FIRE BRIGADE FETE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 17, 3 January 1912, Page 5

FIRE BRIGADE FETE.

\ sUGOESSFUL PERFOUM ANCE LAST NIGHT. OPEN AGAIN TO-NIGHT. Between the rounds of applause 1 that marked the conclusion of tne Fire Brigade’s Fete last evening, one could almost hear the sound of that motor engine speeding up Broadway. No doubt the inclement weather, and the fact that the Carnival is to run its riotous course for several nights more prevented the management from having to turn people away from the doors, but we can assure patrons that if they wait till the last night, not only may they be unable to get a good geat, but at the same time they will he blaming themselves for not* having seen all that the two hundred performers can do. In one night this is ,quite impossible. Every evening new numbers arc given, and a few of the most successful ones of the previous evening are repeated, manv of them by “special request. Last night the star attraction was the “Electrical Swing Song.” hi this item there are six swings, lour of them decorated with van-coloured lights. Four girls, brightly dressed in" costume, swing nut over the heads of the people in the orchestral stalls, while two at the rear, swinging together at different times to the four, complete one of the finest displays that has ever been shown in the Town Hall. An item deserving of special mention is the “Arrival of Hussian Skaters,” who perform some difficult and spectacular evolutions on roller skates. As in the previous performance file audience wanted to see a lot more of the Washerwomen on Strike,” and an encore did not lesson the applause it won from patrons, the smaller members of the company have got over a little ol then “stage fright,” and they now enter into the spirit of the thing as if they had been on the boards all their little lives. On all sides nothing but admiration has been expressed at the skill and energy which Professor Oardston has displayed in bringing the performance to such a high_ stat<» of perfection, considering the little time he has had at his command in which to train the performers, the result attained is little short of marvellous. To-night, patrons may look iorward to something entirely now, and equal to the best that has yet been shown. As before stated, the Carnival is not a charity organisation : it is a “good tiling,” 'and' well worth the price of admission. By advertisement in another column it is announced that for the rest of the carnival fhe prices pf admission will be two shillings and one shilling.