Evening journal., 1899-09-22
BISHOPSTEAD LAWN FETE,
1T WAS A GREAT SUCCESS FlNAN-
clALLY, CLEARING OVER 5000.

FINE DISPLAY OF ARTICLES
WHICH WE'RE SOON DISPOSED
oF-HOUsE AND LAWN HAND
sOMELY AND ARTISTICALLY
DECORATED. AND BIG cRoWDS}
PRESENT.
Promptly at o'clock, and with a
blaze of splendor, the lawn fete at
Bishopstead, for the benefit of the St.
Michaels Day Nursery and Babies
Hospital, was formally opened, and
those in charge, with their assistants,
were ready to display their stock in
trade and make sales. 1t was a great
success, and by far the largest lawn
fete ever held at Bishopstead. There
were many more articles for sale yes
terday than last year, and everything
was donated. Business started with a.
rush and continued all during the af-
ternoon and evening.
The grounds and house were beauti-
fully and artistically decorated, and
Illuminated with bunting, flags, Chinese
lanterns and electric lights. The resi-
dence was prettily decorated with the
national colors, and above all floated
this countrys only church flag. Over
the entrance to BishOpstead were the
words welcome formed of electric
lights, which were kept burning during
the evening.
| Seldom was such a sale made in this
: city. The articles offered for sale were
} OF all descriptions. Great attractions
were the Punch and Judy show, in
charge of Frank r. Hoy, of Philadel-
phia, which opened at A o'clock, and
Miss jeanne Bradford's dancing mice
e Mrs. Schreyler, as the gypsy fortune
= teller. foretold the future for many
= Miss Josephine Harvey and a corps ol
assistants, fantastically dressed il
| japanese costumes, were in charge o.
the Japanese tea.
A good-sized tent on the lawn was ;
centre OF attraction. Here was the ex
: press office and package tent, wher'
packages which might contain any
= thing were sold for 10, Is and % cents
y Mrs. Allen, who was in charge, wa
= ably assisted by Mrs. Farra- Mrs. Kent
- Miss Shortlidge and Miss Cohnel. A
: the cake table was the display of fine
'o fancy cakes. Mrs. Lewis S. William
= son was in charge, her assistants bein
~ Misses Natalie Wilson, Irene Dupont
;. Matte Shortlidge, and Mrs Arthur c
. Bowie. Miss Eleanor G. Walton sol
:, andsomely-executed calendars 70
= 1900. on each of which was a portrai
of Bishop Coleman. They were mad
and furnished by Miss Walton.
Mrs. w. NJ. Drein, assisted by Misse
lo Coleman and Drein, and Mrs. Georges
Hall and Mrs. w. F. Carnes, sold art
.e cles fancy and useful. Their displa
1 was very attractive, and was a niece
~ for buyers. The sweetest table in tn
" bishops department store was the COZ
fectionery stand Once in sight, n0I
NJ could escape from the allurements hel
81 out to invest in sweets by Misses Han
le mond and Dickey, and Mrs Boynto
re who were model saleswomen. Mr.
ca Churchman and Miss McComb were
lu charge of the canned fruit and pr
serves. Their wares were in popul'
favor and met with ready sales.
nd Miss JacRson's class of young me
ne Of Trinity Church sold books, and the
81 stock was soon depleted. John NJ. Ha
en- vey was i'm charge of the coca co
ne fountain, which was a gift of the CO..
le- Cola Company to Bishop Coleman. I
ne also sold moline, the bishops priva
Ter recipe for chapped hands. At yeste
IS days sale Of moline the proceeds We
i. for the Babies Hospital. In the futu
is one-half of the net profit will
ely used by the bishop in his diocesi
eu work.
ige At 10 o'clock the fete closed and /
lat auction sale Of all the unsold articl
ar was held, the auctioneer being l.
IN MunsOn, Of New Castle. During t
lll evening a handsome shawl was pI
sented to Mrs. Coleman and cake
mt the bishop. Speeches were made
IN Archdeacon Hall and Rev. Henry Wa
IL Cunningham.
MS Charles NJ Curtis also presented
ew Archdeacon and Mrs. G. c. Hall lar
az cake. The net proceeds will be
the tween 5000 and s7Oe.