Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-24

With Dancing, Speeches, Moving Pictures, Galy Decorated
Booths, Etc., Both Young and Old Make Merry at Big Par
sh Gathering Judge Daily Speaker Of the Evening
Carnival viii be Continued Through Friday Night With
Added Attractions Open Air Singing Feature Tonight.

! of Eatontown, formerly of st. Mary's
: church; Rev. Thomas Lane, of South
RIVER; Rev. Columbino Galassi, OF
! this city, and Rev. ]. j. Mckeever
and Rev. Charles Farran, OF st.
/ Mary's.
Perfect order prevailed through
! out the evening. Chief OF Police
Burke, with Roundsman Morris and
Patrolmen Quinn, Murray, Calvin
and Seiboth were present most. of
the time, having volunteered their
services.
{; Chairman Jones H. White, Rich
ard A. Bolger, John J. Quinn, Pat
rick ]. White, Walter ]. Meagher,
Eugene Bird, John C. Donehue,
Richard F. White and John J. Dev-
eny, Of the different committees,
were kept busy during the evening,
directing their willing corps Of as
sistants.
Thomas F. Burke, disguised as an
italian organ grinder, with mon
! key on his back, made hit when
he and Miss Sadie Julian, Of Wash
ington street, entered st. Mary's
hall, the refreshment emporium
Miss Julian, an accomplished musi-
clan and dancer, WAS dressed In scar
let as Venetian dancer, and grace
fully glided through the concurse of
diners at the different tables, waving
her tambourine through the air
Most everybody had but little inkling
/ that the italian organ grinder was
in reality Mr.. Burke and that the
performing monkey was in reality a
small terrier.
The throng cheered when Rev
Father Farran and Rev. Father Corr,
carried away by the old strains of a
Highland piper, accompanied Thomas
| Brown in little foot shuffling on
| the platform on which the piper was
playing. Jim" Cameron. Of Me-
| tuchen, formerly of Brooklyn, with
his Highland pipe and merry strains,
| tf9rmed one Of the best antert aiafassssa ssais 2
features of the carnival. At times
he was accompanied by r. Car
land, William Cleary. vioHnists, and
w. H. McArdle. Miss Madelaine
Kelly, the Cigar girl" went through
the throng and sold cigars and cigar
cites like hot cakes. Michael Dono-
van ran a ''jitney" to "Tipperary"
and back for FIVE cents. He drove
donkey and was dressed as an Irish
peasant
Dancing began at 8:45 o'clock in
the street blocked off from Mechanic
to High streets This was one of the
most enjoyable features of the
whole affair. Dancing continued for
about two hours, but those in charge
promise 1t will be allowed during the
full hours tonight.
The first attraction On making
trip through the maze of booths,
minstrels, jitneys, etc, was the
Goats from Kerry" occupying
tent on the north side of Center
street, near Smith. When one look
ed inside to find the goats he was
surprised to find two innocent little
lambs which had recently been pur-
chased by John j. Desmond, of Will
liam street.
Continuing down the arcade on
the left came the "knock the william
down." where the patron took his
chance In knocking the head off of
the effigy of Huerta, villa, Zapata--
in fact any Mexican leader against
whom he chose to show his disgust
the most.
Next came the voting booths, with
receptacles for dozen or more So
cieties. Tickets are sold for the
different attractions, and with each
goes a vote, and the society getting
the most votes will receive a hand
some American flag which has been
donated by Thomas Brown Miss
Margaret Costello and Miss Grace
Mallet were in charge. Next came
the flower booth, where were found
the following: Miss Julia O'Toole,
Miss Julia Kelly, Miss Blanche Van
Syckle, Miss Julia Timmins, Miss
Nellie Kelly, Miss Mary Timmins,
Miss Rose Blue, Mrs. William H.
Pfeiffer.
Continuing down the line came
the fancy articles and candy booth
with the following in charge: Miss
Rita Weingaard, Miss Catherine
Nolan, Miss Madelaine Fitzgerald
Miss Mary Stack, Miss Bessie Egan,
Miss Ella Egan, Miss Anna Rogan |
and Miss Elizabeth White Next |
came. the Sodality booth with the
following in charge: Miss Catherine |
Leavy Miss Alice Mcdonald, Miss |
Teresa Hardiman, Miss Margaret |
Murray, Miss Mary Murray, Miss |
Anna Rhodes, Miss Mary Lewis, |
Miss Catherine O'Brien, Miss Belle |
Dorsey, Miss Elizabeth Costello, Miss
Katherine Costello, Miss Mary |
Beatty, Miss Nellie Sheen, Misses
Rose and Agnes Donovan, Miss Anna |
Miss Helen Murray
The knights of Columbus had a
big booth, where all manner of |
articles were being contested for.
All had been donated by members
and their families. Donations are
still being accepted for the remain
ing days of the fair. The following
were in charge of the booth: John
James Clooney. Alderman
John w. Kelly, John Powers, Ed
ward Smith, DR.. J. v. Smith, Martin
O'Hara, William Fitzpatrick, Felix
Bader, William O'Hara, Eugene
Bird, Fred Meyers. Joseph La
Flamme, William Hilliard. assisted
by Mrs. John Reilly, Mrs. Richard F.
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