Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20
THE GREAT ROSE FETE,
A Delightful Event ut silver Lake Grove;
There Were 5000 Present-How They
Were Nicely Enterrained.

i AncFo Were osVOO freeent-uoW They
We're Nicely Entertained.
The 1900 people who attended the Rose Fete
at Silver Lake Grove yesterday were thor
oughly convinced that nature had for once
| succeeded in rewarding their charity as well as
their courage in facing a cloudy sky and a
misty atmosphere to discharge their duty
| toward the Sacred Heart Church, and those
! whose continued exertions for two months past
| eliminated yesterday in the raising of nearly
5000 to reduce the congregations debt.
The stream of gaily-attired and light-hearted
humanity began to pour through the gates at
o'clock in the afternoon and continued until
after o'clock at night to fill the grove. At 9:15
| the music ceased the electric lights were ex-
| tinguished, and eight hours of festive pleasure
| were at an end. \
| While the old folks turned out en- masse, the
faces of the sweet girl graduate. the rosy
checked belle and the ubiquitous youth greeted
one at every turn. 1t was too warm for much
dancing, and none were 10th to take advantage
of the promenades which cut through every
section Of the grove.
At4 O. clock the dining commenced. Every
thing was placed before the guests by the
obliging aid, and the appetite of the most OBJ
jectionable eplcure could have been easily
appeased. The ladies who had charge of this
department were Mrs. G. A. Grant, President,
with the tables in charge of the following:
/ No. Mrs. Heating, Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Raf-
ferty.
No. 2-Mrs. Charles Gross, Mrs. William Man.
gon and Misses Hardie, Mangon, Smith, Holland
and Gross.
No. s-Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Nash, Mrs. Glenn,
Mrs. O'Brien, Mrs. Mitchell and the Misses Burns,
Grant and Sullivan,
No.EMrs. Connors, Mrs. McNulty, Mrs.
Brady and the Misses Smith, Breen, o'Brien,
Lamberton, Sullivan and Doris.
The ambrosa1 fragrance of the gaiIy be-
decked flower booth seemed to draw everyone
to that little Temple of Flora at the south
east end of the pavilion where Mrs. Charles
Eble, and the Misses O'Connor, Burns, Duffy
and Lamberton decorated their generous
patrons with roses and lilies
To say that their proceeds were upward of
500 is sufficient testimony of their good work.
Like perennial spring in desert of drouth
was the lemonade and refreshment booth d.
rectly opposite which was surrounded at all
times by those who fingered there almost per-
petually to duench their thirst either by i'm
billing the delicate refreshments or drinking
in the beauty of the sweet-faced girls who pre-
sided during the day and concluded their ardu.
Gus task in the evening by turning over to Father
Kane 100 per cent more cash than was made at
the same booth last year. IL was Mrs. James
the affair was occasioned Dy the irresistible
impulse felt by the young men to patronize the
quick-witted beauties in charge and drink re-
freshments from their hands. Miss Annie
Cunningham, Mrs. Robert Scott and the Misses
Nan Scanlon. Katie Kane. May Cunningham.
Clara Myring, Minnie Rosemund, Annie Link,
Nellie Kearney and Annie Lawley were the
ladies who did their work amid the tulle and
Japanese decorations of this booth.
Beside Father Kane number of priests
were present as were also many of the most
fashionable people from the East End. Pitts
burg and Allegheny.
The following named gentlemen have man
aged the affair from the FIRST:
Dan Wilhare John W. Tim, charles Donnelly,
James Grogan. II. z. Mccullough. q. t. Rafferty,,
W. j. Friday, ]. w. Wallace, Thomas Hacket
James LapPah, g. ". schmidt Z. z. schnertz,
Charles Frtel, ID. Hesson, John Howley, M. Nc
Cormick. J. Dawson Gallery. p. j. Longhney. u.
Boyle. John Lawley, A. +. Heating, A. j. Barr,
William z, Rafferty,, Thomas $. D Neil. Chas. Ebe,
E. f. P. Smith; h.; ~ Mack, William Toner T. J.
James Diamond, John p. Brennan, W. Fl. Grimm,
W. III. Hoeveler, James Weldon, A. v. ID. Water
son. James s. Murry, Theo. Hyle, D. Callaghan,
l.. Gloninger.