The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-09
ALEXANDRIA.
The InIlrmary Fair-A Beautiful Success
for Worthy object.

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for "A Worthy object.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, Nov. Special J.
The fair and bazar at the Armory for the
benefit of the Alexandria lntirmary, most
worthy institution founded about twenty
five years ago by Miss COrnelia Johns, and
managed by board of lady regents
from the churches, closed tonight after
most successful run Of i've days.
| The management have decired to increase
the institution by building to the property
of the Orphan Asylum and Widows Home,
ante-bellum institutions of kindred nature,
and this fair has been under the auspices Of
the various organizations, such as King 5
| Daughters, Ministering Children's League,
ETC., and directed by Mrs. Colonel >. W.
Reid.
| Ii was one of the prettiest fairs we have
| had, not excepting that for the benefit of
| the Confederate monument fund, which ran
| two weeks and drew crowds from all the
neighbOring cities. The walls OF the large
drill hall were decorated with bunting,
American flags. handsome quilts, and tissue
paper, and the booths and stands were as
novel as pretty; end there were tents and
| bowers of cedar, flowers, and straw, dining
and sitting-rOOms, side shows, and the Ike,
with stage at the farther end, where en-
tertainments were given each night, and In
| the afternoon matinees Tor children. YES
| terday afternoon the entertainment was on
| the plan of the "Blackbird Pie" and this
delighted the children as much as the
"Chimes OF Normandy" under Miss Evans
direction, and the minstrel show, which was
fairy equal to the Richmond College Jolllfci 5
| tiOn.
before the entrance of the hall is pretty,
| large locomotive Of the Richmond and Dan
l.-flt Ia
storehOuse, where the door lOungers could
reach "A cigarette, a cigar or obtain slice OF
cake or a piece of tatly, without going fur
| ther.
The New England kitchen. in charge of
| the Misses RathbOne, was near by, as was
the refreshment tent presided over by the
| Elensinian Society.
Mrs. Johns and Mrs. Henderson had the
supper table; the County Ten h. ID. the
novel Harvest Home: Mrs. l.. L. Uhler
the "Cloyer Leaf; Mrs. II. l.. Wood the
| Old Dominion booth, with the Ministerine
| Children's League as assistants. The flower
stand was under charge of the W00dlawn
Farmers Club ladies, and Mrs. Captain
| Mushbach ran the grocery, and Mrs. de
Patron the fancy work booth. All assisted
in each case by host of young ladies, VINO
were as lively and as pretty as they could
well appear.
There were no games OF chance or the
| like, and no begging, as is often the case al
| such afiair5. Yet, Of course. there were ar
ticles to be sold--pictures, ball-slippers
clothing, dolls, canes, umbrellas, watches
jewelry, scratch-me-backs, gim-craoksu OF
all kinds, &c. 10 be voted for, and for these
the young men especially shelled out liber
ally. One of the best contests was for a
huge cake and green apple pie for the most
popular physician. The best people Of the
| town and Fairfax were interested in this
fair, and among its promoters your CORES
pondent noted the Reds, POwells, Minnige'
rodes, Lees, Parkers, Carlins, Corses
Peytons, Dangerfields, Brookes, KEN
pers. Herberts, Grahams, Kings, Lam
berts. Wheats. Hills, TaylOrs, Johns,
Johnsons, Ramsays, kn0xes, Dorseys,
O'Briens, Alexanders, Uhlers, Cheycliers.
Zimmermanns, Greens, Greenes. smoots.
| Wirts, Gibsons, Millers, Englishes, Houcks,
Chapmans, JamisOns, the Smythes, Smiths,
| ThompsOns, Joueses, and about all the other
families here, and of course their sisters,
cousins, and aunts were there, too.
| 1t was very pretty affair aud deserved
all the success it attained.
Mr.. Dudley j. Sanders, well-known and
popular railroad man Of upper Prince street.
and long an engineer on the Midland road,
died the other night of peritonltis. lie VIII
be buried tomorrow by the Pythians and
| Brotherhood, of which he was an active and
| influential member