St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-31
West Side Gymnasium Fair.

The West Side Gymnasium fair continues
10 attract large crowds, and no wonder, for
besides the usual displays of fancy articles
AMI articles of virtu exhibited at all fairs,
there is such galaxy of beauty in the lady
attendants as can be found nowhere except
on the West side By the way, why West
side-is it not time, now that the Sixth ward
has grown to such important dimensions, to
call it by its proper and appropriate
name, the South side? The different booths
or stalls have already been described in these
columns, but there are one or two features
which call for especial mention. Among
them is an cxquisitely embroidered banner
in Kensington, worked with floss silk and
flloselle upon white and maroon satin, the
design is an artistic arrangement of wild
flowers, roses, sunfowers and forget-me-nOts.
The work is by Mrs. Haskell; only twenty-five
cents for a chance for this beautiful piece of
needework. Another attraction at this stall
is very clever placque painting by Miss E.
Rowe, moss roses: still another is a piano
scarf in morocco colored flannel, worked
with chenille in Kensington embroidery.
This booth is presided over by two very
charming young ladies-NIiss Weber and
Miss Leyde. Miss T. Richie is very appro-
prately placed in booth to dispense the
sweetest of sweets sweetened with sweet
smiles, and she is doing a most fourishing
business. The floral booth is furnished with
beautiful plants and little loves of button
holes Miss (H)uelster takes care
of these delicate exotics and by
the way the sunny Downs OF
merry England never produced more lovely
Goss than is to be seen at this attractive
stand. Fish ponds, Of course, and post
otices-who ever saw genuine fair without
them-lend their fun and merriment, but
there is one feature which in itself would
well pay the trouble of tramp across the
long bridge, even if there was no bus run
ming, and that is the curiosity shop. There
are here collected some genuine and most
absorbing curiosihes which carry one back
to former days-dresses 200 years old, coins
of 1776 with Washington 'ssuperscription, 5"
Roman and Egyptian coin 1000 years old.
An Indian horn spoon beautifully
made as large as a shovel-what mouths they
must have had in those days; horn knife
and fork also of Indian manufacture; some
beautiful coral jewelry from India; pistol
from the Custer battle field; ring lost in
the mortar when Fort Smelling was being
built and recovered when the old postolfice
was pulled down. There are at least three
times the curiosities now that there wer9
when the fair was opened. Another great,
and perhaps the greatest feature of very at
tractive fair is the dining and supper rooms,
which which are under the able management
of Mrs. NJ. NJ. Merrett Mrs.
Remeck. Mrs. Crockett, Mrs. Has
kell, Mrs. Barker, Miss Bixler
Miss NJ. Merritt. The tables are abundantly
furnished with everything in season, and the
viands are the choicest. One can get a
''meal as is a meal' with such coffee as one
seldom tastes, and for quarter. The fail
is open tonight and tomorrow night and
Saturday afternoon there will be a children's
matinee"