Identifier: streetrailwayrev07amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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A CHARITY FAIR IN YUCATAN

The manager of the Compania de Transvias de Merida, Yucatan, Mr. Escalante y Peon, recently organized a kermis or charity fair which was held at the pleasure resort of the tramway company, and proved to be a great success. A junta of 12 prominent citizens lent their aid, and after a few weeks of preparation the fair was opened on September 18. There were eight stands or booths provided for the sale of flowers, ice cream, cigars, beer, toys, etc., and at each booth four young ladies acted as saleswomen. Almost everything for sale was presented by the merchants and families in Merida, and while 15 cents was the selling price fixed, that paid ranged from 25 cents to $1. It is related that the high prices were paid by the young men who were deeply interested in the young ladies presiding at the booths.

Flowers in particular brought high prices; the roses which each of the four ladies at the flower booth wore, were auctioned off, the minimum price realized being $38. The most costly dish of ice cream was purchased by a young man who was inveigled to pay 25 cents per spoonful for the glass eaten by his fiance, and she ate it with a salt spoon, 120 spoonfuls.

The fair continued for three evenings and the resources of the tramway were taxed to carry the people desirous of attending. The receipts, including the earnings of all the pleasure apparatus at the park which were donated by the company, netted $4,500, which amount was turned over to the trustees of the city hospital.
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SCENES AT A CHARITY FAIR IN YUCATAN

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