The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-05
BETHANY BAZAAR.
Many Pretty Booths and Prettler Girls
at infantry Hall.
Opening OF Annual Festival Attended
by Big Crowd--Governor Brown and
STAFF Guests OF the Evening.

Governor Brown was never more grace
fully received on any OF his various
"nights or days" in the last three
years than last night, when seven little
his staff at the entrance to Infantry Hall
and escorted them to the officers booth In
the Bethany Union Bazaar.
IL was the frst night Of the festival and
everything went sr Just as the ladies
wanted 1t to--a coed attendance, big sales
the music, the booths, the decorations,
the lunches and the pretty attendants.
began the ''standard Bearer" when Fred
Stiles and Ebsn Marsh, as pages, fol-
lowed by Louise Whitehouse, Nell
NJ Marsh Wal .s Esss Si,n., a:sr 1s t. sI'is sr.
In the costumes Of fairies, marched across
the hall, made their bows TO His Excel
lency and led him and his stan TO the
ladies on the reception committee.
teur of the hall was made, during which
the guests were met and saluted by the
gayly dressed GyPsies from Camp Alkavia,
and the formal reception was ever.
The hall never looked prettier with It's
array Of tsstefully arranged and highly
decorated Booths, and as usual the num-
berof very pretty girls In evening dress
er In the NO less catching costume OF the
table girls, is enc Of the most pleasing
lCatuIcb Ot tnon nnONs
Over In the organ corner oil the hall the
Bshemisns have pitched their tents and
built their fres within a cosy enclosure
of hr trees, where Lcleta and Tasora have
little wigwams of their own for the telling
OF fortunes. The deniEens OF the camp
are:
Misses Jessie Kitch (Lsleta), Maud
Aldrich, Mabel Williams, Margaret Small,
Lucy Bates, Mary Cram, (Tasora), Katie
Wild, Elsie Tiff, May Frackeiton, Ger
truds Sawyer, Fannie Bailey, Bertha
Bailey, julia Potter, Josie Morse, Anna
Pope. Grace Bieknsll, Edith Stone, Lillian
Eddy, Mabel l.. Root, Hsrgie Whitehouse
(wisona) ard Ethel Westoott.
Mrs. Edward l.. Root is camp treasurer
and Mrs. George Brown and Mrs. X. M.
Harris are her assistants.
The different booths and tables are
looked after by the following ladies';
Flower-Chairman, Mrs. Frank +.
Marsh; treasurer, Mrs. William A. Lester
flower girls, Misses Lille Barnes, Alice
Knowles, Susie Marsh, Sadie Doty, Helen
Lesvsns, helen Whitney, Beth sulley,
Mile Horton, Louise Soule, Louise
Whitshouse.
Lsmonads-(Al Saints Memorial
Ckurch.) Chairman, Mrs. Edward Rogers
Young; treasurer, Miss Lillian Paddock;
assistants, Misses Maud Shepard, Mamie
Fowler, Anns Fowler.
Earle; treasurer, Mrs. Abbie ]. Slocum;
assistants, Mrs. Harry +. Miller, Mrs.
Bert Herten, Mrs. Theodore Hughes, Miss
Lille Reynolds.
George b. Amss; cashiers, Mrs. Eugene
1TngIsy, Miss Blanche Shaw; assistants,
Mrs. Robinson Pierce, Mrs. w. w. Webb,
Mrs. James Chace, Mrs. M. Darling, Mrs.
George William Davis, Mrs. Paine and
sixty waitrssses.
Csks-Chsirnsn, Mrs. John ID. Barnes;
treasurer, Mrs. Herbert NJ. Kimbsli;
assistsnts, Mrs. Frank Daughadsy, Mrs.
Jshn Bsckus. Mrs. Crawford, Miss Grace
Ralph, Miss Nellie Fish-s, Miss Grace
Greeley, Miss Clara Wright.
Chocolate - pilgrim Congregational
Churoh) Chairman, Mrs. Charles II.
Whssleck; treasurer, Miss Fannie Her
rick; assistant, Miss May Spencer.
Bethany Home-Chairman, Mrs. r. G..
Ostby; treasurer, Mrs. II. A. w. Harris |;
ASSISTANTS, Mrs. Fred ID. Carr, Mrs. Thomas
Rounds, Misses Annie Il. Phillips, Edna
w. Lewis, Edith 5. Burgess.
Oongrcgatisnal-Chair Mrs. +. p.
Capron; treasurer, Miss Mary "A. Hop
kins; assistants, Mrs. T. II. Vennerbeck,
Mrs. James woolworth, Miss Annie Sal
isbury.
Baptist-Chairmsn, Mrs. Jehn r. CAL
der; treasurer, Mrs. Charles ~. Elsbree
assistants, Mrs. John NJ. Rounds, Mrs.
William II. Sawyer, Mrs. William II.
Sawyer, Mrs. William A. Cook, Miss
Maud Calder, Miss Maybell Tilling hast,
Miss Clara Cobb, Miss Frances Calder.
Roger Williams r.. b. Church-Chsir-
man, Mrs. Frazk W. Marden, treasurer,
Mrs. Dsaiel q. Wood; assistant, Mrs.
Charles l.. Kettlsty.
Jewsiry, (All Saints Memorial Church)
Chairman, Miss Mary Eta Crossley !;
treasurer, Miss Rachael Crossley; assis-
tant, Mrs. William Z. smith.
Art-Chsirmap, Mrs. Maria l.. Bradley;
treasurer, Miss Matte II. Bradley; assist
ants, Miss Victoria wightmsn, Miss ABB
bic wightmsp.
Paper Chairman, Mrs. Samuel Brown
treasurer, Mrs. James Fl. Arlington, I'd.
The coat room will be in charge of Mr..
Fred +. Ingrshem.
Deer sttendants-Osmord II. Gay, Fred
r. Paysos, william z. Smith, Louis E.
Michon, Clarence A. Ryan.
The officers of the Bethany Home are:
Honorary-Prssidsnt, Mrs. ID. Russell
Brown; vice presidents. Mrs. r.. Benjamin
Andrews, Mrs. Frank #. Olney, Mrs.
George ". -Mattssnnr rMra--M MllI!spa-Ar
Crtns, Mrs. Alfred Stone, Mrs. Charles e.
Carpenter.
AotinE-Prssident, Mrs. Edwin Il. Call
der; vice presidents, Mrs. Benjamin M.
Earle, Mrs. Edward II. Pierce, Mrs. Chris
Hatch; clerk, Mrs. Noses L. PAUL..
Tonight is"Msyers evening" and Hon.
Frank Fuller Olney, with mem mbers OF the
city government, will be received by the
officers of the association, and tomorrow
evening Mayor Tispke OF Pawtucket is to
be the Susst.
ing by Hsdley's orchestra, and piano
recitsls in the afternoon by Mr.. Charles 3.