The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-14
DAVIS FAIR.
Crowds Visited the Building
Last Night and the Re-
ceipts Were Heavy.
FORTUNE TELLING ROMANCE
Contests Becoming Exceed
ingly Exciting Winners
at the Booths


ciation at Metropolitan Hall. The receipts
were well up in the hundreds. The doors
Were thrown open to women and children
also in the afternoon, and quite num-
Der of women took advantage~of the OPP
portunity to inspect the thousands of abr
gains that still adorn the many booths.
The fair is also open this afternoon.
Robert Davis said last night that he was
thoroughly satisfied with the way things
We're going. The usual crush was appar-
ent, but it was noticed that the ladies
with books did not press the mail isitors
for chances. They were, however, as en-
thusiastie as ever, and turned in their
books with an air of pride and satisfac-
tion.
Among the prominent visitors at the
fair were Street and Water Commissioner
Charles Boltwood and Police Surgeon
John Nevin. Both spent freely and their
signatures are all over the books of the
fair ladies. BY the way, one of the hand
soonest donations to the fair is a gold
Furnished silver tea service, gift of
Commissioner Boltwood. The books on
this elegant prize are rapidly filling up.
DR.. Nevin was relieved of a good sized
roll of the long green before he had been
at the fair an hour. He was delighted
to get a check cashed by Sheriff Heller,
and the amount which was no bagatelle,
went the same way as his original roll.
Assemblyman Murphy was again on
hand last night. He is considered the
youngest and handsomest bachelor in the
House of Assembly. He patronized the
wheel of the Sixth ward Booth freely last
night, and among the prizes he
captured was a beautiful pair of car
mine silk garters, with silver buckles of
exquisite design. He also captured la
dy's valuable Irish point lace handker-
chief. This is regarded as ominous, and
Mr.. Murphy's many friends are wonder
ing when the cards will be out and who
the lucky young lady is.
The youngest worker at the big fair
is Little 'sTeddie" Doherty of Cannon
town, still in frocks. He is the mascot
of the First ward booth, and Mr.. Moran
says he does not know what he would
do without him.
Much amusement is afforded the patrons
of the fair by the fierce competition be-
tween Freeholder McNally and John P.
Feeney, in charge of the fortune wheel at
the Third ward booth, and Messrs. Bill
in charge of the Ninth ward booths
wheel The two wheels are a few feet
auart. The lung power of Messrs. Wood
mencey and Freeholder McNallys is great.
Each tries to drown the voice of the
other, and whenever one or the other re-
tires from the wheel if only for few
moments, the reporters are duly notified
of the fact by the opponet on deck.
Mesdames Olga and Lee, in charge of
the fortune telling booth, tell of a very
amusing incident that occurred in their
booth the night before. They refuse, how
ever. to divulge the names of the young
couple who figured, which spoils the story.
1t seemed that both were particularly
anxious to have their future forecasted
The booth can be entered on either side,
and nothing but a portiere separates the
two chairs in which the patrons of the
booth sit while the fortunes are being
told 1t so happened that while the young
lady was having her future read by
Madame Olga, that the young man enter
ed the other side of the booth and
secured the fortune telling services of
Madame Lee He recognized the voice of
his affianced on the other side of the cur
tain and became intensely interested that
he paid no attention at all to what Mad
anne Lee was telling him. Through
some mistake the spirit that developed the
picture of her future husband went wrong.
The young man hasn't a hair on his face.
and when the young lady was presented
with portrait of Police Captain Archie
McKaig with his Dundrearies in full
blossom, the young lady screamed and
fell into swoon. The young man became
frightened pulled down the portiere and
assisted in reviving her. When she came
TOO and saw him at her side she got mad
and left the booth alone, declaring that
he had played a joke upon her. He has
hard time trying to convince her of his in
nocence. and they are still hardly on
speaking terms. She cannot be made to
believe that it was one of CAPTAIN Nc
Kaigs jokes played upon both of them.
Carl Ruempler was on deck as usual
last night He has been one of the
really good things at the fair every
night. When he went broke last night
he won a. splendid pocketbook at the
Eleventh ward booth wheel.
Pocketbooks, by the way, are fads at
the fortune wheels, and John Mehl, Jr.,
the well known pocketbook manufactur-
err who has a splendid display of his
wares at the Twelfth ward annex, is
obliged to continually replenish his stock.
The willy whirlers of the wheels have
found it profitable to deposit in the
booths and announce a coin or note of
unknown denomination. Bats for these
prizes are eagerly seized by the investors.
Leather music rolls, manufactured by
Mr.. Mehl, are also popular prizes. Many
beautiful flowers and potted plants from
the flower booth in charge of Mr.. and
Mrs Daniel Cole are disposed of at the
Third ward booth wheel.
Michael j. Coyle was absent from the
Hoboken booth last night for the first
time since the fair opened. Some urgent
business in connection with his duties as
Superintendent of the Boulevard necessi-
tated his absence. Assemblynan John j.
ArarneIl for awhile took his place at the
wheel. Among the articles displayed at
the Hobqken booth are two magnificent
ladies br1adcloth sacks One is of tan
broadcloth and the other Of red broad
cloth They occupy the two front cor
ners Of the booth and attract the atten-
Hon of all the female isitors at the fair.
They are worth SIS a piece. The Hoboken
booth had it's usual good run Of business.
last glat.
The Second Ward booth last night
flfraed ii SIS to the treasury. The Ninth
ward baeth netted nearly $50 Managers
!, Of the ID Ward booth; which is one.