The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-15
society folk TO help
At STEELTON Carnival
They Will Wear Gay Costumes in Pre-
: siding Over Booths While Croatian
and Servian Sokols Entertain With
Brilliant Native Folk Dances

Fashionable folk of both Harrisburg
and Steelton are taking great interest
in the plans being made by the women
of the Steelton Civic Club for "home
TALENT carnival to be held in Second
street, Steelton, Saturday, May %, for
the benefit of the Visiting Nurse s
fund of the borough. The carnival will
be held from o clock until 10 at
right, and special interest attaches not
only to the fact that the young persons
Of the Cottage Hill section, where the
families of the Pennsylvania Steel Com.
pany officials reside, will participate
IN fancy dress, but also to the fact that
the foreign population of Steelton will
take part in all the splendor of their
native dress.
Second street will be roped off for
the occasion from Pine street to Adams.
and at night the thoroughfare will be
brilliantly illuminated not only with
extra are lamps but with powerful
searchlights. The street will be gaily
decorated with bunting and flags of all
nations and the plans indicate that it
will be the most brilliant affair of the
kind ever attempted in Steelton.
Mrs. X. V. w. Reynders is general
chairman of the committee of arrange.
ments, and Mrs. Richard V. Mckay is
in charge of the drills and other exhi.
bitions to be given by Steelton sokols
of the Servians and Croatians. More
than 100 of the men, women and chill.
dren of the sokols will participate,
wearing their gorgeous national cos.
tunes.
Persons in Charge of Booths
This part of the entertainment will
consist of drills, folk dances, Indian
club and wand exercises and perform
ances on the trapese and parallel bars,
ALI taking place in the street. There
also will be a big street parade headed
by the famous Steelton band which
will give frequent concerts during the
afternoon and evening Another feature
will be singing by colored quartet.
The booths will be elaborate and
gorgeous. Mrs. Lewis E. johnson will
be in charge of the country store and
will be assisted by corps of young
women of social prominence who will
wear appropriate costumes and sell
great variety of wares including aprons,
caps, fancy articles, baked beans,
canned goods and everything else ordi.
narily found in a well regulated coun-
try store.
Mrs. Henry Gross will preside over
the bargain counter; Mrs. Robert M
Rutherford will conduct the cake booth,
and Mrs. Charles V. Buck, the ice cream
There will be two May pole dances,
In charge of Mrs. Charles T. Feidt,
while Mrs. Frank d. Carney will chap
eron corps of pretty girls who will
sell shot dogs,' pies, coffee and other
things at regular "quick lunchn
counter. Mrs. Uttley Abercrombie will
direct the sale of soft drinks to the
thirsty throng that is sure to be there.
"Hit-the- Baby Booth
Not even the "Hit- baby" booth
will be omitted. 1t will be in charge
of Mrs. Mckay and anybody who can
knock dwon the requisite number of
miniature doll babies will be rewarded
with fine fve-cent cigar, which will
be handed out by Charles t. Feidt or
Charlton Reynders. There will be a
fortune-telling tent in charge of Mrs.
Maude Hope, but the committee de-
clines to announce the names of the
pretty "gypsies who will mysterious
ly delve into the future for all per-
sons who have the price.
Mrs. Wigs, of cabbage patch fame,
will be impersonated by Miss Katherine
Darby, who will be assisted by Miss
Azalea, daughter of Steelton 8 burgess,
and there will be lots of other attrac-
tions which are bound to net a fine
nest egg for the very worthy cause.