New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-26
METHODIST EPISCOPAL FAIR.
AGoRA-GDNTIUM A MARKET-PLACE OF
THE NATIONS.

A.. PROFITS TO BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT or
-zyr METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH HOME
AND pEAcoSEssEs TRAINING SCHOOL
. q, fair women OF all nations TOOK pos
-, ~ the Aston Gallery AT the Waioori-AS
,or,a Yesterday afternoon ana spreau ou' va =.
a.. MOS, diversified character BEFORE 'he eSes "a
the dazzled public. which was 'heie en- =,
,ns interpreted all this means that 'he "one" Y.
- .T..noa,,r Episcopal Church OF Manhattan were
holdDg a fair; that they had arranged their ooo'hs
90 reDresent different nations. ana the
WIRE the national dress Of those countries ro'
,ha lime being the Aston Gallery has become an
ogors- gentium. market-place OF the Nations,
character which II VIII retain from ~ y N'0 $500
morning until 10 o'clock at night
At the entrance 10 the gallery mas oeen piaceN
,,,,aau NJ information attended by twelve women
renresepting twelve different nations perhaps ''e
most gorgeous costume 10 be seen here is tha' VI
Mrs J. Elliotte Little. who wears ROBE wh'ch vas
rsnro.suced from The Russian Marriage feas'
and was given TO her by the Russian Consui.
Tbs arst thing one notices entering this gar
lery Is most properly. America Ihls country -
REPRESENTED by a star-shaped BOOTH with naes a.
~. corners and twelve attendants. in white dresses
-. ss.h.s NJ American flags Seven churches-St.
Iuke's Union. Eighteenth Street, Iwehty-louINA
s,rset Grace and John Street-are represented nero
Mira 3 Z. Baker Is IN charge
N.r, IN oonsp,cuousness is Greece. which exhioi"
heYv
&c, =, ,oam,er OF the Fair Committee and the
creates, pains were taken TO make correct repre-
fentation of this wonderful edihce Inc Heaois
Con,-.uee Of the Methodist Episcopal Chu'cn
Ho Is IN charge Of the Parthenon. ana IL mas
also undertaken to preside over a miniature hioT
Az. rhis department of the market-place repre-
ssuts q river bed. with glaciers towering al ONO
side and miners in full costume are In attehoahoa'
Visit ors are invited dig In the sand Tor nuggets
Mrs Mary Knox Robinson, of the Bedford Street
he
surrounded by a choice assortment OF Chinese IDOLS
One Of these is over thousand years Old. having
been made and woSshpped before CHRIST was DORM
In addition to these things. most OF when are Iof
exhibition. for sale. Mrs. Robinson displays
Chinese shoes Of infntesimal size, chopsticks pot
tery q beautiful Chinese loungfng robe and hgs'
which Mrs. Robinson guarantees TO be perfectly
delightful" Mrs. Robinson was assisted yesterday
aTisgpoon oy Mss Hoe1e weTe In ge chinese cos
tunes Miss Crouchley's being wedding OUTFIT
ana a1 Almost hi't entirely farnshed by him i is in
charge OF the women OF ST Andrew Chureh.
German booths. The former, in addition to Italian an
wares. shows couple Of bureau sets IN, maze re Il, py
These are the work OF Mrs. Robert Carter, and
were sold almost as soon as the fair opened. Mrs
ordered An ofshoot OF the Italian Doom Is 4
dressed by one woman. Mrs. S W Bovine is in
charge Of the Italian booth.
The German booth sells, besides German wares
dolls dressed deaconesses
The churches OF Washington Square. Park Ave
nue. and Eighteenth Street represented at the
Great Britain booth and Great Britain Is repre-
sented BY Mrs. j. D. Calhoun and Miss Calhoun,
one dressed as Scotch and the other Eng
nsh peasant Mrs Willard Rogers is in charge. and
was assisted yesterday afternoon by Mrs. I. W.
Orm!ston and Mrs. J. p. owen
The Mexican booth IS stocked with flowers. which
the women OF St Pauls Church. dressed in wonder
ful Spanish costumes. selling. palmist, Mrs
Newton. Of Montclar. is also TO be found at this
booth.
The fair is being given for the benefit Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church Home and the New
York Deaconesses Home and Training School. The
committee In charge consists Of Mrs. VI. S. Rogers
Mrs L e Leaycraft, Mrs. A r. Briggs. Mrs. l.. c.
De veau and Mrs. +. NJ. F. Miller.