The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-06
IN BRILLIANcE AND BEAUTY.
THE GUARDS FAIR OPENED UNDER
BRIGHT AUSPICES.

The Bazar Hall Crowded with the
Members of the battalion and
Their Friends From the Opening
Hour Until 1iIdnight-The Scene
an Animated One-The First Night
IA Satisfactory one to the Fair
Committee.
The Guards Fair opened last night IN
der bright auspices indeed and with fiat
tering prospects for its success. The at
1 tendance wos very large and there was a
/ fJli corps Of enthusiastic workers on hand.
/ Before o'clock the lady mana gers or the
I booths and Their assistants and the chair
men and their committees were on hand.
together with a large number Of friends.
( Shortly after Col. Garrsrd marched the
battalion 200 strong into the bazar hall,
/ where the men were dismissed. The crowds
/ poured I'm rapidly between and 8 clock.
and the scene in the hall was bright
/ and animated one. The crowd held on
I well up 10 the time Of closing, midnight,
and the sales were very satisfactory The
arrangement and decorations of the hall
are excellent, but the lovely faces and
pretty dresses of the young ladies' add
/ much more to the picture. Many OF the
friends Of the battalion from the other
companies attended in uniform.
The arrangement of the departments and
booths is as follows:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hall, j. T. c.
Myers chairman; ball room. r. W Cum
nlneham; supper room, Mrs. L. J.
Thomas.
Booths-No. 1, right Of entrance, tobacco
table, Mrs. Fred Myers; No. 2. right OF en-
] trance ~ tel
Baldwin; No. 3, right Of entrance. linen
table Mrs. T. s. Wylly; No. /, left of en-
trance, lemonade WELL Mrs. II. Roth: No
Z. lett OF entrance, paper booth, Mrs. w
K Leakin; No. 3, left of entrance, haber-
dashery, Mrs. C. p. Walker; No. 4, left Of
entrance, battalion table, Miss Cosens:
east END commissary supply department.
MRS. Craig; center, candy booth, Mrs.
george A. Mercer, Jr.; right of stairway
dancing room; left of stairway. supper
ROOM headquarters of floor committee and
information bureau in balcony at north
east end Of hall
There is considerable rivary among the
iadies at The various booths as to which
shal DO the largest business, and the
workers at the booths are very active. The
coromlssary department has been very
tasteIully arranged, and is doing a rush
ing business. The ladies in charge of
this department whose names were omit
mrs A. @ Craig, Mrs. Julian NJ. Solomon.
mrs. Adolph Berg, Misses Birdie Kayton
Ruth kayton, Sara Newman, Jeanne Low
enstein, Maud Rousseau, Lula Davis. Eva
smith, Kate Goette, Annie Goette and
Josie Hyams.
Mayor Myers and several of the alder
men honored the fair with their presence.
The fair is destined to prove a great at
traction to visitors to the city There
We're number from out Of town the first
night. Among them were Senator S. r.
Harris of Jesup, Hon. Alfred Harrington
OF Swansboro and Mr.. George NJ. Brn-
son OF St-lnlore. Invitations to attend the
tair have been sent to the military COM
panies Of Augusta Brunswick, Waycross,
Naldosta ThomasVille, Waynes boro,
Statesboro, Darien, Sylvania, Liberty
county and elsewhere. The railroads have
made special rate of one fare for the
round trip to visiting military and fam
lilies OF their members without anv re
stricton as TO numbers, and it is ex-
| pected that the invitation win be gener-
ally accepted.
a special invitation has been sent to Col.
Robert G. Ingersoll to attend tomorrow
night. A committee has been appointed
to invite the Michigan Retail Lumber
Dealers Associat ton, which will visit the
city next week
The supper room is in charge of Mrs.
y. J. Thomas, assisted by Mrs. Withers,
Mrs. Lamar, Mrs. ID. b. Wells, NJ SIS
Wells. Mrs. West Mrs. Charles Gibbs,
Mrs. p. Il. Lyman, Misses Belle McAlpin
Alice Bates, Kate Busy and Allie
Barnes Mrs. }. c. Postell and Miss
Lewis are in charge of the ices. The sup
per room was literally patronzed last
night. The committee offers special in
| ducements to theater parties and will
| provide private suppers at short notice.
pretty feature of the paper booth pre-
sided over by Mrs. LealSen is the color
scheme. The booth was decorated in pink
last evening and the young lady attend
ants wore pink paper waists. The colors
Will be changed every other evening.
The cigar and coffee booth in charge
of Mrs, Fred Myers did a lively business
There is quite a lively contest over the
battalion coat of arms at the battalion
table, presided over by Miss Cosens which
VIII be voted to the most popular bat
talon captain. There are many other
features to interest the visitors and keep
| the workers busy A large transparency
| in front of the entrance on Bull street
| announces that admission is free 1t
does not say what it costs to get out.
/ however. During the fair male Wis
itors will be admitted to the privileges
/ of the club on the third floor of the
building when accompanied by a mem
Der of the club.
! Policeman Jernigan has been assigned
/ by Chief McDermott to regular duty at
/ the fair during it's continuance Detec-
/ tives Lilienthal and Kaufman have been
! engaged by the committee to watch out
I for SUSPICIOUS characters.