The Rinking Carnival.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 659, 15 September 1891, Page 3

The Rinking Carnival.

There was a large audience at the rinkieg carnival at the City Rink on Saturday afterno n, and again in the evening. The exhibition was a very pretty one. The Maypole movements were of course the principal attraction, but not by any means the only one. The children were all arrayed in costumes that did credit to the parents or whoever bad the selection of them. The Maypole movements went eff without a hitch, and the spectators greatly admired >he gracefulness of the girls and boys as they symmetricaHy wound or unwound the colored ribbons on the pcle. The skaters went through the figure without a single mistake. The fancy costumes of course added to the pleasing effect produced on the mind of the spectator. Those who comprised the Maypole group were—Ettie Warren, in the quaint costume of a grandmother ; Betsy Warren, Good Luck; Emily Henderson, Snow ; Jeannie Adair, Flower Girl ; Mary Oolley, Red Riding Hoed ; Janie Colley, Swiss peasant girl; Johnnie Adair, Fi’zGerald ; Charlie Muir, boating costume; Tom Adams and Albert Adair, sailor boys; Arthur Matthews, jockey; George Carter, Hussar, Other costumes were—Dot Johnston, Starlight; Grace Martin, Ivy; Hannah Kennedy, Harvest • Ruth Moore, Violet ; Winnie France, Grandpapa's pet ; Cisaie Davis, sailor girl; Ethel Townley, Red, white and blue; Dolly Chrisp, Flower girl; George Humphreys and Arthur Cooper, niggers; Tom Ogdon, sweep ; Eric Johnston, peasant; Reggie Piesge, sailor. In the evening there were many other skaters in fancy costume, among whom there were specially noticeable —Mottio Petersen, as Fairy King; Fred Smit-b, who was got up capitally as a red Indian ; and Frank Finlayson, a misber of the colored spsciea, The Maypols movements were executed < qually as well as in the afternoon, The affair terminated with the polo match, the one drawback to which was that all the skaters were expert, and there were no muffs to increase the fun.