The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-09
RADIANT WITH FLOWERS.
Crowds Visit the ChrySanthemum
Show at the Guards ATmOry Hall.

! Judging from the First Day the
Entertainment Will Be a Grand
Success-It Will Be Continued To-
| day and To-morrow-Additi to
! Be Made to the Flowers and Deco
rations This Afternoon-The Flow
ers to Be Cut and Sold Tonight
An Elegant Bill of Fare Prepared.
Judging the success of the first
| day of the chrysanthemum show, the
orphans of Savannah will not suffer for
sometime to come, and to all appearances,
they will be well fixed for the winter.
The crowds came and went yesterday
afternoon and last night from the time
the doors of the Guards armory hall
were opened. The sight was a beautiful
and brilliant one to behold Hundreds
of chrysanthemums of all shades and
varieties, the snow white being in great
est number, filled the hall. They were
arranged in groups with almost perfect
taste, and in each group there were
specimens of every class of the much ad-
mired flower. The display was elegant,
and was the subject of favorable coments
from the admiring crowds that visited
the show during the evening
PLANTS FOR TO-DAY AND TONIGHT.
The display to-day and tonight, while
it cannot be more beautiful, will be still
more complete. Mr.. Oelschig necessarily
had to deplete his stock to some extent
last night on account eff the Hirsch-Weil
wedding, many of his plants being taken
to the De Soto to decorate the dancing
hall. All of these will be taken to the
Armory hall this morning. and they will
be on exhibition with the others this
afternoon and tonight.
The show began yesterday afternoon at
4 O'Clock, and during the afternoon the
orphans from the Savannah Female Asy-
lum were taken to the hall and treated to
a lunch. This afternoon the children
from the Episcopal Orphans Home and
from st. Marys Orphanage will have
their turn and an elegant lunch will be
served them. Mr.. Chas. Prendergast has
donated S. toward treating the orphans.
and others have signifed their intentions
of contributing also to this fund. Last
year one person who was unknown to the
ladies' sent in check for $50 to pay for
treating all the orphans in these institu-
tions, but this year the ladies have de-
termined to raise fund for that purpose.
and several subscriptions have been sent
in already.
AN EXCELLENT BILL OF FARE.
The ladies who have the entertainment
in charge are devoting their entire time
and attention to the work. They have
prepared an excellent bill of fare, and
can serve as elegant and delightful a sup
per as can be obtained anywhere. All
the articles, except those which are
served hot, have been prepared in some
OF the best households in the CITY The
bill of fare includes stewed, fried and
scalloped oysters, the oysters being pre-
pared and sent up hot by Mr.. j. j. Sulli-
van, OF restaurant fame, who
has made quite a liberal dona-
fish chowder, cakes and ices of every de-
scription, hot coffee and chocolate GRO
quettes and almost everything that one
would want for an elegant luncheon or
supper. The ladies hope that as many of
the gentlemen as can do so will take
their supper there tonight, and that
those leaving the theater after the
Guards Ministries will stop by and get
their lunch.
FLOWERS TO BE CUT TONIGHT.
The flowers will be cut tonight for
those who desire to purchase them. The
chrysanthemums will be sold at 81 a
dozen, and the large single flowers at so
cents each. A large number of the flow
ers were engaged yesterday, many of
them being rented, the plants to be re-
turned to Mr.. Oelschig after the blossoms
are faded.
A large attendance is expected and de-
sired this afternoon and tonight. A
large addition will be made to the decora-
tions and to the number of plants on ex-
hibition The Regimental band will play
on the balcony inside the hall during the
entire evening. Music was discoursed
last evening at the door of the hall by
MiddletOn's band.
The ladies have met with such a large
measure of success, so far, that they win
continue TIE entertainment to-day and
tomorrow night. Everyone agrees that
the display far surpasses that of last year
and, so far, it has met with more liberal
patronage.