Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-12-26
WILMINGTON, DELr FRIDAY DECEMBER 26 1879
THE ORPHANS FAIR,

THE ORPHANS FAIR.
Institute Hall Transformed into a
Fairy Palace - Charity Made
Besutiful-A Noble Work.
Yesterday afternoon at three o'clock
the regular biennial tair for the benefit
OF the Catholic Orphans of Wilmington
opened at Institute Hall. This fair is
held regularly every other year for the
object stated and all the Catholic
churches in the city take part, each
church having table which is presid-
ed over by ladies from that particular
congregation and upon which is expos
cd the articles which the committee
having the matter in charge have seen
fit to collect.
From the experience Of previous years
all who attended the opening yester-
day afternoon did so under the impress
sion that they we're to behold something
worth seeing in the Fair line, and they
We're no. disappointed. The ingenuity
OF the decorators had transformed the
spacious hall into regular fairy palace
and stroll through the long avenues
among the beautiful misses and hand
some danes who presided over the in
terests of thedifferent tables and booths,
showed that even the fairies were not
missing.
the stroll also brought ont the fact
that several of the old veterans were
again at their posts, and the arrange.
ments Of the different tables showed
that instead of retrograding the mana
gers had indisputably improved by
former experience, and it was the gen.
eral remark, that never before had the
Fair been arranged on the scale of
granduer which the present ones ex"
hibits.
Among the faces who for years have
been familiar to the visitor at the fair,
and who by their cheerful greeting yes
terday proved they were not yet worn
out in the work, we noticed Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Whelan. MSs. Colonel
P. ]. Mccullough, Misses Smith and
Curley and Mesdames Mellon and Fitz-
patrick. There might have been others
whom we did not notice but, however,
the tables are we'll represented and
whether those who preside are old or
new sall appeared TO have the same
The following ia a list of The tables and
the names of tbose having them in
charge,
ST. PAuLsTABLR.
This table ia nndsr the mauagAmant
Of Misses Smith and Cnrlev and amono
other neatly ARRANGED artic,es contains
the following: Two gold watches
lounge. camp rocker ons-ba,f DOZEN
cana seat chairs marhIs Inn tah,a
bouquet table. china tas set oil naint.
ing. crayon drawing. mirror two wax
crosses barrel of -four ton of c,al
afghan handsome v-lyet ruv etc.
SACRED HEART TABLE.
Misses Trarsr and Shoemaker have
charga of this toh,a Tbn ,,r;,c;noI
articles are. One. half dozen cane seat
cho;rs china zoo .ot honouat t.hIa ION
OF coal, cane seat rocker, blankets, cur
ST. PETERS TABLE
ia under the spnsrvisio, of ,hs sodslitv
Of the Sacrsd Hssrt Missas Mellon and
Fitznatrick ,rssidinp, 1bis tzhIs ia
we'll stocked with ns.f,, and c,e,]v ar
ticles az follows. wal, sxacnted
cravon of RI Row Risbon RscLar Wal
mt suite of furnitnre marble IN, table
onilt knit and nresantsd hv tha Sisters
Of CHARITY beantifnI tanestrv nictnrs
of Sir Thomas Moore .r.cntsd nv one
Of the inmates of St. Peters Female Or
phan Asylum, marble top inlaid table
and bouquet stand, handsome wax doll
dressed in white satin, lsdy's gold
watch, picture of the Sacred Heart,
child's white cashmere suit, camp rock
ar, one half dozen cane seat chairs,
three CANARY plras't~o oarfei5 Oh hour ,
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ST. JosKpH's rABLE
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10 onn0i ,ho ..., ul..v'ron VI ai'. 80, so "no
among o.hef @ ATHLETES ~ ale .n' io''o",ns
Ma,oie 'op "u.rsu' hiAr'o t"p 1entie
'aole' one nan uo1en ma. oaus sea- ouH'is,
cnln" Yea se'' silver pl'oaeI, camp Gnalr
ana rocker, large way dolt' a'giiau'
chamber suit' one. haH ooAsh slVer
knives ana forks, wax cross sHI vase
silver castor, ioture OF hev. geo. a.
Nelly pastor OF ot. Josrpns 1hnrcn'
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