The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-02-28
The Kermiss.

The grand Kermiss of Trades, to be given
under the auspices of the Samaritan Associ-
alton, will begin at City Hall Monday night
and will continue three days. terminating on
the 4th with bail. The Bazaar will be
open every afternoon, for the sale Of fancy
and useful articles. There is very large
and competent committee in charge, who
have been very active, working day and
night, and what they have accomplished
will surprise those who are not In their Sc
crets. One of the novel features will be an
orange tree, from which visitors, for small
fee, can select the bright and handsome
fruit, the contents of which will be sur
prise. and we trust pleasant one. The
ladies' committee In charge of the Kermiss
will hold reception every afternoon, and
chocolate and crackers will be served free to
callers. The room occupied by the commit
tee will be fitted up by FL. j. Bailey g. Co..
the popular decorators. Mr. and Mrs. Pool
or. of the Sherwood" will have charge Of
the dining room, where excellent dinners
and suppers will be served. The ice creams
will be favored with the Foss flavoring ex-
tracts. Flowers from DaYis's will be on sale
The flower and bee dance, which will open
the evening Monday. is something entirely
new. Seventeen little girls and thirteen boys
will take part. the girls dressed as flowers
and the boys as humble bees, there being
queen OF the flowers and king of the bees.
The dance, which is conducted about the
queen on her floral throne, Is really little
story, and represents morning, noon and
night At the close pretty tableaux will be
formed, and the dance will be one Of the
prettiest events Of the evening.
In the tennis dance, which Is performed in
full tennis costume, 81 young masters and
misses will take part. and the dance will be
full OF vigor and interest. 1t Is divided into
two Darts. the racquet drill and the quadrille
The event on which the most care has been
lavished is the minuet, which will
be performed by 16 well known young ladies
and gentlemen. They will appear in Louis
XIV. costumes, which were made for the &C.
casion. and are perfect in every detail. Spe-
cial music will be rendered, and the prof.
cheney which the dancers display lis surpris-
ing even to their teacher. This will be the
event of the evening, and all will await it
with interest
As Mrs. George Moore will be unavoidably
absent, her place on the executive committee
will be supplied by Mrs. Fred Harrington.
A musical programme will be rendered by
Gilberps orchestra during the evening, CIV
ing very enjoyable concert.
The following are the officers of the Ker-
miss:
Marshal-Edward SWEET.
Aides Charles A. Plummer Fred r. Earring
ton, X. L. Mcclellan, CLAYTON WhippIa n O,S
ODonoghue, Jr EDWARD q. SWEET, Harry Kim,
Knight. -
The ladies who have solicited entries to
the Kermiss are respectfully notified that the
coupons descriptive of the entry must be de.
hvered to Mr.. Benson, treasurer. by o'clock
today. No entries can be received that are
not made and coupons therefor so deposited
with Mr.. Benson by that time. The order of
procession will be announced in the daily pa
pers on Monday.