Rustic Well for a Bazaar or Fair Booth
A feature of a bazaar which attracted much attention was a rustic well from which a pretty girl dipped cool drinks with the aid of an “old oaken bucket.” The arrangement may also be used at an outdoor fair or lawn party.
A Pretty Country Maid, Delicious Lemonade, a Peep into the Well, and Music from a Phonograph Were Attractions at This Booth
A corner of the room was marked off by a rail fence and turnstile. The floor was covered with green cloth and green excelsior, for grass. The well was constructed as shown in the detail sketch. Half of a barrel, B, with the head removed, was inverted, and a mirror, C, was set in a shallow pan of water on the floor. The pan was surrounded with pebbles, D, and a framework, E, built over the barrel. The supply of lemonade was kept cool in the tub G, behind the partition. When the bucket A was lowered into the well, by means of the sweep, it was filled by pouring the beverage in the trough F. The bucket was then raised and the drinks served from it, a cocoanut-shell dipper being used.
So many persons became curious to learn how the well was constructed, that an admission fee was charged to pass the turnstile, and the reward was a peep at the reflection in the mirror at the bottom of the well.—Susan E. W. Jocelyn, New Haven, Conn.