The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-16
TABERNACLE FAIR
Opened Last Night and At
tended by a Large
Crowd.
ALL THE SPACE is UTILIZED
Booths and Other Money Elk
tracing Devices Every
where Entertainment
in Church.

The annual fair of the Tabernacle Con-
gregational Church, York and HENDERSON
street. opened last night. The spacious
halls. all of which were utilized, were
crowded almost to su~ffocation. The falr
promises to be a big success. Every
available space was utilized for the
booths and various devices for getting the
money from the pockets of persons pres
ent. In the main hall of the Peoples
Palace were the booths. The room back
of the church was utilized by the ladies
who served ice cream and cake. Above,
in Mr.. Scudder's study, a shadowgraph
exhibition was given by the following
young men: Samuel Fletcher, Robert
Miller, Bert Moat, Charles Jelly ana
Samuel Vance. In the gymnasium Joe
Pevoy and Arthur Gasman permitted Wis
itors to throw baseballs at a mock Span
lard for a consideration.
Early in the evening an entertainment
was given in the church. The principal
feature was the violin playing of Master
Andrew Byrne. Misses Elizabeth and
Margaret McKigney sang. They were ac-
companied by Miss Amanda Pulls. The
Unity Junior Fife and Drum Corps of the
First German Evangelical Lutheran
Church, rendered a umbe of selections.
The concert was well attended. After 1t
was over the crowd poured into the main
hall and patronized the booths. These
were all t%astefulIy arranged and prettily
decorated. The centre of attraction was
a large American flag hat is to be pre-
scented to the public school receiving the
largest number of votes. The votes cost
five cents each. Two representatives from
each school are permitted to watch the
voting which is in charge of Major S.
Conway, of No. 9 School Cadets, and ].
M. Hurry.
Mrs. DR.. John C. Parsons, Miss Bertha
Chamberlain and Miss Mae Bunce dis
pensed lemonade at a tastefully
decorated booth in the southeast
corner Of the room. Opposite was
THE Country Store" where all
sorts OF useful articles were sold at
Mrs. Amanda Dougherty. Charles Hill and
the. Rev. John l., scudder; The fancy
5 tabs OF Of the rsl Ladies and 4 AIa Soe sSy fsS or
by Mrs. F. E.. Wakefield, Mrs. A. P.
Brown. Miss Martha Cole and Mrs. w.
1 9aanln fhe anpe zaR h1ro Of tie tself Ladies Gss ala Aid
Society, as follows: Mrs. Edward Bran
dow, Mrs. Frank Cook. Mrs. G. w. Cleri-
Tabernacle. the Rev. JOIN L. Scudder.
and the Rev. Sidney Cox. was in charge
of Misses Martha Hopkins, Mae Sweeney,
Geneva Longstreet, Nellie Williams and
Grace Houston. Mrs. M. Lyons and Mrs.
H. w. Vance sold handkerchiefs at a
Christian Endeavor booth. A pretty green
and white booth. loaded with flowers,
principally. chrysanthemums, was pre-
sided over by these members of Glass No.
q: Miss May Prescott, Miss r. Covert.
Fred Lewis and Albert Reed. A second
Christian Endeavor booth was presided
over by these young women: Miss Lucy
Howell, Miss Nellie Vance, Miss M. r.
Wright, Miss A. Gobisch and Mrs. w. H.
Owens. H. Lutier and Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Trent made pop corn balls and
sold them A number of pretty girls, at
tired in Japanese gowns, sold dainty ar
ticles from far Japan. The Japs We're:
Mrs. Sidney Cox, Miss Emma Vaudeville,
Miss Elsie Hartman, Miss Mamie Hitch
cock, Miss Lena Nickel. Miss Regina
Mcdonald, Miss Ella Space, Miss Nellie
Stewart. Miss Maria Angle, Miss Ella
Angle, Miss Nettie Arnot, Miss Sadie
Gross and Miss Edna Wayne. Mrs. L..
Feinthel sold unfermented grape juice
which she prepared herself.