Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-12-12

ond prize, a silver picture frame, by
Mrs. A. M. Rice. At eleven o'clock
supper was served in the dining hall.
1t was vry elaborate spread. 1t was
followed by several hours of terpsicho-
rean enjoyment in the handsome ball
room of the club house.
The Hyacinth Club, of Moundsville.
was pleasantly entertained Thursday
evening at the home Of Miss Clark.
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After weeks of pleasurable anticipa-
ton by the public, and weeks of earn
est effort on the part Of the various
committees, the Cathedral fair was
opened in a most suspicious manner
last Thursday evening at the Carroll
Club auditorium. The entrance is
arched by a handsome sign lighted by
electricity, and streamers across the
principal streets direct the way to the
big fair. Inside, the deft fingers of the
ladies have transformed the hall into a
veritable bower Of beauty. The booths,
some half dozen in number, are taste
fully draped in vari-colored clath, and
embellished with smilax and palms.
articles of merchandise Of every con-
ceivable kind. The doll show in itself,
more than repays visit to the fair. 1t
is a particular source Of delight to the
gentler sex, for the grown up girls new
er lose their admiration for the delight
full creations of the toy-maker's art
which represent human beings. Every
type, and race, and profession, and con-
dition, are represented in the exhibit of
dolls. There are dolls that sleep, dolls
that talk dolls that do other things in
a 1ife-like manner. and dolls that SIM
ply look pretty-BishOps and peasants.
tops and Brownies, brides and spin
sters, mothers and babes-dolls in silks
and satins and dolls in calico-big dolls
and little dolls, bisque dolls and rag
dolls. expensive dolls and cheap dolls
blondes and brunettes ebony hued Di
mains and fair skinned Circassions-
dolls in endless variety, and in Devil
dering costumes. And they are selling
selling like the proverbial "hot
cakes" But there are other features to
share interest with the doll Chow.
There is a clairvoyants tent, where for
a piece of silver one can learn anything
desired. There is post Office, with fe
male mail carriers, delivering billet
douX with postage due. There is
Punch and Judy shows with up-to-date
"barkers," and a museum with the in
evitable and irrepressihle hand organ.
There are newsboys selling the Goose
town Journal and there is a corps of
vigilant reporters who publish the
names of all who refuse to buy. There
is an ice cream parlor. and a home
made candy BOOTH and there is a bevy
of bewitching maidens to direct you to
their location. There is fancy" ia
BILE so called because wares are on
sale to suit every fancy. There is a
dining room. which appeals with ire
sistible force to the inner man, and
which no person leaves with an appe-
tite. There is a cross roads country
store, general headquarters for every
body and his brother, where all ques-
tons of national and local Importance
are settled, with barrel of cider in one
corner and a famous brand of tobacco
on the lowest shelf There are Knights
of ST. George in fatigue uniform to "do
the elegant" and an executive commit
tee who constitute a veritable encyclO-
pedia Of information. There are stage
performances each evening-fancy
dances, dramatic and musical numbers.
If anything is lacking, there is a
booming committee" more courteous
and plausible than the agent of Klon-
dixie investment company, to supply it
upon application. you furnish the
money and we'll do the rest" is the
motto of the ladies. and it is all for
sweet charity. They have been pro-
missed donation of $4,000 if they re-
alize $4,000 upon the fair, and to this
end they are bending their energies.
The bazaar was opened with an address
by Ex-Congressman John 0. Pendleton.
and promenade concert by the full
Opera House Orchestra. 1t will con-
tinue for two weeks.
Following is a corrected list of the
committees in charge of the Cathedral
fair:
Executive Communicable. NJ. B.
Bailey, chairman; Miss Rose Shelley,
secretary; Mr.. Seaton Alexander,
treasurer; Mr. George Mathison, Rev.
Father Mcbride, Mrs. Thomas O'Brien,
Mrs. Anna Owens.
Entertainment-Mis Julia Flading,
chairman; Misses Anna Wingertter,