Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-14
READYFORTHE0 OPENING
Arrangements Complete for
Masonic Fair.
PRETTY DECORATIONS
PRESIDENT TO PRESS BUTTON
AND TURN ON THE LIGHTS.
List of Those Appointed to Have
Charge of Special Features
The Auxiliaries.

Masonic fair which opens at Convention
Hall this evening. For weeks members
of the Masonic fraternity, with their wives,
sisters and sweethaarts, have been busy
preparing for the event and their efforts
have been well rewarded. The doors of
Convention Hall will be opened at 7:3O
o'clock and at sharp President Roosevelt,
from the White House, will press the but
ton that flashes the lights and formally
opens the fair. Today was devoted to get
ting the booths in readiness and placing
the donations in position.
The New York firm to which was given
the contract for decorating the hall COM
pleted its labors Saturday evening, when
the lights were turned on for the first
time. The interior of the main hall dc
picts a beautiful wood scene suggestive of
the caption, "a Midsummer Nights
Dream The entire space between the
trusses of the hall and all four walls are
covered with baby-blue bunting. Arches
OF electric lights forty feet high and 120
feet wide follow one another in perspective
from one end of the hall to the other, Upon
and from these arches are growing trail
ing vines of southern smilax, in which are
hung varie gated colorti japanese lanterns
Illuminated by thousands of electric lights.
Flags Form Tulips.
Clusters Of American flags in the form
"a Jumps eic hui4S peiliilll IlOlll tIIe NlHtS
at regular intervals. At the rear end of
the hall has been erected a Moorish castle
and scene from Mount Vernon with ele-
waited balconies, from which an excellent
view of the crowds below can be procured
While one is resting a platform has also
been erected in front OF the main balcony
of the hall and directly over the entrance.
1t will be decorated blue and gold for
the use of Haley's Band Over 10000 yards
of material has been used in the canopy
of the main hail alone and almost as much
more in the other decorations.
Along both side walls, besides two lines
down the center of the hall, are the booths
OF the various bodies of the Masonic order
decorated to conform in a general way
with the colors of the spectrum Each OF
these IS surmounted with numbers of ban
ners indicating the name and number of
the lodges, chapters, communicates Scot
fish Rite of Mystic Shrine.
A covered bridge has been constructed
leading from the main auditorium to the
annex building. It's interior has been dec
Grated with blue and white as q background
for trailing vines. From this passageway
in red and white leads to the ball room
which is beautifully decorated.
The Dancing Palace.
The dancing palace occupies the entire
drill hall adjoining the main auditorium
and will be in charge of Harmony Lodge,
No. II.
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the fair. Much regret was expressed by the
young people who loved to dance that no
opportunity was afforded during the last
fair, so the enterprising committees of Har-
mony Lodge secured the exclusive right
for public dancing and in the drill hall of
the annex TO Convention Hall they have
erected a veritable palace The hall has
been transformed into a bower of beauty
the committee having spent about 81 600
on the decorations alone full orchestra
and military band will he in
tendance and each evening a special pro-
gram feature will be shown promptly at
$50 o clock
Much amusement may be expected from
the genuine coon cakewalk contests. The
famous Sunny South All-Champion Cake
walk Club" Of Richmond Va, has been
engaged for the two weeks and will walk"
each evening. Several well-known negro
comedians accompany the club and will
give specialties in dark face comedy
The amusement feature will only last
thirty minutes, the public dancing program
occupying the rest of the evening from s
until ~.
The dancing palace will be a fair in Itself
Refreshments will be served and several
booths will be filled with the donations re-
ceived by the lodge and disposed of through
novel schemes. This lodge will have the
largest number of lady assistants in the
fair, over 800 ladies having signifed their
intention to aid the management.
Washington Commandery Auxiliary.
The ladies' committee of Washington
Commandery, Knights Templar held its
final meeting before the fair this afternoon
at 2:3O The committee has been subdivid-
ed as follows:
Subcommittee on lemonade-Mrs. A. T.
Coumbe, chairman; Mrs. E Kolb, Mrs.
William p. Van Wickle, Miss Bertha Bald
win. Miss Jennie l.. Speir Miss Esther B.
Speir, Miss o. B. Bellinger, Mrs. C. W. Me-
ding and Mrs. w. H. Edwards.
subcommittee 0apS-MrS ="
Spottswood, chairman; Miss Crowley, Miss
Alice Crowley, Mrs. D. P. Hickling Mrs
Hickling, Mrs. L. H. Chandlee, Mrs. o. S.
Firmin, Mrs. ]. F. Mccormick. Miss NJ.
Patterson, Miss B. NJ Waller Mrs. A. j.
White and Miss X. E. White.
Subcommittee on candy-Mrs. Catherine
p. Mix. chairman; Miss I. F. ONeil, Mrs.
H. c, Espey, Miss Mabel Espey, Miss Eliza
beth Struthers, Miss Jennie p. Wilkinson,
Mrs. J. E. Mulcare, Mrs. T. B. Amaties,
Miss G. Floyd, Mrs. ]. A. Rutherford. Miss
Hammer. Mrs. w. b. Holtzclaw, Miss Ethel
A. Holtzclaw. Miss II. Fay Holtzclaw, Mrs
John A. COckley, Mrs. Frank Linthicum,
Miss Hattie B. Downs, Mrs. John R.
Wright jr., Miss Bessie Carter Mrs. Refs
niger, Miss Lille Carter, Mrs. Murphy and
Miss Helen Galley.
6. Subcommittee on sherbet--Miss F. G.
Steinberg, chairman; Mrs. and Miss Tabler
the Misses Yerkes. Miss Annie Thrasher,
Mrs. w. s. Washburn, Mrs. Graves, Mrs
Kate Budd, Mrs ]. A c. Christiancy, Mrs
E. L: Tompkins, Miss Crowley, Miss E.
Steinberg Mrs. Helen Irwin, Miss Ford,
Mrs. W. H. Edwards. the Misses Carpenter
Miss e ]. Barron. Miss Nina Sinclair. Miss
Nena Sinclair. Miss Blanche Sinclair, the
Misses Dunkhorst. Mrs. W. s. Parks, Miss
Lille Acker. Miss Mary Petty. Mrs. E. LIE
Mour. Mrs. J. ID. Weller, Mrs. D. French
Miss Gladdis Floyd, Miss Amanda Craig
Mrs. F: w. Johnson. Miss Clara G. Smith.
Mrs. e. BRETT Mrs. T. A. Carroll, Miss
Phiiena Sherwood, Miss Ethel Hughes, Miss
l.. Snyder, Miss l.. V. Mockbee, Miss Louise
Mccormick, Miss L. Huntress and Mrs. c.
l.. krause.
Sir Knights to Assist.
The members of the commandery who
have been specially designated to assist
at the commandery booth during the fair
are Eminent Sir Knights F. W. Behrens w.
S. Parks, G: T: Caudwell and T. P. Nor
gan, also Sir knights c. F. King, w. H.
Yerkes, jr., ]. S. Beach, B. s. Graves,
Francis Nye, Allison Naylor, Jr., G. Spran-
sy, S. r. Walters, d. p. Hickling, F. H.
Hohoff, C. w. Fairfax, r. w. Lee, J. A.
Rutherford, T. A. Carroll, D. S. William
son, H. s. Merrill, H. c. Espey, E. M
Mix, M. w. Budd, A. ]. White j. H.