The Irish standard., 1886-12-04
ST, STEPHENS CHURCH FAIR.

ST. STEPHENS CHURCH FAIR.
The Attendance Very Goodnight Pros
poets for the Closing Nights Notes.
The fair in connection with ST. Ste
phen's Church is now in progress al
Harmonic Hall. The object of the fail
is to raise funds to erect q new church
in the spring, the place where services
are now held being too small to accom-
modate the parishiOners. Inc people
belonging to st. Stephens Church are
entitled t., the assistance Of the Other
parishes. as it is {, well-kEOWn fact that
in the past ! hey have contributed ]iber
ally towards the building up Of other
churches. They should not be allowed
to near all the bnrden themselves. The
fair opened Monday evening last and
so far the attendance has been very sat
isfactory. 1t is a pleasure to note that
those haying charge Of the arrange
mants are working hard to bring every.
thing to successful termination. a
pleasing feature of the fair was the
dramatic performance given by the
East Side Crusaders last Wednesday
evening. The play was that sterling
old comedy entitled ''Solon Shingle, .
which portrays in laughable manner
the blunders Of a goou-natured New
England farmer. The different roles
were enacted in g manner that would
do credit to professional dramatic
company. The following is the
CAST OF CHARACTERS.
Robt Howard, the peoples lawyer....
................... ..........Andrew Hayes
Hugh Winslew, q merchant. ..........Chas, Fox
Solon Single, a country teanlster.....
.................................. John Calvin
Chas OTIS a clerk .....J, Fl. Smith
John Elsley, clerk. B. d. kiroe
rrpper, an attorne neyat-law. ........H c. Sherry
Judge of Court. ......",......J D. Kiree
Thompson. police officer. Maurice Ring
Timid, q lawyer. Jos. Smith
Mrs Otis.-. ,-'..'..Aunle tiaNiey
Grace Otis. ....... -. Bridget Flynn
The different booths show neatness
and taste that is commendable in the
highest degree. AT each one may be
found a large variety of articles and all
OF most usefu! nature. They will Ger
tainly bear the closest inspection, aud
those who do will hardly come away
without purchasing something that
will be of value TO the home, and at q
most reasonable rate. The following
named ladies may be found in charge:
First booth, to LETT OF hall, Mrs. a. T.
McCariou, Mrs. r. J. Mccarthy and
Mrs. uealy. Here may be seen dis
pla, ed the gold watch that Miss May
McDonough and Miss Kate Lotus are
III The van for; also q pair of skates
which Masters Joe Byrnes and Frank
Campbell are both going win.
The booth at east end Of hall is pre-
sided over by Mrs O'Brien, Mrs. Web
s,er, Miss Kittie Hamilton and Miss
Mary Quinn.
On the oppo ite side of hall from
booth / may he found another, which
is il, charge Of Mrs. NJ. G.. Sienker. as
sisted by Miss Teresia Higgins, Miss
McDnnopgi,, Miss Ionic Helm and
Miss Brodericl1.
The candy booth is looked upon as a
bank III a way; there is a continual
'sr,in" OH the institution. Miss Min
ME Higgins, Miss Broderick and Miss
Mcl'heeIy hold full sway here.
at the flower booth may be found
Miss Fannie Higgins and Miss lIamil-
ton. They are selling boquets that
| will wear a lifetime-of every hue and
color.
# YOU ARE lover Of art here is ali
opportunity hat cumes but once in 9
! life time--to look upon so rare and
homelike collection Of gems. Don,
fail to visit the art gallery while in att
tendance at the fair. The collection is
not All extravagant one in the amount
If space il covers, but it is awful
choice. There are ~ pieces Of art fron,
the hands Of the sculptor aud painter
now i'll that gallery that ar models ot
art never to be forgotten.
The culinary departmentisu is under tbs
able management Of Mrs. G. =. Pres.
ton, Mrs. Lyons, MIS-. Sunwa|l, Mrs
Sullivan, Mrs. Donaldson and Mrs
| Bartholomew. An excellent meal car
be procured here for the nominal sum
of IS cents.
A number of donations were made tc
the fair. Among them was an elegant
s|umber pillow by Chris A. Gallagher
and 4 pair OF skates by Kennedy Bros
| The fair closes Saturday night. and
we hope that it will be patronizpd lib
orally 10y all those who are interested
in matter pertaining to the advance
menJ of the Church.
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
The recent discovery of ''ancient rel
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