The union Democrat., 1870-09-17
SATURDAY MORNING. sept. ~, isso.
German Sanitary Pair in san Francisco.
SAX FsAxcIsco. Sept. 12.h. 1870.

GAN fkAScisCoi sept I'm, 1917.
EDIroR UNION DEHocRAT For the past
four days, excepting Sunday the kind heart
ed German ladies of this great city haze been
holding monster festival and fair at the
Mechanics Pavilion, for the benefit Of the
wounded Of the Prussian army. Tonight
the grand raffles, for which tickets have al
ready been sold. will come Of and the festival
viii then wind up. 1t could be kept up at
should be proud Of their great success. They
have so far cleared hccaty thousand dollars.
Each evening tie monster hall was crowded
with the elite Of the city. Saturday night,
fully twelve thousand persons must have
been present Gen. Sherman having receiv-
ed polite invitation from the ladies to at
tend their fair, paid them o visit Saturday
afternoon. AS soon as he entered the hall
the band struck up "lIail to the Chief
which seemed to be the signal for all the
pretty young Misses to make rush for him
ard offer him some little token Of their res
pect. A cart load of boquets were oGerea
him. Having been importuned by the beau
tiful and charming Miss Emily Adler to Sc
lect few photographs from bundle she
held in her hand, he selected couple aud
enquired the price. "0h, nothing" she
archly replied. The General told her that
he owed her kiss and promptly paid the
debt After that the yourg lady was the
heroine Of the day. Every lady in the room
wanted him TO kiss them but tho General
couldn't stand the press. At night when the
thousands of gas burners shed their bright
lights over the hell the spectacle was brill
liant. The two galleries was crowded with
ladies md gentlemen, and around the inner
main hall, booths were stationed at conven-
lent distances. Each being presided over by
two or more beautiful young ladies'. In the
center two fountains, one at each end Of a
small lkae or basin, sent up continually
streams Of water ten feet high, and between
the two stood the majestic Aloe or Century
Plant, which had been on exhibition during
tho Agricultural Fair the week previous.
Around tho galleries. Prussan and Ameri-
can flags and portraits of noted Germans
were placed. A splendid Brass Band dis
coursed excellent music and the German Glee
Club sang "The song of the Rhine, "Amer-
lea, > "Hail Columbia" "Dic Wacht am
Rheim," am a "Prussian, and Prussian
will be- and other German songs. The
Turn Veren performed some extraordinary
feats.
The grand feature Of the Fair, in the esti-
nation of the little folks vas the ''Fish
Pond For two bits 'bob' each boy or
girl could throw line over into a pen, pond
mean, and he or she, rs the ease may he,
was sure to hook up prize in the shape of a
doll, penknife, whip or what-not. Hun
dreds Of beautiful women kept constantly fit
ting around the great hall, selling wagon loads
Of rattle tickets. The Ice-eroam Saloon. pre-
sided over by Mrs. Otto Kloppenburg and
beautiful little niece. Miss Emma, assisted
by troup of pretty Misses, occupied a large
portion of one of the wings of the hall aud
did al immense business. Wishing to patron
ize the institution 10 the amount of two bits.
we strolled into the ice-cream saloon and
took seat at one of the tables. Soon little
Miss Emma X , came gliding up and in
quired if she might not bring me plate of
cream. We told her 80 bring two plates Of
tho cream. She dill sn. and sat down and
partook of the sama. She informed us that
their fair was grand success and thas sew
eral French ladies had been seen taking
items and supposed that they too, seeing the
grand success the German ladies had met
with would get mp similar affair. Well, we
shall applaud them il they do tits praise
worthy undertaking. But they viii not be
ablc to get up as grand an affair as the Ger
man ladies. They can beat our American
ladies "ali hollow
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