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Show . f j- . r I -RjIlRLS HAVE GREAT SCOF E FO.K, FUN AND Hi ORIGINALITY IN FAIRS FOR, GOOD CAUSES . I . sip kAul v-' 1 ETTTNG up a fair is omethlnj; A diat girls generally tnjoy most i i 1 thoroughly. There In n large I - amount of fun to bo derived from the preliminary work, not to ! i Dflk of the amusement of the occa- I tion IrJf. Most modern glrlB are ln- j ! ; terwted in nonie charity work, for j which thry are glad to make all the j ( mony they possibly can. and numy are j the ways in which money can be made ,. ' at n fair; in fact, more of it can be made . I I (in proportion to the trouble taken) than i t J by any other plan. The girls who ar- I ; , range a fair often develop original ideas I ! of heir own, but it in a great help to I , have some scheme to etart on, for 6uc- 1 i cose 4depcnds largely on novelty and H originality. 1 j A most effective ocheme for 8 fair is H l to have tabic or booths decorated to I 1 1 represent the four seasons. The giris I I Tvho'are in charge of these booths should W- : ' be dretscd to correspond with them and H ' the articles wold should be classified If ' i ' pcwdble to fit in with the decorative II scheme. Of course that cannot alwuy3 U b done- If the fair u a email one and ,. i eVryfJ-n? must be put on these four M ' tabl. it is not practicable to carry the H ' olau so far: 6ome attention can be paid, II however, to harmony of colors. I J , J np HE bet way to arrange the decora- H , j I dona is :o have a wooden framework H ' made like an arch or a square frame H over the front of each tabls and fasten (the flowers, leaves, ic, to this and to the muslin draped across the front of the v1 rl " tabic. Tor the spring and summer tables H I th decorations must, of course, be flow- R Yj rs, but they should be made to look Quite j, m dlffcreut. H f. For .pnng tho best possible effect is given by using apple blossoms entirely, Sbut any delicate spring flowers may be used. Paper flowers are quite satufac-m satufac-m j yd tory for this purpose, and the girls can H I very easily learn to moke them if they do M aot wish to 6pend the money to buy them. M On a cummer table roses arc the first I choice, but there aro plenty of other suit able flowers. Euch as hydrangeas or sweet pea5. and a mixturo of several varieties of gorgeous summer flowers can b-j made ' effective if artistically done. Autumn I? j V represented by autumn leaves, ears of H corn, fruit and all th usual decorations H j of a harrcst festival. H t Winter gives an opportunity for some H extremely attractive decorations, Dvory- H thing U muCe to look like tsuow and ice. Jt The front of the table, the framework anc CTtry available upot are covered with cotton cot-ton batting. Over this ia sprinkled pow dered mica, which makes the whole thing glitter like Bnow with the cun ehinlng on It- Then little glara Icicles are hung around hero and there. The entirely white Idea rony be carried out In the girls' gowns and the articles sold, or, If a little color be preferred, pre-ferred, some holly or everygrtcn boughs may be used and the girla can be dressed tn red. THE gowns for the spring table ought all to be in very pale ehades and may be decorated with spring flower. For the summer and autumn they bhould tone with the brighter coIots of those Bta-' Bta-' son. The summer ones are most effec-; effec-; tlve If made of some material printed with the flowers In natural colore. If It can be bo arranged, either the spring or summer table should be given up to nelllug flowers. A very good plan for the nutumn one Is to toll preserved fruits, jelllc.!, cake, home made candles, candled orangij and grapa fruit pctl, &c. A newspaper and magazine booth la atx uncommonly good scheme for a fair. Th,c dccorttlouM can be made entirely of posters given by the publlshors, and most publishers publish-ers w ill give to a fair a number of copies of their magazines. They will also give a commission on subscriptions taken, so there Is a good deal of money to be made at such a table, with very little work on the part of Mk girbj. The dresses worn at this table are rnndt 'of newspapers, to which a trimming of I magazine covers may be added With a little ingenuity these dresses can be made lrultc pretty. The magazine covers need i not be used whole A border can bo cut from several and made Into a very pretty trimming, or some distinctive medallion Can be taken from one kind of cover. THE old fashioned grab hag has been elaborated in many different ways nt j .