The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-06

Reproduced and AmpIifed-S Some OF
the Attractive Booths--Festivai Given
Under Auspices of the Mothers Aid
Society.
To-day will be given sketches of seen
ic effects that will be features in the
coming armory festival.
| The Mothers Aid society, when it
first suggested that benefit be given
| for the Nurseries, decided to accomplish
something that would be patronized by
every one, and to that end, after much
| looking about, and discussion, the plan
of festival of nations was hit upon
land it was received with enthusiasm
by all interested. Trips were made to
/ New York and Boston by several of
the ladies', and some went so far as
Philadelphia to obtain ideas from the
sister cities.
| OF all the ideas that presented them
selves the Cuban Orphans fair that
was held in the Madison Square garden
| last winter seemed to be the nearest to
what was in the minds Of the commit
| tee. The fair at Madison Square Car
| den was a great success and was the
| most magnificent affair of the kind ever
attempted in the country.
The committee learned that all the
tNa
rented, and a contract was immediate
ly closed for them. G. G. Olmstead, one
of the foremost stage carpenters of New
York city, was engaged to reproduce
the affair in New Haven
The armory has been engaged for the
week of November IS. All the immense
boths of the New York fair will be used
and in addition there will be several
that were not completed in time for it.
During the entire week there will be
an augmented orchestra that will fur
nish the music, and on each day
special tprossa will be rendered.
Among some of the booths that will
be of interest to mention are the Dewey
arch, the bat teship, the Dutch wind
mill tile Japanese pagoda, the Pan
American express Office and the center
garden which will be Mistress Mary's.
There is also to be a booth to repre-
sent every country on the face of the
earth. One of those will be where the
dolls are sold. AS the Christmas holi-
days approach there is always de-
mand for dolls, and there will be a
most magnificent display Of them in
1,a lot viii roY
This department will be in charge Of
Mrs. Walter Remington Nichols, who
will be assisted by most able COM
mittee. A number of the dolls have al
ready been donated and are in readi-
ness for the great show. One of the
most amusing and handsomest of the
lot up to the present time is a big In
dian chief.
A Cuban hut will also be on exhibit
ton. This hut was brought from Cuba
where it served as shelter for the ma
times. 1t was carefully taken down
from its original side and shipped to
New York for the event there, but it
arrived too late. Therefore this will be
the first time it has been exhibited.
AS the affair is a universal move
ment it has necessitated a large num-
Der of subcommittee in all number
ing over 200 members. The clergymen's
which was appointed but a
day or tw ago are: Revs. T. T. Munger,
Newman Smyth, George II. Ferris, f.
G. Sage, Il. w. Stone, w. L. Phillips,
T. r. Luckey, George B. Cutten, w. j.
Mutch, Stewart Means, David Levy, f.
1al-
A. X. Foster, Gardiner e. Eldridge.
All these committees have their own
line of work to carry out and hold
their separate meetings, thus systema-
tizing this prodigious enterprise into a
most wonderful maehine-like move
ment.
The gentlemen who are the guaran-
tors have aided the committees most
and they are most grateful
for the assistance they have received
In fact all the gentlemen who have
geen approached in the matter have
been most courteous, and it has helped
in making the path of the
somewhat smoother than Is
ordinarily the lot of people who under
take such a tremendous work
This affair, as has been noted before,
Is a non-sectarian movement and all
who can spare time to assist In the
work are most welcome to Join hands,
and they will be most graciously appre- !
GATED
The festival will open on the 21st of
November, and continue throughout |
The week. Friday night will be Yale
night, and the Glee club will give one |
IF their enjoyable concerts. Saturday !
IS set aside as children's day. and there I
will be special attractions fir the little |
'olks. A reduction in the admission fee /
S to be made for the children on this |
lay.
The admission has been set at twenty
i've cents, but season tickets are to be
ssued for 81.
The ladies who have worked most in
iefatigably for the benefit of the Leila
lay nursery are: Mrs. William Lyon
Phelps, chairman; Mrs. Walter Reming-
on Nichols, first vice chairman and Sec
etary; Mrs John p. North, second vice
chairman; Mrs Frederick Kingsbury,
reasurer; Mrs. Henry f. English, Mrs.
ohm Wurts, Miss Robertson, Miss f.
?. Hall, and Mrs. Frank Bigelow