The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-15
Y. M. c. a. FAIR.
The Ladies Much Pleased With Their
Success Thus Far.

| Yesterday was the first day of the Y.
| NJ. G. A fair, although the fair opened
Wednesday night most brilliantly to a
| large audience and excellent patronage.
The ladies said they were very much
pleased with their receipts yesterday. The
booths did thriving business and the
sale of useful and fancy articles, under
wear, groceries, flowers, candies and dolls
was large.
The dinner yesterday, was said by those
who participated, to be q splendid repast.
Mr. j. j. Pooler did the carving and his
arms aohed well after his labors were
over. There were four hundred and
eleven tickets sold without counting the
dinners served to the officers and atten-
dants on the fair. The net receipts OF
the dinner were ISL.
| At Mrs. Webster's, the Second Parish
| booth a very handsome clock was donated
yesterday by Mr.. McKenney, the jeWeler.
| Mrs Woodbury. mother of Mrs. Mcdowell
of Deering street, made "a number OF vel
| vet brushes, and other things which she
sold for S. and presented to this booth.
At Miss Cries, the State street booth,
| handsome art square was sent in by
the H. j. Bailey company, and very
handsome sot of Haviland China by MT.
Burbank of Burbank & Douglass, deco
rated by the China Decorators club. The
| Wedgewood ware plates, expected from
England, with the picture OF the old
l (,ahh
sion, that was pulled down to make room
for the new Y. III. G. A. building, have
not arrived, but orders will be taken for
them at this booth and they will be de-
livered when received.
1t is Miss Ethel Hall, not Miss Ethel
Hunt, as printed in yesterdays PRESS,
that presides over the flower booth.
| The doll booth is doing staving bust
ness. There Is great demand for the
beautiful dolls and the friends OF the
booth will have to furnish a fresh supply
to keep up with the general call for
them.
Mrs. Weston at the grocery table, asks
all persons to buy in the morning, II con
venient, who can do SO, because 1t makes
it very difficult to deliver goods when the
orders all come in bunch. The groceries
are all donated and are not sold on COM
mission. and sign has been put up say
| ing that there will be no mark down on
Saturday. Those hams have all been
sold. A splendid cream cheese came In
from Little Falls, New York, yesterday,
and was in great demand. The canned
goods are immensely popular.
| Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Winnie Ream
Hoxie modelled medallion of Mr.. d.
and Mayor Randall sat for an hour while
Mrs. Hoxie worked on his bust.
Tonight Mr.. Fred P. Harlow will play
a trombone solo. Mr.. Harlow is a
virtuoso on this instrument.
The supper which was served early in
the evening by the State street, Free
street, and st. Lawrence churches was
well patronized and those who attended
it were but a foIerunner of the large
crowd which at night occupied the gale
ries and moved about from booth to booth
| making the scene animated and attrac-
tive
The cannon drill which was announced
as part of the entertainment for the
evening, was postponed to Saturday next,
but an enjoyable substitute was offered
| by an exhibition of lantern slides during
which there were projected on the screen
beautiful landscape and animal views,
but the most notable of all were the re-
production of some of Mrs. Hoxie's cele-
brated statues, such as Farragat. Lincoln,
and her symbolic figures of America, the
West, Sappho and Miriam.
The musical numbers of the evening
were very well received, and included a
vocal solo. by Miss Files, a trombone solo
by Mr.. How, and piano duet by Miss
McGregor and Miss Jordan.
At nine O'Clock the curtain was thrown
aside and the nearly completed model OF
Mayor Randall, with the artist still at
work, was exposed to view. big lump
of clay was in sight in readiness for the
next model, Judge Strout, whose well
known features soon took form on clay at
the hands of the artist. 1t is worthy OF
remark in connection with the different
booths that while all continue to attract,
those devoted to palmistry and home made
candy were very much in favor last
night.
Today's programme will be OF more
than ordinary interest.
Dinner and supper at the usual hours,
served by Chestnut street, High street,
Congress street NJ. E. and Bethel
churches.
From to $50 p. M, bicycle parade OF
thirty to forty little boys and girls in
costume and on decorated wheels, fol-
lowed by fancy riding by four of the
number.
Nine to ten, Mrs. Ho1ie will model
President Mckinley from photographs
hearjno his autooranh which were sent in