-various fairs, nud the Intesi develop-(menof develop-(menof this idea is a Chinese laundry. A I booth is fitted up to represent one of these a Chinese "LauDdry feoolh j r 1 1 nun dries with shelves holding packages that look as much as possible like laundry laun-dry packages ready to be delivered. The packages are marked with Chinese letter (or something that looks like I'thcm). and these murk correspond wltl .those on little ticket The ilckcw ar i'c.'irrled aronnd Hud aold oy gill or boy dressed like h Chinaman, the purchasei taking his ticket to tho laundry and receiving re-ceiving his pack&ge. Jt fcs, of course, delivered de-livered to hhn by another Chinaman. Another good Idea lh a trained nurses' table. The girl who run this table are nil dressed .ia trained nurse and thfc articles sold are things belonging to the Kick room, h well an soap ulcum pow- i der, cold cream, &c. Mauy samples of! these thingi! nro given ;o fulrc by tliel manufacturers, and It will not be found' necessary to buy much A very good' thing for the girls to mako themselves' Is J good supply of hot water nag covers In varloun sizes The will aho find a very good sale for little bed Jackets for Invalids to wear when sitting up In bed. Thee can be very simple or dainty ince trimmed affairs. ! Nurses' apron, too, can be easily made, and home rnudc Jellies for invalid. .;$. always In deiniwirt. Anything that he-longs he-longs to a drug store will be duutble lor this table The little sum pies of toilet articles are generally bought op lmmme-diHtely. lmmme-diHtely. thej are tv convenient for use In travelling and not easy to get except in some such way as this.-The: this.-The: same samples can be u&,j in cults j I I' - !' &k. ! awe . $ & I '! I 066-Summer Tablti' Roses, ATethc"Fir5t Choice ' r . 1 x ; another way. and-'lu one way diat is very J amusing. HiNc !b7 to ci?t op a "pedlars' parade." Each lrl or boy m die parade represents one of the article-: of which these are samples. Costumes are made exactly like the familiar advertisements, ""' '' ' 7 r J ' Trained Nurse Tabic . . or an exact copy of some powder box or soap wrapper. ' EACH walking advertlment sells only her own kind of samples, and she will need all she can possibly get of them. Before beginning to sell the parade should march around the room several times to call attention to the wares. A band at the head is a great addition, the band consisting con-sisting of young people with very simple inKtrumenbi, such as drums, triangles, bells and small toy fifes. Somewhat similar to this ia the "sandwich "sand-wich man," who advertises supper when the fair is a large enough one to have a suppnr. He is simply a copy of the men onn sees walking rn the strect3 between two advertising boards, but much real cleverness can be put into the wording of the siippor announcement. The girl who can paint can use her skill here in making 3 postcrlike picture and some elaborate Iptiiring on the boards. If the "fair is only an afternoon one j tearoom takes the place of anppev. and these little tea rooms can be mad n j cosey and attractive thnt no one can re- j sist their charm The Japanese tea room ,; has been often used, but the gcnernl way ; of doing It Is with ludoor xurroundingt. ,' while a far more charming effect is an outdoor scuno. It In not very easy to manage, but can be done. A blossom or wistaria arbor Is not dillicult, but get- l ' ting the Japanese stunted trees Is not always al-ways easy. They can he hired from som florists, and if a large number of pine houghs can be obtained from the country for a background the proper effect will Foon be obtained. ' The pine boughs can be- arranged ' ngaint the wall and some of thoni nr 10 shaped that thev look much liko tln little trees. If this style of tea room is too much trouble, there are many nthr wavs of making one attractive which will easily suggest themselves to some bright girl. A GIRL who hn3 a camera and know? how to use it can do hrr share of the work of the fair by running a pW tograph gallery for comic plctun-s. Tlie are taken by having a screen painted with grotesque figures, minus the Imad, ami placing the person to he tnken so that his or her head fits into the proper place. These pictures always amuse young persons. per-sons. If any small sisters or brothers are nl lowed to take part in the fair a very good way to make use of them is to have them dressed in the costumes of different nations na-tions and learn a simple little fancy danc-j. If a room can be used for thi3 purpose a sinnll admission fee can be charged to add ' to the receipts. 1 ' The children can also give some of the (charming songs, with illustradve motions, t tliat are taught in the physical culture classes In schools. Instead of the national costumes those of the Mother Ooose . rhymes may be used if that is preferred. |