Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-14
THE SACRED HEART cHuRcH.
A Most successful Fair Given for IL
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A Most Successful Fair Given for Its
Benefit.
The fair for the benefit of the compile
tion of the Sacred Heart church, in East
Los Angeles, was opened last night in
Botiller hall, corner of Downey avenue
and Chestnut street. The ladies in the
lunch room had lunch in the afternoon,
and did very well, but the fair proper
was not opened until the evening. The
hall was crowded during the entire even
ing, and quite an amount was realized.
Among the articles to be voted is q gold
headed cane, which is to go to the most
popular man for mayor of Los Angeles.
Mayor Hazard and Councilman McGarry
are the candidates, and it was nip
and tuck with them last night.
One of the booths is dedicated
to Cleveland and the other to Harrison,
and each one is pulling hard for its can
didate. The programme last evening
was good throughout. Itwas published
in yesterdays HERALD, with the excep-
tfon Of Mrs. Lichtenstein. who per-
formed excellently on the violin, receiv-
ing an encore. The fair is under the
direction of Father Harnett. The ladies
in the lunch room will have dinner to-
day from 1850 am. to 2 pm,
The Lat stand was at the head of the
stairs. Misses Crowley were in charge.
The candy booth, the one always
popular with the young people, was in
charge of Mrs. Vivian, Mrs. Martinez,
Mrs. White, Mrs. MCLEAN, Mrs. Arm
strong and Miss Roussel.
Next to the candy booth was the
wheel of fortune. Pepper branches
formed the chief decorations, while
against this background Chinese paper
hawks were placed. A number of paper
roses were also partly hidden amid the
green clusters of the pepper branches.
It was in charge of Mrs. Joseph Mes
mer, Misses Lucy, Mrs. O'Connor, Mrs.
LIE Sage, Mrs. Ganahl, Mrs. Gfijalva,
Miss Jenkins and Misses Mohan.
Although the soda booth is the least
ostentatious one in the hall, it received
the most of the custom last night. The
decorations are simple, consisting Of
pepper branches, surmounted by q palm
leaf. The booth was in charge of Mrs.
LIE Sage and Miss Matte Labory.
Next to the soda booth is the crazy
quilt booth. The decorations are white
lace, festooned in front and partially
uluueu ny pToluSiOu Oh pepper
branches and the national colors. Nu-
merous pieces of the ladies' handiwork
are displayed here, the most noteworthy
being an elegant quilt, in the back of
the booth. The quilt will be ratified
during the fair. Mrs. Geo. B. Griffin,
Miss Helen Griffin, Misses Ganahl and
Misses Barrett were in charge.
The fish pond booth consists of two
parts, the fish pond and the fancy booth
proper. The booth shows to excellent
advantage. The decorations are of pink
cloth. festooned at regular intervals and
tied at different places by blue bows.
Over the pink drapery is a tracery of
ivy leaves and evergreens. The usual
number of fancy articles are displayed,
The booth is conducted by Mrs. Piefer,
Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Gloss, Miss Vignes,
Miss Godfrey, Miss keenan, and Misses
Dolenty.
Today's programme is as follows:
Piano solo, selected-Miss Lottie Brown.
Song, Afterward-Mrs. B. Boyer.
Piano solo, The Union-Miss Viola Bennett.
Song, Lullaby-Miss Kittie Cooke.
Violin solo-Mme. B. Lichtenstein.
Comic song-John Cooke.
Selection from Gottschalk, piano-Miss Viola
Bennett. s
Vic. in solo, selection from Trovatore-Mme.
B. Lichtenstein.
Song, Oh, Leave Not Your Kathleen-Lttle
Kittie Cooke.
Police drill-Slxteen boys.