The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-25
FAKIRS IN CHURCH
MEMBERS DISGUISED AT BIG
FAIR IN IRvINGTON.
Every Type of Street Peddler Repre-
sented in Parade Which
Melted Good Sum.

Unique among the many social affairs
given by tbs Irvington churches this sea-
son was the vendors parade ut the
First Christian Church, that town, last
night. Every type Of street vender and
fakir was represented, and after the en-
t~ertainment features were over they sold
their wares among the large audience, to
the amusement of the throng and the
profit of the church. There were peanut
venders,. organ grinders, popcorn men,
apple women, deaf, dumb and blind beg
gars, b~ootblacks and a host of the repre-
sentatives of the street.
All were appropriately costumed. The
organ grinder was an Italian. there were
Greek candy sellers, dirty street urchins,
wretched old pickle women, Hebrew ped
dlers, Spanish maids, quack country doc
tors, pretty little flower girls, all with
a part IL the parade and entertainment
and all with something good to sell. Even
the crippled soldier and the noisy auc-
tioneer with his bell and hammer, mys-
terious gold-brick workers, quilt sellers,
corn-cure fakirs, italian fruit sellers, pre-
serve dispensers and Armenian peddlers,
in native costume, were on hand to create
fun and incidentally, Of course, to tempt
the p~ocketbook.
Henry Walenstein, the hurdy-gurdy
man., was a hit. He had his hand organ
all decorated in approved style and a
monkey to collect the pennies. 1t wasn't
a real. live monkey, but the effect was
produced just the same. The melodious
tunes netted over 81 in pennies.
Such a medley Of goods as Edward
Higgins. the Hebrew peddler, had to sell
would have turned tho real article green
"" The eR Widows sne who ihpoN with Tas = in Gaq their
eyes, melted the hearts of the throng into
buying their popcorn and had tales of
Woe to tell that smacked of genuine pro,
fe%ssionals, were Mrs. Ernest Bick and
Mrs. Gottlieb Kaufman.
Mrs. Lester Sydner was a typical South
street apple woman, even to the always
present shawl, stopped shoulders and
Dressed in neat white costumes, Mrs,
Harry McDavit and Mrs. Walter Groom
f DS9it,gs iP hSs6snSl ~ Pplis S 4 druggist MEsi p Mf-
trayed the quaclW corn cure man" to
perfection. and. Judging from the quaint.
ties of corn cure sold, he was a good
agent.
AS the~baker woman Mrs. Sarah Clark
sold lots of nice white bread. Miss Mamie
Blck, with a tambourine, in her pretty
ragged, u~ninviting looking urchin was
Harold Melick, the hootblack, with his
dirty face and hands and torn clothes
Quite the opposite was the Greek candy
seller, Mrs. Thomas Wills.
Can after can of preserves were sold by
Mrs. Lottie A. Jones, in a gingham wrap
per, and the h~oky-poky men, Meek
er and Frederick Rice, did a rushing bust
ness among the young. lOikS- beluVnhue
was sold by Mrs. John Feindt and Mrs;
M. X. Dennison; pie by Mrs. Fowle and
Oriental goods b. Mrs. William FreiburgeI
and Mrs. Andrew Hopper in their quaint
Eastern CARDS. The cakes sold by Mrs
Frank Beach were popular, but perhaps
not as popular as were the peanuts solo
by her disguised husband.
The flower girls, dressed in white, were
Margaret Munimoker, Audrey Jones, Mil
dred Freiburger. Gertrude Kautzmann
Mildred Selick. Gcneyieve Hunt, Mariar
Helm, Margaret Bick and Lettie Higgins.
The gold-brick dealers were Mrs, Saraf
Ulrich and Mrs. Young. Mrs. John Hig'
gins, Mrs. Tingfey and Mrs. Sarah Mile
sold quilts and to top it all off William
Decker was the auctioneer.
Mrs. ~ottie A. Jones. president Of thu
Ladies' Aid Society, was at the head o
the affair and she had as her assistants thu
entire society.