New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-22
ASAC0G BOYS FAIR.
Its Many Attractions Due Chiefly
to Energy of Club Members.

Not only the boys of the Asacog Boys Club but
:heir mothers and sisters and fathers and the
whole neghborhoOd, in fact, took hand in pre-
pairing for the fair which opened last evening
at the Asacog Boys Clubhouse, No. fo2 Pineapple
street. Brooklyn. The big rear room the ground
foor-Once the library q Paul Leicester Ford
was scene TO make the boys burst with pride.
Three walls were lined with booths, done in a
general scheme Of red. white and blue. There was
& knickknaCk booth, furnished and tended by the
girls Of the Asacog Junior League. There a
china ware booth. the articles in which were con-
household things for sale in the utility booth
which was in charge Of the Asacog Civic Club. a
club made up Of mothers mostly. The fish pond
was a great attraction. Il surrounded by a
NeSiZe stone fence composed Of cloth and chalk,
but very realistic and vines and other sylvan
properties lured the visitor TO try a cast for a
b-cent present Then there a remarkable
VEL. with winoIass and bucket, which yielded
knonaGe instead of water; candy booth and
Aerary booth, at which sold the book Of the
fair. The boys themselves went about Brook
lyn merchants and solicited the advertisements
which paid toI the publication OF thousand
copies Of this book One boy story for it.
ana all the boys Of the club worked like Trojans
TO dispose OF copies.
The floral booth occupied the centre Of the floor
II was prettiy fitted up by a local florist. but
what The boys liked best about Il the lemon
tree They made the lemons themselves, and at
little distance you never would have guessed
that the gorgeous yellow fruit composed OF
tissue paper and wire.
A neat little stage fauked the fireplace on one
side, and from this the programme was given. 1t
was not an assertive programme II things seemed
20 be dragging q bit the floor il tuned ID and
filed in the gap, but whenever selling grew lively
the programme retired modestly into the back
ground and STAYED there till It needed
Downstairs cake and ice cream were served at
little tables. Most Of the cakes were contributed
by the boys mothers, and from some OF the
mothers cake meant not merely cake but
little sacrifice well
The Asacog Boys Club is not as old as the year
S. but Il has hourished beyond all hopes Of the
founders. L has l50 members in good standing,
and almost rs many more boys are coming 20 the
club on probation They are never admitted until
they have proved themselves. The way the mem
bers feel about the club was voiced by one small
chap who going with Miss Mabel Doyan (iead
worker Of ASacog NeiEhborhood House, Of which
The boys club IS an offshooD over 10 the Neigh
borhood House to help with some fxings for the
fair.
Miss Doyan." he said looking back at the club
house. that's the happy club, amt it7 I hope
that club'u last a hundred years an I'm gOln'
belong 10 il jes' long 7 live"
The boys know how good st IS for them. too. The
boy who wrote the story for the book of the fair
BET this fortn in an entirely original paragraph.
Before the Asacog Boys Club formed what
&c a boy OF q young man do IN the cold winter
nights? He couldn't stand around corners Why?
Because II was too cold. So he had TO go around
and try get money enough TO 20 to the theatre,
from which he wouldn't get home until late. and
where he would get bad cold. because he would
Et IN that big, heated theatre with his coat and
then come out in the cold"
Now, the story adds. that boy goes 10 the club
eno takes his eff and does whatever he likes,
tnd goes home feeling much happier than II he
had been 10 the theatre"
The fair viii be held during the rest Of the week.
Entertainment win be furnished by the boys and
young Of the club both afternoon and even
ING The hsacog BOY Cadets, who have been
Trained by Captain T. II. Avery. their chief teacher
ana companion. win give military drills and exer-
eises There will be songs by the Asacog Comedy
Suartet and the Glee Club and solos by some of
te boys who sing especially well From the first
the boys have considered II their fair, and any
thing they were asked 10 do from pounding nails
% impersouatng popular actor. they would make
. Try az al least. And anybody who wants 10 help
u the good work OF rescuing Brooklyn boys from
te eVf influences of Sands street and vicinity has
me best OF chances for doing while this fair
e In progress