The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-14
REPRODUCE CONNECTICUT.
1T VETERANS BAZAAR WILL BE
 EMPHASIZES MODEL

EMPHASIZES MODEL
 Will be Big AGair-Bridge to be 2s
 Feet LOng-Bard of Fifteen Pieces
 to be Aboard and Ship Will be
 Manned by Naval BattaliOn-Pro-
 lessor JepsOn Drilling Three Hundred
 School ChiIdren--Bazaar Opens MOn-
 day.
 One of the features of the coming Senior and Junior bazar which opens. at the armory ion Monday will be the re- production of the battleship Connecti- cut, which will be one of the largest of the newest additions to the United States navy. The model to be on ex- htbition in the armory will be mas sive affair. Workmen are now busy completing it in it's various details.
 The bridge will be twenty eight feet long and three feet wide. It will have a coming tower, gangways and band of fifteen pieces under the leadership of Frank Fichtl will discourse popular airs during the evenings entertain ment.
 A quartermaster will be on watch and the craft will be otftcered and manned by members of the rst division of the naval battalion.
 The craft will have a military mast lighting top, signal yard for the dis play of signals, which will be made at intervals, running lights, two side lights and smoke stack
 In the bulkheads sales will be con- dueted which will be of widespread in- terest for under special letter of au- thority from Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte the division has been au- thorized to sell certain articles which have been secured from the paymaster of the New York navy yard. They in- clude caps, ribbons, rating badges, knives, handkerchiefs, plants, spoons, buttons, cap devices, salt water soap navy tobacco. These articles are from the United States steamship Hancock
 Another interesting sale will be of some waste metal pieces which are from the metal used ip the construction of the battleship Connecticut.
 The letter from Secretary Bonaparte will be on exhibition in one of the bulkheads. It is an interesting docu- ment and the first division showed great enterprise in securing the desired permission.
 The committee also announces the re- eeipt of numerous gifts from well known men including eight or ten American flags from ex-Mayor Hen drick. A set of 1905 Johnson's ency- clopedia has also been received, as well as numerous other gifts, all of which will be given to holders of season tickets, the distribution to take place on Saturday evening at the close of the fair, The committees all told has something like 15O gifts ranging from ton of coal to rockers, books, etc.
 Prof. Jepson is busy drilling the 300 school children who will participate in the afternoon performances, Wednes- day and Saturday of next week.
 The members of the local companies of the Connecticut National Guard are busy getting ready their vaudeville en- tertainments which will be feature of the evening entertainments throughout the week.
 The young ladies who will have charge of the various booths are busy decorating them and many will be the elaborate and pretty plans of decoration adopted by them.
 The relics from the various wars are being received and classified and will be shown in the museum which has been placed in Foot Guard armory The veterans especially are showing great interest in this part of the entertain- ment.
 Massive pictures of the various presi- dents, navy and army heroes are sus- pended about the armory and the roof has been eaborately decorated with the American colors and bunting of red, white and blue.
 A temporary stage is being erected for the vaudeville entertainment.
 Ice cream lunches and other dain- ties will be on sale during the evening The event promises to eclipse anything seen in this city.