Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-24
SCENES OF EXQUISITE BEAUTY.

The Flower Show at St. PauI,s Epfs-
 copal ChuFch-Artistfc Decorations
 in the GuiId-house of the Church
 Those Who Were Present.
 Nearly a thousand people, all told, at tended the flower show of the St. PauPs church Sunday school yesterday afternoon and evening. The show was very artistic and beautiful affair and brought great credit to the young ladies who perfected the arrangements and decorated the sev- eral rooms. A small admission fee was charged, although in the afternoon the Guild-house was thrown open to the smaller children, all of whom very much enjoyed the beautiful sights that were to be found everywhere. In the evening many prominent people, both of the church and outsiders, visited the show, and the rooms were gay with the bright faces and costumes of the large number of young men and ladies who thronged about the flower stands and the ice cream coun- ters.
 As one entered the hall of the guild the small rooms on either side were seen to be used as refreshment rooms, in which the young ladies who waited on the tables ran to and fro with the light collation. served. The Sunday school room was 6 mass of beautiful flowers. In the exact center of the room stood an arbor house sixteen by fourteen feet square and eight feet high, the creation of Lawyer Charles Fl. Hayden. The house was constructed with gabled roof, four rafts on each side, and nothing but the framework of the structure con- cealed the abundant display of cut flowers within. The building itself bore pretty yellowish-green appearance, being covered with ivy and golden-rod and greenery of various kinds. The flower sales were con ducted by Miss Jennie Rowland, Miss Can field, Miss Mary Lampert and the Misses Babcock
 To the right of the arbor house were col lections of towering plants loaned by the rector, Rev. E. S. Lines, MT. John Bradley and Mrs. D. s. Glenny.
 Conspicuous among the plants were two specimens of the night blooming cereus which by happy chance had burst their blossoms at o'clock on the evening of the show. To the left of the arbor was ranged line of ferns, potted plants and flowers, contributed for the occasion by Judged. c. Hollister, MT. John Hains and the children of the Sunday school. Not to be forgot ten among these were the handsome flow CTS which have been raised by Lewis Chandler, the venerable sexton of St. Paurs, in the back of the churchyard
 Up stairs in the spacious guild room of the church was the art department of the show, contributed by a corps of young la dies under the direction of Miss Hattie Lewis. The decorations of the room were in a light yellow-bronze, and about thirty paintings and drawings were hung about the walls, all contributed by the following ladies:
 Miss Euuice Barney, Miss Fannie Hall, Miss Lewis, Miss Candee, Miss Dudley, Miss Rosa Fleetwood, Miss Nellie Peck, Miss Nellie Holcomb. Miss Lela Wells, Miss May Lsmport, Miss Jennie Bulkeley.
 The most beautiful piece of work, per haps, in the department. was the painting of twenty costly plates of china by Miss Fannie Hall. This china painting was marvel of exquisite beauty and taste. Very pretty embroidery was also contributed by Miss Nellie Peck
 At frequent intervals through the after noon and evening the New Haven Orches- tral club under the direction of Mir. Arthur Jackson discoursed music. Mrs. F. c. Rowland was the efficient and courteous manager of the whole exhibition. The Rev. MT. Lines did much to the success of the entertainment. Among the prominent visitors were: Lieutenant Governor Samuel E. Merwin, Colonel c. B. Wooster, Mir. and Mrs. George Hotchkiss, William F. Coburn, Henry W. Foster, MT. and Mrs John c. Hollister, ex-Mayor and Mrs. H. G. Lewis, ex-Postmaster Benjamin R. English. MT. and Mrs. 0. s. Moorehouse, MT. and Mrs. T. M. Prentice, Mr. Isaac Thomas, MT. Robert Foote, MT. H. W. Mansfield