The herald., 1895-12-11
THE POLITE WORLD

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The ladies of st. Johns Episcopal church
are holding midway Bazaar" in New
Music Hall on South Spring street. The
doors we're thrown open to the public yes
terday morning and the entertainment
will continue till Thursday night. Nothing
has been forgotten in making the affair a
visual as well as social and financial
success. That it is the former a casual
glance around the hall will testify. Artis-
| tistic booths presided over by lovely women
and girls, good music and refreshments of
various kinds so to make up a whole that
cannot fail to please the most critical.
L hose seeking gifts for Christmas will find
many useful and fancy articles and all
most reasonable. Directly opposite the
door is the American booth, gaily deco
rated with national colors, thanked by
stands OF arms and imposing with shields
and banners. The ladies are in colonial
and costumes of the present date. and
| make a charming and patriotic picture.
At this booth fancy articles of every de-
scription will be disposed of under the d-
rection of Mrs. j. L. Camels, assisted by
Mines. j. n. Hays, E. L. Swaine, j. p. Nc
Ciure, Willis Paris, L. P. Robertson. the
Jams and Stone. One of the booths that
attracts the most attention is the Mexican,
where hot tamales are served from the
hands of fair senoritas. The booth is COM
posed of cornstalks, frightened by Indian
blankets and Indian pottery hanging here
and there make an artistic setting for the
ladies that ale kept busy serving the Tempt
ing edibles, who are: Mrs. Crutcher and
Miss Grier, directoresses; Mrs. Page, the
Misses Vosburg, Miss Gertrude Mason, Miss
Elizabeth Alexander. Miss Evelyn Gwynne,
Mrs. WiIloughby Rodman. Miss Briggs,
Miss Algae Kelsey, Miss Elsie Holiday,
Miss Helen Reynolds. An exceedingly eff
fective feature of the bazaar is the Japan
csc booth and tea garden. All sorts of
curios, bric-a-brac, cups and saucers, jap
anese dolls, &C., will be found here in
charge of Miss L. LAM Folsom, directress,
Mrs. H. Lloyd Blocker, Miss Cora Mather,
Miss Daft, Miss Blocker, Mrs. P. Webster,
Miss Marian E. Folsom. Miss Hazen, Miss
Winnie Bleecker.
Southern hospitality is dispensed at the
Creole booth. Gumbo fillet is served in
the most tempting form by Misses I. l..
Winder. Wesley, Clark. Mcconnell. Sem
Ter, the Misses Bonsall, Huntley, Winder,
Hunter and Libby. The Swiss booth is
decorated with Swiss colors and climbing
up the sides and roof of the artistic little
villa are morning glories lending their
bright colors to enhance the beauties of
the scene. The costumes of the ladies worn
here are of Swiss design. fashioned out of
paper, as are also the articles for sale,
which are varied and numerous. Mrs.
Posey is in charge here, with the able help
of Mrs. Van Gelson, the Misses Boles.
, Houghton and Bridges. The vivid con-
| trasts of scarf ets and white surmounted by
| the union jack and tastefully trimmed with
striking booths in the hall. Mrs. Sheldon
Borden, who has charge of the booth. has
gathered together some choice fancy arti-
cles of all kinds, including some exquisite
hand painted work. The ladies who assisted
her are: Mrs. William Allen. Miss Marie
Wellborn, Miss Violet Haas. Mrs. Harry
G. Stephens, Mrs. Z. A. Meserve. Miss
Mile Kurtz, Miss Vrgie Grier, Miss Lillian
Welborn, Miss Mabel Ryland.
The most complete of the collect tons and
worthy OF considerable attention is the art
gallery. Among the curios is an ancient
Japanese altar to the God Shinto, Budd-
hist censor, an Armenian Bible 900 years
old, specimens from Mt. Ararat, Russian,
Egyptian, Alaska, Japanese and Indian
! curios. old paintings from the oldest ca
thedral in Mexico. Mrs. H. B. Strange
has ransacked the private collections of
many of our best known citizens, and has
succeeded in gathering together some rare
works of art, including foreign curios,
wood carving, etc. Some of the leading
artists of the city have placed many of
their best works in this exhibition. There
will be an extra charge of ten cents to this
department. In charge of it are:
Mrs. II. b. Strange, directress; Mrs.
Vanderwerker. Mrs. Mcclellan. Miss Anita
Rhodes, Mrs. Frank Il. Walsh, Mrs. Por-
ter, Miss Bassett, Miss WHEN Jenkins,
Mrs. Frank Taylor, Mrs. Wotkyns. Miss
Minnie Cronkhte,
The booths are so numerous and all SO
complete in every detail that q want Of
space prevents special mention of them
all. The bazaar is an undoubted success,
and can we'll run today and tomorrow with
| assurance of big crowds.
Mr.. Willey's orchestra rendered the fol-
lowing excellent programme last night,
! and an equally good one will follow this
evening and tomorrow: March. King
Cotton, Sousa: overture dramatic, Emil. !;
Little Christopher, Arr. Tobani; Sultan's
| Guard, Goo; selection. Bohemian Girl,
| Balfe; French horn solo. Titl's Serenade.
clarionet obligato (the first time this has
ever been given in this city,, Arr. j. f..
/ Wiley; cocoanut dance, Hermann inter-
mezzo, Cayaieria Rusticana, Mascagni;
medley, popular airs, Arr. j. r. Wiley !;
| Stabat Mater, Rosini.
The committees are as follows
Executive committee Mrs. Posey, Mrs.
| r. A. Eisen, Mrs. f. X. Folsom.
Reception committee The executive,
together with Mrs. B. w. II. Tayler, Miss
f. G. Mccullough.
/ Secretary-Mrs. Crutcher.
Treasurer Mrs. McMilen,