The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-15
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CESS.
BOOTHS AND PRETTY WOMEN
MAKE AN ENHANCING EXHIBIT
OF RARE INTEREST In ITS
WAY.
Entertainment for n Worthy
Charity.

The hum of many voices, the sweet
strains of violin, a maze Of gay colors
and always glimpse of the bright face
of some pretty girl went to make up
the general effect of the opening night
of the fair which is being held in the
Ryan Annex for the benefit Of the
House Of the Good Shepherd. The fair
opened yesterday morning and drew
large crowd all day long In the
evening a short musical programme
was an added attraction The fair is
handsomely arranged one and is we'll
located. The hall is large and the ac-
commodation for the crowds Of people
attending excellent. The booths are in
charge Of the various parishes of the
city and are exceedingly pretty and
harmonic well. The cathedral booth
is the most striking, being all red and
white. This is in charge of Mrs John
d. O'Brien, Mrs. Ben Thompson, Mrs
w. L. Kelly, Mrs. Beaumont, Mrs. W.
Cooks. Mrs. Arthur H. Rogers, Mrs.
Rundlett Mrs. Copley, Mrs ]. J. Wat
son, Mrs. NJ. w. Cole and Miss Mary
Kerwin.
At this table is displayed beautiful
doll deliberately dressed, which is to be
awarded to the one guessing the near
est to the correct number Of beans in
a glass. A cooperative booth run by
the parishes of st. Mary's, st. Patrick s,
st. Johns and ST. MichaePs is hand
somely decorated and in charge of Mrs
Mcdonald, Mrs. Darragh, Mrs. Bell,
Mrs. Hurley, Mrs. McCardy, Miss Lizzie
F'arral. Mrs. Kelly and Miss Mccarthy.
The candy booth Is really the most
attractive, being a striking affair in
yellow and white. and over the counter
the young women have displayed the
motto, Sweets to the sweet In charge
here are Mrs. Towle. the Misses
O'Brien, Miss Lamprey, Miss Cleary
and Miss Donnelly.
The punch bowl in blue and white
is at a pretty table in charge Of Miss
Clara Mcdonald, Miss Mary Clark and
Miss Grace Campbell.
Funny things are fished all red,
white and blue out of the fish pond,
and at this place one certainly gets
the worth Of his money. The women
in charge are Mrs. p. M. Hennessy,
Mrs. George O'Reilly and Mrs. Deve-
reaux.
The fortune teller in the person of
Miss Grace Flower in becoming
gypsy costume made all kinds of mon
ey in her tiny tent, where she told for
tunes by reading the palm of the hand
Numbers of dolls in fancy attire are
offered for sale by Mrs. Marquis, Miss
Walsh and Miss Fitzgerald.
Assumption booth is exceedingly
pretty and is in charge of Miss Fran
ces Gerlach, Miss Katie Simmer, Miss
GuSsie Lux, Miss Rose Winter. Miss
Verona Ebert, Miss Simmer, Miss Mel
lie Push, Mrs. George Mitsch, Mrs
George Lawler, Mrs. Dearth, Mrs
Quinlan and Mrs. H. McNair, and a
booth by the churches of st. Luke's
and St. Marks was presided over by
Mrs. W. P. Ran, Mrs. T. Foley, Mrs
Sans Souci Mrs. Vessel, Mrs M. B.
Wood, Mrs. H. Smith, Mrs Dore, Mrs.
Breen, Mrs w. Murphy.
Last evening Miss Louise Taylor
gave a number Of violin selections &C.
companied on the piano by Mrs. Mich
She received a number Of encores and
gave several selections by request One
of the features of the fair last evening.
which will be one Of the merriest dur
ing the week, was the vestment con-
test. Every parish in the city has en-
tered this contest. which is for q set
of veStmentS valued at $780, Among the
twenty parishes which have entered
the most enthusiastic so far are the
cathedral, the Oldest in the city; St
Josephs, st. Luke's, st. Mary's and St
Francis, which is very anxious to paw
tribute to its pastor and hopes to
win the vestments to present to him.
The fair will continue all of the week
and each evening there will be a spe-
cial musical programme. Thursday
evening Miss Hopes orchestra will be
the attraction and tonight the music
will be in charge of Mrs. Hoffman
Archbishop Ireland will make an ad-
dress some evening during the week