The Washington herald., 1907-04-16

Il nder great canopy Of Stars and
stripes, through which CLEANED myriads
Of little electric light with fanfare Of
trumpets, beating of tomtoms. sounding
OF 6ewgaws, and some regular oratorv
the Masonic faiv burst into bloom last
night at Convention Hail. Thousands Of
citizens of the District jammed the great
building to its capacity ana separated
themselves from slightly less number Of
thousands of dollars. while the officials Of
the fair went around with beaming faces
and whispered the word success with q
big capital S.
Artistically the real thing as fairs go.
dimensionally huge, and spectacularIy
immense. 10 more complete. gigantic
three-ringed Institution for the inocuIa-
tion Of the spending virus has ever come
to town, President B F. smith. Of tie
board OF control mOdesIy estinates am
outside figure Of $4,000 as the sum 10 be
netted from the two weeks operation Of
this sanitarium for the penurious. but
judging from the size of last nights
gathering. and the attractiveness Of stock.
take a chance girls, lady booth attend
ants, and barkers. the amount made
should only be limited by the quantity of
merchandise to be distributed.
President Roosevelt started the wheels
turning by pressing a gold telegram kew
at the White House at O'Clock last night
closing a circuit that flooded the great
auditorium with light, the signal for the
speakers OF the evening to deliver their
oratory with as much dispatch as possible
in order not 10 cause any DELAY. Each
speaker-there were only four-was linn
tied to three minutes. during which period
the multitude of eager-eyed amateur
salesladies and statesmen strained at the
leash, as it were, while their unresistfng
prey, the dear public, stood as easarlv
waiting the onslaught.
Speakers of the Evening.
Rev. DR. Joseph Dawson. opened with q
PRAYER and was followed by President
smith. who. in turn, after short ad-
dress. introduced Commissioner Maefar-
land and Grand Master Dr. ]. F. Wood
man, the last speaker. At the close nj
his address, Grand Master Woodman gave
three loud raps with gavel and immedi-
ately the atmosphere was torn to tatters
With the cries of the barkers and the
toots Of the Instruments of acoustic tor
ture used by the various booth attend
ants to attract the attention Of the
throng. Haley's band did its best 10
make things melodic, but labored under
a heavy handicap.
The visitors Immediately formed a con-
tinuously flowing stream, passing down
the right-hand side Of the halI and back
on the left stopping of at the various
booths from time to time, and usually
making the round trip with considerable
dimiuuuOn OF funds But that is what
they We're there for, and there Is no DENY
ing that they got their moneys worth. if
not in material measure, at least i'm fun.
IL there were only one lucky man in
and he should have attended
the fair last night he could have fixed
himself for life at the expenditure of
SlL9S. This sum. as figured by somebody
who had no brains, but plenty of spare
time. would have netted the sole fortune
favored visitor first of all a 5000 house.
acquired through the number of his sea
son ticket Once on the inside. the IA
yored one could have secured a handsome
bedroom set. donated to the fair bv
Stumph & Lyford, and a fine mission din
:
iceabie kitchen set. donated by W. z.
Moses & sons.
Could Buy a Voice.
Passing on, some fair, fiower-faced miss
would easily have enticed him into pur-
chasing voice on the Wayne auto
mobile, in charge OF Hope Lodge and
another would have induced him TO take
a chance on a burglar-proof safe to put
the automobile in. Being the only lucky
person present, he would have continued
the bGrgain-day shopping expedition un-
til, al the end Of his $11sS. he would find
himself the possessor of a completely
furnished home, clothes for himself and
family, or if his luck had not been con-
sistent enough for him to have a family.
he could have reduced his output 10
1915, and been satisfied with merely the
furnished house, safe. automobile. and
wardrobe.
Last nights crowd was the biggest ever
known 10 have assembled on such an
just before o'clock the doors
let Your Funds Accumulate