The Washington times., 1894-10-03
CHURCH OF THE HOLY NAME.
Rey. DR. Stafford's Eloquent Address
Parish Hall to Be Built.


Ladies OF the Congregation Open Fair
Rey. DR. stafford's Eloquent Address
Parish Hall to Be Built.
Words of counsel, warning, and encourage
ment to members of the Church OF the Holy
Name and Catholics in general were couched
in the address of Rev. DR.. D. ]. Stafford. OF
st. Patrick's Church, at the opening OF the
Holy Name Church fair in Carroll Hall last
night.
DR.. Stafford is regarded as one of the most
eloquent pulpit orators in the archdiocese OF
Baltimore, and did not fail to sustain his rep
utation last night. He was introduced by
Father Delaney, pastor of the Holy Name
parish, and began his address by saying that
when churches are erected they should be as
imposing and substantial as the Christian re-
ligion which they represent. Continuing, he
said:
''In these later years there has sprung up in
America an organization whose avowed pur-
pose is opposition to the Catholic Church
and religion. 1t is doing everything in its
power to hinder the work and Illustrate the
plans of our clergy and lay workers. But the
Catholic Church is rightly not attempting to
counteract the evil influences of this har-
binger of the disruption of American civiliza-
ton by organizations with an opposite pur-
pose in the same field. The Catholic religion
and church is the grandest and best religion
that the world has ever known and will con-
tinue to be so long as the members of its par
ishes remain true to the fundamental prlnc1-
Piles of the organization"
The receipts OF the fair, which opened last
night are to be used in the erection of par
ish hail in northeast Washington. in which
location there in not now Catholic Church
building. The Holy Name parish was only
recently organized, and the fair is under the
auspices of the ladies Of that church.
The several booths are arranged on each
side of the spacious hall and present hand
some appearance with their tasteful decora-
tions, red, white, blue, and green bunting
palms and cut flowers. Each booth was IN
charge of a corps of pretty young ladies at
tired in dresses corresponding with the color
| of their respective stands.
The center of attraction last night was al
! the Knights of st. John table, in charge oi
| Miss Josephine Lenahan and Mrs. julia
| Skelly, assisted by Mesdames N. Ebert, E.
| Collins, NJ Horrigan, e. Keen, and Misses NJ
| Harper E. Corcoran, NJ. Rainey NJ. Sullivan
L. Frizzell, c. Collins, NJ. Schermerhorn, J.
! Butler, NJ Mack, NJ. Moore, n. Horrigan
anc E. Keen.
The other tables and their attendants were
Holy Name-Mrs. John Curran and Miss
! Bannon, assisted by Mesdames Castell, dc
CafTerty, Hogue, Keppele, McDevitt, and
Dyer, and Misses Donyey Mcmahon, F. Hark
ness, ~ and J. Mccarthy. VI. Bannon. NJ
! Curran, A. Wilson, E. StuDbs, C. Eagan. NJ
Fitzgerald. H. Knighton, ]. S. Steffani. A
| Myers. and Messrs. Castell, Skinner, McNa
mara. and Callahan.
! ST. Patrick's table-Miss Ellen NJ. KilIen
| assisted by Misses Maggie and Susie Killen
| Sara Maloney, NJ. Spillane, A. Miller, and 4
| Halloran.
Annex Japanese booth-Misses Agnes xii
| len, Rena Downing, and Annie Mccormick.
| Sunday-school table-Miss Katie Geier, as
| sisted by Misses Hannah Altman, Annie Muir
| phy Fannie Berry, Rose Geier, Agnes Sauter
Lizzie Mason, Grace Kent. Maggie Sexton
| Ida Waller and Mesdames Ida Geier, A 2
! Geier and Messrs. Ralph Dittoe, Fred Hard
rup, John Offenstein. J. Aisles, W. A. Lusby
| w. Bishop, and Joseph Geier.
Confectionery table-Ths Misses Conner
assisted by Mesdames NJ. Israel, NJ. Dugan
l. Dugan, and Misses T. Piper. A. Sullivan
! E. Dugan. A. Curry M. Sullivan. X. Horri
gan. n Piper. NJ. Neumeyer, and L. Kearney
! Cigars and soft drinks in charge OF G. G
Kidwell, assisted by Messrs. n. Clements,
S. Murphy, and T. S. Connor.
Supper table-Mesdames Rice, LutZ. Weber
! Schu, Thyson, Hammond. and Mendenhali
and Misses n. Mcdonald, l.. Mcdonald, anC
J. Delehue.
Paddle stand-Messrs. NJ. Elbert and T
Bresnahan.
Miss Bessie Earle has charge of the edi
| torial department OF the Daily Fair journal
which will record the happenings of the fai
from day to day, and present the news to il
readers in an attractive style.