The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-12-14
The Labor Fair Wound
Up In Blaze Of Glory

, The Union Labor Fair last week be-
gun under such discouraging circum-
stances and carried through until Fri
day night without much to cheer the
promoters. wound up Saturday night
i'll a blaze of glory. Despite indiffer-
ence and knocks" the fair was a
financial success, and the credit be-
longs to little bunch" of loyal union
men and women who rushed into the
breach and carried the load through.
Some of these days The Wageworker
may give the names of this bunch"
but not now. However, each member
of it Is conscious of having done full
duty. AS result of the fair the Gen.
trail Labor Union will, when matters
are entirely closed up, add about 5000
to its exchequer-and that will help
some 1t would have five times as
much If every unionist in this via'..ity
had performed one-half duty.
In point of attendance Wednesday
night was the largest-because the ad-
mission was free. The baby show
attracted a great deal of attention and
the competition was very keen. In
the boy class the son of Mr.. and
Mrs Moll carried off first prize and the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Maupin carried of
second. In the girl class the daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Gibbs carried off first,
and the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stone carried off second.
The "homely man" contest was a
warm number. 1t started off with a
sharp contest between Rudy of the
Electrical Workers and Chapman of
the BARRIERS, and while it lasted it was
'give and take" with a vengeance. Ow-
ing to a misunderstanding Mr.. Chap
man withdrew towards the end of the
race and Mr.. Rudy won by handsome
margin. 1t must be understood that
Rudy won, not because he is homely,
but because he is good fellow and
a favorite with his fellow Electrical
Workers, who rallied to his support
with a vim.
The most popular union man" con-
test grew red-hot towards the close
and the management had great diff
lculty in preventing enthusiastic men
from handing in money after the Of
fetal announcement that the contest
had been ended. AS result of this
contest r. w. Evans of the Cigar.
makers was voted to be the most pop
ular union man, and The Wageworkel
heartily endorses the choice. He has
carried a card fourteen years and
never missed a weeks dues in that
time.
The dinner set contest" wrought a
bushel of trouble. The settlement was
left to a committeeman then the
trouble grew. Neither side was salts
fled, and some lurid language was in
dulged in. The addition of the votes
was questioned, and in the heat OF
anger there were intimations of mon
key" business. Finally the parties mos,
Interested got together and after add
ing the votes on machine, began
checking off with the ballots. And
then developed queer situation
When the checking was completed
each contestant had 2,919 votes, max
ing it tie. This is a decided compli.
'ment to both of the estimable women
who were leaders in the contest, Mrs
J. ]. Stone and Mr.. Will Bustard.
The solution of the tie was handed
over to the Central Labor Union Tues
day night and It was decided to solve
The piano contest is still undecided
h1nouncement of time and place OF
the decision will be given, and all in
tefested will be asked to be present
The stage attractions during the
week we're above the average and en-
tcrtaiDed the audiences well. Karcher
with musical specialties; Booth Broth
ero, in acrobatics; Sprague, in sleight
of-hand, and Kimbro, in feats of leger
demain, made up the list. To Booth
Brothers especially is the management
indebted for their willing efforts to
help out the fair.
The music by Quick's Union Orches
ira was what might have been ex
pected from an orchestra made up o.
VAon musicians-first-cla The
dancing floor was in abominable shape
the first three or four nights of the
fair, and this undoubtedly hurt the at
tendance. But 1t got into pretty goot
crowds grew larger and the enjoy
ment greater.
Capital Auxiliary met with good sue