Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1866-04-13

THE GREAT SOUTHERN RELIEF FAIR.-The
Baltimore Gazette, Of Monday morning last,
speaking Of the success OF the first week of
the Southern Relief Fair, says:
The close of the first week of the Fair has
fully demonstrated the success of the under
taking. It is, in fact, unparalleled. The
daily receipts at the door continue TO be at
least twice as large as was anticipated and the
dense crowd which thronged the hall on the
opening night showed little elimination at the
close of the week. The Fair rooms have be-
come place of daily resort for those whose
hearts sympathize with suffering and distress
and whose hands are ready to relieve. Never
before was seen such an array Of the beauty
and loneliness for which Baltimore has so long
been famous. 1t is literally g a rosebud gar
den of girls of which more than one table
may fairly boast the honor of having its
"Queen Rosebud" IT would be no bad idea
for some enterprising artist to make collec-
ton of photographs and publish in book form
the Beauties Of the Southern Relief Fair
Never before were Beauty and Charity SO
linked together--never was Beauty more be-
nevolent--never was Charity more charming.
The hall is filed with visitors each morn
ing soon after its opening, and the crowd
gradually increases until three O'Clock, when
large numbers of people come in to dine. The
lunch room is admirably served and the rates
peTSOnS uluo tucio
daily during the Fair. In the main hall are
several cake stands, ice cream tables, soda
and mead fountains and lemonade wells, which
furnish an inexhanstible supply of refresh
ments. Many tables are daily supplied with
fresh flowers, the perfume Of which hangs
heavy on the air around them, and in the
evening large band of music adds to the
general gaiety. From dusk until ten o'clock
the crowd of visitors is so dense that business
is virtually stopped, except at the refreshment
tables, where persons take momentary refuge
from the crush of the moving mass.
The total amount in bank on Saturday morn
ing was $4,000. The receipts of Saturday
will swell this considerably The money from
several tables has not set been reported. The
amount realized THIS far may be estimated Mt
sos, 900. Of this amount probably about
ST., 900 has been received for ticket money -
About eight thousand season tickets were sold, |
and the receipts at the door have ranged daily
from 81, 400 to 81, 900.
Notwithstanding the large sales already
mode, there must still be on hand $50, 900
worth of goods So large is, the stock re-
naming unsold, that the managers have de-
termined 70 keep the Fair open during the
present week till Friday night
very gratifying feature of the Fair is the
development of traits of private be-
nevolence and the manifestation of generous
impulses. Of many such instances no record |
will be kept. They are good deeds lone in
silence. On Saturday, q lady from Virginia
took from her neck handsome small chain,
valued at 500, and laid ii as n contribution
on the Delaware table. The watch was only
retained because it was memento. Her name
is not known. In an humber way a gentle
man who had lost everything in the war, con-
tributed gold pencil as his mite. 1t was all
that he had to give