of these huts, and to reconstruct out of ancient lumber
a typical officers' dug-out dwelling in the Park at the
rear of the old farm house. In this are placed many
of the rough objects which are found in the abandoned
huts, some of which, such as nails, hinges and straps,
were utilized in its construction. Its rough table is set
with the china and glassware, the knives, forks and
spoons, oyster and clam shells of many a camp meal of
those long bygone days, and the whole affords a unique
picture of the military life of that period, and a permanent
record of our fascinating work.
 

Since the above article was written the New York Historical
Society has elected Mr. Reginald Pelham Bolton and Mr. W. L.
Calver members in recognition of their valuable work.—Ed.

The Alley Festa

In the Alley Festa, New York produced a spectacle
somewhat foreign to our eyes, and our art colony about
Washington Square from whom the Festa took its incep¬
tion have shown themselves to possess all the originality,
boldness of conception and initiative which belong to a
young and virile art. The intention was to reproduce
in the Alley and its vicinity the effects of an Italian fair.
To the layman it seemed more than this. The oriental
brilliance and variety which pervaded the entire spectacle
almost persuaded one to believe himself in Constanti¬
nople or perhaps even Bagdad, and the splendid trap¬
pings added all the more to the realism of the scene.

Many of the studios were turned into shops, the Alley
school house into a ball room, and others into booths for
various entertainments. Mrs. Henry Payne Whitney's
studio was filled with toys and frocks, and Gertrude
Atherton essayed the part of a fortune teller. Mrs.
Robert Bacon and Mrs. Cadwalader Jones each had
an open air entertainment. Mrs. W. K. Vandcrbilt, Jr.,
Mrs. H. P. Whitney, Mrs. Otto Kahn, Mrs. Lydig, Mrs.
Chas. Dillingham, Mrs. Lydig Hoyt, and Mrs. Maynard
welcomed Mayor Mitchell when he opened the Festa, and
dined with him afterwards in the al fresco restaurant.
A number of the star actresses who were in town—among

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