Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21
SENIOR FAIR HUGE SUCCESS
Crowds Of Patrons attend JOYOUS Festival
at the Eigh sobaol
YOUNG FOLKS REAP A RICH HARVEST
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COrFidOFs OF the BiE Building Are
TANNED aad Hum-Drum of
Exciteuaent Makes Il
Memorable Event. .sl
YOUNG FOLKS REAP A RICH HARVEST

Come on, be a sport and feed the lady.
Buy box OF once a year candy and on
JOY yourself" Freeze out Freeze in.
This Is the big show Fifty Degrees Below
Zero and going lower"
Try your luck and puncture the human
tarFets. Three whirls for a niokeIo
These and other resonant cries OF
myriad Of amateur 'barkers'' treated the
crowds OF visitors last evening who wendell
their way TO the high school to view the
closing scenes Of the annual sepior fair
and few escaped the wiles and snares laid
70 catch the elusive nickel
The scene was one OF animation, both
hoors OF the high school being thronged
with gaily attired school girls Wanting the
colors Of their respective classes. youthful
SWANS With pockets trimming with spare
change 20 buy the favor OF their feminine
friends and mammas, papas. big brothers
end sisters galore 20 add their mite to the
success % the fair by coughing up" at
each and every turn for the amusement
offered
All DO Rushing Business.
Every show did a rushing business with
3 r. o. signs displayed early in the even
Ing and many extra performances were
found necessary at the different shows to
accommodate the crowds eager 10 be
amused The mechanical doI show was
one Of the chief centers Of attraction and
several performances were given during
the evening to capacity houses
Fifty Degrees Below Zero. with its doubt
full attraction at this season OF the year,
surprised its promoters and young women
cohorts by doing a most prolific business
with the ticket seller smothered beneath
miniature mountain of admission fees
EnOtbqO Of
manufacture was on sale'-for short time
lat two booths, which were surrounded by
buyers with apparently Unsuitable appe-
tites as the mounds of chocolates and bon
bons disappeared early in the evening as
II by the. magic of the spielers, who we're
CARRIED as elfs and gnomes.
group of stately colonial danes and
gentlemen, WHOSE ancient costumes beied
their cheFubie countenances. assisted ma
terially IN selling the candy at both booths
and grotesque clowns added their mite to
the enjoyment and prosperity of the even
ing
In the upper corridor a free vaudeville
performance held forth in an EFFORT to IN
duoe the consumption. Of circus lemonade
and gaping crowds admired the feats Of
the youth who balanced a chair on the tip
Of his chin with dangef to life and limb
of the spectators rand also showed his
ambidextrous education by juggling three
elusive and inoffensive rubber balls.
Fortune Teller Is Present.
gypsy fortune teller arrRyed in typical
costume. guaranteed to give one a favor
able life reading, of the palm for ridic-
ulously low fee, and even offered to hazard
guess as to the age of Ann.
Art booths tastefully decorated and
groaning with fancy articles OF needlework
were numerous and sales were frequent.
Fancy cushions. aprons to be seen and not
worn, pin cushions and other articles to
delight and tempt the women visitors were
exhibited and the merits thereof expatiated
upon by bevy of senior girls.anr ~ g
The office of the superintendent Vas given
over to an exhibition OF drawings and
cushion covers In water colors, pen and
Ink sketches and pencil drawings, some OF
which were Of unusual merit and met with
ready sale.
The whole presented a most fairylIke APP
pearaaoe, with the many electric lights
enhancing the beauty Of the decorations.
Gee. this doesn't look like school," was
a remark oft to be heard by students who
had come to join In the fun.
The attendance last night taxed the ca
pacity of the halls and show, rooms, as by
Q o'clock breathing space was at premium,
so closely were tho visitors and participants
crowded, but still not close enough to
hinder frequent raids on every purse
The senior fairs have become fixture
in high school life and the one closed last
Night was highly successful in every par
tIcuiar and It is safe TO presume that the
meinento left by the senior class OF '0I
from the funds derived from the fair will
be pretentious,
DOvte'a Death Causes Suicide.
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