New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-04
DOLLARS SWELL THE FUND
CROWDS GO TO TIE ACTORS FAIR.

ATTRACTIONS THERE FOR lVETyEODY, AND
HEARTS AND POCKETS GROW LIGHTER.
rhs,s WAS no dimnution last nigh. either in the
attendance at the Actors Fund Fair or the money
-, in nv those interested in tho w0ra. Beauty and
hnstncss were every side and these two succeeded
IN extracting and attracting many a $40 Dill IRON
mems pockets. and II a went TO swell the grand total
NJ the fund The night at the Garden building was
night OF buying as we'll sightseeing. One first
uent there TO see. but he had 10 be hard hearted
and a close listed man indeed who was not soon
transformed from sightscer 10 purchaser. Man Is
human and few men can withstand the gracious smiles
and beaming counenances Of the attractive and efcd
women OF the stage. Therefore tie articles cNloseo
for sale disposed OF at rate that made the
cashiers nmbe fingers busy to make change. ana
chances on the naphtha launch and the $2'ooo
Cleveland diamond" went off like hot cakes IN Feo
riary The soda water stand proved to bt one OF me
best paving as well as most attractive booths III
the Garden. II does not cost so nich 10 9uS
glass Of soda, and when piouS 'o"'e
woman serves the drink 1t becomes douDN che"p
II meant the expenditure of half an hour OF thc ana
the exhibition Of large amount OF patience 10 get
within hailng distance o the counters NJ WHO" ''c
sweetened foam served
In IN the time of closing the fair last night Miss
Georgia Cayvan seemed 10 be the most popular actress
iudped by the number OF votes cast for her, she was
many score OF votes ahead of her nearest competitor
and the ballot clerk adding to her account twenty
votes at "a time The most popular actress Is TO
receive diamond star ana over 3Oo VOTES were cast
for Miss Cayvan.
Mrs Kendall was mt the fnr early in the afternoon
and inside OF a few minutes she had secured $50 in
chances on the doll which made by Miss Gmce
Dunlap Mrs. Kendall will be In charge Of the Lyceum
Theatre booth Friday.
The cohorts at the flower booth, under the command
of Nine. Laura Schirmer Mapleson, were Miss Camilla
Serr1nO. Miss Marcelina Gonzalez, Nine. Kellogg
Strakosch Miss Nina Betni. Miss Ranney Miss Laura
sedgwick Collins Mrs. Florence Rice Knox, Mrs. Ilege-
man sutton. Miss Bertha Behrens, Miss Alice Shaw,
Mrs Arthur Doremus, Mrs. J. Huneker Miss Laura
Delln. Mrs Arthur Dyett, Madame Scalchi, Miss Marie
Tempest, Miss Lille Berg Mrs. Pemberton Mrs.
Jennie Dutton Miss Mabel stephenson. Miss Harrison
Millard, Miss Holbrook, Nine. Clemercina de We're,
Mrs. J. b. Pond, Mrs. Anna Buckley Hills and Miss
Gertrude Grswod.
Miss Elsie Leslie will ofciate In the Ly BOOTH
at the Shakespeare house, tomorrow evening where
she will sell her own photographs, autographed while
you wait Miss Leslie will be assisted by members Of
the Ly ceum Theatre Company and Of Mr.. sotherns
company.
Ferdinand Denton's painting Of The Apotheosis OF
Christopher Columbus" of which mention has before
been made in these columns, has been for the first
time placed on public exhibition at the fair.
This afternoon there will be special entertainment
for onilds s Professor O Losenia the Rascis X
be performing birds 10 please them.
band of v pee % y e 1rpm oaaT
night about $4,000 taken In, and during the
afternoon and evening of yesterday considerably moro
than that amount had gone into the tresurcrs strong
box. The fair viii be open hereafter from 80 10
IL p. m.
General Horace Porter the Rev Father Ducey. Carl
schurz. Isidor wormscri Henry Clews Dr.. J. L.
T. Coils Robert L. Cutting, De Wolf Hopper. Dcnman
Thompson and Excise Commissioner Leicester Holme.