New-York tribune., 1922-05-17
Street Fair for
Charity Opened
In Gala Scene
Gorgeous Displays of Color
III Four Blocks Of Park
Avenue Mark Society Fete
Tor the Crippled Children
circus and Jazz Bands
Nurse Maids With Their
charges Among First TO
bcsicge the big Top"

"A me day gave an auspcious start
Yesterday to the brightest, gayest and
oy all odds the most beautiful outdoor
1e'e New York has ever seen. Cross
town traffic afoot and awheel must de-
'ouf Tor three days around Park Ave
nue., whose parked space between For
ty-sixth and Fiftieth streets is given
over to the street fair benefit for the
Association to Aid Crippled Children.
Nothing so brave in color or so orig
NAL in the way Of entertainment has
ever been done here. With every ar
tlst's widest fancy for color turned
loose, with streamers and lanterns and
music, With very gay fair-tjme device
beckonlns, there has heen turned out
scene as bright "a newly painted
Russian toy and AS gay as Christmas
tree.
Carpenters still we're al work put
ting the finishing touches to the dane
ing pavilions and various stalls when
the fair was opened. A great crowd of
nursemaids and their charges were
already bcsiegng the ticket window of
was in place at | o'clock. From then
on the noises were many and cheerful
the sounds of balloons popping, of
peanut whistles proclaiming hot pea
nuts, of tho caliope inside the circus
and the dy-gurdy of the merrygo-
round, not to mention the jazz bands
of the dancing pavilion, superb in its
bizarre Russian decorations, or the
voice of Raymond Hitchcock ballyhoo
ing the crowd into Mrs. Lydig Hoyts
Grand Giggle Thcater.
Something for Every Taste
There apparently is no wish of the
heart that cannot be gratiiied in this
village--and the objects arc compan-
ioned with the irrelevant inconsequen
tiality that is the delightful fashion of
all market fairs. ChoWs and goldfish
are the near neighbors of the book
stall, the green vegetables of the art
wart, calico sunbonnets, beside the
reader of horoscopes.
The circus, inclosed but not covered
with canvas. is under the Luna Park
management With a calliope and
clowns and side shows it has all the
briliance Of real circus. A Punch
and Judy show and game of throwing
balls to release some very small pink
At 8 O'Clock Mrs. Hoyts grand gigee
theater gave it's first show. On Mrs.
Hoyt's staff are S. J. Kaufman, Of "Tne
New York Globe" house manager; Mrs.
H. A. Metcalfe. of "Vanty Fair" and
David Burton, of the Frohman forces.
There was a parade of the principals
in the square in front of the theater,
and Eddie Cantor. Irene Bordoni, Mar
garet Severn, the Duncan Sisters, Flor
ence Mills and the girls of the Plan
tation Review smlingly showed them
selves as samples of what was to be
found inside.
Pirate Ship Attracts Many
"Toyland" and "Alice's Wonder rland'
are places where nurse maids may drop
their charges in the morning and re-
turn at night to claim them, secure in
the knowledge that they have been nav
ing a good time. The prov of huge
pirate ship calmly breasts the crowds
that move it around. For small sum
you win the right to go below and,
under the eye Of a particularly fierce
looking pirate. to dig in sandpile for
buried treasure. With persistence you
may spade up a rubber ball or a kewpie
or whistle.
Without moving an inch however,
hundreds of diversions will come your
way--ors grinders with monkeys, the
prize package lady from whose ample
quilted gown hang ribbon ends, which
you have the right to pull for prize
package; pretty girl hucksters selling
flowers, candy and greens.
The market stall vindicated its
utilitarian existence. Mrs. John Clin:
ton Cray said that fifty orders would
be delivered before o'clock this
morning, and it has a regular list Of
customers to supply every day Of the
fair.
Dances to Music Of Radio
The dancing pavilion is surrounded
by small tables where teas, luncheoas
and dinners are served, catered by
Maresi Manzetti, under the personal
direction of Pierre. Florence Walton
danced there in the afternoon and eve
| ming to the music of radio. At night
there was cabaret. Melissa Ten Eyck
and Max Wiley, dancers, came on at
$3.50 Manne and De Kay, of the
Moulin Rouge, did their Apache dance
speciality at $3.50.
Troy Kinney and Albert Sterner oc
cupied the artists booth yesterday. The
price of portrait by either of these
artists is $40. Kinney made sketches
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