St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-23
SWEET CHARITY"
What n Tisitor to the Orphans Fair Sees 90
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! what q Visitor 70 the Orphans Fair Sees 20
Epteres' Him.
''Take chance, mister, please; only ten
centsi' is the ,ss latation which greets the
! visitor TO the fair at Market hall for the ben
eft Of the Catholic Orphan asy lum. The
| Pleading smile which accom- panies the mod
est request, when we remem Der the cause In
which the tiny pleader is enlisted, is well
worth the dime, aud the number OF persons
! VINO do not respond fayoraby is small in
| deed, even though ten little ladies With
chances may greet one in that many
steps. They sll sizes, blondes, brunettes
and some not pronounced enough 10 be
either, nothing IL not energetic, all with
laughing eyes and smiling lips, and each
striving TO Guido the other. not for praise
or gain, but ''for sweet charity's sake.''
The cause OF the orphaned ones need
never ask for better advocates. The soul Of
each one is ali in the work, and their hearts
are given wholly 10 its success. And what
beautiful and edifying spectacle It Is /; dozens
OF small girls, each armed with a book
and pencil, running hither and thither in
the endeavor To Ill the books; never psusing
to rest, yet never seeming TO tire, never in
one place for two minutes, but always some
OF them in every place; coaxng and plead
ing, laughing and serious, sticking ike glue,
sharp in repartee as buzz saw, and ready
to "break" anything from quarter to a ten
case note, verify they might well be taken as
patterns Of energy and perseverance,. They
are universal in their operations, which are
bounded only by the extent OF the hall;
nothing In the way of sour looks has any
terror for them and per-
son will have forgotten how to look
cross when once they open on him; they
Accommodate their prattle TO any kind Of sub
ject, yet are always bright and interesting;
they rival the famous busy bee on the start,
and beat his record on the second lap; they
could give the most astute campaign man
ager points on collecting ducats and then
beat him, with full hand to spare; their
con versational powers are inexhaustible. and
what they don't know amt necessary in their
business. Yet, withal, the department Of
each is ladylike in the extreme, and that is
their principal charm. Where a small can
yasser Will make a stranger feel perfectly at
case and interested, her larger sister will so
confuse him, though not through any fault
of her own, that his head will be as good to
stand on as his feet. When our
sisters are small they engage
our attention and acquire our love far
more readily than at any later period in life,
because of their simple, confiding nature and
the inexpressible charm which every child
possesses in its own right But at the fair
the young ladies who have grown to be AS
tall as their mothers do their part of the en-
tertainment TO perfection, some having
charge of booths, some in directing the
smaller girls. and Others again taking books
and circulating at will in search of favorable
material to work for stray dimes and quar-
ia aHr
appearances. They are more self-contained
and circumspect than the little ones, but they
have their own way to gain their point, aud
when one of them gets cleft" it will be day
away in the middle of January. There are
chances to be had on every conceivable
thing, from a barrel of apples to
bridal cake, oil paintings and wax
dolls, splendid in lace and tinsel; pin cusb-
ions and pillow shams, gold rings aud sill
yer castors, handsome vases and china tea
sets, blankets and furniture, en- broidery and
crochet work, hand painted placuues and
screens, harness and saddle, meerschaum
cigar holders, lap robes, lamp mats, tides,
and hundreds Of articles that the casual OBJ
server never dreams about. Aud there is a
candy shop and cigar stand combined at the
upper end Of the hall, and opposite is the
postoffice, regular mail delivery concern,
by obliging and popular young ladies, where
those who expect letters may 60 and receive
them; even if you don't expect
any you will be tempted to ask,
just out of curiosity. Then if the
continual walking around the hall should
make you hungry, the refreshment room
invites attention to its merits, and on that
score it ranks A 1. The attendance is large
and made up of all classes; the poor iostle
the rich, and 1t is taken as a matter of course:
lads and lasses commingle together freely
and enjoy the fun, Of which there is no
dearth; the layman and the priest are on
equal footing, ceremony being dispensed
with; and the fair solicitors Of aims approach
their pastors as readily as their neighbors in
their endeavors to swell the Orphans fund.
better place to spend a dollar
is not in existence than the Orphans
fair, and everybody has an equal chance on
the board when the deal is made; even if a
person wins nothing disappointment cannot
reach him; only few out of the many can
be winners, but everyone will be happier in
the consciousness Of having aided a worthy
object by attendance aud support II YOU
want TO spend an evening of real enjoyment
attend at Market hall, and on the word of a
dispassionate onlooker you will find the re-
turn for your money ''all wool and yard
wide" J.J.R.