The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-05-17
BEAUTY AND BRAVERY.
THE FAIR GETTING ALONG WELL
Great Crowd I'm Attendance Inst Might
The Electric.Liahts in Operation-LarG'
Reseipts

A"e Eiecuic.LiRhts In Opefauou-Large
| Receipts.
The Veterans Fair Is on the flood-tide
OF success. Crowds GIL the Armory every
night. The best people attend. Ladies
come out In handsome dresses and the gen.
tlemen put on their best appearance. The
girls waiting at the booths are the sweetest
sales-pe0ple ever seen in this city. Their
| glances-without word-are enough to
make miser's purse open.
The articles contributed from every Sec
ton Qf the country have been appropri-
atsly placed in the several booths, and are
for sale or rattle. The prices marked are
very reasonable. The veterans have many
goods on hand, and they want to dispose
OF them, and to that end have named
"store figures" for what they have to
sell.
There are numerous pleasant allure
ments in the way OF raffies. There is one
grand-prize table, where 81 800 worth Of
useful and ornamental articles are to be
distributed by chance. These tickets are
$1 each. People in the country who can
not attend the Fair, and who wish to help
on the cause, can remit to the general man.
ager Captain Henry G. jones', or to per-
sonal friends here, and take chances in this
scheme, which is quite certain TO return
the moneys worth to the investors. There
will be no blanks. For every ticket there
will be prize.
The veterans in Blue and GRAY, belong.
ing to the organizations here, are distin-
guishable in the crowd by their uniforms.
That of the r. f. Lee Camp is gray sack.
coat and blue pants.
A band OF music is engaged for every
night.
Sanger Hall is made into an annex OF the
Armory and is we'll filed with pianos, or
gans. sewing machines, desks, chairs, &c.
The ice-cream tables do thriving busi-
ness.
Promenading around the Armory one
sees nearly everybody here he knows. 1t
is delightful place for ladies and gentle
men, and children, too.
There are several good paintings, much
embroidery and fine needlework, indoor
trimmings and ornaments, and hOuse-iur-
niture on exhibition and for sale, the pro.
ceeds OF all to go to the Home.
The expenses OF the Fair will be kept as
low as possible. They pay no rent for the
Armory or sanger Hall.
Mr.. W. W. Corcoran has presented
to the Fair an il-paintipg-" A Study OF
Fish by Miss Eugenia B. Hendreu.
daughter Of Dir. j. Hardy Hendren, Of
Norfolk, lady who in this work gives
evidence OF conspicuous talent.
Last night the electric lights were in full
operation. They worked well. There was
abundant light in all parts Of the hall.
The price of admission is only ten cents.
The ventilation OF the Armory last night
was frst-rate.
Ice-cream is sold at ten cents saucer;
lemonade at five cents glass; ginger-ale
at five cents a glass-eyerything else in pro-
portion.
There is an iron ofiice-safe worth 5000
to be raffled off, and the list will be started
tonight. A biliard-table worth $3.50 is
there for sale. Both were given to the
Fair. In fact, everything OF this sort
which they have was presented them. The
northern people have been very liberal.
The Fair will probably yield $4,000 net.
Captain Henry G. Jones, the manager, is
cool-headed, pleasant-spoken, business
man, in whom the public here have full
confidence.
John T. Callahan, Esq, OF Washington,
formerly member Of the Purcell battery,
accompanied by Hon. G.. ". Neal, mayor
Of Peabody, Kansas, and during the war
a member OF the Third Wisconsin regi-
ment, are on a flying visit to Richmond to
attend the Fair for the Confederates'
Home. They have been in Fredericks-
burg with the First corps Of the Army OF
the Potomac, who are visiting the battle
fields in that vicinity.
The Veterans Fair receipts up TO yes
terday morning at 10 O'Clock amounted to
90, 200, about $4,000 Of which was clear.