The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-02-09
St. Theresa's Fair.

Thursday evening, with as large an alton
dance as could be desired. Having given,
in our last issue, complete list Of the tables
and ladies in attendance thereon, We shall
here confine ourselves to brief mention
of the most striking objects at tho seyeral
tables. 3"aaesszi
One Of the finest gold medals ever manu-.
featured in this city - ON, exhibition at st.
Patrick's table kept by Nrs. JOhn Farrell.
It is nearly twice the size Of aetwsnty dol
lar gold piece, and is Of solid gold having
been made from tho pare metal furnished
by Mrs. Farrell On one side sf Vie aedal,
in relief, is harp, ar opnd whiehis ms
cribed Californian Beaoyolent Association"
On the reverse ID ia wreath ct, shamrccks
in the centre Of which space has been4 left
to inscribe the name Of it's future owner
The work on the medal displays artistic
skill and taste of the highest order and 10
very creditable to the manufactures, ME-
E. A. Tyler. Mrs. Farrell Offers it as q
prize to the member of. tho Hibernian
Association for whom. the largest vote is
polled, and as the prize is one OF great
maRnifcence and there are many ambitious
men among the ], 800 members of the as
sociation, we doubt not that the contest
will be very exciting.
At the Varieties Table, Mrs. Morgan
offers splendid Singer Machine for con-
test. The contestants are Misses E. Quin-
Ian. K. Mulligan, M. o'Neil, and d. Scan
elan. IT'S - .'r t"a
The Little Emmett, Mrs. McHugh in
charge, has q splendid likeness of the Pope;
a fine doll called the maid of Erie, elegant
" dressed in green silk, and punch set,
for rattle. ---.3 ..- -
A magnificent Groverstein piano, don
ated by Blaekmar, is the occasion OF
lively contest between Misses M. Ferry.
J. Manning, NJ. Clark, NJ. Kennedy, A.
Cook and R. Christy, at the Hioernia
Bank voting table which occupies the stage
at the far end of tue hall. Here alec are
the SPLENDID vestments made by the grad
yates of st. Simeon's school. Father Ken
nedy, of st Johns, seems, 80 far, to be the
favorite for this prize.
The Violet, brilliant and beautiful, around
which everything appears conlenr 40 rose'
has so many rich and rare prizes that it 10
hard to select the very few which our linn
tied space allows MS to notice. In the frat
place, the. magnificent pearls won BY Mrs.
Doherty at the Good Shepherds Fair, have
generously been donated by her and are
here to be contested for between several
ladies. Then there 10 o 1925 gold watch
for which Messrs VIM. Golden, Jas. Gee-
han, w. Richardson and T. O'Brien are
csntestipg, with the fret named az the ia
vorite.
The friends of Drs. Holiday and Reilly
are pressing the claims Of those gentlemen
for fine smoking jacket. An amber
rosary, and the the most exquisite wreath Of
shamrocks that skill and taste could pro-
duce. complete the list. The latter ia either
for sale or contest and we fully expect to
see it grazing the banner Of one of the
Branches of our Hibernian Associations on
the 18th prox. Mrs. Dohersy and Mrs. Ca
sey have charge of the Violet.
Father Kenny calmly surveys the hall
from prominent position shove st. Their
esa's table; that 10, 90 good painting OF
him does, that at fret sight one would take
it for the original himself. This painting
with z basket of very natural looking wax
fruit, the work of young lady of this city,
will be ratified.
Miss Dunno aud Mrs.. Mavor has charge
of the Roulette table, where is to be seen
large frosted cake donated by Capt.
Greenhouse Of the steamer st. John. As an
adjunct to this table is the Angels table.
where Angels bread will be dispensed to
the public. .s'-,r~
Judging from the strong array Of talent
given to the post Office, we should think
that the mails will carry many trenchant
az well as many a loving epistle. Nearly
all the letters will be origi&A and will be
worth twice the postage charged. Misses
Mary Donohue aud Minnie Dryer are
the presiding spirits here. .,'
We should like to say more about this
fair but an unexpected press Of matter
forbids. We can promise lively time to
-: any ouN- who attends, and doubt not that