The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-07
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The Samaritan Fair.

City hall presents most aLCracLlVe APP
pearance and reflects much credit ON all who
have had the fair in charge The first thing
that attracts attention is the room of the
Domestic Sewing Machine Company which
is arranged with their usual good taste. The
embroidery here is very beautiful and shows
the wonderful advancement in the work
done by machine.
The walnut tree has much attraction for
the young people as in one will be found
real gold ring. On the trades table almost
all our well known merchants are represent
ed. To VIM. G. Davis, Loring, Short & Har-
mon, VIM. G. Kilborn & Co., Varney & Dun
ham, Oren Hooper s. Son, W. r. Winslow
and all the others who have SO generously
donated the committee would return their
thanks.
The loan room is especially fine and con-
tains so many things of interest to all that it
should be crowded The embroideries are
very fine and the collections of antiques
numerous and rare. The autographs loaned
by Mr.. P. f. Turner are an unusually good
collection, Garibaldi, George Washington,
Henry Clay, Bryant Dickens, Tennyson and
many others show not only signatures but
letters.
The flower booth was well patronized as it
should be for it's attractive young managers
have done every thing to make it a success
The fancy table under the management of
Mesdames Smith, Chase and Nelson is filed
with the beautiful things SO kindly donated
by their friends; Kensington painting,n needle
work of various kinds, and wearing apparel
for children are all represented. lovely
scarf given by Mrs. Alfred Woodman sold
Immediately. The japanese booth is a
decided success. The young ladies who
have managed this so well are Misses Coyle
and Davis, and through the kindness of
Owen, Moore & Co, they are enabled to offer
most enticing lot of wares, truly Japanese
in design.
Fancy table No. is just to the left of the
japanese booth and all should stop here and
see the lovely articles offered for sale. A
fancy corner table deliberately made with
plush and fringe and a scrap basket, both
useful and ornamental, are noticeable here.
These articles were both given by two MEM
bers of the committee on this table, Mrs.
Pooler and Mrs. Waldron. The public have
been very generous here and all can find
something to please.
The general table is filled with the useful
things of life, aprons, articles of wearing ap-
parel and some fancy articles. A red and
white quilt is being voted for by the patrons
of the fair and the number of votes will de-
eide whether it goes to the Old Mems Home
or Orphan Asylum. The post office is very
handsomely draped and from its fair post
mistress all may have letter. The candy
booth is filled with the choicest candies from
West & Calderwood and George Hudson, and
is under the efficient direction of Mrs. Henry
Taylor, with Misses ingalls, and Foster as
assistants.
In the evening there was delightful
promenade concert with music by Chambers
orchestra. The dance cards were very
unique and presented by w. c. Ware man
ager of the Boston & Portland Clothing
store. They were in the form of a gentle
mans dress coat, the covers black bearing
the name of the association in gilt letters,
and connected by blue cord and tassel.
There were twelve dances under the floor
supervision of f. R. harrington, G. A. Plum
mer and W. NJ. Sargent.
This afternoon there will be matinee for
the benefit of the school children at o'clock.