Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-25
A DECIDED SUCCESS.
St. Paul's Cathedral Tea Party Was
Last Nights Attractive Event.
ABOUT $4,000 FOR THE CHURCH.
The Rain Did Not Prevent a Large Crowd
From Attending.
A GREAT LIST OF CLERICAL GUESTS

The dreary, damp and cheerless weather
outside, with the rain beating against the
windows, was in strange contrast with the
gay scene within Lafayette Hall last even
ing. Beautiful women, resplendent with
jewels and elegant costumes; gentle
men in full dress, sparkling electric lights,
candelabra, handsome decorations, etc., all
lent charm to make the picture one OF
pleasure and warmth.
The occasion was the tea party, given for
the benefit of st. Paul's Cathedral. The
heavy rain, in the early partof the evening,
did not deter people from attending, and the
affair was as great success in point of num-
bers. in attendance, as any of its prede-
cessors.
The hall was beautifully decorated, the
festooDing being especially fine. In the CEN
ter, on the south side and nearly opposite
the entrance, stood the floral booth. 1t was
a very bower of loveliness. The drapings
were of orange and blue. The booth was
decorated with ferns and bridal wreath, and
festooned with evergreen. In the rear was
magnificent piano lamp, which shed its
mellow rays over the fresh cut flowers,
giving them many colors.
AMID THE FLOWERS,
which stood on all sides, were magnificent
bronze vessels, vases Of Royal Worcester
shire holding roses, hyacinths, jonquils, etc.
The booth was in charge of Miss Annie
Schmertz and Mrs. DIR. Oldshue, assisted
by the Misses Barr and Phelan.
The lemonade, or fancy booth, stood op-
posite the floral. and was trimmed with
lemon and opal draperies At the TOP Of
the middle arch in the front of the booth
was gilded horseshoe, upon which stood
white dove with outstretched wings. All
kinds of fancy work was sold at moderate
prices. Saddle bags, sachet bags, pin
cushions, etc., were scattered about in great
profusion. The many-colored candelebra
threw soft light over the booth and its
fair inmates. The latter were Mrs. E. D.
Wingenroth, assisted by Mrs. Eugene Riley,
the Misses Agnes Hook, Alice and Mary
McKeever. A large baby doll, dressed in
pink and white satin, was raff1ed off atithis
booth. The doll was contributed by Mrs.
Benjamin Thaw.
Toerge's Orchestra alternated with oper-
attic and dance music. About 200 couples.
participated in the grand march. The
dancing was continued until 1 o'clock this
morning.
In the large dining hall, on the second
floor, there was another scene of rare beauty.
Long tables groaning under the weight of
the many good things to eat, the handsome
silverware, the immaculate linen table COW
erlngs and the rich chinaware, were tempt
ing to the appetite Crowd after crowd sat
down to do justice to the viands, and the
table service could not be better. The
white-aproned aids were unceasing in their
efforts
TO SATISFY EVERYBODY.
The menu comprised everything that
would tickle the palate of an epicure. The
tables were in charge of the following named
ladies:
TABLE No. I.-White ribbon-In charge of
Misses Stella Hogan and Annie Duffy, aids,
Misses Gibbin, Malloy, Coffey. Marshall. Hart
TABLE No. 2-Pink ribbon-In charge of
Mrs. Z. Rafferty, and Miss Annie Wilt; aids,
Misses Mccormack, Sullivan. Allen, Briley,
Jefferson, Rafferty, and Mrs. James Cochrane.
TABLE No. 3-In charge of Mrs. J. B. Lar
kim Mrs. Colbert and Mrs Murphy: aids,
Misses Lynch. Colbert, Dickson, MCGEE, Kelly
and Brinkham.
TABLE No4-Blue ribbon-In charge of Mrs
Driscoll and Mrs. Horgan; aids, Mrs. Ferris,
Mrs Keefe, Mrs. Ward and the Misses Dris-
coll, keefe, P1tneld, kennedy, McCarthy,
Bynane, Martin and Adler.
TABLE No. 5-Red ribbon-In charge of Mrs.
Burns; aids. Mrs. Broderick and Mrs. Sullivan,
and the Misses Grace Kane, Rose Caufeld,
Mellon, Barry, McMeals, McAuliffe and Casser.
The clergy present were: Fathers Wall,
Molineaux, Conway and student Murphy,
of the Cathedral; McTighe. of st. Malachi's;
Sheedy, of St. Mary's of Mercy; McDer-
mott, of the Holy Ghost College; Deecy
and Devlin, of the Holy Cross Church,
Cunningham, of Turtle Creek: Canevin, of
st. Pau1's Orphan Asylum; Ward, of St.
Bridget's; Briley. of st. Kyrian's; Griffin.
of St. John the Baptist's, and the Passionist
Fathers Doyle, Neviis, Smith, Nyman,
Hopper, Cullen and Hughes.
1t is estimated that about $4,000 will be
realized by the party. This money will be
used to pay for the renovation of the
church.