New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-06
THE CROWDS STILL GROW.
MORE THAN EVER Al TIE ACTORS FAIR
THE ZIG GARDEN FILLED ALL DAY-How THE
FUND Is INCREASING

What would good Master Godfrey Chanccr think
or ,ay or wilt" Of May-pole decorated with electric
! lights This Is ample incongruNt Of the Actors
| Fund FAIR There many more Of the ort
OF incOngrn',. bnt, rs has always been remarked
the result OF every incongruliy is harmony Electric
| lights on Maypole have most beautiful effect and
II Chaucer should see them he would say Some
think Chaucer a fossil; he was nothing o. the
kind he was mp with his age and he would be up
with this II he lived in it, and would like electric
! light as well as anybody. Then how would appeal
to Shahcspcare's feeling, 10 see his old theatre
picture gallery. and the house where he wa' lnrn
for the sale Of photographs OF actre'se', the
actr~sc, them being the mercllnt,i He never
an actress in his llfc He whD wrote the grandest
parts that women have had to play never saw a
on the stage. Yet the visitors to the fair do not
complain when they the Actresses in the sll,kc-
sp,arc hou.c the contrary they fight 10 get near
them and 20 buy the photographs.
There people ia tie shakespeare house
yesterday than ever before ana there were more
outside OF II, too. There were more everywhere
many. many more. They began 10 come early
md they stayed long and continued to come la'c'
In the afternoon the crowds about rs great as
! they were formerly In the evenings. In tho evening
the Gcor was full everywhere rs it has USUALLY been
In what regarded the dcnscy populated parts
The arena seats crowded early. and beginning
made on the balcony which has never been ocru-
pied before. The receipts 81 the fair up to !. O'CLOCK
last night, not counting subscriptions are probably
/ something mora than 10000
The incidents and experiences Of yesterday were OF
the same sort as all that had gone before. but even
gratifying and profitable. In The afternoon n
concert given by the band of the Hebrew orphan
Asyluhf. playing alternately with Cappns band. The
boys from the orphan asylum We're stationed not lar
from Rebccca's WELL and aft they had played their
second selection Eebccca and her assistant Rebeccas
them glasses Of lemonade each. and the sweet
| ,ltn la,lff tnn
honcycd smiles on both sides became incxtrcably cn
tangled They not finally set right again I'LL the
band went away. Ernest MEYERS orchestra, which
occupied the sand in the evening experienced no such
difficulty.
There IA large crowd all the afternoon around
The pony the carIilcc and the harness opposite the
Ilarrigan's Theatre booth The attraction was added
10 by several Of the stage children. who are always
abundant about the fair taking possession Of the car
rage and making themselves part Of the cXhihi-
ton, much TO their enjoyment 10 that Of the
spectators. Whether the pony thoroughly happy
in being surrounded and sirohcd and pattcd and
pcttcd all the time and used for writing desk
aS often anybody bought chance for
him was n subject OF djubt. Experts who saw him
In the afternoon ,ad that II h. not awarded TO
somebody tiey would not answer Or his sanity.
Yet everything meant kindly toward him and he
seemed resigned MES usually do. In the evening
the COMMITTEES Of Award, mercifuly gave him - W. h.
seelcy. OF No. Ill Fr0at-st.
who the subject OF awards IS open It may be re-
marked that the flmOu, autograph quilt given -
Miss Jennie lcamans, tie china set At the TIny Pastor
booth 10 George Ober. thu big bronze vases al the
japanese booth 10 j. T. SER. don NJ the Tony
Pastor booth {, \. J. Price. tho doll al the Twelfth
Night booth, dressed by Miss Daisy Dunlap. Sarah
Bernhnrdt's Dame du Channt. to j. q. Ward another
don the booth 10 ". H. Bailou, opera glass
to ". :. wilson and the bicycle NJ Miss EstclIc
Clayton's booth To Il. G. Favcr. The diamond gnrtcrs
were awarded 20 man who was too findcnt
to allow his name to be published. and who them
lack 20 be sold nj auction. The mention Of IN auction
suggest, that the portrait Of Edwin Booth. 10y oliver
Lay at the Lyccum Theatre booth, Will De- sold at
nucjlon to night by Mis- Cnyyan.
