The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-05-23
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Il0n', LaFga Attendance,

GTRud FESTIVAL, Handsome Drcoru
Ilon', LaFga Attendance.
The association has secured the spa,
cious hall over the store OF r.. n, Bell,
corner Of Lamar and Commerce street,
and they have had II calsomIupd and
cleaned, painted and scrubbed, tlll Il
looks like new. Las, night their ir,-
uyal came oil, aud 1t was quiloa bril-
liant affair, The hall had been tualr-
fully decorated with eyeTgreens, and
all the chandeliers were trimmed with
the same, The globes were of diiler-
ent oolored glass, which heightened
the effect Of the scene, The attend,
ance was large, aud good time was
enjoyed 10y all present, Five different
churches had tables there, with the
dellGacies OF the season luXuriantly
displayed, aud served in m epicurean
manner.
The ladies OF the Baptist church had
one large table, beautifully decorated,
and five smaller ones. They were
laden with good things, and were con-
Quoted and served by Mesdames May
and Wagner and the Misses Leach-
man, Carleton, Rlddoll, Knepny, Me
Coy, kim, Lacy and Segar who dis
pensed Ice cream and Strawberries aud
sold beautiful boquets,
The next was tho Tabernacle NJ. II.
church. One large table with n bower
of evergreens over II and ornamented
with hanging baskets and beautiful
silver stands laden with flowers. They
also had the delicacies on sale and
Mesdames Carhart Knowles, McGee,
Rowley and Miss Dugan attended to
the wants Of the crowd.
Next came the Lamar street ladies
with their tables, which were profuse
with ornaments and flowers, beautiful
frosted cakes and all the etcetcras.
Whether it was the bright eyes OF the
ladies or the ice cream that drew the
large attendance, we are unable TO
state. All were busy as beavers.
The destinies of these tables We're
in the hands Of Mesdames Randall,
Howell, Nowlin, Hagy, the Misses
Poland, Philips. Ada Brady and
Craft. Leaving there we strolled
over to the Congregational Church |
tables, They had but little ornamen-
tation and that was masterpiece;
an arch spanned from table to table,
of evergreen; in the centre of the arch
was large bell formed Of evergreens,
and the tongue was tipped with
white magnolia. 1t was as pretty
piece of work, as we have seen in a |
long time. Mrs. Daniels assisted by
the Misses Cooper Nye, Page and
Parker did the hOnors. Lastly we
visited the First Presbyterian church
tables, also beautifully ornamented,
and laden with good things to tempt
the appetite, and pull the pocket book
out of the men, They had good
patronage and sold ice cream with
rapidity. Mesdames Lantz, Scott,
Mccoy, Raney and Black were the
directors and superintendent of the
five tables so well provided for.
From the crowd and the rapid man
ner in which the good things were or
dered, we are of the opinion that the
association will reap bountiful har-
vest pecuniarily from the returns, and
we hope it will be sufficient to do
great deal towards furnishing the hall,
thus providing a pleasant place to
spend an hour and read the latest
news of the day. Nothing stronger
than lemonade was drank the whole
evening, and the Misses Yeargan, who
served the fountain, worked faithfully
and well.