The sun., 1900-03-03
BICYCLE Gibbs FAIR
OPENS On MONDAY
Elaborate Preparations Eeing Com
pietcd For This Popular
ElHcnf.

Event.
Preparations for the Wilmington Ri
cycle Club Fair, which will be opened
At the Pyle Cycle Academy on Monday
night, are rapidly drawing towards COM
pietlon. All day yesterday and most Of
last night workmen were kent hrIsv
erecting the booths and getting things in
shape for one of the most elaborate fairs
ever given by the club.
Such preparations as have been made
this year were hardly thought OF in prev
lons years. The club expects to clearly
outdo itself and no stone has been left
unturned in this effort
The booths this wear will be more at
lractive than ever before. The diamond
shaped booth, which will occupy the
centre OF the room, will be under the
management Of the club and will be ;ay-
lshly decorated with the clubs colors-
orange and black-and the national
colors.
The lights in the booth will be prettily
arranged so as TO make an extremely
pleasing effect. At the booth ali kinds
i fancy articles, which add to the
beauty of the paror or drawing-room,
will be sold.
Beside this booth there will be several
others run both by the club and bv
prominent merchants. One OF the most
attractive will be the one occupied bv
Daniel Ross u Son. Here will be dis
played an assortment Of some Of the
finest bicycles on the market and an
automobile. The bicycles and the auto
mobile Will be kept in operation 50 that
le public may see how easily they run.
This will be something OF a novelty.
Daniel Ross \ Son will occupy almost
the entire south side Of the building
The other bicycle dealers WHO will
also have handsome displays of their
wares are I. G. Bradford, Victor Il.
Pyle, I. B. Cartmell and Y. Y. Harrison.
The firm OF Lester Truitt 4 Company.
electricians, will occupy booth aud
will have most elaborate electrical dis
play.
The Lawton Optical Company will
occupy booth and j. 2. Williams, the
druggist, will display line OF fine mugs.
booth and display line of stoves and
ranges such as is seldom seen in this
city. Other booths and attractions
will be under the management of the
club.
The "chance" booth, where chances
on all kinds of things can be be taken,
will be a great one. The prize and
drawing booth will also be an attractive
place where you can try your luck. The
prizes here will be clock for the first
prize, lamp for the second prize,
Morris chair for the third prize, an UNI
brella for the fourth prize and stick pin
for the fifth and last prize.
Then there will be the gypsy camp,
one of the most attractive places of all.
This attraction is well known to those
who look forward to the fair each year.
Here you can get your fortune told. who
you are going to marry and how many
times you are going to be married.
The gallery this year will be used in
new and novel way. There will be a
game of thro wing balls at 'coon." A
negro will stick his head through hole
in board partition and allow those who
attend to throw balls at him.
Beside the booths, which in them
selves are an attraction we'll worth going
10 see, there will be an entertainment
each night commencing Tuesday night.
These entertainments will consist of
minstrel shows, cake walks and comedy
sketches done by members OF the club
and professionals.
The contest which will prove the most,
interesting and in which great interest
has already centered, is the "Trip to
Europe Contest" This content is open
70 any school teacher in the State, and
already Iloyt j. Jones, who has charge,
ol the affair." has begun to receive votes.
Up to the present time only two teachers
are IN the contest and they are Miss
Annie +. Shaw, of No. q school, and
Miss Annie f. Kates, of No school.
Miss Shaw has received twenty-five and
Miss Hates ten votes.