The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-11-15
FAIRS ALI THE RAGE.
A Church That Hasn't One
Is Not in the Swim
Now.
THERE'S THOUSANDS IN THEM.
Some Of the More Notable Ones,
Past and to Come. in This
City-Other Matters of
Interest.

Fairs are the main features of interest
in churches at present. Go where you
will. either a fair has just been closed or
there is one in progress or one in con-
temptation. From a financial stand
point fairs are a success, and those just
passed nave reaped a rich harvest. Al
though the annual fair means a great
deal of work. it also bring the amount re-.
CURED to meet any deficiency, in aid of
which it is given. The Miniature
Worlds Fair" held by the ladies of the
First Baptist Church realized a good
sum. 1t was given to raise enough
/. money to support the choir Of the church
for the year, and succeeded admirably.
The Carnival of Authors' under the
Gould of the Holy Gross" of St. Johns
Free Church, cleared as they intended to,
Two hundred dollars.
1t is to be appropriated entirelyt to chart
table purposes. The Home of the homeless
far, through the earnest endeavors of its
efficient board of managers, cleared be-
tween four and five hundred dollars. 1t
is their intention to use it in the interest
of a worthy object. to poor children in the
Home. During the week st. PauI fair
opened. or course the result Is not yet
known, but the attendance was evidence
of a substantial addition to the improve
ment fund, the chief object for which tine
ladies held it.
FAIRS TO mi
The fairs to come have promising pros
poets and like those Of the past will not
fail to draw enough people together to at
tain the desired results. The ladies of
the South Bergen Reformed Church are
arranging to hold one on December 3 and
4, ii aid of the building fund. Another
one under Roadway to open December 3,
4 and 5 Is undsr the auspices OF the La
dies Aid Society of the Emory Methodist
Church. who expect to have a grand
bazaar, and make quite enough to meet
the interest on the church debt.
The Tabernacle too will hold
one on December /. 2 and 8. on as
elaborate a scale as the former ones. using
the money, thongh,for a somewhat differ
ent purpose than any other veal. The
proceeds will go to add necessary articles
of furniture to the Peoples Palace. Last
of all comes the fair under the manage
ment of the ladies of st. Johns German
Reformed Church. This one will not take
place until February. There is a debt of
$500 on the church which must be met,
and by this means the members hope TO
accomplish it. Many ladies are kept busy
from year to year. their fair work often
occupying leisure hours in the summer
when, chatting at the shore or mountain,
they bring into use their little work bags,
which seem to contain SO little. but winch
little tends to help a great work.
WoMEN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The convention OF the Women'S Mis-
sionary Society of the South Chassis of
the Reformed Church will be held on the
10Th of this month in the Bergen Re-
formed Church. There will be u morn
ing and afternoon session. 1t will open
with devotional exercises and the read
ing Of the reports from the different
societies by the Secretary will follow.
Mrs. Kate Browmley Horton of Port
Richmond, S. l., will deliver an address.
and there will be speaking by Mrs. S. l..
Baldwin, President of the Women's Branch
OF Missions of New York. The ladies of
the church will serve a collation. at noon
time in the church parlor. Another
event to occur in the church on the even
ings of the 22d and 23d is the third ami
versary of the Society of Christian En-
deavor. Al seven O'Clock it will open
with a prayer meeting, after which there
will be Il public service, to which all are
cordially invited. Mr. Henry Fitch. Jr.,
aud Mr.. William Terhune will address
them, as will also the pastor, the Rev.
Cornelius Brett. The second evening
will be spent socially and arrangements
are being made to accommodate a large
number of guests at the social gathering.