The Portland daily press., 1899-03-25
THE EMERSON SCHOOL FAIR.
4, Opened Last Evening and Was Lib
orally Fatroniaed.

The Emerson school building on Mum
10Y HUI is the scene this week OF very
pretty fair arranged and given by tho
pupils Of the school to raise funds for the
decoration of tho building. The fair
opened last evening and the people OF
ward one took advantage of the oppor-
tunity to show their appreciation of the
handsome school building by patronizing
the fair very literally. At nine O'Clock
Miss Adams, the principal of the school,
said that the fair had been very success.
full and that nearly s100 had been tax en-
up to that time.
During the evening this handsome re-
ception hall of the school wau crowded
with patrons of the fair. Many were
present from other parts OF the city and
all were delighted with the unique enter
tainment provided. Around the hall were
arranged the attractive booths and tables
where many fancy and useful articles
were exposed for sale nearly oil OF which
we're made by the pupils of the school.
Under the .supervisions of Miss Giles
the manual training table was decorated
in red and white and looked after by
some Of the young gentlemen OF the first
class. R
Here were to be found articles which
were manufactured by the boys at the
manual training school. knife boxes.
towel racks, trell!ses. coat hangers, little
tables and sleds, Ink stands and hun
dred and one other things of similar
character all neatly made and haudsom O.
" finished. The articles on this table met
with u reacy ale.
At an adjoining table, also under the
supervision of Miss Giles was large
variety of pretty articles, many OF them
being decorated in water colors and oils
by the pupils of the schools, though a
greater part OF them were evidently done
l-py the young ladies Of the school. Among
them was a email pamphlet the covers
hearing water color sketches entitled
"Etnei son Delionoies." Within were
| found many recipes complied by the
tearners of the school and written in the
pretty vertical writing taught at the
school. These articles sold very quickly
and very few of them were left when the
! far closed last evening
Nearby was the 'Housekeepers" tables
over which some of the young ladies OF
the first class presided under the super
vision of Miss Russell. This table was
decorated IN the colors of the graduating
class OF the school, red and blue. All
manner of canned fruits and preserves.
| pickles, cakes and "a host of articles OF
this sort were exposed for sale.
Then there WIS the fancy table deco
rated In pink with Misses Hcyt and
| doughty in charge. While the boys OF the
| first c'ass were engaged i'll working with
the carpenters tools at the manual train
ing school the girls Of the school were
| learning to sew ndcr the direction of the
teachers. The result of their labors WAS
here found offered for sale. Aprons and
fancy articles all made by the girls found
many customers among the ladies who
attended the fair.
| Another table decorated in white was
under the supervision of Miss Folsom and
here many toothsomedeii oacies in the way
of candies aud sweotmeats were ON sale.
Then the yellow" table was in charge of
! the young ladies of the second GLASS and
| here ice cteam was ON sale.
But perhaps the most attractive feature
of this fnr was the entertainment which
was given by the pupils OF the school
| This was very much enjoyed by all
present The girls OF the first class dressed
| In old fashioned costumes with powdered
hair ard arrayed In all the hnery once
worn by their great grandmothers formed
| q chorus which sang many songs of the
old fashioned sort very nicely. They pre-
serted very picturesque group with
their serious yoIng faces over topped with
masses of powdered hnir and with their
rich dresses and laces Of old fashioned
styles. The songs sung by this old
| fashioned chorus were repeatedly encored.
as were many other pnrfs of the pleasing
programme which was as follows:
Piano Solo, Mabel Perry
I've Been Faithful To You,
Mandolin Club
Tie Invitation, The Old Fashioned Girls
Violin Solo, Seward Wescoti
Drum Solo, Herman Levin
Accompanist, Miss Levin
The Three Chafers.
The Old Fashioned Girls
Sea Fairy's Waltz,
Coon Song Medley.
Samuel f. Dea ley
Song, Coed Night-Farewell
Clifford Hansen
just as the Sun Went Down,
Mandolin Club
Aud Lang Syne.
The fair will continue today and to-
night and this evening the above pro
gra iume with some additions and changes
| will be presented. Amoug other things
Mr.. Walter Curtis will give mandolin
solo entitled the "Juno Waltz" accom-.
panied ON the piano by Miss Bernadette
Morean and MIR. Ernest White will give a
violin solo with piano accompaniment by
his brother, Lester White.
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