The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13
LEAVE CASH BEHIND.
The Motto for Visitors to
the Great Tabernacle
Fair.
MYRIADS OF DISTRACTIONS.
Booths and Beauties in Seductive
Array-Simpson Ladies at the
Federal Club.

AhC WIS SAPSONNNA b0NAO l. ~ \ ~
which such a numDe Of church workers
nave been preparing for so long. opened
last night with every prospect OF success.
The time and labor spent has borne fruit
in an entirely satisfactory way.
According to the alleged jokes which
appear in the comic papers about this
time of year, a church fair is a place over
whose entrance should be written, "All
ye who enter here leave cash behind"
The attendant is described as a sort of
human spider, lying in wait to drag away
the masculine fly to her booth, and there
make him o~ficiate as sole buyer In a high
priced auction sale. Now there is none
of this at the Tabernacle Fair. The
mattresses are not spiders. But what is
worse, they are sirens. They do not
seize the victim in Il fierce clutch; they
simply look at him and smile. They do
not insist on your buying anything, but
they tell you in a disinterested way that
things are really cheaper than you could
get them in New York, and then they
smile once more. So the result is just
The same. The young men pay the
freight.
The evening opeued with a brief enter
tainment Bt which Miss Jessie Parker
sang several Scotch ballads, and a COM
pauy of young people disguised in plaid
shawls and Tam-o-Shanters, gave q bur-
leaque of "Lechinvar," in which the
nero rode away with Ellen on a prancing
SAW horse. There was sucL a bewilder-
ing maze of booths and such number of
ladies' in attendance, that if one noticed o
wild-eyed person flushing past with a
pencil that was PROBABLY a reporter try
ing TO a the census. Here is The list
A.panf %N H. ns
booth. for eau y, Mes. John L.. Scudder,
Mrs. j. Lester Wells. Miss Alleneuta
Frost, Mrs. K. Feintrall. Mrs, G.
w. Anness. Mrs. A%rbuckle. Misses Hattie
and Bertha DuMond, Lille aud Ray
Watson, Messrs Stickles and Lawrence,
Misses Alma Nelson, Emma Aitcheson.
Aarons, Egertson, Lou Losey and Lottie
McGowan. Next door Is the japanese
booth. where Mrs. w. H. Turner, Miss
Florence Turner and Mrs. james Fergu-
sol sell teapots u curios, under the
protection of Il row of owls.
The Ladies' Aid Society's fancy table
cid a great business last night. 1t was
attended by Mrs. John Ewing, Mrs. 6. L.
Ellington, Mrs. Theodore Parker, Mrs.
Henry Trent. Mrs. George Cook, Mrs.
Russell, MR.. John Parsons anu Mrs.
Horace c. Wait, Up in the gymnasium,
where al oticious sign gives some un-
NJ essary advice about the floors, was an
oIduSb NN1ONG, nuGlS Ol6 may ptu IL
from the trees oranges that contain prizes
Que for each. Tuis garden OF the Hes
perldes is kept by tine Misses Houston.
Misses Adele Cox, Gertrude Simons and
Lillian Vance.
REBECCA y HER WE'LL.
Miss Louise LongstreeJ drew gallons of
! tennna Z from Rebecca's wei. Mrs.. j.
! 4. Edwards and ner class. conduct u vot-
ing booth, where contests were in pro
gress for everything, from a diamond
ring TIC Il live bird aud q crazy quilt. Miss
WrIsnt's ard Miss Florence Glerihea's
Classes attended a table, Miss Bessie
Siiers appearing in the absence of the
latter young lady. Tue fruit table had
MISS Potts, Misses Geneva Loug4tr9et,
Bertha ana Gnssie Day, Eta Stacey,
Maud Ricketts, aud Lille Wenner. Dur
ing the evening "a fine basket Of fruit was
presented to Rev. DIR. Srudier. There is
a"Mystery table, butwhat it is you must
go TO see. The following young ladie, as
sist Mrs. A. NJ. Observation-Disclosures
A. Reed, L. Howell. NJ. Everett, L. Pea&.
g.. Young, L. Kotta and i. Hauck. With
the following. they preside at IA fancy
table as Well:-Mrs. w. Wakefield.
Jennie Whitney aud Lillian Plant.
There is no lack of entertainment. The
Christian endeaverers nave q Ten cent
show" i'll constant operation: aud up
stairs there is an interesting swallow paa-
tomime, which attracts crowds AID Keeps
them il commissions OF laughter. IL is
under tae direction of Captain "A. il.
Christie, Lieutenant 7. A. Ryer. H.. A.
Ryer aud Lieutenant H. E, Ramsay, of
the Cadet Corps. The Rev. DR.. Scudder
had charge of the lung TESTER" and,
needless to say, beat everybody else at it.
Another fancy booth by the LADIES'
Aid Society showed u beautiful hnnd-
painted silk quilt. Here was Mrs. VIM.
Hunt IN charge. with Mrs. Mesereau,
Misses Waters. Ware, Patterson. Altman,
Kelley. K!lchie, Bush, Heyniger,
Dorland, Harroth. Hills and Hall. and
Mesdames Russell, Vance and Willis
The supper room was also provided by
the same society, OF which Mrs. George
NJ. Cterihew is president, and Mrs. H. Il.
Farrier Chairman OF Supper Committee,
assisted by Mesdames Ingerso!l, Lutier.
Noonan. Heyniger, Williamson. Van
Keuren, Powles. Russell. Negus. Eur
Itch. Wells aud Krouse. Among the
mattresses were:-Misses Anness. WINS
Wood, Hyatt. Curry. Ida aud Irene
Smith, Poland and Mrs. Latng.
The fair will CONTINUE for three more
afternoons and evenings.