Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13

At THE FAIR
THE BOOTHS ARE WELL PATRON
lied AND PRETTIER
THAN EVER.
A TURKEY DINNER
WILL. BE SERVED TONIGHT.
The Voting Contest for the Most pom.
ular Young Lady a Leading
Feature.

'A> IL pa SculleT1cn WHO IL
lustrate the pages of Scribner's or The
Strand try their hand at representing
big crowds again they might find it for
tunate to have on their work desks a
photograph or two OF the mass OF hui
manity that pulled, hauled and damned
one another at the Catholic fair in Min
ers' Union hail last evening".
IT was a bad place for a person who had
been vaccinaTed, and while the estimable
ladies who are working for the success
or the bazaar don't desire to lose any in
tending purchasers they admit that it is
a bad place for anybody who has had
ms ann scratched as a precautionary
measure against the smallpox. AS for
ladies for obvious reasons, they may
attend in perfect safety.
One of the best things at the fair
went through that gang eff human pile
drivers last evening and made such a
kick that he was given the sobriquet
CT "vaxy." Ask '.Mrs. Samuel S!ocum"
of thai isn't so, and if you can't find her
inquire for Miss Idalene Kennedy, the
Gibson girl.
A umbe of changes had been made
in the booths last evening, and, if any
thing. they looked prettier than ever.
All did a thriving business and every
man who entered any of them with a fat
p~ocketbook left monetary evidence be-
hind that Thine adde's understand wat
they're there for.
The friendly competition between Miss
McNeill and Miss McDermott as to who
is the most popular young lady is a cad
ing feature of the fair. AS there are a
large number of books out, it was i'm
possible to learn last evening ,who is in
the lead. 1t is a sure thing tina the vote
Will he large.
The dainty Miss Ivy Barker tried to
disguise herself last evening by appear
ing in a silk dress of dark tan, minus her
pink shirtwaist. She ouldn disguise
her pretty face in several ecades. how
ever, and did as big a business in getting
the male sex to take a chance" as ever,
If she We're up for a rafle herself it is
likely that the church would realize
enough to build a parish house in every
parish in the state.
Miss Virginia O'Connell is fast devel-
oping into a crack shot with a parlor ri
lie and bids fair some DAY to rival Lillian
Smith. She is also an adept at handling
cupld's bow and feels awful bad" if one
doesn't believe everything she says about
IL Ndiue u Ice cream ana other
things.
There's a girl with a Junoesaue fig
ure and a face that would cause a man
to leave his happy home on less than he
$50 Mrs. Mullins wishes to lend, but no.
body can discover her name. Twenty
lovesick SWANS tried to learn her name
by taking chances" on a soft pillow last
evening and twenty are still guessing.
Har Christie N ~ n NJ "a, II n t;o -. Nf...1 =,
her surname is Foley-they all feel sure
of the last name.
Tell some more people to try the ice
cream BOOTH said Mrs. Mullins; we're
not doing any business at ALL" And yet
1t is an acknowledged fact that tibet ice
cream booth has already taken in enough
coin to start "a pa~wnshop.
The dining room at the fair is open ev-
cry night and doing a rushe,g business.
Tonight the hungry can procure a turkey
dinner for the small sum of so cents. It
will be ready at $50 O'Clock.
Perhaps the doll booth may have to
get a new stock for tonight. People
went away last evening carrying ALL sorts
OF dclls from dainty French creations to
little Aguinaidos and Zulu warriors. Mrs.
Carlisle Mason-the original Elsie
from Chelsea'-makes a fine runner
Mrs. Boucher is a great attraction at the
doM booth n the young men are fire.
quently to be seen making purchases
there when ever the young ladies are for
saken. This is by no means an insin-
uation hat Miss Boucher lis very Old
"she was married young you know
as Mrs. Mason says.
1t is claimed by experts that Mrs. Letv-
is, who preSides at the Turkish booth. is
the handsomest woman in the room.
She's a great drawing card, anyhow, blu
itreally is a big mistake to say too much
about a matron.
The fair closed last evening by a leath-
er-lunged spieler mounting a chair and
announcing the results of the following
rafies: Sofa pillow, ticket No. rs, won
by M. j. Morrissey; set of boullion cups
ticket No. I, ,won by Mrs. J. F. Ryan,
French doll, ticket No. &c. won by Henry