The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-09
A FEAST OF LANTERNS
FLOWER MISSION FAIR WILL OPEN
IN A BLAZE OF LIGHT TONIGHT.
Arrangements for Lunches-BicycIe
Parade-NOveI Game of Chess
with Living Chessmen.

The Festival of Holidays, under the aus
pices of the Flower Mission, will open this
evening at Tomlinson Hall, with feast of
lanterns, and band concert. The prelim-
mary preparations are completed and to-
day the heads of the booths and their as
sistants will arrange their stores. Each
booth is named for a holiday, and appro-
pirate articles have been selected for each;
dolls for the birthday booth; flowers for
Easter; a dinner for Thanksgiving; house
hold articles for Labor day; books and
kindred articles in the library booth are
objects for Christmas. The whole effect of
the fair is green and white, with arched
booths covered with Spanish moss and
laurel, and lighted with hundreds Of cleo
trio globes. Japanese lanterns will make
the place like fairyland. The front for
Alice in Wonderland april FOOLS day., has
been painted by Mr.. Moses, of English's
Opera House. 1t will not be unveiled this
evening until after the first number by the
band Miss Martha Bradshaw will be Alice
this evening.
beginning tomorrow, luncheon will be
served each day from 1880 to 2 O'Clock.
Meridian street M: r.. st. Paul's, the Cen
trail Christian and the Friends Churches
will supply, the luncheons, and ladies OF
luncheon will be served by the ladies OF
plymouth, Christ P. E.. .Hal-place NJ E.,
and SIS. Peter and Paul's. ST Johns and
other Catholic Churches; Friday, the First
Baptist, Central-aVenue NJ E., Roberts
Park M. T., Memorial and Fourth Presby,-
tersn Church, and Saturday, the T,,i second
Every evening supper will be served at
the inn CThansgiving day., under Belle Da-
vss catering. The menu will include tur-
key, ham, baked pork and beans, hot rolls,
tea and coffee, bread and butter, pickles,
catsup and cranberries, all for twenty-five
mill hrN nxrcfnV nc ~
short rib roast beef with potatoes. chicken
salad, oyster stew and pumpkin pie with
cheese.
The bicycle entertainment at the Flower
Mission fair tomorrow evening will be a
delightful novelty. The riders will be Miss
Emma Atkins and Mr.. G. l. Payne, who
Katherine Porter and Mr. Gordon Varney,
Miss Bradshaw and Mr. Will knight,
Miss Lillian Marquard of Des Mones,
Wallick and Mr.. Edward e. Gates.
Miss Kate Winter and Mr.: George
Brown, Miss Florence Coffin and Mr.. S. R.
Greer. Miss Anna Jillson and Mr.. Stuart
Dean, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur d. Gates. Miss
Harriet Eitel and Mr.. Bertrand Williams,
Miss Maud Smith and Mr.. w. G. BobbS, and
Miss Kate Smith and Mr.. Judson Colgar.
The grand march ends with the maze, in
which the wheels form complicated circles.
There will be a quadrille and the cotillon
figure of threading the needle"
GAME OF LIVING CHESS.
be played by Mr.. Warwick H. Ripley and
Mr. r. W. Furnas. The following is a de-
scription of the unique and novel entertain
ment, the game of living chess, under the
management of Miss Emily L. Garrard, of
Clarksburg. The pieces will be represented
by thirty-four of the well-known society
young men and girls of Indianapolis. The
scene is that of a forest, the broad green
sward is marked out to form a large chess
board thirty-six feet square. sound of
a bugle call will be heard from a distant
wood challenging game of chess. Upon
a reply from an opponent the challenging
herald will appear upon the stage awaiting
the arrival of his enemy AT the sound of
the bugle the game will be formed and to
the strains of the Maffey Orchestra the
living pieces will march in, taking their
proper places upon the chess board. The
trumpeter will then repeat his challenge
and the game will begin, each move being
called out by the heralds and the pieces
moved by the players, Messrs. Ripley and
FurnaS. At the close of the game the trum-
peter Of the winning side will make the
wellxin ring with his glad note of victory,
which will be the signal for the orchestra.
grand march will then be formed led
by the heralds, in which the kings queens,
bishops knights castles and pawns will
participate. The costumes are to be most
brilliant and effective, one side to be robed
in gold and black and the other in white
and silver, while the kings, queens and
knights will be attired in full court cos
tunes. The sixteen pawns will present
very beautiful sight, being represented by
young girls dressed in white and silver and
black and gold, wearing crowns of gold and
silver and carrying artistic shields upon
their arms. Every effort has been made to
make the game of living chess one of the
most beautiful and attractive entertain
mentS of the Flower Mission week in car
rying out in all it's appointments the bril-
liancy and grandeur of the days of chiValry