Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-06
COSMOv|LLA MADE
MUCH MONEY. FOR
ORANGE HOSPITAL
Total Receipts of Big Fair Not
Yet COmpiled-Voting Com
tests Winners.

With. a brilliance that surpassed the
other four nights, Orange Cosmovila,
the big festival known as the "Fete OF
Nations" held in the roller-skatins
rink and the Riding and Driving Club
building in Halsted street, East Orange
for the benefit of the Orange Memorial
Hospital, was formally closed on sat
uriav night. The money that has been
realized from the bazaar is well up IN
the thousands, but it will be several
DAYS before the exact amount can pc
definitely announced.
n: Helen Page. Of South Orange
was the general chairman Of the COM
rrittee OF II rangements, and was ably
assisted by Mrs. F. Westervelt Tooker,
-yice-chairman; Mrs. Mefford Runyon,
Mrs. Sidney NJ. Colgate. Miss Ambrose.
Mrs. Ira A Kip, jr., Mrs. Canlillus u
Kidder. Mrs. Farnharn Yardley. MIS-
S. II. M. Agens and Mrs. Allerton ID.
Hitch.
The entertainment Saturday after
noon and evening included wedish FOLK
dances. which we're given in the Casino
under the auspices of the swedish VIVA,
Miss A. a. Sundberg chairman, and an
exhibition of moving pictures. The
Swedish dances were the national
dances Of that country, and are known
as "Hambo Polka" "Fjellnas," Dial
Dansen.' "Vingakers Dansen," HAL
lingen,' "Ostgota Polka" and "Fryk-
dals Polska."
Those who participated in the dances
wore the Swedish costume. They were:
Miss Helen Axelson. Miss Gretta Axel-
son, Miss Lillian Anderstedt, Miss Betty
Peterson, Mrs. i. Bergman, Mrs. f..
Goordman, Eric Bergman, Ernest
Sjogreh, Sven Graham and Esbjorn
Christensen. The music played on a
violin was by Oscar Bodenson and Os-
car Segerdahl. The three persons who
were in the 'Vingakers Dansen" were
Miss Peterson, Mr.. Sjogren and Mr..
Anderstadt. Russian n Swedishdances
differ from those OF other countries In
that the head motions form an import
ant part and the rapid time is marked
by repeated stamping Of the feet and
the hand clap.
The German Garden, which gave a
splendid entertainment during the
afternoon, carried off the honors in the
voting contest for the most popular
villa, defeating the nearest competitor,
the Dutch Windmill Villa. by a total of
1857 votes 10 7,S4S for the latter. Mrs.
George Merck was nominally chairman
OF the German Garden, but only re-
turned from Europe this week, and the
credit for the splendid work of the villa
management falls to the lot of Mrs.
Mefford Runyon. The receipts from
the voting for the most popular villa
went TO that villa, and the German
- .-a0sx,o1 90 -07 On n-hirt1 will Iva |
added to the fund they will turn over
TO the general fund for the hospital.
Mrs. Ira A Kip, jr., was head of the
Windmill Villa, which was sec
md. The Colonial Villa, which Is
made up Of members Of the Southern
Society Of the Oranges, headed by Mrs.
Edward Prizer, was third in the con-
test, with a total of 1850 votes to their
Thomas r. Creole. an East Orange
Fairgrounds commissioner, won the
for the most popular official.
Ira A. Kip, jr., president of South Or
ange village, declined TO take part in
the contest. Mr.. Creede's total was TAG.
The contest for the most popular
teacher was won by Miss Lucy Beard,
head of an Orange private school. She
had TIC votes to SIC for DR.. Spethman,
of the Newark Academy. The contest
for the most popular university was a
spirited affair, the friends of Yale de-
Princeton University, the near
est competitor, by a score Of 1,944 to
1,I1S.
The receipts from the entire voting
total s2,173.
The function has been the most
elaborate held in New Jersey and has
the attention of social matrons
and the younger set since last spring.
house affairs, as we'll as
other entertainments We're arranged by
the various villa members and no little
part of the grand total OF money will
be from these affairs.
USF STAR WANT ans. /