The Washington times., 1902-03-22
Plans of the Managers Being
Whipped Into Shape.
COMMITTEES WORKING HARD
Convention Hall to Be Turned Into
Bowers Of Beauty and Artistic Back
grounds for Beautiful Women.

The work upon the construction of III,
booths and other effects incidental to RI,
cunning Masonic Fair, to be held in Con
fentioh Han FOR two weeks. hegiunins
April IA, has begun. room in the an
mex adjoining the great hall over the
markethouse has been rented by the con-
tractor for the construction of the booths.
ana force of carpenters and other work
men are now engaged in executing in wood
the plans that heretofore have been onIy
on paper.
Every night the headquarters at 1929
New York Avenue is crowded with the
meetings of the various committees, which
nave become SO numerous that they over
now into the parlors of the nearby
hoteIs. The last few nights have been
busy ones for those interested in the
work of Mount Vernon Chapter and r. p
FRENCH Lodge, who jointly are to occupv
the entire space at the south end of the
hail, and are to furnish the entertainment
features OF the big fair. Their booths will
be set across the end of the hall in a wall
or hedge that will separate their specia,
features within from the body of the hall
Ihis hedge will conform to the general
lines OF the booths, and will perfectly har
monize with them, but inside all will be
different.
Mount Vernon in Miniature.
Mount Vernon R. A. Chapter will main
tain miniature reproduction of the old
mansion at Mount Vernon. on tbo hal
cony OF which they will serve refresh
ments to their patrons who may at their
ease watch from the portico the surginc
throng in the body of the hall.
Within their enclosure they will also
conouct miniature side show with the |
latest lat man that ever lived. the
biggest giant, the smallest midget. the
ieanest living skeleton, the widest wild
man and the only original bearded woman
on earth. The crowning feature of the
exhibit, however. will be the decapitation
act, which will be repeated each even;r,
as often as audiences can be assembled
qis' II is promised, will outdo anything
that has ever before been attem1Ned A
full dozen of the most beautiful lafr.s
connected with the-fair have volunteered
their services to sacrifice their heads as
'l1en as may be required upon the altar
ot the temple. No doubt is entertained
nat every lady at the fair will lose her
head, but this will show how it is done. !
incidentally it may be desirable to illus c
rate the manner in which all of the gem T,
lemen at the fair lose their hearts to
he bevy Of beauty that will preside, but
lone OF them has yet volunteered to l
publicly demonstrate how that is done. G
Score of Pretty Girls.
Mount Vernon Chapter expects to have
n its service during the fair some Of the
1ost beautiful women in the city. and
reat care has been exercised in giving
hem proper surroundings. This chapter
the largest chapter in the District, as ="
ell as one of the largest organizations, y
as 1t does. over 600 members :,
=. B. French Lodge has somewhat modi- -
I'd its plans, and now it is proposed to es
We up the greater portion OF its space
the moving picture machine, which will
, in constant operation. II has been
'out decided to abandon the midway fea- .,
Tres that were originally proposed A III
'psy band. however. has been engaged, Ii
I'd fortunes will be told at a uniform w
ice of-whatever they can get The W
ain building, in which the picture ma bo
line will be located, will tower above the H,
tier walls, and will be in the form of
Eastern mosque.
There was a meeting of the committee
decorations yesterday afternoon when
ds for the electrical work were opened. W
he executive committee will meet to- loc