The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-04-12
D|DHERSELFPROUD
 CARNIVAL SUCCESS
STRAY ELks PULL BIG sHoWFoR
 RED CROSS AT METCALF-3 NIGHTS OF WHOLESOME FUN
 AND FROCIc.. ,.

The Red Cross carnival, staged at Metcalf by the Stray Elks last Sat urday, Sunday and Monday nights was grand success from every point of view. Crowds filled the theatre from start to finish, and the man who cries hard times would have changed his tune had he seen the stacks of bills that came to swell Red Cross funds from the patriotic citi. zens of that city. 9 4Hsos tND1
 Money schemes of every description was brought to play the roll of at tractingi those whog sought amuse- ment, and those having the carnival in charge seemed to- have the facility of divorcing one from his roll in the most pleasant manner. They all liked They were there to- help the, Red Cross and to. have jolly good time.A They succeeded in both. U The only adisagreeable feature was the size of the building. TO 1T take care of the crowd that gathered there to enjoy the sport would have re quired a ibuilding of three times the dimensions of thesi Metealf theatre, and then Atehre would have been no room to spare.A .S1sh zaifa SIS - ncIt was d grand sight to see the beautiful girls in the varied costumes as they rounded up the strays and gave them a soothing portion in be- witching glances that made the d1- 5vorcenlent of his cash a pleasant mat ter. All the old time gambling de vices were brought from storage and once more put in commission with expert dealers managing the layout. Not only did the plungers buck the games. but the fair sex were In evidence as they piked for small stakes as they watched the elusive ball to see if it stopped on their number, or watched the next card as sbIack Joe Lee deftly dealt from the box while they piked at faro, or won. dered what the high mans hole card was as they played the fascinating game of, stud.e 1t brought back the days that are gone to see these outlawed games once more -o1n 1uii blast. even if the money was phoney.- Rut these were not all the diversions. Every known game of chance was Tn full blast. The lid was off and the roof the limit Many nlayed high Tor the glory of the Red Cross.
 Besides the games the refrshments were delicious and in abundance. Then the fortune teHers, in the per sons of Metcalf's fairest in appropr1- ate costumes, told your past, present and future while they relieved you or your roll. The popularity contest was not least by any means, and tnis brought many dollars into the cash ier's office, but everyone had great time. and the American population did not have a corner on patriotism by any means, for the Spaniards, Mex jeans and Italians were as enthusias-. tic as the Americans, or more so, Tn patronizing the carnival for the bene- fit of the benevolent order of the Red Cross q. rsEfyo ..,f
 The management is pleased with the financial results obtained. ! the receipts being $2,Se0, which will prob ably net the Chapter. $2,090. ]
 The winners in the popuIar1ty cons test were Miss May Nardelli for the diamond ring, she polling 39,000 votes, with Miss Ruth Harvey as a close sec ond with 27.000 in the young ladies' contest The prize for the most pop uIar married lady was awarded to Mrs. George. Greenleaf.. whose vote was 12.7000, Mrs. Carmen Mitchell second with 75.000 votes. The prize was community silver service.
 Many. from Clifton and Morenci were in; attendance: and assisted in making the carnival a success each day. rs A