Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-08-24
4 Seaside Fair.

NrAstIc bar.
Lets have e,r fair In the old SAIL
boat!" said GeneVIcye.
That's queer placer exclaimed
Pauline. whom the other children eall-
ed Polly PrIm" because she was so
afraid of doing anything new or differ
'ent ~ .alE In a SaIlsoat. Nobody
would come"
That's the very reason they would
come" rcior;ei Gcneyleye. who dearly
liked TO carry out new ideas. They'd
come just 20 see what II fair IN 4 boat
Is like
We eouldn't have any boo,h,.in the
Ea!isoa;." said Jessie.
Have the saIlboa; for a booth.
Eoos!c' You don't expect the people
that conc 20 our fair are going to walk
over the aide OF that i!;tic beat and &c,
into II. do your Why. the fair will be
on the beach rlsht by the boai-that Is.
II We can have the old boat" answered
GeaovIeve.
The three girls. boarding at n hotel
hy the seaBhoEe. were planning a taIE
for charity. They knew o. n sweet lit
Tie girl, child OF seams;reAN. who had
been very sick. and couldn't seem TO
get quite well because she needed the
brae!ny seq air.
And here se are. well aS can be. and
don't need sea air nt ail!'' declared
Pauline n; their :irs; meeting. Things
seem aw!ully mixed up. don't ;hcy-"
We can share the sea air with tina,
little girl. anyhow" said Gencvievc. de-
cldedly. after which II was rs good NJ
done. for she always carried out her
plans. At their first meeting they had
decided on n fair. instead OF begging
from people n; the ho;c.d. And at the
second Gencvleve proposed the old sail
boat. She had noticed Il the first day
she came to the shore. and though,
what delightful playhouse It would
mako. Everybody helped. One papa
hunted up the owner o. the stranded
old boat that would never sail again
md lay deep In the sand on the shore.
In summer the children played In It,
ana In winter the winds played about
It The old fisherman who once sailed
1t vas dead. bu; his son said OF course
It nigh: be used for n fair. and they
were welcome to pu; an awning over It.
and do anything else they chose. So
n carpenter fastened up an awning.
flags and bunting were put up. and ia
panese lanterns hung. Ticn little no.
t!ces few about like while birds: "a
sea lunch and-sale for chari;y. at the
old sailboat. Wednesday afternoon.
Please come and buy something"
Wednesday afternoon was fine and
breezy. The flags tapped gaily. and
the lanterns threatened to lose their
hold and float away at times. The
boat looked very picturesque with It's
trimmings. its piles OF nice things to
eat. ead pretty things to SELL The
mammas and all the young ladies had
helped great deal. besides contribut-
ing many fancy things to sell. The
three girls wore white sailor dresses,
and fancy. lace-trimmed caps. They
had made believe some of the goodies
were sailor or sea food. There was a
great deal of raisin cake. good kind
when you have to stand up and eat.
and perhaps smart breeze blowing
The piles of this cake were labeled
"plun duff" and sold we'll Biscuit
Sandwiches were marked sea biscuit"
"Cian, chowder" consisted of shelled
peanutn. almonds and little cardies,
served IN clam shells. Everybody want
ed some of that. Had the girls been
less busy, they might have seen strange
doings on the part of the boys. When
ever u group vi people seemed about to
stroll back to the hotel or to leave the
fair Tor walk along the beach. some
boy would dart toward them and hand
out q white card printed with these
words: Rival show for same charity.
Sea curiosities exhibited In tent after
supper. Small show, small price. Ad-
mission. one cent (more will not be re-
fusedl." AZ last the seaside fair was
over. and the happy or!ginators OF 1t
were going home to tho hotel with
their arms full of bundles and their
pockets full of silver. Then 1t was that
the boys of the hotel arose in a body
with their arms full OF bundles, and
their pockets full of-not coins, but
shells. AS II by magic, a small tent
sprang w Oh the beach, and great was
the no,se that could be heard inside
and all around 1t. Genevieve. Pauline
and Jessie. busy getting rested and
eating supper, saw nothing of all this
till they found a card that some one
had dropped on the hall floor. "TEe
very Ideal" they said to each other,
wher they found out what was going
on. Then they hurried to the tent and
talked, crosby at first. to their broth
ers IND plsy-fellows inside. I'VE
didn't want you girls to think you we're
the only ones that could get up n
show" said one of the brothers. "We'ro
ko,nE to nave nn exhibition. TIA \