The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-12
NOTES OF THE FAIR.

Robert Davis himself is as much q vic
tim of the fair workers as any one who
visits Metropolitan Hall. He is constantly
besieged with requests for his signature
and has already disposed of several good
sized rolls of bank bills. After an un-
usually hard effort to escape an enthusi-
astic swarm of eo-workers. who found
him last night he facetiously remarked
that his friend Heller had the best of
it, in looking after the interests of the
first floor and leaving him to attend to the
main fair room. Mr.. Davis expressed him
self as highly gratified at the success of
the managers of the fair have thus far
met with. He is also pleased with the
work of the gentlemen who have nightly
toiled ait the booths and endeavored to
swell the financial receipts of the venture.
and is especially enthusiastic over the
hearty. cooperative and Invaluable work
Of the hundreds of fair women who are
determined that the success of the fair
shall exceed the anticipations of those
who fathered the project
The receipts last night aggregated over
| 81, ,200 These figures are slightly in ad-
vance of those of the night before. Over
| two thousand dollars were taken IN on the
| first night.
Among the easy-going but most effective
workers among the throngs of fair women
among whom competition to make large
| financial returns is strong, is Matron Rose
Murray of the Jail.
Davis F1zz'' and Heller Punch have
| become extremely popular with the pa
irons of Stein & Sons soda water booth.
Chief of Police Murphy visited the fair
on the opening night. His popularity
was fully attested.
Police Captain Archie McKaig is in
| command of the detachment of police
distributed through the building Despite
/ the fact that the Captains Dundreary's $
are turning gray, he is a great favorite
with the fair sex and his autograph is
much sought after.
/ Police Captain Nugent visited the fair
/ last night. Feeling inclined to spend
money and dreading the gauntlet sys-
i tenn he held lot of greenbacks and sill
yer in the hollow of his hands, doubled,
! and invited each of a dozen of iInportun
/ ate ladies to take out the price of the
chances they insisted on his taking, af-
/ ter showing them his name written in the
books. At the conclusion of the expert
ment the Captain found himself called
upon to pay six dollars beyond his ap-
preparation for chances recorded against
him. He said he'd have to pay another
visit tonight and square up.
/ Jolly FreehoIder F'itzsimmons and
sturdy Freebooter Mcclure visited the
/ fair together last night. Naturally they
/ sought the booths of their respective
wards, the Tenth and the Eleventh. The
two Booths are just across the room
/ from the head of the stairway They
got there, but not until they had divest-
/ ed themselves of considerable cash and
] struggled with considerable force through
1 the almost impenetrable barriers Of book
workers of promiscuous booths.
Nearly every booth was last night
| equipped with wheel of fortune and all
! did a thriving business The Hoboken
| wheel. in charge of Michael ]. Coyle and
Poormaster Harry Barck, Jr., netted s22.
I The Ninth Ward booth, with the aid of
/ a wheel, realized $50 and $40 on Tuesday
! night Ex-Alderman Moran drove live
! ly business with his wheel. One of the
! prizes disposed Of was china tea set,
/ consisting of fifty-six pieces. 1t cost the
owner but twenty cents,
| Every night thus far the display at the
i North Hudson booth has been augmented
/ by onations from DR.. Schlemm, Union
/ Hill > popular Democratic Mayor His
! latest gift is handsome bronze clock
which last night occupied conspicuous
position on the booth counter. and was
4 adm I I'd even among the countless works
4 of art that fiji the counters OF the many
booths. John zeller and his co-workers
are leaving no stone unturned to make
| a splendid financial showing for the North
| HuS n booth.
/ magnificent bronze figured lamp do-E
l'nated BY Mrs William Robinson. and y
l baby's coat and hat, a gift from a. A.
1 Daley. of Newark avenue, are among the