The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
KRIS KRINGLE FESTIVAL.

Opened Successfully Yesterday at Ep-
worth M. e. Church.
The Kris Kringle festival at Epworth
NJ. e. church opened very successfully
yesterday afternoon. The attendance
in the afternoon was fair and quite a
number Of the hundreds of beautiful ar
ticles on sale We're disposed of. In the
evening the number of visitors was
quite large, and all the booths, and es-
pecia1ly the lunch table, which was an
Iafter-thought We're we'll patronized.
The parlor Of the church presented a
pretty sight to the visitors, with the
various gayly decorated booths arrang-
ed around the sides Of the room, while
above might be distinguished the doll
room, which seemed to attract the older
people almost more than the children.
On the right was the flower booth, dec
GRATED in green and white, laurel and
running pine; at the back of the room
the candy booth, sweet with CONNECTIONS
of home manufacture and hung with
red bunting: on the left the linen BOOTH
with green's and the national coIors;
next the apron booth, in blue bunting
and holly; then the fancy booth, gay
With 5lGtll pblibiuE. AL icOheI Ncli,
but the dollies kingdom was the pref
test, with its graceful streamers of
white satin ribbon and ropes of laurel
Here were dolls of every description and
almost every nationality. This depart
ment was under the supervision of the
pastors wife, Mrs. B. M. Triple, and
many of the dolls were gifts from her
college friends in Vermont, Maine, Mas
sachusetts, New Jersey and western
New York state. Five little dolls dress
ed as Swiss peasants were brought by
Mr.. Triples brother, DR.. f.. S. Triple
of New York city, this summer from
Switzerland. A double doll from Allan
tic City attracted good deal of atten-
ton and found an immediate sale.
A few of the many beautiful dona-
tons to the fair were, in the linen de-
partment, beautiful centerpiece of
Battenburg Renaissance last by Mrs.
J.. e. Northrop, cut linen work by Mrs.
George Bunnell, lovely letter case of
linen. embroidered in holly design, by
Mrs. B. M Triple; another holly design
for centerpiece by Miss Fannie Reyes;
beautiful hand-painted bon-bon dish in
hawthorn design, painted and donated
by Mrs. Cyrus Kellogg, and fish net .
work by Miss Julia stockburger. In
the fancy booth were a host of pretty
things among them being a landscape
painted by a little Hartford girl, Miss
Viola Halves, and a curious and beau
tiful fan Of Chinese workmanship which
was given by Chinaman to Mrs. Tip
pie. The sticks were Of sandal wood,
hand carved, the fan Of rice paper, hand
painted, with border Of peacock feath-
ers.
Down stairs was the lunch table, I'M
der the management of Mrs. G. w.
Northrop, who is also chairman and
manager Of the Ladies' Aid society. Her
assistants at this table were Mrs Geo.
Robinson, Miss Jane Warner and Mrs
w. J. Elder. The lunch consisted of
fine coffee and sandwiches. The coffee
and napkins were donated by Mr.. c.
Curtis of the East Rock tea store. The
cake, ice cream and lemonade booths
did a rushing business and were finely
decorated.
The festival will continue this after
noon and evening, and also tomorrow
afternoon and evening.