The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-16
Y. M. c. A. FAIR.
The Fair Ii in the Flood Tide of
Success.

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Young Mems Christian Association Fair
in City building and the attendance was
very good throughout the day. At dinner
there was an even larger number OF guests
than on Thursday, the receipts being SS6.
The menu is very attractive and the
dishes all that could be desired.
The sales are good at the different
booths. Bear in mind that there is a
capital assortment of useful and fancy
articles, aprons, candy, underwear, etc.,
while the dolls are in great variety. The
Welsh rarebits are sampled by great
many and the fruit punch table, and ice
cream room, are we'll patronized. Mrs
Jennie Southworth assists Mrs. Blake at
the ice cream table.
There should be liberal patronage of
the grocery table. The stock is as large
and varied as in any store in the city.
Some of the city stores and hotels are
buying goods at the grocery store.
At the matinee for children today Mr.
Walter II. Curtis will be ths funny man
to amusessthe audience.
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was enjoyed by goodly number of
people, after which the crowds began to
congregate and by eight O'clock the
capacity of the galleries was tested and
the main floor was fully occupied save
| the space set aside for tie bicycle
paraders.
The large audience was kept in waiting
but short time for soon after the ap-
pointed hour q scene of much beauty was
presented-thirty little boys and girls,
jauntily dressed in white and mounted
on wheels handsomely decorated in red
and white, came into the hall in couples,
two little ones Of six leading and at the
head of all two of the smallest and most
interesting tots-Mollie Sullivan and
William Foster.
The paraders successfully rounded the
hall three times, then came up the centre
in couples, dividing in two large circles,
| one of boys and one of girls, meeting
again at the head Of the hall they came
up in couples, dividing and advancing in
tours. This was repeated three times and
finally broke up into one large circle
which surrounded the hall.
Eight little ones then took their places
and went through the figures of a
quadrille. They crossed tours, balanced
to corners, closing with ''grand right
and Left The fancy riding which was
then given showed moro skill than any
one had any idea that the little tots of
the city possessed. Lee Richardson was
no where. They rode, springing from
was in motion. then rode standing in the
saddle, mid storms of applause.
The participants were Edith Lowell,
Donald Payson, Christine Wyer, Winifred
Skillings, Vernon West and William
Foster.
circle moving in opposite directions
around the smallest couple who stood in
the centre.
| The exhibition was most enthusiastical-
ly received by the large gathering, and
great credit must be awarded Miss
Gabella Clark and Mr.. Frank Brown for
their pa!nstaking efforts in bring the
drill to such perfection.
The music for the parade furnished by
Miss Alice N. Fernald. Miss Blanche o.
Cram and Mr.. c. W. Brooks, was very
inspiring, in great measure due to the
presence Of Mr.. Brooks, the cornetist,
who gave up an important engagement in
order to help out the children.
| At the conclusion OF the parade Mrs.
| Hoxie commenced the modelling of Presi.
dent Mckinley from photograph, and
her artistic work was watched with the
greatest interest.
This is the programme for today:
| IL to !. 30.-Dinner.
SOD p. m.-Baked Bean Supper
churches serving, Free Baptist, st.
Stephens, Williston and West End.
| s to 9-Cannon drill by the Portland
High.School Cadets. sRE
| to 10.-Modeling by Mrs. Hoxie,
during which Judge Webb will sit.
In this connection it is worthy OF
mention that 1.-THE auction sale tonight
the photographs of President Mckinley
| with autograph will be sold to the
highest bidder.