clock found a large number | of Elks at the corner of Twelfth and c. and shortly after that hour the pa
 raders moved down the avenue head ! ed by the Pirtleviile band. There were only forty-five pieces in the band last night. though it's full complement | is sixty. yet 1t was an eye-opener to the people of Douglas. who. kno~ing little or nothing of the new band in the Douglas suburb. were prepared
 for anything that was wierd. many
 even thinking the burlesque band of
 July would be head again. The iparade ended at the Orpheum theatre land the opening ceremonies were not Hong delayed R. R. Sims. who, in bis caDacity of exalted ruler of the local lodge, Is ex-oficio president of the fair association. spoke briefly of tre
 Els. the purpose Of the fair. their hopes in connection herewith He