Evening star., 1898-04-26
Big Crowds Visit the Masonic Fair
and Exposition.
MUSIC BY THE MARINE BAND
Great Animation in the Various
Voting Contests.
n 0 T E S OF IN E RES T

Convention Hall and the armory annex
were again crowded last night with ami
mated throngs, and to one familiar with
the Masonic fair and exposition since Its
beginning there were no signs of any di-
minishing of interest in the great event. The
crowds came early and remained late, and
showed a generous appreciation of the at
fractions. The Marine Band furnished the
music, and this feature was naturally
greatly enjoyed. The interest in the various
voting contests increased materially, and
balloting was carried on with much anima-
ton OF course, in such competitions the
major portion of the work is done In secret
and the results will not be finally known
until the books are all turned in at $3.50
o'clock Wednesday night, and the returns
tabulated.
Records in the Contests.
The records in the various events when
the fair closed last night were follows:
Library to police precinct-F'irst, 200; sec
ond, 375; third, $50; eighth, 176.
Uniforms for fire department company
1st Battalion, 125; I'd Battalion, 100.
Plumbers Outfit for journey man plumber
j. c. Darnal, rs; R. E. Fitzgerald, 80.
Haviland dinner set to most popular lady
fair assistant-Miss l.. A. Walker, 40; Mrs.
Parkhurst, 30; Mrs. Standiford, %; Mrs.
Yeatman, 2G; Mrs. Richardson, 81: Mrs.
Allen, "a; Mrs Gould, %; Mrs. Otterback,
30; Mrs. Henderson, ~; Mrs. Galliher, 80.
Bicycle to letter carrier-J. A. Jordan.
so; II: G. Tegler, 30; r: l.. Campbell, -;
J. W. B!umer, 40; J. L. Magruder, 2.
Typewriter machine to lady typewriter
51: Miss NJ. Z. Bishop, 3s: Miss Gerty
Smith, 30.
Silver punch bowl for saloon or restau-
rant keeper or caterer-Warwick, 43; Chas.
4 III
Croghan, 80; Rauscher. 80; Osborne, 81;
Hoban, 80; Dismer. 2s; Altschwee, 36;
Burkhardt, 40.
Diamond Jewel to past or present COM
mander knights Templar-Frank Thomp-
son. SO; Ben Allen. 81; Andrew Kelly. 80;
Tom Morgan, %; John Olcott. 81; Otter
back, 81; Caldwell, 10; Henderson, 10; Geo.
Walker 30; Jno. O Neill, 49, Sam Yeatman,
Parker, 90; ]. Henry Small, jr.. 49,
Silver lodge jewels to any Blue Lodge
New Jerusalem, "a; Dawson, 23: Lafayette,
81; Potomac, 30; Anacostia, %; King David,
mony, "a; Acacia, 20; e. b. French, "a:
Washington Centennial, SO; Federal %;
Hope 81; Hiram, %; Lebanon. "A.
Silver comnandery jewels TO any Knight
Templar Commandery-Was ashington, 80; Co
lumbia, "a; Potomac, IS; De Molay, 81;
Orient. 30
Bicycle to young lady-Miss Byrne, 81;
Miss Murray, 26; Miss King. Is; Miss An
OerSOn, %.
Gold chapter jewels to any ROYAL Arch
Chapter-Eureka, 81: Washington 35: Co.
lumbia. Al; Mount Vernon, ;,8; Lafayette.
"a: Mount Horeb, 80; Hiram. 80.
Allison Nailor, gold watch to High School
CadetmGeo. Berry, 80; Began, 81; Yeat-
man, 3S.
Typewriter to public school glrl-Miss
Kuhlman, 20.
Knight Templar uniform and outfit to
any knight Templar or prospective Knight
Y--Si m
80; Ellis, As; Richardson, 40.
Shrine jewel to any Shriner-Tom Walker
30; Roberts, 81, Jacobus Jones. 25; Gray,
p; Taber, a; Miller, 80
Elks' diamond pin to any Elk-Emil
Schaffer 80; Simms, Az Ed. B. Hay IS.
Brass crib and outfit to most popular in
fant-Cluskey Cromwell. jr., 96: Francis
Armstrong. 80; Margaret Hudson. 81 Janet
Walker, IS; Fred Gregory, 36.
Fair Notes of interest.
For the first time in Its history the
United States Marine Band was led last
night by lady. At the request of Capt.
Allison Nailor, jr., the leader, Prof. Santle-
man, very graciously and courteously per-
mitted Miss Clare Elizabeth Taylor to leal
the band while it played one Of her own
compositions, THE Osiris March" Miss
Taylor proved herself competent leader
and shared with her composition the un-
bounded applause that greeted the incident.
Regulars at the fair who have become ac-
customed to assuaging their thirsts at the
soft drink stand of New Jerusalem Lodge,
were gratified last night to see that Messrs
Ed. Dennison and VIII Little were still
amably on hand dispensing their soda
water and pop.
Secretary Howard Perry's room was be-
sieged last night for several hours with
Masors paying for the season tickets that
had been issued to them and getting the
receipts for the same. A number Of tick
cts ara still outstanding unpaid for, how
ever. and unless settled by Wednesday
night will not be included in the distribu-
tion of prizes.
The 'olde English village" will close the
performances this evening with an ex-
fibition of fancy dancing by the pupils of
Miss Marie Geddes, the following appear
ing: Miss Edna Harris, Miss Mildred Ged-
des, Miss May Cochran, Miss Ray Parltn.
Miss Lillian Harmon and a solo by Miss
Marie Geddes. Farewell appearances will
be made by the Misses Sarah and Marie
Howe, the accomplished dancers who have
added so largely to the attractiveness of
the village programs Little Elsie Worth.
the tot of the village. and the famous
trained dog, BLACK Bonnie"