Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-08-31
SOMETHING NEW
WAS GREAT HIT.
Cafe Chantant Yesterday
Innovation That Appeal
ed to Many Amusement
Lovers of Phoenix Set
ting Was Splendid

Something new has come to town,
come to town to stay. 1t arrived last
night in tip top condition and put
everybody in good humor when it
made its first appearance at Riverside
park early in the evening. The new
conner is the Cafe Chantant and it
made a great big hit from the start off.
Dinner was served in the dancing pa
vilion and covers were laid for some
seventy people. 1t would have been
hard to find a lovelier place for sum-
mer nights dinner than the big breezy
pavilion with it's soft colored lights and
beautiful outlook. Around the front
and sides and back of the pavilion
hundreds of people were seated to en-
joy the music and vaudeville acts that
gave the dinner it's name. AS to its sue
cess there can be no question and the
entertainment will be repeated twice
during the week in the form of Cafe
Dansant instead of Chantant. The
Sunday dinners will be the same as
last night with a first class vaudeville
attachment; but on the week day af
fairs, first one next Wednesday, dane
ing between courses will be added to
the attractions.
Mothers Day.
This is Mothers Day at the park
again. Every Monday the park is open
to children under fifteen and all wo-
me nwithout charge until five o'clock
and a special price of fifteen cents for
using the pool is made until that hour
for children under fifteen. This is done
to give all mothers and their children
an opportunity to enjoy the park at
practically no expense and make the
park real playground for the people.
The pool received it's usual Sunday
scrubbing last night and today there is
deep water, clean and clear as crystal.
The great volume of absolutely clean
pumped water that flows through the
pool constantly, hundreds of gallons
every minute, provides swimming that
is absolutely ideal under the most san
itary conditions that can be found any
where in the country.
People returning from the coast and
other resorts are loud in their praise
of conditions at Riverside and the great
chute there it is conceded excels
anything that can be found at any
coast resort either in the east or west
Another thing that causes a lot of fav-
orable comment is the slippery pole at
the west end of the pool. 1t provides
fun for thousands, both bathers and
the rocking chair fleet and causes
more laughs in a minute than one US
ually finds in good comedy.
AIden's Band Concert
A classical program was the ocder
Of the day with Alden's concert band
at Riverside park yesterday after
| noon, and it proved a decided treat
The opening number after the march
| Thomas Mignon Polonaise was the
most artistic rendition heard here fol
a long time. The success or failure
| of this selection lies almost entirely
with the reed instruments. Some OF
the clarinet passages here are known
TO the music world as among the
most difficult of execution ever writ
ten for band work. But the boys
rose to the occasion in an admirable
manner. and showers of applause
were spontaneous at the conclusion.
Manager Alden played a beautiful
corpet solo. by request. using 1.-The
Holy City as the vehicle Alder
has long established himself in Phoe
nix as a cornet player and whenever
he is up for a solo the audience Is
assured of a most pleasing number
| Paderewski's Minuet next received
attention. This perhaps is the bes
known of all the famous compost
tons of this genius. 1t Is seldom
that a band the size of Alden's at
tempts anything of this magnitude
but the rendition yesterday was re
ceived with open arms. Roy Porter
execution of the cadenza here ION tn
clarinet was a brilliant piece of work
and brought forth no end of the mos
flattering praise.
The popular air. program was no
overlooked. The medley of nvini
| Berlin's hits was perhaps the mos
pleasing. Berlin is possibly the bes
known of all the writer's of popula
songs, and the medley played yester
day was most happily chosen. 1t con
tanned no end of. songs that a.,
heard everywhere and on more thai
one occasion the crowd blended it
whistling efforts with the music @
the band.