Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-01
FAIR AEARs ITS CLOSE
Twill Be Auctioneers' Night at
~ 4ea5
:. Convention Hall s
AND END ABOUT HOUR OF IL
Accountants Busy With Receipts and
Expenditures.
INTEREST CENTERs IN THE BALL
Event Of Tomorrow Evening the
Crowning Feature-Personal and
= 'z-- Other Notes.

! 20 yez! o yez! o yez! All persons will
kindly draw nigh and give attention to
| the conditions of the sale"
| The auctioneers clarion cry will obtain
| at the Masonic fair tonight. and bargain
! hunters win have the opportunities Of sew
eraf 1ifetfmes, because the edict has gone
forth that everything left on the stands
must be sod Probably twelve to fifteen
/ auctions will be going on at one time to-
| night, and the selling will be fast and
! furious In order to make a clean sweep
within the limited time Of one evening.
The fair. as, such closed last night and
ALREADY the STATS of accountants are get
ting busy figuring up the results Of the
| enterprise In dollars and cents and esti-
mates of the total receipts have run as
! high as $4,000.
Aside from the sale tonight all interest
now centers in the ball tomorrow night,
which will be the grand finale of the fair.
President B. F. Smith of the board of con-
troll and his corps of assistants have ar
ranged all details for the dance. and
/ tickets have been placed on sale at the
! following places: Temple drug store, 9th
| and. F streets; Ograms. 18th and Pennsyl-
vania avenue; Stevens. 9th and Pennsyl-
| vania avenue, and Thompsons, 7O3 18th
street Tickets can also be secured at fair
| headquarters, 1926 New York avenue, from
D a. m. to Pm, and In the evening at Con-
| yentfon Hall.
Booths to Be Removed.
To give the dancers ample space all
! booths In the lines down the center of the
| big Convention Hall floor will be demol-
| ished Immediately after the auction tonight
The ball will mark the sixteenth consecu-
tive night Of the Masonic fair of 1907
The management of the floor tomorrow
! night has been placed in the hands of
! Frank r. Underwood, secretary of the
board of control He has appointed as as
sistants Lem Towers jr.; Louis A. Dent
Leslie Cramer. Roe Fulkerson. Dr. Frank E.
Gibson, A. s. Mccoy, H. 8. Schlosser, W. c.
Jones, w. r. Garrett, John Smith, W. s.
Waddy. Louis c. Wilson, Dr. W. H Wun-
der, A. H. Young, Nat B. Fugitt and
Thomas p. Morgan
c. II. Roster, contractor for the decora-
tons. has notified Director General Standi-
ford that he will have a force of men ready
| to go into the hall tomorrow morning to
remove the center booths and otherwise pre-
pare the hall for the ball on that night
On the day following the official closing of
the fair Mr.. Roster will dismantIe the hall
and ship the handsome decorations back to
New York. The beauty of the booths has
| SO appealed to several visitors that thew
have made offers to Mr. Roster to nur-
chase one or more Of them, to be used at
| church fairs and on similar occasions.
Personal Notes.
Greed NJ Fulton last night subscribed
for fifty shares of temple stock.
James A. Dowrick of Pentalpha Lodge
| has been one of the most active workers
for his lodge booth and for the board of
control In disposing Of goods donated to
the fair.
DR.. F. e. Gibson and his mother, Mrs.
John F. Gibson, who have been actively
In charge OF Columbia Commandery booth,
were presented last night with a hand
some mission rocker by the members of
the ladies'. committee OF the commandery
J. Henry Small. jr, president of the
Masonic Temple Association. has an ua-
broken record Of attendance at all the
fairs and festivals given In aid of the
new temple fund. He was president Of the
organization in charge Of the first fair In
1898. and. has participated actively in other
capacfties In the others.
energetic and willing than the attendants
at the hat box. They include about thirty
men from the delivery division Of the city
post office, which Is in charge of Major
James e. Bell Their service has been
valuable In view of the experience they
inaugural ball In the past twelve years.
!. =, Stock Subscriptions.
The stock subscription committee, Tom C.
Noyes. chairman, reports the following ad-
ditional subscriptions to the stock Of the
Masonic Temple Association:
Previously reported. $8O1713.
George w. Engel. National Lodge, $50.
e. C. Ashton. National Lodge, so.
Fred w Gardner, Columbia Lodge, SO.
Masuji Miyakama, st. Johns Lodge so.
Joseph w. Buck. Kensington Lodge, SO.
Total S621713