The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-25
CHARITY FAIR
WILL OPEN THIS MORNING
Hospital Women and Kings Daugh.
tiers Will Conduct a Bazaar.

! The hospital women and Kings Daugh-
ters have prepared q very compIete at
traction in the nature Of a holiday bazaar
ana lar which opens this morning at rs
North Main street
The enterprise which characterizes all
the projects undertaken by these women
and young ladies has not tagged in this
last effort. A varied list of features are
presented. Dinners each day most liber-
ally provided for, superbIy arranged and
carefully served, viii please the business
men and ali who want an attractive meal
or light luncheon. Booths supplied with
almost every unique and beautiful arti-
Gle Of fancy work as we'll as useful house
hold accessories, candies, flowers, bakers
novelties and substantial toys, childrens
ewarinS apparel and many other attrac-
tons fill the store and make the whole in
terror a maze Of brilliant lovelineSs. Each
evening for the remainder of the week
a band OF music VIII be provided and
| space arranged for those who enjoy the
! fastest dances, and the old-fashioned ons,
too.
Everybody ought to. and everybody will,
call in during the day or evening, as they
in the best organized charity in Wichita
The Kings Daughters have for several
years done intelligent charity work
throughout the ity. They have sought
out those who were worthy of help, espe-
cially sick and unfortunate cor families.
TO matter how backward and modest
their demeanOr, and have relieved press
ing want and supplied necessary attend
ants. medicines and clothing where but
for their timely assistance great suffering
and death would have surely ensued.
The winters cold months are now here
and many calls come daily to the office
of this society. They hope to reap from
this entertainment handsome addition to
the funds they need so much for their
work during the next few months.
They will divide with the hospital board
equally the RECEIPTS of the carnival, and
the hospital should receive a good many
dollars to go towards the 5000 the wo
men are just starting in to raise to pay
for the hot water heating plant they
have installed in the new hospital. less
determined band of women than this
board would be discouraged at the sug-
gestion of beginning an effort to get to-
500 at a time But this board appetite
for this sort of work seems only 10 grow
with feeding. Not even they would have
dared to believe they could have secured
s.. 600 during the past sumner for the alter
atoms to the new building donated TO
them. This they have done, and now they
are starting on a renewed effort TO pay
for the heating plant.
If our people Will familiarize themselves
with the work of both these organlza-
lions their better instincts for good will
bring them out 10 this fair and cause
them to not forget their purses.
Governor Sanley will. on Saturday even
ing. sell to the highest bidder the Span
ism rnachete sent EXPRESSLY by General
Shafter to Miss Marjorit Knorr for this
entertainments The generals autograph
letter. the button from the coat worn by
him in the Cuban campaign and many
other novelties are among the displays il
the booths
The bazaar will close Saturday at mid
night and will he the pleasantest enter
tainment in town until then