The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-08
Who's Who and
What's What in
Carnival Clan

all the good attractions on the
Red Cross Carnival lot. Read It
over and patronize all the shows
What is said about each Of them
herein, is well warranted. as the
author of the criticism has care
fully gone into details on each
Of them and the report herewith
is the result of his lndlgs
The Freak Show Is one OF those
old original, honest to- -goouness
interpretations of the worlds Won
ders. One will find this tent rest
inc peacefully in the miGdle Of
Market and Cotton streets and The
best guarantee Of its attract ons
is that Mrs. Bruce Brown is di-
recting the show and JesJc Stie-
Ter is badly-hooing for the mar
VelOus wonders.
Miss Henrietta Pate has acn.
ieyed a signal success in her
klogging Kids production. This
juvenile act is a work Of art on
the part of the talented you "
directress and is going to be ore
OF the most entertaining SHOWS on
the lot. Those taking part in the
show are Lillian Jones, Ruth Hy-
man, Lossie Humphreys and Len
ora Crook.
There's one quartette of play
ers in the big carnival attraction
that has proven themselves stars
already. In their last rehearsal,
Misses Charlotte Keesler, Rebec-
ca Weaver, Lillian Moseley and
Mr.. Newton Fox presenting "Col-
lege Days. did themselves credit
and their entire show is going TO
be marked with an unusual pro-
fessional air. They are entertain
ing tonight and tomorrow at the
Amuse-U. Take tripa--don't
miss this treat.
Running on down the line, car
nival visitors come to the shoot
ing gallery, under the direction
of A. Weller and f. l.. Braley,
Shoot at the Birds is the slogan
that our boys may be better equip
ped to "Shoot at the Germans"
Then one butts right into the
"Men's Only" tent. Ladies kindly
requested to keep moving" ard
men advised to give them the sig
nal of "see you later dearie."
However, see Men Only Only"
The joy-spreading Gaiety Girls
are joyous ten ways from the
starting point Of a wide cackle OF
humor, If you go to the carnival,
go to see the Gaiety Girls. These
players are Teresa Loggins, Dor
othy 0'Keefe, Beatrice Parsons,
Helen Kimball, Mary Hunter,
Lucille Ferguson, Ruby Humph-
rey, Emma Roverhorst ,Rosalie
Stein. jamie Mann, Louise Will
son, Eugenia Rennie, Mary
Blanche Ellington, Laura Ander-
son, Kate Avis Wilson.
The victory dance is the only
dance today. Tonight in Every
Mans Land, the dance is to go
merrily on--for the boys over
there. This unique entertainment
is easily feature individually in
itself. Among those taking part
as dancing partners are Misses
HOrtense Stoner, Bonner Dugan,
as "Aemrica"; Miss Susie V. Nc
Lemore as France; Misses
Adele Barnwell and Ruth Anth-
ony as England; Misses Nora
Anthony, Margerite Humphries as
Italy; Misses Elizabeth Stroud,
Mildred Gwin, and Madge Saun-
ders as Belgium"
Bains Austin knows more about
a minstrel to have sense enough
to stay off the stage than any
individual we have ever met.
Baihs never fails to put up a good
attraction with any proposition he
is associated with. He has again
made good. See his minstrel men
tonight and you'll feel more like
boosting tn entire aggregation
for Austin's work is going to pre-
dominate with the successes Of
these two big days. Here's his
line up: Sam Colmery, Doug
Rainey, Charles Neville, Marks
Stein, John Irby, E, c. Gloon, W.
L. Barbour, Bains Austin with
B. H. Bacon tickling the worries.
In the Allies Tea Garden beau
tiful ladies' will serve the best tea
made. These ladies are represent
ing the different allied nations
as follows: Misses Susan Malone,
reland"; Miss Bette Malone"
Der, England; Miss Margaret
Bates, France; Miss Nancy
Scotland; Miss Martha Bar
Davidson, Ttaly"; Mrs, George
Wilson, Belgium; Mrs. W. s.
Hill, Portugal"
The Gypsy Tent is in charge Of
Mrs. Homer Spraggins, Mrs. Fish
er Avent, Mrs. Albert Watkins.
Mrs. C. R. Prosser's depletion
of "Tom Thumbs Wedding" is a
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