Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-03
THE CHRYSANTHEMUM FAIR.
Many Changes Contemplated KO
Monday Night


Monday Night.
The first week OF the Chrysanthemum
Fair closed last evening. In spite of the
~ that there were very strong ettrac.
tfons elsewhere there was very good
attendance. The business Of the week
has on the whole been very good, al.
though scarcely up to what the merit OF
the fair deserves. The attendance in
the evening has always been good. In
deed on several occasions the building
has been literally packed with visitors.
But the means provided by the ladies
for getting money from those who come
10 the fair are not very numerous. they
consist Of the sale of catalogues, which
at fifteen cents apiece barely pay for the
cost, the lunch and ice cream rooms,
the sale of flowers and of candy and
lemonade. As the ladies do not allow
any one to ask visitors to purchase, only
moderate amount Of business is done.
However, the ladies are very far from
being discontented with the treatment
which the public has given their enter
prise. During the last few days the sales
of the catalogues have picked up consid.
erably. Many people have purchased
copies to send East to friends. 1t would
seem that this is very convenient way
Of enlightening Eastern people as to one
element of the progress Of this section,
viz, the enterprise and industry of the
ladies.
The orchestra last night rendered the
following selections:
March, "Minute Men," e. A. Catlin /;
Overture, "Belles of the Village" P.
Bouillon waltz, "La Gitana," Ernst
Bucslossi; selection, popular Airs
Bowman; polka, From Vienna to Ber-
lin," Rich. Eilenberg; potpourri, "To-
night We Say FAREWELL" Schlepegrell
schottische, ~ Owe Ten Dollars to
O'Grady," A. Kennedy; galop, "Home,
Sweet Home"
The principal feature Of the programme
was the doll drill, managed BY Miss
Leila Breed. There were about twenty.
five little girls or the stage, appropriately
attirsd, all carving dolls. Under com.
msnd of Miss Breed they executed a
variety of maneuvers, keeping step to
music. The performance was received
by The audience with many manifesto
tlons of pleasure.
Next Monday the fair will put on a
changed appearance. The ladies will
begin work early in the day and by alter
noon will be ready again to receive
visitors and stand the hard campaign of
a second week. There will be a number
of changes made in the arrangement of
the articles in the exhibition, and the
design of the decorations will be ma
terially altered. The flowers. some of
which are beginning to look faded, will
be replaced and the whole fair will again
look fresh and beautiful, as it did at first.
Next week there will be special sale
of the potted chrysantbeums on exhibi-
ton at the fair. The prices will be
marked on the specimens.
Monday evening the ladies who are in
charge of the various booths up stairs
devoted to articles from various
nations and countries, will appear in
costumes appropriate to the booths
which they occupy. Those in the
circle OF booths on the main floor
will also appear in fancy costumes.
This ought TO be a very drawing card.
On the same evening the series of tab
leaux Evenings with the Centuries, !"
which were presented last Wednesday
evening, will be repeated. They are pre-
sented under the stage management of
Mrs Emma Hillman.
One of the moet attractive features OF
the fair is the hot tea room, tastefully
fitted up in Japanese style and kept by a
very bright and intelligent young Japan
ese. Ii is situated to the left of the main
entrance. For the small sum of five
cents one may enjoy cup OF very fine
tea.
For the purpose of fitting out the
booths which need re'decoraticn and to
make the alterations and additions of
designs which the ladies contemplate,
they neod great many flowers, not
chrysanthemums alone, but also dahlias,
cosmos and most Of all smiax and ivy.
Ii any reader of the HERALD has in his
or her yard flowers or greerery which he
ia willing to spare for a good purpose, he
should send word to the ladies in charge,
Mrs. R. M. Widney or Mrs. w. B. Aber-
nethy, and the flowers will be sent for.