The daily gazette., 1878-12-11
THE BAZAAR.
THE OPENING LAST EvENING-AR-
RANGEMENT OF THE VARIOUS DE-

4 hANbE Of lhh NahOA' bfs
PARTMENTs-THEA ARTICLES, ETC.
The second annual bazaar under Tho
management of the Provident Society
opened last evening, in the auditorium
OF the Grand Opera House, aud taking
into consideration the weather, the open
ing wa, a success, the Attendance being
large, and purcl asing spiri ed.
The bazaar differs materially from a
fair, in asinuch as there is no chances
80 d. and the visitor is not much larn d
with the continual annoyance of beng
asked to buy. The visitor enters the
room, a d finds displayed under various
d tpartmen every article that can be
found in first class grocery, dry goods,
trimming, variety and chinas ores. The
various goods are p accd under different
departments, SO that if persons wish {,
buy box of raisins, or pound of sugar,
they so 10 the grocery store and not To
The dry goods department.
On entering Tue auditorium and pas =
ing down the centre aisle, aud turning
! To the .lght you first encoun er the "gro-
c4ry store" III the shape If one story
frame building. inside arranged arli.tl-
cally upon shelly s, may be seen and put
cnas ID every Thing tuat can he found in
INST class countiJ store sucu as sugar,
oofite, teas, tobacco, segars, Ialsen-, pat
cut in' dleihes, havJrlng extracts, naId-
ware, aud laOle cutlery, and many o her
art lclts TOO Lunit roiis TO mention. Here
alsJ the visitor IS iDfJ'mcd by a luge
piaca ii, that 1t is a country post oil g
THIS departnc cnt is under the supervision
al Miss Lillian H.4n,.a 4 4. .
Mar Boggs, ana Miss Mary Hall.
Following the above departments the
"Depdrtinent," under the managem-i
OF kllss Sisson. There can be seon di~
played great variety OF dolls of al
grades, from the pretty French wax doll
10 the small china doll. This department
Is great attraction Tor the little ones
Next is the Japanes aud Lithographi,
depat ment, which - carefully attende,
too by Mrs. j. L. Wells, Miss Fanni,
stevens, Miss Josi" Fogg and Miss Pyle
Az thlS department one may purchas,
beAutlful specimens OF roses. bouque
hoidets, "a 'keLs, camp chairs, foot sic Jl-
etcn an oi winch are purchasable at rea
sonable prices.
The next Is the delight of children
" kriSs krlngle.". The old gentleman i
larry loaded down with toys of all de
scfption and Is seated by the private
poX IN very demure manner. neve
having anything TO say, but his good
are so temptingly arrayed, that one car
not pass by without taking chance i
the grab bag, by which manner he di.
poses Of his goods.
The next place that the travelle
meets Is the haven of the hungry-th
restaurant, whichis situated on the stag,
Here one may obtain the best that Nh
InATkHt affords NJ Ia -.
care OF this department has been assigi
en to Miss Sue Rowland, aud Miss n
hlIes' who are assisted by numb,
OF young ladies', SO tnat no one need /
uhuer The necessity of waiting long, aft,
giving one order.
Having refreshed yourself at the re
taurant, you pass out, aud turning To ii
IlBht, the hrst thing that gr-ets the ~
Is large aud haLdsOnt lv trimmt
Sh,IStihaSs Tree, which Is pleasure
, look upon.
Next Is the domestic departmen md,
the supervision of Mrs. Patton. Her
is elsewhere, Is displayed carefully =
Ieeted stock of domestics, all of whit
can be purchased reasonable The fapt
department Is the next and in under Il
! control of Mrs. S. Redmond Smith m
department should not be passed by hu
; rlediy a. II contains many useful artlcl
: as well As fancy ones.
Reaching the end, the visitor is co
? fr9nted by a handsome cone tent,
which is scaled a lady. This is styled Il
, GYPSY tent. Here can be purchase
baskets, bows and arrows, and mar
q other small articles, and as NAV be i
ferred from the name Of the tent, fo
4 tunes are told.
The last but not least of the many a
tract ons Is the floral department, whit
: Is situated in the center of the floor HeI
: can be seen variety of flowers. dri,
: grasses, and in fact specimens of almu
every variety of the floral kinpdor
Everything is for sale, including bntto
3 h lie btu Iuets. Having made a tour
the bazaar II is only necessary to a,
that IL is well worth visit, and as il
= for charitable purposes it should be ",
patronized.
The bazaar will continue this and +
morrow evenings, when it will clos
This afternoon II will be open for II
benefit Of the children, and In order th
they may attend the admission has bee
: reduced TO 10 cents. A special at ractit
; st'l led "Mother Goose,' will be gott,
up for the children