The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-01
THE CHuRCH BAZAR.
The Independent Presbyterian Fair q
Big Success.

| Dig EGCCSESs
Armory hall was thronged with people
last night in attendance a: the Independent
! Presbyterian bazar Many were unable to
/ get inside at all, the crowd was so great.
The hall was beautifully decorated. The
chandeliers were twned with flowers and
the walls were artistically fest9Oned with
/ Wreaths OF roses Almost the entire
south side of the hall was devoted
| 70 hoWers, beautifully arranged on a
| large platform. The platform itself
| was bed of moss an which were placed
the roses. Ia the &c ter Of the platform
was an exquisite pyramid Of roses rising
! several Ieet. At either end Of the platform
were pillows entwined with wreaths Of
! roses and evergrear s extending back in
Iestoons to center pillar. 1t was lovely
picture on entering the hail Miss Mamie
| Stewart had charge Of the table, assisted
| by Miss King, Miss Ruthie Stewart,
hiss Z. Fleming, Miss Minnie Mcleod,
Miss Julia Thomas, Miss d'Antiguac, Miss
Clark, Miss Hopkins, Miss Lewis, Miss J.
Owens, Miss Gray, Miss Coseus and others.
Among the married ladies' in attendance at
the booth were Mrs. Cope, Mrs. G. Hart
ridge, Mrs. Sturtevant, Mrs. I-glesby and
Mrs. Joseph Hunter.
The fancy goods tGbls was particularly
attractive. 1t was prettilv decorated with
festoons of flowers aud shining candeabras
IN which candles burned brilliantly the
hne fabrics lay in picturesque neaps The
articles were donated by the ladies, to be sold
for the benefit of the church buI ding fund
Mrs John l. StOddard a.d Misses l.. An
derson, Leila AXIS n, Julia Mi11letOn and
Lille Gilbert presided over the table
Among the many valuable articles was a
book mark donated 10y Mrs. Charlotte
Branch. 1t was present to Mrs Branch
several wears ago from a friend in Provi-
dence, k. l., a wOTsdper in the church
whose architectural design is ths same as
that of the Independent Presbyterian
church. Mrs. Branch was never willing TO
part with the book mark until now
The relic was promptly ought up By the
ladies and will be used as q mark for the
Bible in the restored church. 1t is made Of
deep lilac satin ribbon. Attached TO the
end OF the ribbon is a large eros of per-
forated board, above which hanges a small
Bible with a cross upon it. Above the
Bible is a seal with the letter IL
ii. 5. The whole il suspended
from a pretty perforated wood design.
1t is an unique relic, aud the ladies of the
church cherish it highly. Mrs. Julia
Mcleod received several valuable fancy
articles from Mrs. ". S. Chisholm of New
York, TO be sold for tle benefit of the fund.
Among other ladies who contributed to the
table were Mrs. W. ". Gordon. Mrs What
ICY. AuTs. cumming anu MIS-. GlluleF.
The Rebecca well vas quite an attractive
feature of the bazar 1t vas PRETTY deco
rated with roses and eyergreens, and was
presided over by Ms Fleming aud Mrs
George 5. Mills, with Misses Vida Fleming
and Lolita Branch as Rebeccas.
The supper table was perhaps the most lib
orally patronized table in the hall It was
presided over by Mrs. Julia Mcleod, Mrs
Hops, Mrs. II. StOdiard, Mrs. Cobb, Mrs
Maxwell and Miss Dowse.
The refreshment table was presided over
by Miss Georgia Thompson and tne Misses
Hunter
The coffee table was presided over by
Mrs. Levi Mrs. DIpps, Mrs. Hopkins anu
Mss Robertson.
Mrs.. Understands Busy Bee table, man
aged by herself and her Sunday school class
of twelve scholars, was a very attractive
table. 1t as prat-ly arranged, and it
was well named the Busy Bee. The re-
mainder of the scholars of the Sunday
school, numbering over 200, acted as little
walters and waitressas
a feature OF the evening was the
drilling Of the Busch Zouaves in the hall
There were thirty-one OF them under com
nand of Capt. Marnelsten. Their drilling
brought forth hearty applause from the
spectators. After { filing sometime in the
hall the company marched out on the Bull
street pavement and drilled. The streets
were full of people who wacched the young
soldiers. Vice President JED D. Miller
assisted ii the management Of the Zouayes
during the evening