, 1874-11-17
The Difficulties Of a Stormy Even.
ing Overcome.
The Plcasantest Place Of Resort In
Chicago In Full Operation.
Detailed Description OF the
Various Departments.
Household Art and Fancy Work.'*
The Country Store.
The Art-Gal1crY.

i"o questions hare heen in every ono's mouth
Tor the iaat Tow moutha, the Dras Of which WaB,
among tho ladles, "Ate you doing
anything for tho Homeopathic Fair?' To an
s"er that question In tho negative was to decide
ut otco that you must eithor laaye been ont Of
town in ao1ne remote quGrtor OF tho globe, Or
have beon too Ill to nso either fugcrs or brains.
So thoroughly had tho wish to MD III ths nobla
charity. now presented In its complete foru1 per-
meascd llclaBseB Of society, THAT to uso tho eugar~
coated pill language, It might havc boen said,
"Evorybody wants it; childron CRY for It." aud
wee tottloHs Who had not yot gotten beyond tho
dignity OF ploce Of thread tied on to a piu were
eecn with silkon patches making Impossible pin
cushions and dolls' droRBos 4for 70 fair" Wcd-
dinga lave boon delayed Oh account OF 1t, pcop1o
have rcfrained from dying, kor,. alive BY the
stimulus Of hopo TINT they might 500 tho fair
in all its glory, and only those nalieuable lava
Of Nature which could not DO ret asido Tor "this
occasion only have boen permitted to interiors
with tho interest Of society ot largo, aud its
1abors In tho charitable field thus opened for 1t.
Tho aocoud quostion which zach rnau address-
cl to bin neighbor waa, "Do you know Mrs.
Waahbnrno ?" Not to know the hply prosident
of this Eonerons enterprise IVES to arguo oneself
unknown. Her efforts 1nvo bema heroic, 1le1
Eood-nature unfailinE, her labtu:H unceaaing.
And nobly las al,e been aidod by tho ladies On
tho Comnsttoe Of Management, Wl,ilo the gem
slcmen havo responded with gen oroRlty worthy
OF tho namo which Chicagoans l1ayo for lber-
aty. Not only goods but time has been given,
help supplied, and tho result tB aAow before Us,
aud thosa who have so layishly giveu thofr time
and work must fool that their succeHs has
been perfect. Those who have ltad personal
experience In several Of tho 8suitary fairs,
Including thos9 of Boston, New York, and
Brooklyn. aleo Of tho celebrated French Fair
given in tho first city q fow years ago, aav that
the present ono will loso nothing by comparison.
Tho world improves as 1t advances, :axl even in
the cultured city Of Boston, or tho metropolitan
ono OF Now York, thcro iavo boen iao moro exr
quisito mud artistic asticlcs On view than we're
presented to the citizens Of Chicago~last eyen-
ing.
sho city at largo has a'eo to tlanlt Mrs. Waah-
burne for tho ground Hho has taken III the mat
tor OF sales. Everything having been generous :
iy donated, with the exception Of aomo
fow raro articles in Mrs. MaoVeasil's dopatt-
1neut, which she has bought at onst price.
it has been possible to ofrnr o7erything
| for sale at discount On ordiunry rotuii pricea
| Every ono will, therefore, get tho full Value of
| his or her money In anything that may be pur-
chasod and pay loss for it than II bought In the
| usual way. ThiH very fact becoming known, re-
tailers have, III many caacs, abated their usuzl
charges, dresding competition WITH tho Homcop-
athic Fair. All dread of the o1orbtant prices
| which have usually boen the bans OF charitable
fairs need not 10 feared hero. Everything viii
| be placed at proper valuation, for homeopa-
thists do not believe in large dosos. Buyers will
will pleaso remcmber-small. alternating
doses taken frcquently,-a Darsolozd.
or an easel from Mrs. MaoVesEh
and package Of baliug-poa0er or duatpan
| from tho country store. As tho faver Of goner~
osity advances. the medicine may bo altered, and
bouquet Of flowers, followed by something,
/ from tho sswing-tab1e, taken instead, aud 80 on
throughout tho whole course Of remedies pro-
pared Tor this disease, which it is hoped may ha-
| come genuine epidemic, extending to tho
suburbs and neishboring cities. md requiring
the entire supply provided By tho Homsopat9i'
Fair to alay. For the fair Is gotten up, not for
tho amusement Of tho lades. but Ia order t,'
raiHe uoney for tho excellent charity ia which
they tako so warm an interest, and which need'
funds to increase tho sphere Of ita usefulnem'
aud carry it through tho comug winter.
The lahora ct tho la'iiea dutIug tho last hFn
months lavo been olAonicled from week to
weol1, znd now it Ia n pAeaAant duty to describe
tho perfect fruit Of thcsr unTehrying hngass anti
fart,1n trniuA