The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-17
A Big STORE.
Tabernacle Fair Converts
the Peoples Palace Into
a Department House.
EVERYTHING FOR SALE
Love Letters Written al Low Rates
and Fortunes Told to Order
Who Are in Charge.

The Tabernacle Fair was opened last
| night with a great dead of enthusiasm.
| The doors into the supper room were
| opened at $50, and from tina time until
| eleven the buildings were crowded. With
| two or three exceptions the booths were
decorated with American flags. The Lady
of the Lake, a novel fish pond, is ar
ranged with a number Of evergreen trees
and rocks. The Kings Daughters table
is prebtily decorated in royal purple with
a large silver cross in the centre. The
Christian Endeavor candy table is ar
t.stically arranged in white and red, the
colors of the Tabernacle c. E. Flags are
hung on the walls of the lecture room
wher supper is served each evening by
the Ladies' Aid Society. Small tables are
placed about the room and pretty girls
wait ON the diners. In the supper room
last night were Mrs. H. H. Farrier, Mrs.
Powles, Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. Brandrow.
Mrs. Briggs, Mrs. Van Keuren, Miss May
Farrser ard Mss Annie Powles-
Mrs. Seudder presided ait the candy
table in the assembly hall. Here all
kinds Of candy, IN boxes and out. were
sold. Miss Elizabeth Speers. Miss Mae
Prescott and Miss Laura Covert assisted
in waiting on the many buyers at that
most popular table. Opposite to the candy
table is the photograph table. Here Miss
Houston and Miss Longstreet sell pictures
of the Tabernacle and Mr.. and Mrs.
Scudder. Next to this table is the fancy
table of Miss Edith Hunts Bible class.
Fancy articles of all kinds are for sale
here, from penwipers to sofa cushions.
Assisting Miss Hunt are Miss Annie
Ramsay and Miss Josephine Williams.
The large booth with chldren's dresses
and dolls is in the centre of the room.
This booth is handsomely decorated. 1t
has a roof of American flags and the
table is covered with yellow china silk.
Each lady behind this table wears a pref
ty apron of yellow silk. Mrs. William
Rowland Is in charge, and she is assisted
by Mrs. Msliken, Miss Addie Scudder and
Ambrosia, which she assures everyone
is a strictly temperance drink. at a little
table opposite to the peanut and popcorn
stand Of the Kings Sons. Miss Emma
is assisted by the Kings Sons Who
promenade through the rooms in white
cooks caps and aprons selling their wares.
joins tina Of the Kings sons. Ms Car
RE Gopsa1l presides at this assisted by
Mrs. G.. w. Anness. Miss Adeline Cleri-
hew, Miss Jessie Guyberson, Miss Jessie
Miller, Miss Norma Anness, Miss Julia
Prescott and Miss Maud Chilver. These
young ladies have many pretty things for
sale and they have proved themselves
adopts inthe art of soliciting votes. The
Ladies' Aid fancy table occupies a prom
/ inent position m this room. Mrs. George
w. Clerihew has charge there, and she is
assisted by Mrs. Hiram Lutier, Mrs. Cook
| and Mrs. williamson. The Lady of the
Lake is In one corner of the room. Her
attractions proved too much for the chill
dren, and there was acrowd there all the
evening. Miss Lille Vance and Miss Cox
worked IN little Tabernacle boat that
| carried the packages.
In the amusement hall Is the post office,
where anyone can get a love letter for the
small sum of three cents. Replies are
posted free. This proved a great source
of amusement, and letters were flying
back and forth with great rapfdity. Miss
Lucy Hansel and Miss Agnes Reid acted
as postmistress.s A mysterious fortune
teller occupies q Gypsy tent and tells all
sorts of wonderful things. In one corner
of the room Mrs. John Parsons. Miss
Male Bunce and Miss Bertha Chamber
lain play Rebeccas to thirsty travellers
and serve their delicious lemonade. The
bowling alleys have been boarded over
and in their place is the country store,
where Mrs. Daugherty sells anything
from a PIN to a cord of wood and nine
tons OF coal. The pool and billiard tables
have also been put in use and are occu-
pied by the Junior Endeavor soap table,
4 anu Inc IdnCy tdDtS Oh MIS-. W. d. HUNT S
Bible class. Mrs William Owens and
Miss Helen Dorland take charge of the
soap table.
Upstairs in the gymnasium is an Ole
Curiosity Shop and magic lantern views
The shop contains a number of curious
and interesting relics which can be appre-
ciated only by those who visit it.
The first night was considered most
successful. Crowds of people surged
through the buildings and before long the
tables began to look bare. AS the money
came In the ladies behind the tables grew
brighter and began to Jingle their money
Hboxes and talk of the extraordinary first
night sales. There was but one disap-
pointment and that was to the younger
element. who had longed to see tina live
horse. The donor of the horse offered tc
give its money value instead, and his of
fer was accepted.
The entertainment last night was given
by the Society Of Consecrated Talent. Mr.
August Young, Jr., pianist. and Mr.. Will
lam Rowell. violinist, played seyeral
operate melodies and a chorus of women's
voices was heard in 1.-THE Blue Bells Of
Scotland and THE Lord Is NY Shep-
herd" Mr.. John Melville Chatter recited
Battery b" and THE Chewing Gum Man.
The entertainment this evening will b
the farce, THE Bicyclers."