Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
CARNIVAL CLEARS $500.
Red Cross Carnival i'm DEBORAH Great
Success Last Thursday.


Cross Carnival to be held at Haugen's
hall on Thursday evening, Jan. 81,
but did not mention the promoters
name. Well this week We must give
the credit for the big affair to Miss
nellie Jewell of this city who planned
the affair for the benefit of the Red
Cross. That she knew her program
we'll is evidenced by the fact that
$500 was cleared and turned over to
Mrs. E. j. Curtin. The affair was a
success with a capital S. The hall
was decorated in patriotic colors and
some Is different booths were raking
in the :lickels and dimes. The admis-
sion to the hall was 10 cents, and af-
ter one got in it was a case of
spending as much as they liked for
the different attractions, as follows:
THE Bellies From Somewhere"
were there with the bells alright.
They were Mrs. Bertha Mott AID DR..
bldIC u bd&l, ulCooSu up III SolOIAdi
style, selling flowers.
The Mutt and Jeff show was
presided over by John Bollinger AID
he was better than Nut and Jeff, al
most Melvin Satire and Bobby
Wells were the Mutt and Jeff.
The Diving Girls" was another
good attraction, Helen Burtis and
Lottie Miller, in bathing suits, were
shy swimming tank, but attracted at
te1tion of many. B. B. Anundsen,
dressed as a Swede, was the barker
at this attraction.
Nit Dalvey and Emmett Hoare, in
their Minstrel Show with Stratton
Miller at advance man did a big
business.
THE Great Magician, Signor
Dahl was one of the real attractions
of the carnival, and bewildered the
big audience with his magic tricks.
and B. NJ. Graham did the barking
stunt, and was a scream at that
THE Wennerwurst Joint operat-
ed by Geo. Baker and Myrtle Sharp
got ri of lots of ''barks" dogs,
pop and coffee.
Marjorie Marsh and Carrie Nc
Intosh were the Fortune Tellers" and
made lots of visitors happy. Henry
McCauley had the outside talk for
the booth.
The Cooking Booth" was presided
over by Lucille Burtis and Catherine
hutchinson, aad nobody went
hungry.
THE Largest Worm in Captivity
was a book worm, Garlic Berlatz
who was perusing a dictionary tc
see if there were any larger ones. His
darker was Eugene Marsh.
THE Biggest Lobster in the
World booth showed up Lyle Top
lift and Geo. Oehler. Tie visitor
looked into a looking glass and had
guess as to who was meant for the
lobster.
The Fancy Work" booth was pre-
sided over by Emma Faldet and
Esther Wells and the Candy Booth
by Hazel F'reeberg and Catherine
Dalvey.
The Strong Man" in the person
of Paul Swezey was there with his
Sandow appearance, with Geo. Cum
mings as 'his barker.
THE Jiggers" booth showed Oran
Amondsen doing his best with music
furnished by Horace Tracy and Peter
Ellingson and Fralces Marsh with
the barking job.
Col G. f. Baker officiated as auc-
tioneer and he was there with the
goods too, and got the money.
Those who cared to dance enjoyed
themselves at five cents the dance,
AID Helwigs orchestra with Mrs
Jessie Erwin Marsh at the piano
Furnished good music and donated
their services
The carnival is certainly a great
credit to Miss Jewell AID she wishes
to thank all who so generously took
part and helped to make it the great
success it was.
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