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Carnival of Nations

The Carnival of Nations (1906) was the fundraising event that really thrust Margaret Brown into the public eye. While her fundraising efforts for Judge Lindsey's Juvenile Court and St. Joseph's Hospital made the papers, it was the Carnival of Nations that really showed Denver what Margaret could do. Below are an assortment of quotes pulled from the newspaper pages that will give you an idea of how Margaret's star had risen.

“You can look out at any hour of the day or night and see Mrs. J. J. Brown and Mrs. J. C. Martin whizzing around town in the Brown’s automobile. Mrs. Brown is in her element when engineering a big project and has considerable experience.”
“Mrs. Brown has studied this particular method of entertainment while in the East, and will try to reproduce some of the delightful features of the similar exhibitions that have pleased and profited those who had to do with them in other cities.”
“The ‘Carnival of Nations’ will be the most elaborate and expensive outdoor entertainment ever attempted in Denver.”
“Mrs. Brown’s idea is to have the nations represented by their own people; for instance, Indians will be brought here to conduct the Indian Village, and real Chinamen will be secured to do their part.” There was an Irish village as well with laces, bogwood, peat and moss.
“The carnival is to Denver what the World’s Fair was to St. Louis.”