The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-16
ALL SAINTS FAIR
Brilliant Opening Of a Social
and Religious Event in
Lafayette.

- 01i0 l. LIN t3ht 1i4Aai ANt
Saints Parish Church., Lafayette, a grand
fair was opened in the parish hall, La
fayette and Wilton streets, last evening.
Ayear ago, when the parish Was form
ed, services were held in the Lafayette
Battery Hall, on Wilton street. The
growth of the parish was surprising, and
soon enough money was realized to start
the handsome new edifce which now
stands ait Wilton and Lafayette streets.
The building is a very spacious one, and
is three stories high. The first floor,
where the fair is to be continued Tor ten
nights, will be used as the church. The
interior has not as yet been arranged
for tina purpose, but will be just as soon
as the fair ends. The floor will be car
peted, the seats put in and the altar
erected. The organ, which is to be a large
one, will be dedicated on Dec. 16. The
windows are of stained glass, and e
eral beautiful chandeliers are suspended
from the ceiling. In all, the church will
be a very handsome one when completed,
and one that the people of the young par
ish may feel proud. 1t will be refnem-
bered that this parish is a branch, or one
of the children, of ST. Patrick's R. c..
Church.
The fair, which opened last evening,
drew a large crowd, despite the RAINY
weather. Between four and five hundred
people were present. The hall presented
a fine appearances. with all the booths
artistically arranged along the walls ana
deliberately decorated with flags ana ORA
peries. The first thing which meets the
eye, as one enters, is the irish Iaple,
kept by Mrs. Nelson. Here almost every
thing can be seen, from snamrocks to a
barrel of potatoes; Nothing Is Ior sac;
OF fortune. Each booth takes turns IN
putting up things at the wheel: In TINS
way an enormous amount OF things were
disposed of. In one corner of the hall
Is q large Christmas tree, with about
three hundre paper n hung upon
it. These contain numbers. You buy an
orange and win a prize, according TO the
number which it contains.
Dozens of pretty girls, with chang
books, fitted in and out among the
crowd, soliciting subscriptions on dozens
of different articles. They were very
soon al their books filled with names,
Father Meehan expects to realize ABOUT
three thousand dollars from the enter
prise, all of which will of course go TO
the church debt fund.
Father Meehan last evening made "a
short address in opening the fair. He
said:-"My dear people, one year ago
1 said that in a years time we would
have a building of our own. You see
what / said has come true, and here we
are gathered in a building second to
none in this city. The people of this, All
Saints, parish have done well and their
efforts have been rewarded"
Father Meehan then went on to tell
about the work connected with the
church. and asked the people of the par
ishi to stand by him and help as they had
done in the past. He said:-"I am CONT
dent that with your assistance our par
be as large as the other parishes in this
city. I bid you all a hearty welcome, and
under Gods care may we prosper
Father Meehan's address was received
with tremendous applause: Then the
man at the wheel got in his fine work,
and soon he disposed of several bags of
-four and two barrels of potatoes. The
fair closed about twelve o'clock, after a
successful first night.
Those in charge Of the booths and ta-
Boot6 No. mrs. Farley, Mrs. Fallon.
Mamie cuddy. Mamie sesanlon. Annie
Sarah Riordan and G. Schmidt.
Irish table-Mrs. Nelson.
Booth No. Mrs. John Power and Mrs.
d,De ealI MIas zeta aI poWea. Miss 9k M MIsS laale
lagher, Miss Alice Gallagher and Miss
Mary Heating.
Booth No. S-Mrs. Walsh. Mrs. Rooney,
Miss Mary. Hurley, Mrs. Codington, Mrs.
Mary West.
Booth No. miss Lizzie German, Mrs.
Blackburn. Miss Mary Kelley, Miss Della
Murphy, Mrs. Maglnnis, MRS. Brennan,
Miss Tierney, Miss Kelley. Mrs. Brownet,
Miss Gibson, Miss A. Blackburn, Miss
Maggie Kelley, Miss Ella Muldoon, Miss
Hughes, Mrs. Kahn, Mrs. Block, Miss
Zumbusch, Miss Lotimer, Miss Dugan,
Mrs. Cheisman and Mrs. Mccarthy.
Booth No. 5-Mrs. Bradley. Mrs. Rea,
Mrs. Disk, Mrs. Seeley, Misses Julia
Lancton. Ethel McCleary, Alice Reidy,
Mary Wilkinson and Mary Bradley.
Sunday school teachers table-Misses
Nellie Kennedy, Mary McKeon, Jennie
O'Donnell. Katie Cassidy, Ella Mcclure,
Katie McKeon. Anastasia Simon, Claude
Refill, Mary Kennedy and Katie Steeling.
Refreshment table-Miss Nellie Judge,
Mrs. A. Kittrick. Mrs. George Ross, Mrs.
r. D~ougherty, Mrs. Goldrick, Mrs. John
Kelley, Mrs. C%oolahan, Mrs. English and