New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-14
MYRIAD ATTRACTIONS
BOOTHS THAT WILL BE POPULAR AT
THE EASTER FESTIVAL. BEGIN
MING MONDAY EVENING

AT tie Easter festival which will open or Mon
day evening in the Metropolitan Opera House Mrs
George Could is chairman Of the English booth and
Mrs A B Stone vice-chairman Stationery. port
tolios picture frames etc, viii be on sale In con-
nectien with me work OF this booth. Mrs. Stone
has been jealousy collecting autograph copies Of
books by prominent American writers, many of
whom are among her personal friends She has
now 160 books representing about seventy authors,
and has expressed much surprise and qualification
al the generous responses with which her appeals
have been met.
Among those who have sent autograph copies Of
their works are Edmund Clarence Stedman,
Dr.. Henry Dyke Mrs Mary Mapes Dodge, Ly-
man abbott Mrs Balington Booth. Ethan Allen,
John Burroughs. John kendrtck Bangs. Mary
Lowe Dickinson, John Fiske Richard Watson
Glider Edward Everett Hale. Thomas Wentworth
Eigg1nson Ernest Seton Thompson, ". D. How
els. Arthur T. Hadlev John Hay and his daugh-
ter. Mary Johnson. Donald Q. Mitchell, Hamilton
II. Mabie Robert P. Porter Edith Thomas Charles
Eliot Norton. Thomas Nelson Page, Eliza beth
Stuart Phelps. Ruth Putnam. Theodore Roosevelt.
Sara Yorke Stevenson, Frank r Stockton. Ruth
GcEnery Stuart. Il II Strong. Charles Dudley
Warner. Thomas Wentworth Fiigginson. Clara Nor
rs. Mrs. A D T. Whitney. owen Wister, Winston
Douglass Wiggin Riggs Mrs Louise Chandler
Moulton and Charles Henry Hart
Several autographs are accompanied upon me
eyleaves by original poems suited 10 the occasion
Some Of the books have already been sold A copy
the collection
FEATURES AT THE BOOTHS.
The Alaskan booth and Indian encampment Will
be ii charge Of the following committee: Mrs. Fred
eric Remington. honorary chairman; Mrs William
Bsbcock. chairman: Mrs. Howard g. Badgley.
Ffce-cnalrTnau- Mrs. Thomas Y. Johnson. Secre-
iary, ana Mrs. Edward 3. Keller. treasurer
Thunder Cloud, a Western Indian, viii be OF
the attractions 81 this booth and interesting
feature viii be Indian sketches. drawn order
WITH red hot poker on blrchbark- Young girls
dressed indians viii sell grass and birchbaTB
Baskets and real Indian dolls
= Thomas B. Clarke is honorary chairman Of the
souzh American booth. +. H SoInern. honorary
lrst vtce-chai r-1ars William Gillette second honor
aTy vice-chsirnan. and Miss Annette L Place,
CHAIRMAN This booth VIII De decorated with
PAINS growing vines and hanging ferns 10 repre-
sem forest scene in Brazil. Mrs. May Banks
eiscsy VII read palms. and ten young women viii
% dressed in The costumes Of various South Amer
ican States An entertaining feature 70 old and
tolng % mis- booth VIII be the child's comedy III
9Le act called " Holding court written by Mary
r PERKINS IN which little girl VIII play the lead
The Badge Committee viii be in charge Of Mrs.
frank NOrrarO). chairman. assisted by Mrs
Ssafaiiei Shipley Blood. Miss F. Guernsey and Miss
Mrs. J O. westervelt viii direct The affairs OF
- olIghey from which dolls dressed a. sailors will
- DC Ei-der the direction Of Mrs. Sidney De KAY
ne women attendance the Austria Hun
ssI-1 poofl Wlll be- dressed in peasant ana gypsy
ssosi1Tnes A this booth VIII be found typical
sa11slrlan products A volume 0f Women Beauti-
80 Tor the autographs OF prominent visitors 10
80 festival ana the photographs OF the four most
s-olillieilt women IN This city viii he among the
Eoteties Al the close the festival book viii
u ne most beautiful woman the festival.
.4,Sss alefSi5erg = OF me committee
ms Dooih- a4rs. Henry Siegei, vice-chAirman-
LES s-,ss Aunroe secretary. and Mrs. A W. Crrik-
SAsak treasurer