The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-12
ANNUAL
FAIR and
II. FESTIVAL
A Very Pleasing Entertainment
Offered at Church Of the Me-
dlator for Three Nights.

The 3lth annual fair and festival of the
Church of the Mediator was opened last
evening. in the church parlors and while
the attendance was not as large as might
have been desired. Il was considered
good for a first night
The parlors are prettily decorated and
the several tables are particularly attrac-
tive. There is something for everybody
and as place TO empty pocket books IL
cannot fail 10 be big success.
During the evening a parlor entertain
ment I'm the shape OF drama entitled
The Marble Arch was given. with the
following cast: Jack Meredith, George III.
Eddy; Mrs. Meredith, Miss Lena West
colt; Constance, Mrs G. A. Ryan; Capt
Trentham. Clarence A. Ryan. Music was
furnished BY Harry A. Bakers orehes-
ira.
The several tables and booths are In
charge of the following named ladies:
Cafe-Mrsr Charles w. Albro. Mrs A
A. Presbrey. Mrs. A. l.. Fiske. Mrs. A.
r. Underwood, Mrs. IA. @. Wight. Mrs
r. +, Bliss, Mrs. NJ. A. Googins, Mrs.
J. +. Smith, Mrs. W. A. Cornell. Mrs
William Il. whiting. Mrs II. NJ. Smith.
and Mrs. n. w. Blanding
Flower bower-Miss Katherine +. Hub
bard. Miss Eva NJ Angevine Miss Bes-
sic l.. Fiske, Miss Cora A Hubbard, Miss
Ella Leach. Miss Efrie Robinson. Miss
Eva A. Robinson, Miss Mildred r. STAN
ley. Miss Grace Stone. Miss Lena West
colt. Miss Winifred T. Terry.
Ladies' Sewing Society table-Mrs
Charles A. Hubbard. Mrs. Charles II.
Harris, Mrs. Rodolphus r. Bliss. Mrs
William Chapman, Mrs. Allen A. Pres
brey, Mrs. James B Fisk, Mrs. Edwin ID.
Paige, Mrs. William Phillips, Mrs. S. a.
Rowland. Mrs. George w Hubbard, Mrs
Frank a. Waterman, Mrs Leonard N.
Austin. Mrs. Walter w. Burnham, Mrs
James II. Smith.
Cake table-Mrs. William b. Westcott
Mrs. Philip A. Munroe. Jr.
Candy tabIe-Mrs. Edmund Abbott. Miss
Gertrude Greene, Miss Mabel .,eckford
Miss Carrie Slocumb. Miss Harriet Scs-
sions, Miss Ethel Johnson, Mrs. Howard
j. Greene.
Doll table-Mrs. Harriet ID. Hilton and
Misses Alice Ryder, Bessie Johnson. Car
rie Pierce. Louise Sweet. Florence Ken
non. Bessie Oney.
Nut Table-Miss Josephine Hubbard
and Misses Owe +. Clemence. Josephine
+. Johnson. Hester Bennett. Grace c..
Reynolds. Marjorie l.. Selleck, Cora
Marguerite Munroe.
Merry corner-Mlss Jennie Burgess, Miss
Florence Buchanan, Miss Emily Crowell.
Miss Bertha Buchanan, Mrs. Walter a.
presbrey, Mrs. Eugene G. Myrick.
Parlor entertainment--Young Peoples
Christian Union.
Mira mission table-Mrs. w. Il. Whit
ing Mrs J. 6. Greene, Mrs 6. A. Gardi-
ner, Mrs. w. NJ. Oatley. Mrs George Il
Nlven. Mrs. Stephen w. Sessions, Mrs. r.
Il. Walker.
Sunday school table-Mrs. Lorenzo
Stone, Mrs. Allen A. Presbrey. MIS- Sam
uel l.. Carpenter. Mrs. Andrew Covill.
Mrs. William T.. Barker Mrs Horatio ~
Reynolds, Mrs. Clarence a. Ryan. Mrs
Frank Il. Lakey. Mrs. James VI. Earle
Miss Annie Phillips. Miss Stella !. Morse,
Miss Marion l.. Gardiner.
An unusually competent general com
mittee IS In charge OF the fair this year
consisting OF Walter A. Presbrey, chair
man; Allen A. Presbrey. treasurer; Eu-
gene G. Myrick, secretary; Mrs. w. A.
Preshrey. Mrs. u. G. Myricks. Mrs. T.
Francis Walker. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter NJ
Oatley, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry w. Bland
ing Mr. and Mrs. Frank f.. Lakey.
The fair will be open this and tomor-
row evenings. and there will be a change
In the entertainment each evening.