The times., 1898-04-13
THE MASONIC FAIR.
Another Immense Crowd in Attend
ance Last Night

ance Last Night.
The brilliant carnival opening of the
great National Masonic Fair at Conven-
tion Han Easter Monday night was out
done. If possible. last night Fully az
many persons, more than s.09O. attended
the second night of the exhibition proper
and the annex accommodated several
| hundred more
| Ihe lair was more complete and If
| possible, more interesting last night.
Many of the more important exhibits and
| attractions of the annex were not ready
for the opening Monday evening Every
| thing was complete, however. last night.
| including the Swiss Chalet and it's bril-
| liantly lighted refreshment park. which
| was also formally opened last evening
| II was blue lodge and commandery
| visiting night The officers of the fol-
/ lowing lodges and Communicates were
| present, as were most of the members:
Arminius Lodge. No. q: Washington Cen
| tenniaI Annex No. II: Columbia Com
mandery No 2: st. Johns No. I; King
/ David No. %. National No. Il; Hiram
| Chapter. Royal Arch; Federal Lodge No.
| /. and Lebanon No. Z.
| An interesting program was given on
/ the main exhibition stage under the aus
/ pices of the Washington Turner's Asso-
/ ciation.
1t included the human pyramids; the
Amazon drill; expert bicycle riding by
'.Raycicle" Baker; fancy dancing. pupils
of Miss Geddes' Academy, and acrobatic
feats.
The National Guard Brigade Band. un-
der the direction of Mr.. RuIof B. STRAIT
| ton, rendered musical prelude between
the hours of and $50 o'clock. and dis
covered pleasing gems during the latter
| part of the evening.
Messrs- w. c. Lewis and John B. Daish
have added new feature to the stand at
Lafayette Lodge in the shape of double
jOinted Cuban peanuts which are sold
by vendors disguised as the gallant Co
mez-
Mr.. Thomas W. Cridler. Third Assistant
Secretary of State and past master Of
Lafayette Lodge, No. y, is expected to
attend the fair next week He is retGrn-
ing to America from Paris at the call of
the Government.
Eureka r. A. Chapter. No 4. has re-
ceived a handsomely trimmed doll. from
Mrs. Hobart wife of the Vice President
Mrs. Hobart has given the doll name
and the little girl who succeeds in guess
ing it will be presented with il.
A novel feature Of the Swiss chalet is
| the egg-rolling board. 1t is in charge Of
Miss H T. Austin. and the young ladies'
| assisting her have made things lively in
that part of the hall by starting contest
for prizes to be given away at the close
of each night of the fair.
Lebanon Lodge has arranged an inter
esting exhibit of candy and eurios at its
] booth. Among the latter are Virginia
deed 100 years old and paper signed by
Patrick Henry.
badge has been presented to Cen
tennial Lodge to be voted TO the most
popular fire laddie of the city.
1 Va nId oh will ar ha n
end of the hall. visited BY thousands
| again last night. In addition to the fea-
lures of the village proper, with its
quaint reminders of the old days. is the
theater which is a worthy attraction in
itself. The program last night consisted
of the following: Selection. Bride
Elect Sousa; Vega Mandolin Club
Messrs. UngeT Binkert. Babcock. Wells
Hcwes. Barringer. Butterfield. Ball.
Birch; wrestling. Brothers Sterling Kerr,
jr.. of Harmony Lodge, No Il; Robert 5.
Akers, of Lebanon Lodge. No. 4:
recitation. Mr.. Edward J. Walsh; Orien-
tai ballet. pupils of Prof. Caruanai
i wrestling. Messrs. Harry Lee and Earn
Z est Schafhirt, W. l. l. c.; boxing. Messrs.
| GalIaher and Brick c. I. A. c.; acrobatfc
I speeialties. trained dog. BLACK Bonnie
wing ballet. pupils of Sarah and Marie
Howe; bats. Alma Risdon, Ethel Bates.
: | Sarah w Howe, Nettle Jarrett; spirit.
: Marie Howe: cupid. little Catherine Da-
), Wis: club swinging Mr.. Matthew Horne.
i caricature sketches, NJ. Felix E Ma
honey; club swinging, Mr.. Royce Hough
: soubrette specialties. Miss Elsie Worth;
: pyramid team, C. \. c., Orlando Ross.
! j. r. Elder, Adam Johnson, j. Antrium,
/; William Shannon, c. F. Humphreys. C. T.
n Cabrera, J. III. Cabrera, Daniel Walsh.
J; Frank Waters, William AIcCiOwan, ". b.
y Thomas, ]. II. McGraw, William Under
Z, wood, J. Mattox. NJ. Underwood W. Cur
!. tbs, Prof CrOssley; specially. Mr.. Henry
= Hills, Burn Cork Club; trick bicycle rid
d ing. Master Samuel Howard: What &
:: Dog Knows, Black Bonnie.
y The official program for the main enter
Y tainment tonight is as follows: Dancing
V by the pupils OF Miss Cora 3. Shreve;
L Parasol dance, Miss Helen Berens; Smo-
" | lenski Miss Eta Ray; La Arial. Miss Lii
!. Ian Benton; rope dance. Miss Marie Top
'. ley: Santiago Joe and Olga HunnelI; Isa
le belle, Una Ray; handicap, school; the eele-
,r brated Parques, expert bicycle riding; 4ir
N Arthur Plant club swinging; Messrs
, Howard and Leigh; contOrtionists. by per-
~ mission of the Burnt Cork Club