The Portland daily press., 1897-10-09
Y. M. c. A. FAIR.
1t Will Open at City Hall Next Wed
nesday.

1t VIII BE Most Attract We Exhibit
The Ladies Who VIII Have Charge
of the Booths-The Entertainments
Will Be Provided.
The great fair, to be held by the
Ladies' Auxiliary of the Y. M. @. A..
Will begin at City hall next Wednesday
evening, October 18th, and continue
through the following Saturday. For a
| long time the ladies have been preparing
| for the occasion and when the doors open
on Wednesday brilliant spectacle will
be placed before the public. There will
be eight regular booths, besides those de-
voted to special objects, each presided
over by ladies representing the various
| churches. These will be ladies in charge
of the booths; all of their assistants have
not yet been selected:
| No. 1, Fancy booth-Mrs. j. Il. Web
ster, Second Parish.
No. 2, Apron booth-Mrs. Frank M.
Strout Chestnut street.
| No. 3, Underwear booth-Miss j. j.
Pooler, First Free Baptist.
No. 4, Fancy booth-Mrs. e. L. Baker,
Congress street Methodist
No. 5, Fancy booth-Miss Jennie Gre,
State street.
No. 6, Candy booth-Mrs. Dr.Way, SEQ
ond Parish.
No. Z, Flower booth-Miss Ethel Hunt
Williston.
No. s, Grocery booth-Mrs. G.. A. Wes-
ton Woodfords Congregational
Doll uable-Mrs. W. e. Nelson, First
Baptist.
Silhouette table-Misses Fannie Chap
man and Mabel Hersom.
| Welsh Rarebit table-Different chair
men each evening who are celebrated for
| IL, T. I'll
Robert T. Whitehouse, Wednesday eve
ming; Miss Alice Chase and Mr.. Nelson
Morrill,, Thursday evening; Mr.. and Mrs.
! Charles Flagg, Friday evening; Mrs. j.
G. White of the Preble house, and Mrs.
Geo. F. West, Saturday evening.
Ice cream table-Mrs. Blake, Free street
| church.
| Fruit punch table-Mrs. T. Mcdonald
Of Chestnut street church.
/. The Reception hall will be used for a
refreshment room under the charge of
Mrs. f. e. Boothby Of St. Stephens as
| sisted by Mr.. j. J. Pooler of The Sher-
wood. An excellent supper will be served
| from 6 O'Clock to 7.30 on Wednesday eve
ming. The supper will be followed by
Miss Mary McCobb, whose Mrs. farley
is of equal fame with the great Mime.
Taussaud. The wax works will be on
exhibition from to $50 o'clock. Mrs.
] Winnie Ream Hoxie. the celebrated sculp-
| tor will model from life. This will be q
novel and at the same time one Of the
most attractive features that could be
presented. There will be delightful music
| by the Beethoven Mandolin and Guitar
club, Miss Swasey director.
Under the able and skill III charge Of
Misses Dunbar and Clarke, besides other
celebrated palmists. including distin-
guished seer from Boston, palmistry will
| be great feature of the fair every eve
ming.
Home made candy just as nice as it can
be, will be served fresh every hour.
Thursday evening there will be an artil-
lery drill by the High School Cadets.
Mrs. Hoxie will make President McKin-
ley from Photographic, the Beethoven
Mandolin and Guitar club will play sew
eral selections.
Friday evening will be seen one Of the
cutest features Of the fair. Some thirty
or forty little boys and girls will make
a bicycle parade. There will be music
by the Young Ladies' orchestra, Miss
| Fernald, leader, that furnished such salts
factory music at the Ottawa house the
past summer, and Mrs. Hoxie will model
| Saturday evening there will be stereop
ticon views and photographs OF Mrs
HoAie's celebrated works, vocal music
| by Mr.. and Miss Files, q piano duet by
Misses Mct1regor and Jordan, and Mrs
Hoxie will model from life.
| Throughout the fair, of which Mrs. Hal
is president. assisted by large corps Of
officials, no effort will be spared not only
to entertain the public by the articles
offered for sale at the various booths will
all be of the best, and many of them of q
novelty that cannot be procured at the
regular stores, The ladies hope to not g
handsome sum in aid OF the magnificent
building now in process of erection or
Congress square, and we believe that they
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