The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-25
FAIR Will SET A Mark
CATHEDRAL PARISH RAZAAR
PROMISES TO BE THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL ONE GIVEN
CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
Attendance Has Been Immense,
While the Dining Room Has Been
Literally PatrOnized Day and
Night-EIss MiIIte POttgieser Now
Leading in the Ladies' Gold
Watch Contest.

Leaning IN the Ladies cold
Watch Contest.
. Little Marie Salzmann beat the wheel
of fortune at the Cathedral bazaar last
night for three doll chairs and a toy
wardrobe. She is eight years old and
has been saving her pennies to buy some
thing nice at the church fair. Her for
tune amounted to SO cents, and after
carefully inspecting everything in sight
she decided to try the wheel.
Marie has had a longing for months
for a nice set of furniture for her dolls
Her chance came last night, though not
at the first whtrl. and she won. Her
first investment was a paddle, for which
she paid a dime, emitting her to three
chances on an embroidered doll cloak
The wheel was, obstinate and registered
a number which she did not have An
other try with the same result reused
her sporting blood, and at the third
chance the dolls set was placed as the
prize. Investing one more dime, she
inspected the remaining paddles.
mine will win, I guess said she "I'lI
take It."
And nine Won. Marie carefully gath
cred her treasures in her arms and ac-
companied by one of her small friends
departed happy to invest the remaining
cents in apples at the old woman's
stand.
The attendance yesterday was immense
Estimates made last night placed the
number of paid admissions at 100. The
dining room did a tremendous business
through the day and the ladies served
several hundred. During the evening
the hall was packed with people and the
investments at the booths were heavier
than on any previous day.
The fair will close at midnight to-
night. In the expectation that the at
tendance will be the largest of the week
the ladies have prepared special accom-
modations and have made every prepara-
ton to close the event in a blaze Of
glory. Mesdames Bell ]. G.. DonneIlv
and Mcclellan will have charge of the
dining room and have so arranged it as
to accommodate $50 persons at once. II
Is expected that at dinner and sumner
the number served will reach 800 All
the contests will be decided tonight. The
voting will commence at 8 O'Clock and
will continue until II, after which The
decisions will be made.
Inc contest between Miss Mary RYAN
and Miss Millie Pottgieser for a gold
watch is the principal event. and the
supporters OF both are making ready
Tor fight to win. The votes already
cast are very close, Miss Ryan receiving
256 and Miss Pottgteser 246 Miss Sans
Souct and Miss Margaret Connley are
contestants fer diamond ring. while
Miss Farley and Miss Morgan are on
posing each other for a silver set.
Rev. Father Lawler states that the
bazaar has been by far the most suc-
cessful ever given by the Cathedral nar-
ISL. The attendance during the week
has aggregated between 5000 and 5000
with prospects that 1t will be substan-
tally increased today. No estimates
have yet been prepared of the amount
OF money which the event will realize
but it will far exceed the receipts of anv
prvious fair and will come close to reach
ing the $4,000 mark.