The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-03
CATHEDRAL PARISH FAIR.
Excellent Prospects Appear for 1t
This Week.


This Week.
One of the most artistically arranged
of bazars is the one being run this
week in Market hall by the women of
the Cathedral parish The fair opened
yesterday with good attendance. The
booths are handsome and neatly ar
ranged in the colors of the societies I'M
der whose management they are be-
ing operated and are in charge of
groups Of charming women of the par
ish whose brightness and wit attract
the stranger as much as do the hosts
Of pretty things, useful and otherwise,
which they offer for sale. Upon enter
ing the brightly lighted hall the booth
to the right is the Independent booth
in charge of women Of various societies,
and run independently of all. 1t is
handsomely decorated with flags and
red, white and blue bunting symbolic
of it's name, and is in charge Of Miss
Athey assisted by Misses Conway and
Delaney. Aprons and cushions are the
articles of commerce. In connection
with this booth is operated a wheel of
fortune under the management of Mar
tin Delaney and Thomas Murnane The
next booth in order is that Of the
Daughters of Erin, in charge of Mrs.
PCttgieser. This is green and white
stand, as one run by Irish women
should be, and all kinds of fancy arti-
cles are offered for sale by the "a wo-
men in charge. The women on the COM
mittee last evening were Mrs. t. w.
Mccoy, Mrs. B. Cummings, Miss E.
Breen, Miss McCarron, Miss Dugan,
Mrs. Driscoll, Mrs. J. H. Fleckey, Miss
Heating, Miss Clark. The booth of the
Sacred Thirst society comes next and
at one side of it is Struggled in neatly,
the stand Of an old apple woman in
the person of Mrs. John Churchill, at
tired in the garb of the typical street
vendor The booth itself is exceeding
ly pretty, being all in pure white. Mrs.
]. F. Kelly has charge, assisted by
c. J. Mccarthy and Mrs. Gooden; Mrs.
E. Curtiss, Miss J. O'Toole, Mrs. E. Nc
Avoy, Miss L. Smith, Mrs. M. Howe,
Miss Blanch Kelly and Miss Haas. A
shamrock lunch cloth is one of the at
fractions at this table as is a hand
made quilt of unique pattern. There
are four contests in progress at this
booth between Mrs. Kelly and Miss
Josie Cook for picture of Father Law
Ter: Miss Della Allie and Miss Annie
Dataka for a guitar; Anna Herman and
Ella Pyer for a mandolin, and Pearl
Clinton and Effie McAVoy for a white
rocker A number Of odd shaped paper
bags which look very tempting, sus-
pended from strings at the side of the
booth, are the result of the success of
the recent clipping social given by the
society, and may be clipped and car
ried away for a small price. All kinds
of things are found inside of them.
The booth of the society of Perpetual
Alteration comes next, and is a dainty
affair in white and yellow, in charged of
Miss Julia Donnelly, assisted by Miss
May Kerwin, Miss Ella Nealy, Miss
Dougher, Miss Prendergast, Miss
Sherin and Miss O'Brien. Dolls and
fancy articles are offered for sale here
The door to the dining room opens at
this end Of the hall, which is in charge
of Miss Nugent, Mrs. Mccarthy and
Miss Cook. Meals are served from
neat tables in this room at noon and
in the evening each day, and the wo-
men offer to their customers the best
of all that is in the market This room
does a thriving business owing to it's
central location and is we'll patronized
by business men at noon. The booth
in charge of the young women of the
Young Ladies' Sodality society is a
delicate blue and white stand with a
number of other booths in connection.
The booth itself is in charge of Miss
Miller and Miss McGinn and is devnted