The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-12
4 TABERNACLE FAIR
The Ladies' Busy Preparing for Its
Opening Night.


Opening Night.
The annual fair for the Sustaining Fund
of the Tabernacle Church will open tonight,
and continue -four days. This mode of OBJ
tanning money wherewith to square the
church's yearly accounts, so that the new
year may begun with no debt balance, is to
surpass all previous fairs in novelty and
variety. Every member of every branch Of
the tabernacle organization has worked
hard to make the fair a success, and it will
be strange indeed if the means employed to
wheedle and coax the dollars from the visit
ors' pockets do not bring a goodly number
of shekels into the Tabernacle treasury.
A NEWS reporter visited the Tabernacle
last night to see precisely what everybody
concerned in the wheedling process was doing
or going to do, and he found the church in a
fine ~topsy-t1rvey condition.
On the platform Mrs. John J. Edwards
was drilling a dozen little girls who will,
during the evenings of the fair, contribute
some interesting concerted vocal selections.
Here in the main church there will be
musical entertainments when such stars in the
artistic armament as w. Josh Daley, Starrett
the ventriloquist, and the Russell Brothers
will shine brightly and nightly.
Here, too, Mrs. John L. Scudder will take
charge of a gigantic fish pond, concerning
which there will be nc need to tell fisher
lliGAS SVOIl6S SluC0 OHGIJ uSI0 Will Iduu u
fish, and in the old fashioned way-with a
silver hook.
Adjoining the church in the lecture room
tables will be spread for luncheon, dinner
and supper. Here the Ladies' Aid Society,
consisting of Mesdames Scudder, Wells,
Parker, Clerihew, Farrier, Noonan, Ewing,
Powles, Cook, Russell and Misses Ingersen
Lutier and McCullagh will see that every
one is fed, always provided he pays up
for the meal. Beyond this room is the As
selnbly Room where the greater portion of the
booths will stand. Here will be the fancy
Table, in charge of Mrs. Ewing; Twin Re
beccas at the Well lemonade in that well, if
you please, Misses Allie and Addie Scudder;
Toy Table, Mrs. John 7. Edwards; Glass
ware, Mrs. Doeherty; Delicatessen, Miss
Edith Hunt, and Groceries, Mrs. Clerihew.
All these ladies were extremely busy yester-
day, hammering and stitching, pinning and
folding, arranging n displaying a bewil-
dering collection of nice things which they
earnestly hope will be sold as fast as the pro
verbal hot cakes. Leaving this room the
reporter climbed up a narrow flight of stairs
to the gymnasium. In the centre was a big
candy booth, to be managed by the good
people of the Christian Endeavor Society.
To the right are the stalls for linen and
toilet articles, a comprehensive turn mean
ing everything in the cloth line, from a
minute dolls handkerchief to a big table
cloth, large enough to use as a mainsan on
a cup defender. Misses Minnie Ware and
Ingersen will have charge of these
booths. Then in one corner is the
Mysterious Table, with Miss Tompkins
behind it. Why it is called 9
mysterious table no one could say. Perhaps
because it will be a mystery if anyone gets
away from it without buying something. In
the opposite corner is the Popcorn table,
with Miss Phillips and Miss Arbuckle il
charge.
A few feet further on is the Nursery
where will be a fine display of dolls. There
will be accommodation also for live dolls in
that place, so that mothers visiting the
fair may leave their little ones in good hand
while they are buying or pricing the
articles on the stalls. In all there will b.
nearly fifty booths, all in charge of ladies.
Upstairs in the ladies' parlor a very anus
ing entertainment will be given.
The Rev. John L.. Scudder, when the re
porter called, was busy fixing up a huge
cloth partition which intersects that room.
'What's this for.' he said. "Why. this is
our shadow pantomime and it will be a funny
show
On this screen the young men in charge o.
the performance will throw pictures en-
titled ga Tight Rope Dance" Runaway
Match in New Jersey" GA Restless Night,
"Lynching Out West" and effects of To
bacco Smoking
OuUslde uleSe duordcUIons 0tier9 WIZ u
voting competition for a gold watch, dona
ted by Mr.. A. Harper of Philadelphia, t
some one of our lady teachers in the publ,
schools, a policeman's dress uniform, to som
member of the force, made by the B. 0. PC
H. a fireman's uniform, to some of our Fir
Department, given by Mrs. G.. W. Clerihey
and a fatigue coat to some officer of tn
Fourth Regiment, given by Mr.. D. Step
and only to think of it, the votes on each o
the above cost the trifiing sum of ten cents
These are only the principal features of tn
great fair. great many things are pro
vided which are amusing, attractive and in
teresting in their way, and if they are de
signed to draw out the dimes the money vii
be spent in a good cause.