The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-27
CATHOLIC LAWN PARTIES
st. Luey's and St. Michael's
Parishes to Give Open
All Entertain
mentS.
'ments.
COMMITTEES TN CHARGE
Attractions for the Pleasure
Seekers Who Attend
Among the Churches.

Elaborate preparations are being made
for st. Lucy's lawn party, which is to
open Thursday night next. September /.
and continue each evening except Sunday
until and including the 9Th prox. # viii
be a regular Donneybrook fair. minus
scraps There are to be dancing, with
a celebrated Irish piper in attendance;
music, brass, string and vocal; a vito
| graphoscope exhibition of shooting the
chutes,t' the Empire Express, ETC.; also
a projectoscope entertainment, fortune tel
lers, Notwithstanding out Blanco, ETC.,
wheel of fortuna a donkey for riding,
electric batteries and many other attrac-
| TORS. The affair is to be held on the
parish grounds, which will be brilliantly
Illuminated with electric arc lights and
Chinese and Japanese lanterns. Near the
eastern entrance to the grounds will be
erected a handsome dancing pavilion,
30x5O, covered with a tent and ornamented
with bannerettes.
From the platform Holden's orchestra
will discourse sweet msuic every evening.
The Letter Carriers Band will give a
concert on the opening night. A short
distance west of the main pavilion will
be another, Is feet square, where Piper
Cronin will be stationed, and those who
love the real old Irish hornpipe and reel
to the music of the piper, can indulge to
their hearts, content. There will be a
number of fancy booths and tables from
which articles Of adornment and other
useful goods will be disposed at the
hands of some of the best known young
ladies in the parish. There will also be
refreshment booths, where meals or
lunches will be served, and one where
| the weary dancer or sightseer can Stake
his thirst. Oyer in one corner will be an
| attraction that will revive or rather
| stimulate the patriotic spirit of the day,
and Blanco can be knocked out, three
| shots for a nickel Prof. c. J. Singleton
will have charge of the vitographoscope
exhibition. Prof. G. E. Downey, Hobo
ken's famous magician, will entertain
with feats of legerdemain- On Monday
afternoon. Labor Day, the children Of
the parish will be largely in evidence.
The evening of Labor Day viii be known
as Holy Name night. The Holy Name
| Society N kindred organizations are ex-
pected to attend in a body. On Tuesday
| night there win be drawings for a 80
| gold piece, for which every purchaser OF
a ticket will hold a chance of winning.
A $40 gold piece will also be drawn for;
| also a large portrait of the Rev. Father
Boylan and a handsome silver pitcher.
The committee in charge of the fancy
booths will consist of Miss Bella Nutley,
Miss Anna Foster, Miss Annie Connolly
and Miss Nellie Hooper, assisted by the
| Children of Mary. The Rosary Society
twill have charge of the refreshment
| table, assisted by other ladies of the
| parish and members of the Holy Name
! Society. Blanco will be looked after by
Messrs. William Connolly, Harry Harris,
| Michael Connolly and Chris. Proudford.
The wheel of fortune will be in charge
of James Lambert, Patrick Anthony and
members of st. Lucy's Church. Joseph
Scott and Edward Arbuckle will be floor
managers, assisted by members of the
club. Thomas Keenan, is the chairman
of the committee of arrangements, which
is at present doing everything in its
power to make the affair a brilliant social
and financial success
Arrangements are also being made for
a lawn party on an elaborate scale to be
held under the auspices of St. MichaePs
| Children of Mary Society. 1t win be held
in Swift's lots, opposite the st. Miehael's
clubhouse, in Erie street. near Tenth
street. This will run probably ten even
ings. The various committees will be
appointed Sunday. Every possible at
traction for the enjoyment of the par
ticipants will be secured.
There will be a large platform, forty
feet square, erected and covered by an or
namented tent. A vitascopic exhibition
with views all up to date will be among
the attractions. There will also be
musical concerts each evening. Fancy
booths and tables for the display and dis
posal of fancy needle work and useful
and ornamental goods will dot the
grounds. which will be beautifully illumi-
mated with electric lights and Japanese
lanterns. The lawn party will commence
| about September 1.