The times., 1898-04-17
THE MAS0NS' GREAT FAIR.
Fourteen Thousand People Attendc.
1t Last Night.


The first week of the Masonic fair at
Convention Hall closed last evening
with patriotic outburst such as has
been seldom attendant upon indoor
gatherings in this city.
Director Strattons National Guard
Brigade Band and the megaphone an
nouncer of the Olde English Village
were, perhaps, the responsible parties.
| The latter announced early in the ey-
ening that the Senate had passed the
resolution declaring for Cuban inde-
pendence, which was greeted with ap-
plause and when the Brigade Band had
finished the evenings program at the
closing Of the fair at II o'clock with the
round of the national anthems of Amer
ica, the enthusiasm and patriotism of
| the audience could be restrained no
! longer. Every one of the 5000 persons
| in the hall Joined in the cheering, and
! for several minutes after each selection
! the demonstration was continued. 1t
! was loud and earnest and could be
| heard several blocks from the great
| hall.
| 1t was fitting ending to the first
week Of the bazaar.
The average attendance of the first
| five evenings was 1000 persons The at
| tendance last evening is estimated at
14,000 or double that of any other
| evening.
The evening was set apart for the
| visit of the Eastern Star chapters of
the city. Shortly after o'clock their
! presence was announced and escorted
| by the Mount Pleasant Field Band and
| an escort of the Masonic fraternity
| led by Capt. Charles S. Domer, they
! marched into the hall from the eastern
annex and continued down the aisle to
| the Olde English Village. The process
| sion then moved down the central aisle
and the members of the chapters and
! the escort dividing the officers of the
order, marched down the center to the
J main platform, where they reviewed
| the chapters.
The lodges represented with the off
GERS. We're: Ruth No. l, Mrs Rose Yost,
! worthy matrOn; Electa No. 2, Mrs. JOS
| ephine Shields, worthy matron; Naomi
| No. 9, Mrs. /. NJ. Tomlinson, worthy
matron; Martha No 4, Mrs Della
Craemer, worthy matron; Esther No.
! 8, Mrs. Alice Y. Scott worthy matron;
I Bethlehem No. 6, Mrs. Mary r. Buck
lin, worthy matron.
! Immediately after the reception Of the
! visiting chapters. the program was be-
| gun.
The first number was an exhibition
of wrestling by Yousouf. the Terrible
| Turk who appeared with his trainer
and wrestling companion, Mr.. j. F. Nc
| Cormick of Philadelphia.
The second number on the program
Pearl Woods and Billy English, of the
City Sports Company, was quite as in
| teresting as the clever wrestling of the
Turk. They appeared in an original
creation of buck and wing dancing.
The balance of the program consisted
OF the following:
Exhibition drill and music, Mount
Pleasant Field Band; the Paroues. fam
cy bicycle riding; the phenomenal little
dancer Master Willie Collier, in the
sailors hornpipe; the champion cake
walkers OF the Burnt Cork Club; and
| fancy dancing by the pupils of Prof.
Mott, the Cuban Bolero," Miss Leila
Mott and Miss leonardo; jig by Miss
leonardo; skirt dance by Miss Mott;
and Yankee Doodle" by Misses Lean
ardo and Mott.
The program was repeated in the an
mex. The program at the English Vii
lage was as follows:
Soubrette specialties. Miss Elsie
Worth; recitation, Miss May Cfem-
mons: wrestling Brothers Robert s.
Akers, Lebanon Lodge No. 4 Sterling
Kerr, jr., Harmony Lodge No. II; aero
battles, Prof Maurice Joyce and Ted
Clinton; Carroll Institute Athletic Club;
dumb show, BLACK Bonnie" la fasci-
nation, Miss Mabel Owen: club swing
ing, Mr.. Matthew Horne; caricature
sketches, Mr.. Felix E. Mahoney; box
ing, Mr. Donald Nesbit and Prof. Car
ter Columbia Athletic Club; Indian
club swinging, Miss Emily E. Sauter
and pupils; acrobatics Messrs. Orlando
Ross, Frank Waters. and Prof. Cross
ley, c. A. c.; canine hints, BLACK Bon
ME-" cornet solo, Brother Walter f.
Smith, of Harmony Lodge No II.
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