New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-08
THE DESERTED VILLAGE.
FAREWELL TO TIE ACTORS FUND FAIR.
THE LAST DAY AND NIGHT At TIE GARDEx-AS

and activity lis people were bargaining with th'"
visitors and selling them their wares. which the
visitor, were only too glad to buy. 1t was n gay
village it had only eleven buildings ard four Of them
were theatres while there another theatre in n
OF cave the outskirts OF the town. There was
an abundance Of beautiful architectural wonderful
amount indeed. for 80 small vllage-the'e wire
gardens Of flowers and there music nearly all the
time. AT the end Of the main street was the emblem
Of springmc joyousness, the Maypole. And today
the streets are empty but for worhmen. Tho houses
and the theatres empty, the shops have no
buyers There is music and there are no p';s'",
sounds OF talk and laughter. There are no more
flowers anywhere nobody wears a pretty gown ana
the MaypOle IS dsmanled. The whole village Is
dcsoate and its finest architecture is falling into rum
In few hours there will be no trace Of it.
They who were the Inhabitants OF The village are
scattered to-day. II Is to be hoped That they are
resting for they need to do so. 1t does not look 50
hard to one who visits such place only once, LOT Il
woman to stand In booth all dny and all the evening
and sell silver spoons Turkish rugs or Russian tea
or lamps sofa cushions, To write her name on
innumcrable photographs, and all the time to smile
and smile. 1t looks easy. but after whole week Oh
IT, IL gets hard. The interest In selling Is not 80
spontaneous, and though the smiles are SIN theic
they do not come readily Of themselves. What
pity" some have said, that the Actors Fund Fair
cannot be continued for another wecEV III
it were continued II would not end with the
brilllancy Of last night The people carving it on
w0uld be weary Of IL and OF themselves. The fnnd
might be somewhat increased. bat compared with the
glores Of last week the fair would langsh 1t Is as
we'll that the fair Is closed and the village deserted
There has been steady growth Of prosperity from
the beginning and no could hope that such
growth would continue much longer. on the first day
Of the fair the receipts S11,1 40. ON Tuesday
they SI1,579 OF. on Wednesday the score was
$4,000. and on Thursday roee to SlG,742. ON
Friday there was another leap to S2l:oi a. ms
makes S74,142 - up to Friday night. Al the time
OF writing this it is impossible 10 know yesterdays
receipts accurately. but the chances that the total
income Of the week at the Garden will not be far
from 100000. Before the fair opened subscriptions
had been received TO the amount Of about S'o'ooo
The expenses OF the fair which have be paid ont Of
the proceeds. also uncertain. but have been esil
mated at 10000 \ considerable amount OF goods
Of many kinds given 10 the fair still remains To BE-
disposed Of 1t is likely that $4,000 Will prove
safe and conservative estimate of the final profit to
the Actors Fund Of America.
The last day Of the fair began yesterday afternoon
with the old rush Of crowd, to The Garden entrance and
the old cOncourse, something more than the old
concoursc filed the streets Of the village OF booths
The fact that the last DAY. together with the de
gltiu weather, such the fair has had. indeed, al
most without interruption. seemed draw the thou
sands into the big building. IL was the same In the
evening in spite Of the increased price Of admission
Those who could not find room 10 walk about filed the
find room 10 sit and watch the Others walked abOue
The children Of the stage had possession Of the
little theatre at the eastern end Of the Garden yes
terday and entertained several full houses with songs,
recitaOns and dances The town cryer, who has gone
about each afternoon with his bell announcing the
performances at this theatre. has been one OF the
features Of the fair and has seemed quite in harmony
with tho old-timc aspect Of the whole village IL Is
needless TO say that the exhibitions Of the children
Yesterday were the prcttiest and plasantcst Of the
week.
A BIT Of accidental satire seen in trent OF tho
Shakespeare house. where bust OF Shakespeare.
crowned with laurel. something That was very
grccn stood table surrounded 10y pile OF
elevated railway station literature, on which the
ewes seemed bent With look Of saddencd resignation
and indulgence.
A sketch OF Joseph jefferson Bob Acres. In "The
Rivals given last night to each buyer OF The hna
number Of" Fair Topics. II was picture Characters
tic OF the actor OF the artist, The Issue OF Fair
Topics" particularly Interesting one and contained
contributions IN prose and verse. bY Edmund Clarence
scdman Charles Barnard. Colonel Robert g. lngcr
soil, John HabbertoD. John d. Cbnmplln. jr. Mr.
Abbey sage Richardson. Harriet Prescott spohori.
Louise Chandler Moulton. Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Frank II. stockton, Engcnc Field. Mary MaIes
lodge Alice +. Ives and Kate Hcld.
The goods contributed to the Fair and not sold
OF which there Is a large quantity Will be placed on
sale in the restaurant OF the Garden nj Madison
ave and Twenty siXthst, all this week Many Of the
goods are handsome and valuable, and there VIII hc
chances get Of them at excellent advantage.
| The attendants in the flower booth last night were
MISS Iaura scdgwick Collins. Miss Eleanor Mayo MIS-
| Francis Iegcman sutton. Mrs George smith, Mrs
Wallace saon Mrs. Lamont. Mrs. Louise FLOYD smith,
| Miss Camilla Serrino. Miss Marguerite serr'ino. The
| Misses Van Prague and Miss Kitchen.
The most exciting incident Of the whole course oil
The fair was the end Of the voting for thc most popu
/ 11a.1l ri ttlfl he
ing list was placed close 10 the Headquarters OF thc
| womon,s Committee and rs the time announced for
the close Of the voting approached. the space between
this and the Shakespeare house was 50 ldntnei ana
| hacked with people that II was wonder That none
| were actually crushed. When tho open voting ended
was announced that sealed ballots would be received
far of,een mlnu,es and the envelopes In In such
| numbers that the time had to be extended ABOUT
five minutes in order TO take Of them When the
countlng Of these began Mrs Agnes Booth stood first
| an the omen Mst. with Miss Georgia Cayvan
| obout 100 behind In few moments
| Miss Sadie BigcIow was ahead OF DOM
~ them on account Of n single envelope. which gave
her 400 votes. making her total 500. Thcn MISS
| cayvan and Mrs. Booth went ahead alternately.
| Presently AN envelope was opened containing $l0s,
good for oO4 votes but there was nothing to tel" Tor
| whom they we're intended. A. L. IIayman, who had
charge Of the chntrg said that he could not count
the votes either way. man in the crowd Mt.
crzog said that he had handed in Tn" envelope ana
that IT was intended for Mrs. Booth, but Mr. linyhh
nld that in the absence Of instructions on the envelope
| he could not count the votes. Mr.. lIerzog then dc
handed the return Of the money but TINS Mr. liSmah
refused also as he had proof OF the ownership OF H.
There was II pretty lively discussion 0f inc dncA.loh
| for q few moments i'm which some OF the bSs'andcrs
seemed disposed 10 join but Mr. Iayman stood TO MS
position and the crowd disposed to see or1cr ana
| nuiet maintained In the end II proved that these
votes would not have changed the result II conh''d
| either way. The remaining envelopes were opc"'N
mildly and the contest ended in favor
%, Miss Cayvan who had 3,Goi votes
10 Mrs. Booths 2,"o3. .,
The contest for the Lotta punch bowl for The most
popular club ended in favor Of the Holman 'iuo' Win
| 900 votes against ,OG0 for Our Club
| The piano for the most popular womcn's ciuD went