The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-11-09
TIE SISTERS FAIR
A WondTous Scene Of Life
and Color at st. Alloy
sius' Academy.
VALUABLES GOING BY VOTE.
The Booths and Their Sweet Attend
ants-Fish Pond and Wheel
Of Fortune.


It Is no easy task to accurately por-
tray the nightly scene in the new St.
Aloysius Academy during the fair now
in progress. On ahnrried assignment 1t
is simply impossible.
Upon the threshold oae finds himself
suddenly emerging from darkened
street. witt piles and shadows of brick
and iumber-for the surplus material of
the new and elegant monument to the
faithful work of the Sisters of Charity
has not yet been entirely cleared away
upon scene that thrills and exhiIarates
with beauty. natural and artid cial. A
panorama with Kaleidoscope changes.
yet picture that remains fastened to
memory.
The large assembly room on the first
door Is circied with booths, ornamental
in design, colored and decorated with
tinted fabrics, stocked with beautiful
works Of art, and presided ever by clever
and beautiful women. Not only is the
large hall circled with these pretty and
artistic booths. but the centre is studded
with booths and tables rs eleborateiy
decorated, leaving wide avenues around
and through the nall through which
surge the mob Of sight seers and patrons
EA-% t1AtCfss-1 2 ~f@ACRt VI oD0&o tA4c1g
deck the strips OF bunting with
which the ceiling is festoned.
Flags woven into every conceivable
artistic design greet the eye at every
turn, and lanterns, Japanese and
falencian, screens. tapestries and
decoration. An immense fish pond forms
the centre piece. 1t is high structure
with myriads OF tinsel fishes diving in
every attitude against q BACKGROUND OF
black and decorated around the edges,
as 1t were. with imitation crab grass.
An office connected Herewith is taste
fully embellished with screens and
fishers Of men, with pocketbooks. The
design, I am told, is credited to Miss r
Hooker.
FORTUNES WHEEL
just in the rear Of the fish pond Is a
wheel of fortune run By School Director
Hugh Kelley and Hon. Joseph 7. Kelley.
Excitement is always at fever heat
around this table. On either side Of these
is the candy booth and the flower booth.
The former stocked with all kinds Of
confectionery. from the finest Of French
mixtures to the theatrical cough drops
The flower booth, with ferns and lilies,
is beneath mammoth red Japanese
Around there is the circle OF booths.
broken only by an array OF articles which
are being contested for by popular votes.
TO BE VOTED FOR.
The first In the list of these is tall and
elegant piano lamp. A blackboard an
considered the most popular lady friend
of the &C. B. L. She was Twenty-Five
votes ahead of her leading competitor
when the doors closed last night
A beautiful picture of the "Martyrdom
Of Sebastian occupies the centre OF the
platform. It IS a gift Of Colonel Nc
Anerney. who will give 800 to the table
selling the most votes and allow those ia
charge the honor of presenting it TO the
Young Girls Assembly. The vote so
far:-No. l, 2s6. No. 2, lis; No. 5. 210; No.
4. 128; No. 5, 102; No. 6, l0l; No. Z. los.
No. s, $50.
The contest for the diamond pin be-
tween John ID. German and William NJ
Barry stands: German. 159; Barry, 20.
The O'Neill's viii visit the fair in body
next Thursday night.
Silver watch: Joseph Shannon, 20; H.
Mcclure, %.
THE ART GALLERY.
Ascending to the Second floor we enter
the art gallery. A large and splendid
collection OF paintings, tapestries, and
ancient relics makes this exhibition
probably the NEST interesting in the
building 1t must be seen to be appre-
ciated. Miss Katie Banks, Miss Alice
Morgan and Miss Matte Collins will
show you through. and explain with ex-
traordinary facility the history connected
with the ancient foreign relics, many OF
them from Palestine.
A glimpse into the photograph gallery
will Introduce you TO Mr.. A B. Costello.
the popular photographer of No. SIS New
ark avenue. The artist is doing thriv-
ing business, while the shooting gallery
in the basement will teach even the
vounQ mind how fr shoot nd 1repaTe for
the next Tuesday nights match-open to
all comers-
Then If you have not seen all. you will
find courteous Mr.. James 7. Brennan
near the door, and he will see that you
do not leave the building without having
seen all the various attractions of The
fair.