The evening times., 1895-12-02
BIG BAZAAR NOW READY
Gorgeous Spectacle to Be Pre-
sented at Convention Hall:
In AID OF SCHOOL TEACHERS
Artistic Arrangement of the Booths
and Exhibits-Fair Women and
Girls VIII Preside Over Them.
Prizes for Clever Guessers-Pro-
gram Promises Much Pleasure.

There is clever class of people in every
| community. who enjoy intellectual contests
even though the prize be small. Here Is an
opportunity to exercise their talents in u
good cause.
A SIS gold piece will be given to the per-
son who shall find the greatest number
of words III washington Teachers Ba-
Zaar."
The following are the rules for the con-
test:
/. The words are to be numbered, alpha
oeticaliy arranged, and written in black
ink on one side OF the paper.
2. The sheets are to be numbered, with
| name and address OF contestant on the first
line OF each sheet.
5. No nmsspeiled words.
A. No pluras.
b. No PAST forms of a regular verb.
o. No proper nouns.
Z. No possessive nouns.
3. No obsolete words.
8: No word counted more than once.
10. No letters repeated oftener than are
found i'll Washington Teachers Bazaar-
IL. All persons must pay b cents each TO
become contestants
IL. Authority for correct spelling is:
International, Century, Standard, Worces-
ter. or Webster's Dictionaries.
l3. All papers Of contestants mrst be-
at Convention Hall NOT later than 10 clock
p. ni., Saturday, December l 4, 1896.
All inquiries are referred 70 A. L. Grant.
Brent ScnUoi, A. T.. hophins, 10 oWe,sSenoo..
NJ. Esteiic Brady, Lenox School; +. Louise
Smith, LeuoX School: Ada Z. Hyam, Brent
school; Mary Z. Yount, Peabody School.
MANY BUSY wORKMEN.
When the bazaar opens at Convention Hall
at O'Clock this evening there viii still be
many little tucks yet to be taken in the
drapery, many tacbs yet 20 drive and an
occasional picture yet TO hang. But the large
crowd that will attend viii not norice II
unless they are very observant indeed.
There Were fully seventy-fiye workmcu
busy this morning and they will be until
the lights are turned on THIS evening ana
IL will take every minute OF tneir time, with
all tie attention the teachers themselves
will have to bestow after s o'clock, To have
tiie great naIi ready for the throng.
We VIII have the bazaar as near ready.
said Nr. stuart, .as the Worlds Fair
was when IL was openei.'
The fair will open in blaze OF glory
unrivalcl in former events at Convention
Hall The whole effect is the WORK of
artists, from the great white columns
twi.ru with ivy at the eiIt trance, where pop
corn and flowers viii be sold, to the mon
ster sunburss at the far ead OF the hail.
where the multi colored decorations rival
;he rainbow Itself III their harmonious ar
rangcment.
Fully 10000 yards OF muslin have been
used i'll the decoration.
Around the Galis the bnoths of the vari-
Gus schuuis are arranged with pleasing
effect. a muslin rriezc, with slight varia-
ton in tone in the coiors USED, extends
above the booths entirely around the
naii, and gives them the>idci OF unity.
In every other manner they are as varied
as the taste ANA artistic ingenuity oil their
respective designers could make them
The whole number ~ booths along Doth
sides OF the hall is tweE;y-two, drvidsd
among the hiGh SchoolS and the first SIX
divisions of the schools.
WHERE THE MUSIC PLAYS.
In the center of the east side fortune
booth and an Oriental mosque set side by
side and add beauty to the scene. Above
the latter is the orchestra box. from whence
each evening strains of music will gladden.
Unlike similar occurrences in the great
rouni, the center floor VIII have but few
booths or stands, so that tile excellent
View toward .Ge Deauli1i subDurst wii
be unbroken frum almost every section
of the hall. The gallery has been converted
into a gayiy decorated restaurant, while
part of the space beneath viii De devoted
to the art gallery.
Only a few OF the schuol children, whose
help was absolutely necessary, have been
pernlitted to see the inside ur the hall
during the preparations.
The surprise will, therefore, be all the
merrier to them tonight when each one
stands with his hands behind him to gaze
in open1nuuthed admiration on the scene
with the purely American feeling that he
helped do it.
me weather ma did his best to get better
weather here for the occasion, and he an
hounced this morning that he expected n
consig nmeut OF enough cold weather by
evening to drive away the CLOUDS anu leave
II an admirable, fair-going night.
The bazaar will continue open at the same
hour nightly for two weeks. A different
program. never of more than half,hour's
duration. will mark each evening. The ex-
ercises tonight will be of formal chaTac-
ter. to open the great fair.
The hOnored guests will assemble In the
front OF the hall and march down the cen
ter aisle under the escort OF Mr.. b. H. War
ncr, who will act as chief ma rshal. Rev
DIR. T. De Witt Talmage will offer pra yer.
Sfor al
liver a short address. Commissioned Ross
will preside over the event, and ex-Gov.
Shepherd will be among the honored guests.
The NJ ariue Band will be present and ren-
der q special programme.