Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03
GRAND MAY DAY
CARNIVAL HELD At
THE STATE HOUSE

Event Given by State
H Gus e Associates,
Inc, Thursday Even
ing Various A t :
fractions Midway
Baby Show
The staid old State House certain
Is had a different lining Thursday
evening, when the May Day Ca"ni-
"a! was given there by the State
House Associates. BY lining is meant
interior decorations. The interior
decorations Of the State House on
Thursday evening might we'll puz-
zle a Philadelphia lawyer to diagnose
and even then he might not know
what to call the whole show. 1t was
q circus, 2 vaudeville show. some real
serious tab!eauX. musical selections
that would 20 well in anybody's par
lor. crying he bies which in ordinary
life are grOHn up men and women.
hotdog boys screaming their wares,
policemen who were always on ti.eir
Jobs and all sorts of thing that ere
wouldn't expect 10 find in the State
House. The advance agents of this
immense project say that over 400
tickets We're sold ana the halls wore
packed with a steady stream OF folks
walking in and ont and all around
keeping their wea Their eyes out. lest
they miss anything. The May Day
Carnival. it goes without saying. was
bounding good success. a full meas
ured' one and then some.
Major I'hilhrick was the man OF
the hour, right there with his meg a :
phone, directing folks and telling
them what to do and what not to 90.
The Freaks
The only whale in cantiyitv Was
whorne~ and ererybody's pennies
went freely TO see this big feature
q ;he evening. No ore told the OH
cr fellow lor he wanted everybody
70 see il Here is not chron!cled The
account Of The whales maneuvers.
10Y its good stunt and they might
want to do ii again. Only the irlti
2ted Will appreciate that the whale
was q Whopper. Then the two head
ed lady, ne same Of chance. the eiite
.lttle, sweet little girl with the hot
dogs. the policeman, the clown. the
pop corn girl and the diving girl ali
came in for their chances AT the pen
Ines IN the pockets There was punch
and there was ice cream and as Ma
jor Philb.ick said. IT must all -
sod tonight" and il certainly an
peayeG ID be selling.
Other Attractions
me baby show was q dandy. isn't
that cunning" and Doesn't he Ioo,.
just ike his mother" those stock ex-
pressions which accompanv bahv
shows, were very much in evidence
Iho mere Is in other instances Major
fhl!bllck proved the guiding star
Annette kellerman. the diving girl
was all right. hut she had AT at
the beginning Of her exhibit and re-
luSed 10 DO her stunt until she could
De permitted to wear her sky hIne
swimming suit. Needless to saw ber
wardrobe mistress. Mrs. Cowie. was
some peeved. but the change "a,
maze and the diving act went OF
without hitch. after il was star,ea
ne elds in their song and dane.
ana chester Kingsley in sketch
were very funny and the Spanish
dancing girls were both dainty an6
clever.
The tahleaux. which we're held :,
ne second floor. We're very pretty
and the blending Of the pretty co,ors
IN the costumes Of the girls with The
"hlte staircases for a background
formed most delightful picture
The Committees
ne officers Of the State Housa
Associates, Inc. are President Nr.
JACK CoWie; VICE president. Miss lem
ME Cochrane; treasurer. Miss Ne,,ia
Loro. The event Of the evening VIZ
IN charge Ct the officers Of the clun
assisted by special committee con-
posed OF Ethel Brairerd, Anne Bib
her' Josephine Gaffney, Ethel Serb
ner Gertrude Walch, Ida Duntoa
Lula Simmons and Mary GRAY.
Gertrude Walch was general man
ager OF arrangements for the party.
Alice Donovan was in charge OF the
Midway and the tickets were in
charge of Nellie Lord.
3rd Floor Program
s1 P M-Song and da,ce Mss r.,
ser and Davis
s40-Baby show nn house,
sl5-spanish Dancing Girls c>rsssee
Leighton. Beane. Scott and WhaIen)
sD-Shetch. Chester kingsley.
sA7-Sons and dance: When the Wa
Is over. Messrs. Monaghan, Dow
ing and Belyea.
End Floor Program
May Pole Dance: In charge Of r,he,
Brainerd Girls to take part: Muriel
Holt, Frances Ellinwood. Alice wes-
ton, Ida Goldstein. Mary White.
Louise Foster, Abbie Knowles, Bertha
Ihayer. Nellie Lord. Lillian Massey.
katherine Keene. Sarah Miller. Lou.
use Weston and Ethel Libby.
May Queen: In charge Of Ethel
brainerd. Girls to take part Arore,
ranks Gertrude Allard. Josephine
rraTiey. Eleanor HASKELL. NiIdroa
humphrey. Olive Button. Page. LII.
Tie Miss Lillian Peters.
Aliied Countries: In charge ~ Etbe,
hFslnerd Girls to take part. Amer;-
Gan, Gertrude Watch; France wis,
~ mia; England. Josephine Wbsien:
Italy, Mauna Thadho,