The Gyp.y fortune tccrs tented camp
ground Yesterday IL on the north side Of tho
garden. near the EASTERN end The Gyp.Ies did sur
piising thing In moment " leisure, or thouglrcss
ness or something 81 ihn, seldom happens: they told
the fortune Of newspaper man for nothing. HIS
friend aftcrwari assured him that he did not gain
anything. because fortune had no force or effect
unless the eyT,,y's hand, were Gro scd with silver.
aud they might Is well pretend that they were getting
him the moon for nothing sin the incident shows
what Kind Of gyrsi"s rce are.
a contribution which pleased the managers Of the
fair r1eaty was slGO tccgaphcd frum Portland. ore,
I'm thc afternoon. II was fum Mrs. Met rack"n. a
sister Of Miss Annie fXlcy. and The proceed, Of
benefit which she managed. y handsome set OF
silver plate from Mis- stella Ga,an. Of LANSING
Mich. 4 sword 200 years old. which used to
belong 10 Charles Fisher. given TO the old
Curiosity shop. Neil Burgess sent handsome china
set which he decorated himself and painted with quo
ations from "Thc County Fair" John Mason has
contributed fine clock, with candc'a5ra, valued ut
500 which will be awarded by vote TO the most
popular prima dona.
Tho flower booth last nIcht was In charge % Mrs.
Francis Hcgcman sutton, INSISTED by Mrs John vii
Mr. liam
sumner Wyse Miss Carrie Fisher and Miss Campbell.
This evening actors will try to sell flowers. Tho-e
who have thus far volunteered a0 Harry Davenport.
Arthur PacIe. T. J. Connolly. Eugene oRourkc. Robert
Edcson, benjamin Lodge. Harry Conner. Charles Dick
son, Il. T. RatclGc. De Wolf Hopper Burr Mcintosh,
Herbert Grips, Il. A. Roberts. Walter r. Hudson and
Al r. Lehman.
The Twelfth Night booth especially fascinating
last night - course ii IS always 50, but then, #
was last night too. The attendants were Miss
Tcmporancc Reed Miss Maudc Chiffon. Miss Marion
Eus'eII Carly; Nh kate Mayhew MI III. D,nblcday'
fhSr S a Tr Ma S' aS 'S s %pa H0r "@% H
DIckIc MARTINEZ Among thosc who visited the booth
Sir. and Mrs. ST. clalr McKewny, Mr.. and Mrs,
Tan"S M MIaSn oiS and Mun acad " CORA
Mis- Ada Lewis was at her usual afternoon post
Theatre ,uoth and + selling chances the billiard
table. with excellent results too. This deprived
M III i"' the e Irn srl Of The last q
the IOgans.' who 10 the judges office for
her mothers money. What sort Of n "tough gir'
Miss buckley mnde could not be learned at the iar
hast night from any lcs. pfeiudccd source than vi
Lewis herself Sire said that Mis-. Buckley was n
very good tough girl.
Early yesterday Mrs. y. VI. Palmer, who stood first
in the vote for the diamond .tar s the most popnla
woman connected with the fair. Withdrew from the
contest which stood late last night with 40 votes for
Miss GEORGIA Cayvan. 80 for Mr.. Agnes hooih 20
Tor Mis-, sadie ieelow and each for Miss Helen
bancroft and Miss Ellie shannon. In The contest for
the LOtta punch bowl orr cub had 100 votes, tho
Players 30, the New YORK Athletic club 10 and tho
I.nt0s Club 8. The piano for the most popular
wGnan's club still belonged 10 the Twelfth Night by
1870 votes to mono worth mentioning for anybody clsc.
The lcacr In the contest OF the diamond for the
most popua: acins, MIS- k-trlc Clayton win
7OG votes. Miss Georgia Cayvan with GU, and Miss