Newark post., 1919-08-06
NUMBER 267
Firemen Pleased with
Carnival Results
Praise Cooperation Of Community 4.
Record Crowd on Saturday Night
Receipts Unusually Large

f~S O~A
The ambition to have a bigger
and better carnival tina never bids
fair to be realized by local fremen,
for no opening night has ever
equaled that of last Saturday when
it is estimated that nearly 5000
were on the grounds.
Whatever of misunderstanding
and unpleasantness preceded was
amicably adjusted and everybody
in the town and for miles around
is helping to make the affair a
success.
Fire Chief T. C. Wilson was
more than pleased with the results
of the first nights business when
more than S110O was realized and
with that of Monday night and last
night which usually are ''off'
nights. Yesterdays rain threaten
ed to interfere with last nights
| fun but the weather man was kind,
the moon came out and a large
crowd was in attendance, includ-
ing the Singerly Fire Company of
Elkton. The firemen las, night ex-
pressed their appreciation of the
support given them by the women
of the town. They claim that in
no other town which they have
visited have they seen such CO.
operation.
The products on sale are of an
unusually high quality, the enter
tainment features IRE of a high
order and are we'll patronized.
Long lines of eager would-be par
ticipants await their turn to take
shot at the laughing, elusive
black boy; to make the bell ring
with straight shot; to ride on
the merry-go-round, or to hear
what the future holds in store for
every one, as revealed by the re-
nowned fortune teller.
Robert Jones, the celebrated
colored cook, gives the real Coney
Island touch with his "C'mom
Evahbody, hot dogs right off'n the
PAM"
Daniel Thompson presides over
, the ticker at the cones and soft
drinks counter with the dignity be-
coming a State Auditor, and J.
Pearce Cam gives the proper judi
cial air at the entrance to the ice
cream enclosure. Everybody's
helping with right good will.
The confetti booth and the doll
counter vie with each other in
popularity. All ages, sexes and sizes
want doll and they hang around
:, until they get one. One lucky in
dividual who evidently had never
:, had experience in dealing with
. children, carried one of the much
:, desired dolls all around tn e
grounds head dowSward, the feet
in his opinion furnishing the best
hand hold.
Confetti flew thick and fast on
; Saturday and on Monday night,
the throwers usually giving the
: comforting assurance, 'It won't
: hurt you, it's only paper" if the
y attack was met with anything
other than amused acquiescence.
A group of instructors and stu
a dents from the Summer School
a gathered near the merryIgo-round,
= discussed the psychology of con-
J. fetti throwing and after much
: learned argument concluded that
: the "lure of the unknown" as ex-
I emplified in the uncertainty of the
; victims reaction constituted the
n chief reason for participating in
q this form of pleasure. AS Rastus
I remarked to the judge, "That is
n most undoubtless so.'
The Minnehaha band furnishes
music nightly and the Boy Scouts
under the leadership of Scout
Master Frank Mackie are doing
valiant service guarding h e
grounds. Some remain -on the
= grounds where they are camped
! for the week and divide the watch
- through the night. Others guard
! in day time. The troop consists of
i Buford Denney, George Getty,
' Leonard Fawcett, Claude Collins,
Charles Clark, Corbett Crompton,
Frank Cornog; Herbert Henning,
5, Paul Maxwell, James Thompson,
Z, Wesley Wollaston, Albert Lewis,
Jr, John. Cunningham, Henry
t Townsend, Geo. Townsend, Harold
S Grant, Hugh Buckingham, John
Singles, Clarence Poole, George
Y. Powell, John Tweed, Marshall