The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-05
TO OPEN THE FAIR TONIGHT.
bright UNIFORMS AND FAIR
FACES WILL GRACE THE
OCCASION.

The Work OF Preparation to BE
Completed To-doy-The Arrange
ment of the Booths and the Ladies
Who VIII BE in Charse-LiberaI
Contributions and n Fright Pros
pect for the Fair-TO BE the Cen
ter of Attraction for Two Weeks.
The Savannah Volunteer Guards fair
viii open tonight a O'Clock. The pre-
partitions for the fair are rapidly being
completed and by tonight the whole sec
OAd floor Of the Guards building win pre-
sent a beautiful picture, which viii be well
set of by the uniforms of the men and the
lovely dresses Of the still more lovely
young ladies who have volunteered to as
sist in the conduct Of the fair.
The work Of preparation went busily
ahead yesterday. Before daylight yester-
day morning tbs drill room was lit up and
the carpenters were at work finishing the
booths. By O'Clock the hall was ready
for the committees TO take possession and
proceed with their work, which they did.
The committee on subscriptions, Of which
Lieut.. J. Ferris Cam is chairman, was
hard at work al day receiving the dona-
lions as they came in, and placing them in
position. There are many donations yet
70 come in, and the committee hope that
they viii be sent in as early as possible
this morning. The principal work was
done yesterday, and the main work to-day
will be the distributing Of the contribu-
tons to the various booths. The han pre-
scented a very pretty scene last night, al
though the work was not complete. The
chairmen of committees and their assis-
tants were on hand, and all as busy as
bees. The arrangement of the main hall
and the ladies who viii have charge of the
booths are as follows:
/ on the right OF the entrance is the cigar
and coffee booth. presided over by Mrs.
/ Fred Myers, assisted by Mrs. Cooper My
ers. Misses Mary Appleton, duBignon,
/ Huger, Haskell Phillips and others. The
/ booth is handsomely decorated in orange
and Green.
Next is the novelty booth, decorated in
I broad bands OF lemon, white and gold. Mrs.
I George J. Baldwin viii preside here.
/ sisted by Mrs. C. a. Cosens, Mrs. I. n.
! Cunningham. Jr., Mrs. Charles Ellis, Jr.,
/ and Misses Woodbridge, Virginia
/ Cunningham, jamie Cunningham, Thomas,
/ Backus, Nellie Baldwin and others
/ The linen table comes next, dressed in
/ green and white. Mrs. 4. S. Wylly, Jr.,
/ Is in charge here, assisted by Mrs w. 7.
/ Villains, Mrs. II. D. Stevens. Mrs. J. c.
/ LeHardy, Mrs. II. r. Moore, Misses Hat
/ tie Hardie, Ida May, Bessie Bond Maggie
/ stiles, Emma Hopkins and others
The whole eastern end is occupied ; - the
inn, far1 90,
/ of which is attested by the quantities Of
! goods of all descriptions stored there. Mrs.
/ Craig is in charge of this department, with
! Mrs Berg and Mrs. Julian NJ. Solomon,
I assisted by quite number OF young ladies'.
The battalion table comes next. It is
/ decorated in grey and red the Guards
/ colCrs, and a handsome coat Of arms OF
I the battalion, painted by Mr.. John Nj.
/ Bryan, occupies a conspicuous place. This
/ will be voted to the most popular captain
/ of the battalion. Miss Cosens is in charge
/ here She has with her Mrs. T. F. Cha.
/ peau, Mrs. f. Newman Mrs. A. II. Mac
/ Doneu Misses Julia owens, Maud Smith,
! Josie O'Bryne, Elise Chapeau, Pinkie
/ Chapeau, Katie Gaudry, Kate Bussey,
/ Jennie May, Clark. Berg and others
The paper booth is in the northeast cor
ner. 1t is beautifully decorated in white
and gold Mrs. ". r. Leaken has charge
/ here assisted by Mrs. ]. NJ. Bryan and
! Misses Richmond, Hunter, Barrow, Free
man, Saussy, Jones, Stiles, Lucy CHS
/ holm and others
on the left of the entrance is the lemon
| ade table, with the time indicator, new
/ and popular device for securing the shek-
els. Mrs George Nicoll is in charge here,
assisted by Mrs H. Roth and Misses Sal
/ lie Shellman, Annie Harmon, p izabeth
Harmon, Magnes Loewenthal, Belle Hop
/ kins, Carrie Wade and others.
/ In the center of the room is the candy
booth, decorated in empire style with pink
azaleas and bamboo. a charming bevy of
young ladies viii have charge Of it. Mrs.
/ George A Mercer, Jr.. is chairman, as
sisted by Mrs. W. c. Hartridge, the Misses
Stiles Misses Henrietta Myers, Salhe Has
kell, Mary White, Elise Rauers, Elliott and
others.
The floor committee will have its head
quarters in the balcony in the northeast
corner of the hall.
Mr.. ]. f. c. Myers is chairman of the
! floor committee and is in charge of the
| arrangements about the rooms in which
the fair and it's adjunct entertainments
will be held. He has placed Mr.. R. w
Cunningham in charge of the dancing and
music features, and Mr.. Z. H. O'Connor,
who will be assisted by Mrs. George p.
Walker, will have charge of all articles
not assigned to special booths or tables.
Mr.. j. NJ. Fleming has been designated
as the general bureau of information and
he will keep fully posted on everything
going on during the progress of the fair.
The reading room on the right from the
stairway will be used for dancing. There
will be dancing there every night from
1890 o'clock until midnight. The res
taurant is situated on the left of the stair
way in the parlors. 1t will be presided
over by Mrs. Z. ]. Thomas, Mrs. ]. B.
Withers, Mrs. George w Lamar Mrs
j. c. Postell, Mrs. c.. A. Gibbs with nu-
merous assistants.
The only formality in the opening of
the fair will be the marching of the
battalion in fun Uniform into the bazaar
room. The battalion viii be dismissed
in very short order, and the members
set TO work TO help their lady friends in
the various departments.