The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-04-01
ELKS FAIR SATURDAY.
Bazaar Committee Says 1t
Is Going to Be the Great
est Event the City
Ever Had.

The committee in charge of the arrange
ments for the fair which will open at the
new Elks' Hall, Henderson and York
streets, on next Saturday evening and
continue until April 10, was held yester-
day. Colonel Robert G. Smith, the chair
man, presided Reports of the most en-
couraging character Were received and
the committee is satisfied that the event
will be distinct and brilliant success.
1t was announced that the large force of
artists, mechanics and laborers who have
been at work for the past two months
bringing about a wonderful transforma-
ton of the old Tabernacle will complete
their labors in plenty of time for the
opening ceremonies.
Brother c. H. Roster, of New York, who
has been awarded the contract for the
decorations for the fair, will start in on
his work on Thursday He will employ
small army of decorators and will pro-
vide decorations which for elaborateness
and beauty have never been equalled in
this city. Thousands of yards of colored
cloth, hundreds of banners and flags will
be brought into service, and the scene
when the hall is opened to the public and
the many electric lights are lighted will
be one long to be remembered.
Arrangements for the opening cere-
monies are about completed. An attend
ance that will tax the capacity of the
great building is expected. There will
be many prominent citizens present.
Among those who have accepted invita-
tions is Governor Foster Voorhees,. The
Elks have planned to give him a rousing
reception. The energetic Ladies AuXil-
iary will take pains to have the Governor
inspect the many attractive articles with
which the dozen handsomely decorated
booths will be stocked and which will be
disposed of by chance or sold outright at
reasonable prices. The committee says
the display will be the most elaborate
ever seen at similar affair in New Jer-
sey, and will include about everything
which is useful or ornamental.
The contest for a handsome watch,
chain and Elks tooth charm, which has
been donated by the Building Committee,
is arousing great attention from the Elks.
The prize will be voted the most popular
Elk, but the members of the Building
Committee will not permit their names
to be used in the contest Equal interest
is being taken in the beautiful doll which
actress, and the horseshoe made by Bob"
Fitzsimmons at the Academy of Music
this season. The pugilist presented the
shoe to the lodge to be disposed of at the
fair, and P. I. Powers has offered to give
the winner $100 in gold for the trophy.
Scores of horsemen will enter he contest
for the valuable and up-to-date rubber
tired runabout, and the women are deenly
interested in the piano donated by the
Holmes-Van Dyke Company.
In addition to the above there are hun
dreds of other articles, every one costly,
including oil paintings, sets of furniture,i
brass ornaments, bric-a-brac, cut glass,
chinaware, etc. Enough goods has been
donated for the lodge to open a depart
ment store.
+ Several hundred invitations have been
sent out for Wednesday evening, which
will be "city and county officials night
and a large attendance of politicians of
both parties from Jersey City, Hoboken,
Bayonne and the northern and western
sections of the county is looked for. City
Collector Robert Davis will head a dele
cation from the Robert Davis Association.
Thursday evening a wedding will be
solemnized in the presence of the visitors.
The ceremony will be performed by JUS
tice of the Peace Frank Leblanc, and the
couple will be Miss May Waldron of New
York and Mr.. Harry j. Powell of York
street. They will be presented with
handsome and complete bedroom suit.
Nights are to be set apart for sister
lodges and German singing societies.