The Washington herald., 1907-04-16

Of the hall were closed by order OF the
I Police Department in order not 30 over
crowd the stairways. The hundreds of
visitors held back by this order waited
I'm patience until after about twelve min
Utes. when the doors were again opened
and they We're allowed 10 enter In spite
OF the size of the gathering, there was no
disorder and no complaints were made 10
the police.
Floors DenseIy Crowded.
During the earlier hours of the evening
the floor was TOO densoly crowded to be
particularly profitable. Oaly the fringe
Of the throng could reach the booths, and
il WAS difhcult for the take "A chance"
girls TO move about in the discharge OF
their duties, Bat as the hours Pessed
those who came merely to look and not
10 loosen departed. leaving the hall
comfortably filed, but with enough elbow
room to allow all agents 10 get in their
deadllest work
Passing along the right hand promenade
the visitor. first OF an. found EImseIr
mixed In with an appetizlng odor of cof-
fee and good things TO eat The dairy
lunch eat city prices did thriving busi-
ness throughout the evening After a
hearty meal at this establishment the
visitor could have his fortune told next
door by a real honest-tO- goodness psychic
palmist, and Immediately afterward buy
laundry ticket which could be cashed FOR
a mysterious package at the Chinese laun-
dry conducted by the Martha Chapter.
o. E. s. attended by regular Chinese in
queues and yellow grease paint
Stil farther down the line he could en-
ter the hail of fame for a pittance and
Hsl of "a
men Of the day done emphasis on the
donel By the best Washington sketch art
lists.
Midget Child There.
In the han of fame is Tina. the midget
child, seven years old, colored. twenty
three inches high. who makes sounds that
are said to be language, and who is go
ing with Barnum's next year-perhaps., At
the END of the hall the visitors found the
3. b. French Lodges moving picture
show, well patronized at all times.
Then there is the museum. filed with
quaint and curious things of interest TO
every man, woman, and child. and open
10 every one on the payment of q small
adm lssion fee of 10 cents In this museum
are some things that never were publicly
exhibited in this manner before but are
Of surprising interest To tell what is
there would never do Go have q look. /
Down the center of the han stands a
row of handsome booths devoted to gem
eral merchandise, and almost everything
under the sun can be included under this
head. For 10 cents one might be able TO
secure bee-yoOtiful evening gown. or
perhaps It's morning tea gown, donated
by Lansburgh & Bro. and bearing |
tag with $3.50 written on it. The same 10
cents or another like It viii purchase a 1
plate of dee-licious ice cream at the same /
booth, that managed by Ruth Lodge |
Then there is the booth of ST. Johns |
Lodge, which is distributing voices on /
solid gold vest buttons. furniture. a piano. |
and ton Of coal"
More Choices on aFoIcex.Y
The booth run by hard-to-beat combi- /
nation of the Martha, Mizpah. Bethlehem. |
and Electra lodges, o. E. s, is another Of /
this sort Here one can choose between /
a sack of flour and set of the American /
Encyclopedia
Over in the annex is the dancing pal /
ace, managed by Harmony Lodge. Here
professional cake walkers from Atlantic
City amused dense crowds throughout the
evening. the intervals between perform I
ances being devoted TO dancing. Il COSTS
a dime TO see the cake walkers and an /
other one TO get on the dancing floor but /
the management did all the business il
could handle, and there were no COM
plants.
Federal Lodge had on exhibition last /
night heap Of little quarter pound pack i
ages of tea, grown in the royal Chines,,
gardens for the exclusive use of CeIss-
tial royalty. Il was said by those In /
charge of this booth that the secretary /
of the Chinese Embassy. Mr.. Chew. him /
self a Mason, induced his Emperor to /
send over this tea for this occasion. The /
tea is not yet on sale, as it seems there is 4
a law IN China that any one selling tea /
from the royal gardens shall be executed. /
The Federal Lodge officials are va TO /
receive the permission of Mr.. Cho-
pose of the tea.
Worth $50 Per.
This famous tea is put up ir
of China silk, decorated wit
dragon. The aroma is tn