Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-22
EMORY M. E. CHURCH FAIR.
A Very sHccessful and RemuuerarIvs
Event.

A Very Successful and RemuneratIve
Event.
THE maidens' fair and the fair maidens at
the Emory NJ. E. Church, last evening, were
both decidedly attractive. The presiding
geniuses Of the various booths were all attired
in dainty evening costumes that, combined
with the softpretty drapings, gave very ether
cal effect to the young ladies' but they were
mortals, and in the interest of foreign mission
work were very mercenary ones. However, it
required no effort to dispose Of the dainty
wares they displayed for sale.
People bought involuntarily-it was part of
the programme-and many and many a time
was that feature OF the programme encored
by the performers themselves The center of
attraction was the center booth in the center
OF the room, and dreadfully anarchistic it
looked; everything in red. The six sides of
the structures were all draped in red, the can
dies were all in red boxes OF different designs;
the floral decorations were red, the candelabras
were all filed with red candles and the at
tendants were all attired in red toilets. The
comparison may be carried further-it was a
dangerous place. No one approached without
realizing that money should be distributed
freely if not equally. The ladies in charge
were Mrs. G. W. Woolslair. Chairman, with
Mrs. w. H. Lafferty, Misses Lottie Jefferis,
Nellie Kincaid, Margaret Nelson, Lottie
Holmes and one lone, lorn man, Mr.. John
Renolds, assisted.
A pretty little nook in the corner, in lemon
white capped attendants, assuaged the th1rst.of
the multitude with lemonade and chocolate,
ladled out of fancy punch bowls with silver
spoons. There Misses Edna Reames was pre-
Bohanman, Name Lydic, Flora Aull, Minnie
Hobson, Carrie Crosson and Grace Anderson
as aids. The jingle Of silver made this booth
very musical one.
In delicate pink was the floral booth draped,
and on beds of lovely green moss were all the
exquisite flowers to be found in the hot
houses at this season of the year, amid the per-
fume of the dainty blossoms were the inter-
estjne faces of Misses Clara Squires Chairman.
and Ida Hughes, Maggie Holland, Ella Bailey
and Nellie Watson. The booth of buds was
most fetching" one both for admirers andp
ichasers.
.In the far corner of the room pink with
trimmings of green holly entwined fancy work
of every description. Deft fingers with visions
of lovely materials had been busy for months
on the articles there displayed, and financial
success was q certainty for the Young ladies
and their wares were not to be resisted. The
chairman was Miss Lidie Simmons, and in re-
ceiVing the admiration aud money of the COM
pany, Misses Ida LOngdon, Carrie Davis, Ella
Henderson and Name Rutter assisted her.
Directly opposite ice cream and cake with
tempting service kept host OF misses busy to
serve the visitors. Chairman Miss Minnie
Cloland with Misses Annie Lyle, Emma Hill
man. Della Schafer, Martha Grayson, Laura
Patton, Jessie Meskinmen, T1ll2h hoy, Maggie
Flemming Birdie Martin. Bertha jenkins and
Misses Mitchell, Barton and Clark Ecckle and
Mrs. Nayler, assisted.
The bubble room wss a delightful place,
decorated with tiny balloons to represent bub-
bIes, and some of those blown by the little
folks rivaled in color and size almost the arti-
ficial ones there. Misses Emma Squires, Mrs.
M. Blattenberger, Misses Ada Mckee, Cora
Thompson, Bertha Chatwick and the Misses
Reahard looked out for the little ones and the
big ones, both people and bubbles, The same
beautiful scene will be presented again this
evening in the parlor of the church.