Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-30
THE COMING KIRmEss

The Grand Social Event to DC eIiVen
 Under the Auspices of the United
 Workers at Union Armory Novem-
 ber Huh and 18th The Arrange
 ments Partially ComPleted-A Giance
 at Some of the Leading Features.
 All indications point to brilliant success of the Kirmess to be held under the auspices of the United Workers. This society event will take place Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, November 10th and 11th, with matinee for children on the afternoon of Wednesday, The Union armory on Meadow street has been decided upon as the place. Preparations for the event are now in active progress, and the spirited interest taken in the event by the ladies is most gratifying and augurs the moot satisfactory results. Many articles of fancy work have already been made by fair hands in the city for contribution to the affair, and not a few strangers while at leading seaside resorts be- came enlisted in hearing of the society's work and it's project, ,and spent many hours in preparing some article or articles for sale at the booths The arrangements have progressed so far that the details of this in
 teresting and prominent society event may be outlined There will be three national booths-an Oriental, European and an American. In each fancy articles peculiar to the countries represented will be on sale. In the Oriental booth Japanese, Chinese and Persian articles, and perhaps other articles from the far of Orient, will be displayed: In the European the wares Of variety of the nations forming that interesting and i'm portant section of the universe will be dis played, and in the American, besides the con- tributions from the New Haven ladies. many of which will be valuable and costly and ait fhorn al .nSAfUI genius of America will be represented in ar ticIes suitable for such an occasion. In each of these national booths three ladies will have general charge, the management in each as- sisted by 8 corps of about twenty ladies and gentlemen, all in costume appropriate to the particular booth they represent. ! Besides the national booths there will be flower booth presided over by ten to twenty 1 ladies in appropriate costume. There Will also be refreshment booth with tables with
 g corps of young lady waitresses in attend ! ance. There will also be confectionery booth, which will be likewise place of interest. The various booths will be highly attractive in ! design, arrangement and equipment, and l the armory or hall will be appro- | priately decorated and embellished
 committee of gentlemen have now this matter in charge. The general effect ! with the decorations at the hall, the various | booths in their varied attractions and gay colors, and the pretty costumes of the young ladies, cannot but excite admiration. The l arrangements thus far provide for several dances, in which all in costume engaged in the
 Kirmess will participate, to be followed by a general programme of dances, the arrange ments for which are in the hands of 8 com
 mittee selected for the purpose. The ob- ject of the Kirmess, the raising of funds for l use by the United Workers, appeals very
 strongly to the benevolent and philanthropic 1 sentiments of the public and 6 generous re- ! sponss is no doubt forthcoming. The work I of the society is in different branch ! es as follows: The relief committee for l the visitation of the sick, needy and dis ! tressed; the employment bureau, for provid- 1 ing work for poor won en in need of same;
 the sewing school for girls and the boys ! club, which meets winter nights in the old
 State House and where from one hundred
 and fifty to two hundred boys are benefited, instructed and improved The society en- ters upon it's endeavor with such manifesto
 tions of sympathy and interest as are most
 encouraging.
 The word Kirmess is taken from the Ger man words Kirsch and Messe, meaning viii
 lage festival, and in the land of Goethe and Schiller the Kirscb Messe is popular gath
 ering or fair where men and maidens from different villages assemble in their respective
 characteristic costumes. The Kirmess ir
 New York last year was very brilliant soei-
 ety event and that held in Montreal was very
 successful. In Portsmouth, N. H., one was held recently and was fine social as well as
 financial success