Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-05

The New York city correspondent Of
the S. F. Alta, writing under date Of
March Sd, gives the following interesting
sketch of the novelties presented al the
Fairs held in the East to replenish the
Sanitary Fund:
The various Sanitary Fairs now being
held throughout various parts of the
North, to replcnish the exhausted treasury
of the Commission, have adopted many
curious novelties to attract the gallants to
them, and relieve them thereby of their
loose change. They get up tablcaux,
panoramas. and musical parties; hut the
ono now held at Albany, besides having
on exhibition, and for sale, thousands of
beautiful articles of luxury and necessity.
the ladies have booths and apartments
representing the customs and manners OF
different countries, and where they dis
pensc sherbcts. ices, coffee. etc., en- costume
of the age and character they assume. \
correspondent writes:
"Iike the rest of the Sanitary Fairs
this is a success. The Shaker booth is
another of the principal features of the
Bazaar. Mrs. Franklin Townsend pre-
sides over it, assisted by several beautiful
Young ladies in costume. The articles
they supply are manufactured by the Sha-
kers, and are not only attractive but use
full. The Oriental booth is fitted up in
purely Eastern style, and its inmates are
dressed in costumes described in the Ara
bian Nights Entertainments. At times
the interior presents life-likc picture OF
Turkish apartment-the Turk being seated
upon an ottoman, with eight or ten beau
tiful women reclining about him. Anoth-
er pretty feature of the booth is,
"'Thc old woman who lived in shoe.
And who had so many children she didut know
what to do
"The poor old woman still lives III
shoe, surrounded by an almost countless
number of bright, chubby little babies,
and as she offers to sell them cheap, pleas
ure as well as charity should direct the
steps of the visitor to her humble abode.
The ladies presiding in the Military De-
partment are dressed in elegant and at
tractive military costume, with shoulder
straps designating their rank of office.
Miss Margaret Worth and Miss Frances
Pruyn wear the insignia of Major Gener-
ais. Others. as privatcs, and Others again
with pretty faces and handsome limbs, as
vivandieres.'
The Sanitary Fair, now being held in
Brooklyn, is an immense success; money
pours into the treasury like rain, and no.
BODY complains of anything except the
visitors. They, as a general thing, find
themselves fattened i'll corners, trodden
upon, elbowed, and otherwise inconven-
venienced, and complains of not having
seen anything but their neighbors' hats
and bonnets. Even the New England
kitchen is crowded to such an extent that
it is hard work to find sufficient elbow
room for the handling of knife, fork.
or spoon, after the "apple sarse,' pork
and beans, johnny cake" etc, have been
purchased and placed within tempting
reach upon the snowy cloth.
The one in Gotham, which IS now being
prcpared, will be presided over by all the
nrpttv bellies of New York in fancy cos
fumes. Bal masgues and fancy dress
halls will be nothing to it i'll the dazzling
array of beautiful dresses and recherche
elegance, which will be made its most
nrominent features. What a splendid
matrimonial market it will be too. Just
imagine Circassian slave. or Pages pic
ture of Venus, represented by some OF
Gotham's fairest daughters. The admis-
sion will be one dollar-chcap enough for
what will be seen. 1t will continue for
several weeks.