The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-24
At A Jingle -TANGLE.
What the Visitors Saw at
the German Fair.
LAST NIGHTS BIG CRUSH.
Four Evenings Receipts Amount to $4,000.
a Children's Matinee To-Day and Amer
lean Night in the Evening.

tonight the galleries will be thrown open
for the first tines
The finance committee walks around look
ing naughty, because the receipts, exclusive
of last night. amount already to over
Sl2, COO. and the men who handle the money
consider that they are the greatest people
on earth.
They did not think so. however, when on
Thursday somebody passed bad Canadian
$40 bin on one of the girls and got SO 80
change and ra file ticket.
The fellow who imposed on the fairs ex-
chequer in that manner has, by stroke OF
good fortune, been discovered. and be was
Yesterday made to redeem his worthless bill
with good money.
Locomotion on the floor of the Pavilion
was extremely difficult last night. aud near
the stage it was absolutely impossible.
The booths did an immense business.
A sign on the walls of the postoffice says
that one of the pretty letter-carriers was
robbed of three kisses on Thursday.
She is now looking for the young fellow
who took these kisses. because she says she
wants them returned.
Another sign on the same building is
headed warning" aud says that all people
are given due notice that it Is dangerous to
enter on the pOstOffice site, and the pnbllc
is referred to Johann P. Irlaender' (John
p. irish for information on swamps and
mud baths.
Emma Hoecker has the biggest record as
q mercury.
Up to last night she delivered 18S letters
at 10 cents each.
Mrs. Huldah Hillebrandts newspaper
voting scheme is working in good shape.
THE CALI. still is way ahead of all its com
petitOrs, and out of every FIVE votes cast
three are for THE CALL.
The Altenheim booth ladies danced a
gaYotte on the stage last night under the
direction of DIR. Emil StOesseL
Miss Sch0enberg, whose duty it Is to ring
the big bell in tue grand lottery booth every
time Miss Dora Saal6uIg sells ticket, is
getting tired OF her job.
She says life is not worth living if one
has to bang away at big bell all night.
Miss T. Schad has record Of gathering in
money at an average Of $50 per night in the
lottery booth.
half dollar grab" says Mrs. Kreling,
looking charming in a new red gown, and
then she smiles and says, "H0w do you
dO?" to Fritz or Car! or somebody else.
Nhereupon Fritz, ETC., ETC., puts up his 80
cents, grabs something out OF the big bas-
ket and walks away.
Icecream in black, white and red is what
the ESquimauX girls in the north pole booth
are selling, and Mrs. Stockmeyer says that
the receipts are very satisfactory.
In The coffee booth they have a beautiful
erayoD picture OF Memphis society lady
which they are rafting off, together with a
lot of other handsome things.
s. handsome table, donated by Miss J..
JuTgens, is the piece de resistance IN the
Oakland fancy goods booth, where Miss
Golly sells more tickets than anybody else.
A funny thing occurred in Mrs. Mau's
japanese tea garden last night.
The girls eSpied real japanese woman
ia the audience and Invited her to visit their
booth.
The Oriental responded and cast her criti-
cal eyes upon all the adornmentS IN the
booth.
She also scrutinz the elegant Japanese
gowns the ladies wore and seemed to be
well pleased, but there was no one in that
booth who dared 10 attempt TO speak to the
japanese, because wearing fancy costumes
and Incorporating as Yum Yum, or Pitt
Sings, is easier than talking Japanese when
you have never learned that language
The visitor did not seem to understand
English and matters became decidedly en-
barrassing, until, to every ones surprise,
the woman from the Mikado's realm ex-
pressed her delight at what she had cen in
the purest German ever spoken in Germany.
She had lived several years in Berlin, and
could converse with these German-Ja p-
anese girls in their own language.
The panorama booth exhibited American
views last night and was largely patronlzed.
This booth suffers somewhat from the
fact that il has made the mistake of lending
itself to advertise very unpopular news
paper by exhibiting a model Of that per 5
headquarters and charging 10 cents admis-
sion fee to all who enter the place where
that model is kept,
SeveBty-fve men had purchased So fire.
bricks in the souvenir booth up TO an early
hour last night and therefore have secured
for themselves immortality because their
names will be inscr ibedfoD the bricks and
the latter will be used Ia the construction of
the Altenheim building.
The Odd Fellows Museum is doing we'll,
but Mrs. ROebeT, who is in charge, Is angry
because some reporter exposed all her mys-
teries the other day, and what used to be
her biggest drawing cards are no longer at
fractions.
Miss Foge of the Arion booth has O.
menagere now. and she takes her favorite
guests into an inner room where wild bears,
hyeDas, wolves and other monsters are
chained and Gagged.
1t is wonderful! to see how that young
lady moves without exhibiting the least bit
OF fear among those dangerous 6rutes.
Miss IIllie BrOhasKa and Miss johanna
Hadenfeld, two other members Of that lively
Arion crowd, warbled solos and duets last
night, and then they passed around the hat
to make their visitors pay for the entertain
ment they had furnished.
T. Rchling OF Oakland sent a $500 check
as his donation 10 the fair fund last night.
The Krieger Verein again visited the fair
in body last night.
They were captained by their president,
AdOlpb Becker, and in their ranks were the
historic warriors of the middle ages. which
made o great hit on the opening night.
Grand Marshal Hess led the grand march,
which was a repetition Of the magnificent
spectacle so enthusiastically received on
Monday night, and which last night again
was greatly admired.
Meedames Rosenthal and Esberg. in their
fragrant flower BOOTH are kept very busy
making up boutonnieres, which the flower
girls carry all over the house.
Corinne Cook Is the name Of Mrs. Bach
mans liveliest cigar-girl.
Miss Cook has an irresistible way of her
own, and she will not be confined TO the
booth, but with boxful Of weeds she is
constantly to be found where the crowd is
the largest
They have the Queerest egg-shaped cup.
in which they serve genuine Turkish mocha.
in the Turkish mosque. and they have many
visitors, although they have to charge a
small admission fee 10 this booth.
After the grand march the peasant girls
from the beer garden danced on the big
stage. and when that performance was over
there was an entertainment in tie beer
garden.
1t consisted Of singing zither-playing,
dancing, etc, and was called tingle-tangle
variety show.
One of the big features of the fair are the
great choruses by 400 male voices nightly.
The tableau vivant last night represented
'The Uhlan on Fnrlough," and it was a
splendid military picture.
This afternoon there will be a children s
matinee, and tonight the largest crush of
the season is expected 1t will be an Amer
lean night. and the programme is as fol-
lows:
TO-Nichts Programme.
Overture. "Racoczy'' ................. Keller Bella
Evolutions... American Booths Drill CORPS
I -, Buraid
"ShoIt and Sweet. ....................... Shorh
By the Cornet brigade
Gymnastic exercises. Boy Section Yerein Entracht
Phantasy "Lohengrin". ....................W Wagner
Tabieau vivant
"A COmIczl Contest OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Burlesdue kondo. odfrey
The Olympic Club. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Ladder pyramids by the Juvenile Class