Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-07-05
'THR0NGS ATTEND STREET FAIR
Carnival in st. Albans for Red Cross
Beneht a Big Success-Parnde
Yesterdays Feature.

st. Albans. July 4-The Fourth, the Sec
ond day of the Red Cross street fair
dawned cloudy and rain fell at intervals,
but before seven o'clock the clouds broke
and the sun appeared just in time to be
greeted by cannon salute. Long before
nine O'Clock the streets Of the business
section and Taylor park were thronged
with people. The booths opened at nine
and were well patronized during the re-
naming of the day The members Of the
committee in charge of the fair were
busy at work at an early hour inspecting
the grounds and were entirely satisfied
with the painstaking work Of all st.
Albanians, who had given their time and
efforts to make another big St. Albans
undertaking a grand success. The MEM
bers of the committee consist Of: Mrs.
f. B. Wright, chairman, Mrs. n. N.
Atwood, Mrs. Leo f. Wilson, NJ. Edward
Barnes and Theodore r. Waugh.
The suffrage booth where light lunches
were served was in charge of Miss Sarah
Ford; ring and peg stand, Mrs. H. F.
James; Red Cross bargain store, Miss
Dorothea Smith and Miss Louise L.
Greene; home economics booth. Miss
Laura A. Hunt; naval exhibit. which in
cluded a torpedo, E. H. Lewis; flower
booth, Mrs C. E. Schoff; fortune telling,
VI.
Pardee; rest room including check room
and manicure parlor. Miss Nell Jewett;
Exhibited in the rest room were afghans
made by the women for the French
soldiers) surgical dressing, Miss ].
Kathryn Holmes: knitting bag and apron
booth in charge of Mrs. F. w. Fonda and
Mrs B. B. Perkins. The doll to be donated
was exhibited by Miss Bernice Keegan;
and Darwin Greene. dressed as a clown,
was street fakir and strolled about SELL
ing his wares. The automobile to be
donated Thursday evening was seen in
conspicuous places during the day. There
was also the smoking booth in charge of
Miss Katherine Walsh. and the auction
wagon, where many valuable articles were
auctioned off in the evening by Sheriff
George c. Holmes and Harry B. Curtis
The bidding was limited to So cents. The
rustic bridge was prettily decorated with
lanterns and here flowers were sold by
Mrs. A. p. Ramage. The lemonade we'll
was we'll patronized place. Another
| place which always attracted people was
the ice cream booth in charge of Miss
Harriet f. Brainerd. Then there was the
| tents for freaks, etc. During the day and
evening street fakirs and venders were
| busy selling their wares.
An interesting feature of the days
| events was the sale of the articles made
| by the wounded soldiers, which was con-
Quoted by Mile. Adele Durey of this city
who went about the streets dressed in the
| costume of French peasant.
The big feature of the mornings pro-
gram was the parade which started from
the corner of North Main and Brainerd
| streets at ten o'clock. This number was
scheduled for Q 80 o'clock and long before
! AnnOinfad g. tbo
| line of march were crowded with people,
automobiles and teams. John Branch, Jr.,
as Uncle Sam, headed the parade, mount
ed. Next in order was the st. Albans
Brigade band. detachment of the Ma
| chine Co., LIST Vermont Infantry, Ma
tional Guard. under command of First
Lieut.. ]. A. Evarts, Fonda Guards, Troop
II, Boys Scouts of America; decorated au-
tomobiles carrying members of A. r.
Hurlbut Post. No. 60,>G. A. r., automobile
representing the Bellevue Chapter. D. A.
H.; automobile representing the Macca-
bees. Then came the horribles, clowns
etc. The fife and drum corps. a patriotic
noat, was very attractive. The Jail on
wheels was prominent feature of the
parade. The constables took people into
custody and il they did not donate for the
cause they were placed in the jail and
hauled through the streets. Two nove
features were Gagged goat and the fol.
lowing inscription on the cage: "We'vt
got the Kaiser's goat and a coffin uphol.
stored in red with the top covered with
nails The following words were inscribed
upon the Sides do your Bit, Ave dents a
hit, nail 1t stout SO the Kaiser can't .,
out. The marshal Of the day was J. G.
Finn.
The afternoon program opened with q
band concert on Taylor Park by thu
band. At two O'Clock the minstrel show
was given at the Bellevue theatre ant
was we'll attended. The program consist
ed Of dances by several of st. Adams stal
entertainers. The photoplay. "Civiliza
ton" at Waugh's opera house attracted
a large number of people. The baseball
game on Athletic field between the Ma
chine Gun Co. team and the Independents
the latter winning 15 to /. was big draw
ing card. The evenings program opened
with a public auction followed by Civil
cation" at the airdome The closing fea
ture Of the day was the dance at the cit.
hall,
The fair will close Thursday with
public auction on the park. Civilization
at the airdome and dancing at the armory