The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-12-28

The opening of the new Reform hall
on Eighth street last night was a notable
event in the history Of the Cairo Temper
| ance Reform club and its several branches
It was an event which marked an epoch in
the history of the temperance reform move
ment in this city from which subse-
quent events will be dated And il was
celebrated in an imposing manner. The
ball, as is known, is a new one and was es-
| pecially finished for the accommodation
| of the Reform club and its tributaries, or
branches, if the other temperance organizs-
tions in the city may be thus termed. 1t is
about twenty-five feet wide by seventy-fve
feet long, and about eleven feet high. 1t
furnished with windows on either end and
side which pcsfht the light of day to PEN
citrate to every part of the room. The floor
is laid in soNe kind of cement, which null
iies the sound of walking and dancing;
the walls and ceiling are pure white and
the frame work is painted. Gas
pipe run to all parts of the room and com
municate with several elegant chandeliers,
suspended from the ceiling at regular dis
tances, and with brackets placed along the
walls. The club has had platform, about
foot and half high, ten feet wide and
running across the entire breadth of the
room, built at the front end of the hall ii
has covered the platform with handsome
two ply carpet, and furnished it with num-
Der of chairs, table, stand and an organ.
The general hall furniture consists of
| number of polished, iron frame benches and
| larger number of chairs. For the occasion
celebrated last night the hall furniture
comprised also large cooking stove, with
nearly all the Necessary kitchen parapherna-
liza, and five extensive tables, drawn out to
their full length and decked with bright
colored cloths and shining table ware. For
this occasion, also, the hall was deliberately
decorated; number of the ladies and gen.
rlemen of the several organizations had
been employed for several days before in
hanging pictures and notices upon the walls
and in gathering large quantitieAPf greens.
Some Of the latter, known as swamp moss,
was obtained from the Louisiana swarnps,
aud is very beautiful. These the ladies
twisted into fcstoons, garlands and other
meaning devices, and were used profusely
in decorating the pictures, the notices, the
brackets, the walls, the ceiling and the
chandeliers, until the hall has almost the
appearance Of spacious grove in midsum-
mer. Upon one side near the front Of the
room there - triple link; upon the first
link are the letters, &c. n. 7. G." meaning
"Cairo Temperance Reform Clubs" upon
the second, Nv. G. T. w." meaning "Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union" and
upon the third are the letters, "Y. p. 7. O."
which stand for "Young Peoples
Temperance Club" Opposite this, on
| the other wall, is large horseshoe, sprink-
led with flowers, which, of course, means
"Good Luck" or "Mascotte," v as you please.
Back Of the stage, between the windows,
are planted, in beds of green, two large
boquets Of bright colored, artificial flowers,
which are good works Of art because Of
their trueness and nature. There are other
devices Of green, interpreted with flowers,