The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-15
PREPARING FOR FAIR.
COMMITTEE HARD AT WORK
 DECORATING r. MIR. c.

Great Number of Attractions--"Snap
 Screen" One of the NoveIties-Horse
 Racing in Main HnII-Governor-EIe
 Roberts to Attend--Large Number of
 Tickets Sold-Success Is Assured.
 The Young Mems Republican club presented an animated scene last even- ing while the members of the different committees were hard at work decorat- ing the club rooms in preparation for the big country fair that is to be held in the spacious rooms of the club Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
 Great husks of corn, huge yellow pumpkins, and yards and yards of diff ferent colored fancy paper lay scatter ed around. and it was only with the greatest difficulty that the members of the club were able to pick their way from room to room, the reading room especially being the scene of great ac- tivity. Everything however as rapid ly as possible. is being arranged artis- tically in the different fairs, the Mad ison fair in fact being almost complet- ed.
 The club house will wear the garb of the regular country fair An im- mense numbei oi pumpkins will be used in every one of the four fairs, and all manner of fall fruit and vege- tables will be used for adornment, Jack q Lanterns galore will peen from every corner, and strings of popcorn land cranberries will lend fascinating effect.
 The general executive committee is under the chairmanship of Mrs. I. M. Ullman, the assistant chairman is Mrs. Frank J. Rice, and the secretary is Mrs. T. Burton Sperry.
 The main hall will be the scene of the Branford fair, where a horse race, exciting and absorbing. will claim the attention of all visitors. Mrs. Joseph Ullman, who will be in charge, will be aby. assisted by Mrs. F. J. Myers, Mrs. F. M. Adler, Mrs. Roger Jones and Mrs. Hartung.
 An ice cream booth wifi be a prom inent feature of the Branford fair and the ladies who will serve tho dainty re- freshment will wear pretty shirt waist suits of pink, green and blue with ex- l quisite white aprons. Ice cream boxes and spoons will be given as souvenirs 1 The ladies at this booth will be Mrs. Charles J. Atwood. Mrs. George Som erset, Mrs. George Gilbert, Mrs. Frank Hat, Miss Florence Gilbert, Miss Dora Beardsley.
 The Orange fair will be characterized by the handsome Revolutionary frocks of lowered cretonne and poke bonnets worn by the ladies in charge who in- cIude Mrs. T. H. Macdonald chair man, Mrs. William Knapp, Mrs. Ed ward Cross, Mrs. c. F. Hollaeher, Mrs l W. s. Grove, Mrs. D. A. Blakeslee, Mrs F. B. Farnsworth, Miss Stowe. | Homemade pies, doughnuts, crullers all hots, coffee and peanuts will be sold by these charmingly gowned Rev olutionary women.
 The Madison fair will be under the supervision of Mrs. L. Burton Sperry whose assistants will be Mrs. William
 Wheeler, Miss Nellie Bishop, Mrs. M IF. Foote, Mrs. Judd, Miss Warner and
 Miss Allen.
 Conspicuous among its attractions will be snap screen" through which the contents of mysterious packages may be revealed and secured by any one at the rate of five cents a package
 Lolly pops in bewildering variety. will be sold by the ladies, who will wear wear white gowns, fancy aprons and picture hats.
 l Mrs. John Scobie is chairman of the Guilford fair and will have the assist ance of Mrs. F. A. Lockwood. Mrs. F, 1 J. Rice and Mrs. N. J. Cannon, who will all wear quaint large plaided ging- ham dresses, with old fashioned sun bonnets.
 At the door of each room occupied l by fair, barker" or shouter will cry out the wonders to be found inside, and will exercise all their native clev- erness to induce all to enter. l In the main hall dancing will be en- joyed at the close of the great horse race at the Branford fair. A tremendous number of tickets have