Wilson's guide to Avalon . ears ago a young woman complained to theauthorities that she had been annoyed by a strange young man. After immediate 34 WILSONS GUIDE TO AVALON and sufficient inquiry, the constable took the young man to his tent and put liimto bed and carried away his clothes. The next morning he was dressed, given ayellow ticket, and put on board the steamer with a warning never to come to theIsland again. This drastic method has been most effective in keeping order. It is just this supervision which keeps the Pavilion free from undesirableelements, and which enables the visitors
Wilson's guide to Avalon . ears ago a young woman complained to theauthorities that she had been annoyed by a strange young man. After immediate 34 WILSONS GUIDE TO AVALON and sufficient inquiry, the constable took the young man to his tent and put liimto bed and carried away his clothes. The next morning he was dressed, given ayellow ticket, and put on board the steamer with a warning never to come to theIsland again. This drastic method has been most effective in keeping order. It is just this supervision which keeps the Pavilion free from undesirableelements, and which enables the visitors of the highest class to join in the enjoy-able dances which are given there. At these dances evening dress is not insistedon, but on Tuesday and Saturday evenings it is the custom for the ladies toappear in a more elaborate costume than on other occasions. The hall is largeenough to accommodate about three hundred couples at a time, and is sur-rounded with tiers of seats from which more than a thousand spectators can watch. Where the Band Plays the proceedings. The concerts in the Greek Theatre, which seats 2225 people,commence at 7:30 and end at 9 p. m., when the Band adjourns to the Pav^ilionwhere dancing is kept up till lip. m. On Sunday evening there is a concert inwhich sacred music forms a large part, but there is no dancing. The Band is reputed to be the best of its class on the Pacific Coast, and aspecimen of the program offered, taken at haphazard, is subjoined: MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEA/IBER 9, 1912Soloist: Mr. George Mulford 1 a. March, Manisot Brooks b. Angels Serenade Braga 2 Overture, Merry Wives of Windsor Nicolai 3 Waltz, Italian Nights Tobani 4 Little Boy Blue (the latest) Bereny We congratulate you. Daisy. Love Never Dies. ^Ihc Crystal Ball, &c. 5 Piccolo Solo, Through the Air Damm 6 a. Toreadors Song from Carmen Bizet b. Quartet from Rigoletto \erd 7 Humorous Paraphrase and variations on the well known Irish song, Wearin o the Green Douglas 8 a. The Warblers Ser
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