The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-30
CATHOLIC. CONCERT.
The Entertainment now in Progress
at the City Hall.
Sights, Scenes and Hboings as
Witnessed by a "DemOcratn
ReuOrter.

Visitation, was opened on last thursday
afternoon at the city Hall, by Rev. Father
GERALD G. GRACE. From the opening
hour until the fair closed for the night,
lat liz o'clock, the Hall was filled to
overaowing with an orderly and good
natured crowd. The picture presented
was one of life and animation, and con-
sidering the fact that the concert is the
first thing of the kind eve attempted in
Eaton, the promoters of the enterprise
are to be congratulated on the success Of
the concert now assured.
The rattle for a sack of -four on Thurs
day evening was quite exciting. P. H.
Quigley won the -four on the first count,
but donated it to the fair again. The
next winner was Father Grace. He also
followed the example of Mr.. Quigley.
Ed. Walker held the lucky number on
the third drawing and walked off with
the -four. Ed. thinks thirty cents is a
reasonable price for a sack of flour.
In the Hall are five tables extending
on either side of the room. The table
under the supervision of the young men
is conducted by Thomas Welsh, Morris
Carroll, Herman Sanders, Lorenz Woer-
ner, jr., and Thomas Gates. The Mar
ried Ladies' table is presided over by
Mrs. Lorenz Woerner, ST., Mr.. Joseph
| Woerner, Mrs. Patrick Maloney, Mrs. S.
Quill and Mrs. Kennedy. Misses Annie
Ayers, Kate Clabby, Mary Ryan, Mag
gle and Julia Whelan and Maggie Holt
han, have charge OF the Young Ladies'
table, while Jos. Woerner, B. H. Wei
linghof, John Quill, ST., P. H. Quigley,
MIR. Craven and Patrick Maloney do hon
ors at the Married Mems table. The
Children's table is well attended by Mas
tiers James Quill, Jack Maloney and Tom
Ayers, assisted by the little Misses Julia
Maloney, Theresa Herrlich and Theresa
Wellington.
The "wheel OF fortune" at the Young
Mems table, at.ten cents a chance, has
had, so far, an excellent patronage and
has also been the source of much enjoy
ment and absorbing interest. A crowd
of spectators continually surround it, and
a burst of applause and merriment greet
the announcement as Dame Fortune
meets out her gifts, which are as odd as
they are useless to the lucky ones. (?)
So far the "wheel of fortune" has PROV
ed quite q good card at the fair, and as
it is very interesting, while it is harm
less, will no doubt maintain its populari-
lty with the frequenters of the concert.
On Friday night the contest between
Miss Lou DeGroot and Miss Kittie Wells,
as to which was the most popular young
lady in Eaton, opened in fine style. Both
young ladies worked energetically, and
as each had friends they made it inter
esting if not somewhat tiresome to those
who had neglected to bring their pocket
books along, you know. 1t is impossi-
BILE to say which OF the two young ladies
will be successful, but as both are conf
4dant-*ime alone can teH.
Saturday afternoon and evening was
ushered in at the fair with a goodly
crowd. In the evening in particular the
crowd was large, and about nine O'Clock
it was impossible to secure a seat, and
standing room even was very uncomfort-
able on account OF the surging throng.
The crowd consisted of many of Eaton's
foremost Protestant citizens, both ladies
and gentlemen. All these took an ac-
tive part in the evenings entertainment,
and some even espoused the cause ofthe
various candidates for one henor or an
other, and solicited votes with a book
agent-like pertinacity.
As the contest for the most popular
young lady in Eaton was proving such q
renumerative idea, it was deemed advis.
able to select a few young ladies, the
most popular of whom (or who received
the greater number of ten cent votes) wa:
to be presented with a pair of fine golt
bracelets, valued at $40. The names o
the young ladies selected are: Misses
Mary Ryan, Julia Whelan, Maggie Kline
Maggie HOLMAN and Maggie Gates. ThC
young ladies were so urging and proved
to be SO convincing that up to Monda,
night each contestant had an amour
with which she was satisfied and claim
ed to be confident.
The door receipts at the Hall wer
quite large on Saturday and Monday eve
nings, and had there been some systema
!, tic practice of giving out checks to thos
who were entitled to re-enter the Hal
again Qfter one going out, the amour
i, taken in at the ticket Office would hay
, been augmented considerably. As
, was, several entered the fair by virtue
the assertion that they had paid ICE tn
, same evening. 1t was was handler,
not cheaper, no doubt, and the dodge 500
came to be quite popular.
l The voting of the cane to the most POI
: ular gentleman in Eaton, is not progress
S ing as satisfactorily as could be wished
S The contestants are, j. R. Beatty, j..
Deem, G. G. S%chlenkef, ST., and G. E
Edison. None of the gentlemen me-
/ toned have, up TO the present time, pI
I in an appearance at the fair-at least
e up to Monday evening. Voting on tt
5 cane seems to be at a discount in the e.
element OF other and more weighty que
tons to be settled-such as, for instance
s Who is to get the gold necklace? TIL;
c is the question which excites the eurio
e ity and urges the ardent young men
: the fair on to herculean deeds of solici
e ing.
A few who have attended the fair hay
y seen fit to take exceptions to the ia
h that the drawings to which many ticke