A tribe of ferocious-looking Indian braves, much befeathered and painted, sold Indian curios, baskets, and beads.
The tennis-courts, bowling-alleys, and croquet-grounds were in order, and patrons could indulge in these games by payment of a small fee.
Inside the house, too, entertainment was provided.
Various indoor games were offered, and there was also a reading-room, with magazines and books for all. In another room was shown an “Historic Loan Collection.” Many of the residents of Greenborough had relics of Revolutionary days, which they loaned for this occasion. As there were many really interesting and valuable specimens, the visitors were quite willing to pay the extra fee required to see them, and the room was well-filled with patrons much of the time. Opposite this room, in another room, was a “Burlesque Loan Collection,” and this attracted quite as much attention.
Stub Graham had this in charge, and he deserved credit for the clever and humorous jokes he devised.
Catalogues had been prepared, and as an inducement to buy them, a large placard outside the door announced that each purchaser of a catalogue would receive, free of charge, a steel-engraving of George Washington. When these premiums proved to be two-cent postage-stamps, and canceled ones at that, much merriment ensued.
Among the so-called Revolutionary relics were such jests as these:
“Early Home of George Washington,” represented by an old-fashioned cradle.
“Vision of Washington’s Old Age:” a pair of spectacles.
“Washington’s Reflections” was a small portrait of Washington arranged so that it was reflected in a triplicate mirror.