The sun., 1910-05-16
FAIR ENDS TO-DAY
WITH A GENERAL HURRAH AND
A SALE or EVERYTHING.

Pauilns FFeac1ch Leads Rulls Burke h
ths YStlRg fer ths PspulAF Actress
-Ramss mat Range FrOm Nlot0F
cars 10 PaFFOtn. cats and LAmbs.
Thsrs viii bS the livsliSai kind Of .
time e the Actors Fund Fair a the Sew
enty-Arst Regiment AEmpry to-day. which
b the last day. and to-night-espsciaily
tonight. One Of the parrots that are 10
be raGHed on to-night Was interviewed
On the subject lAat night a. hs Gat IN hls
cagO with . pink eye blinking a. The
plain clothes manlon guard. Tho parrots
name b Edyths. hs language b
expressive and usually does not require
aafsrisks. But the waning Of the fair
has left Edyths In . nervous. iumpy Oon-
dition. People have insisted on coming
up and pulling that old Polly wanas .
CRACKER stuff and soratchihgl EdytAs on
the had and saying Baby and -swsstis'
and Isn't it cunnin'1'
-Edythe.' said the plain clothes man,
Mr.. McGee of the Fast Thirty fifth street
station. will there be much doing TO-
niGht,'
Observation-Disclosures -hsIluvalos. . said
Edyths Grossly.
And believe M there Will.' said Mr..
McGee. you wait until all the girls
have landed here and the Broadway
crowd arrives from the theatres and the
big rai.iea and auctions begin. Right
here and Mr MOGee pointed 70 a
blackboard which stands in frOnt of the
White marble fountain. right here Win
be the centre of . young tornado
Scrawled across the top Of the board
was "A diamond chain and necklace for
the most popular actress Below vas
the standing of the girls up 20 I O'Clock
yesterday morning. when the Polls
closed for supper. A. Il stands Pauline
Frederick IL one jump aheadM0f Billie
Burk d Miss Frederick has 1851 votea
Miss Burke. n. SIS. Maude Adams IL
away back third with asa. but a. Mr..
McCee observed with some sapienos.
you can't tell hos things viii break
until tho belliFings' The rest of the
Broadway stars who have q chance for
the necklace are Ethel Barrymore. With
8s2l votes; Marie Tempest. With ASA;
Maxine Elliott. with 7.iS2; Mira. Fiske.
with 2.2sO; Mary MnnnerinG. with 7.iTo;
Lillian Russell. with zoos; Julia Sander
son. with 2.Oas: Blanche Ring. with l.toS.
and Hattie Williams. wit b loss.
The final voting will b. bstwesn II and
y O'Clock tonight.
There h another popularity contest for
burlesque queens hich will wind up with |
a WhOOp a. the same time Al Il stands
Ida Dexter Dinkin IL loping along IN
front with p.sOo admirers to her credit
Florenc- Bonnett IL in second placs near
the rail with 7tsl Roee Sydel has only
IA Nav How ard. a.: la Belle Marie Hart,
9O Mollis Williams. 50. and Lilla Bren-
nan. 2il
Mr.. McGee. the genial guide. said that
hs wasn't what you'd call strong for
pnpularitv contests for men. even actors L
hut II one cared 10 see there was a black
board which showed how n y. Warner.
Dusty Farnum. Bill FaTnum. Francs
Wilson. Donald Brian and a lot more
stood az the last count Mr. McGes re-
moved the sheet from the board.
We'll, I'm Llanked.' said Mr.. McOes
They must he afraid somebody will
I
There was a string n names down the
hoard, but the figures had been erased
Mr. Nice said he bad heard that Warner
was leading. with Francis Wilson and
the Famums ciosa up.
Scattered around the big hooT were
the things that will he raiiied in the closing
hours tonight Thousands of chances
have been sold and thousands more will
he. al 81 a chance. on the big AlcO motor
car. II is valued az NOO0. Then there
i a big white motor boat. a o. .oO0 piano,
a diamond necklace and a iewelled gold
bag. Beaides these there arr a hOck
Of cata. Nellie Mclisnry's lamb. Edythe.
several parrots and a rooster who n a.
rorReoug ~ a bird ~ paradise.
Whatever hasn't heen rafiied or sol d
will he auctiOned az the windup. The
directors of tho fair said Yesterday n at
everything has tO 90, no matter how
cheap. Since there are a. many kinds
OF articles useful a. we'll a. ornamental
a. can he found In a department store.
thera will he some excitement whiDc the
auctioneering n on.
Practically all of the sctor folk will
attend the fair this afternoon and lats
to-niaht. Al Of them helieve that abOut
Sl0O 90 will he realized, the amount
including several benefits that have been
h.IN .lumsdv