The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-17
.ST,JOSEPH'S BAZAAR
.s,c,ousLr OPENED AT Masonic
TEMPLE. IN
ELKs WENT IN A. BODY.
,, LODGE OF MAsoNs AMONG
~ THOSE THAT TOOK SUPPER.
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Donations Being Received
r.,lv-The Department Store One
80 the Most Popular of the Booths,
~ All of Them Did Good Bust
- Children's Entertainment
Re Given Each Afternoon Begin
-. To-day-Au the Attendants
wear The Red Cross Uniform.
9. 7osenh.s Inhrnary bazaar opened
,t7bt at Masonic Hall under most
S,.-r,f,ious circumstances, and, with the
<.T.orsble weather and attractive booths,
-. attendants. did an excellent business.
An arrangements, even to the most MI
-,t. detail. had been completed before
,.,oo, 50 that when the doors were
onarod TO the public everything was in
-.o5iress for the actual business Of the
evening.
,s is the usual case with affairs of this
lind the crowd did not arrive very early
+,e first to come being the Elks, forty
s+ro-r who marched from their hall to
The bazaar. where they took supper AT
tarvard they patronized the various
bootbs with their proverbial hberality.
A,nba Lodge. Scottish Rite Masons, also.
+ook supper in a body, and likewise pa
tronized the booths literally.
In fact each of the booths was well
ratronized, though probably the depart-s
roent store did the largest business, the
direct cause being the great variety of
fafrt
everybody got something for his money.
The chief prize Of the evening. a rocking
chair was won by Master Leonard Cleye-s
land. and the second of the more valua-
HE nrizes a ham, by Master Bishop.
The department store received during
the dav a number of valuable donations,
among them being a bottle of cognac,
made by the Jewish colonists in the Holy
Land This was given by M. Rauzin &
San Cash donations of varying amounts
were received from Mrs. Raphael Senfnes,
Mrs. J. Cronin, Mrs. ]. G. Nelson and
j Mrs. ]. T. Vinson; ham from Mr.. j.
4 II Vinson, and a years subscription 10
the Morning News. At this booth also
is handsome set of the American En-
I cyclopedic Dictionary, presented by Mr.
Il c. f. Prendergast. The main prizelto be
given away tonight is a barrel Of -four,
given by Mr.. NJ. j. Doyle. q.
The orange tree and candy booth, like.
wise did an excellent business, very
many oranges and a large humber of
boxes of cigars being disposed Of during
the course Of the evening. Another pop
ular booth is the candy and flower booth,
which was one of the best patron
lied in the hall. This booth, too received
many additional donations : yesterday,
among them being some fancy BRsketsaof
candy from Messrs. Belsinger & Gross; a
lot Of candy from Mrs. Lawrence Kelly;
candies from Messrs. Paul Conida, S.
Guckenheimer's Sons, Henry Solomon &
Son, NJ. Fersts Sons & Co, Brennan
Bros, and A. Ehrlich g. Bro. Plants and
flowers were received from Mr.. A. C.
Oelschig; fancy baskets. from Jones
Pharmacy; merchandise for trimming the
booth, from Mr.. Gustave Ecxstein; flow
ers from the Krouskoff Millinery Co., and
flowers from r. M. Kirby G. Co. The la
dies OF the booth extend their thanks to
Mr.. Balderson for his assistance in the
work of decoration ~ .. -,,,s
The other booths were all attractive.
That in charge of Mrs. H. T. Wilson and
Mrs. j. j. Powers, containing fancy work,
received Yesterday quite a number of ad-
dluonal gifts prominent among them for
value and beauty being handsome lace
cushion sent by Mrs. C. F. Graham The
adjoining booth, in charge of MRS. F.'S
Jette and Mrs. ]. ]. CaroIan, is also de-
voted to fancy work of various kinds, and
likewise proved a great attraction to all
lhat attended the bazaar.
Inc fortune teler's booth, though the
smallest in the hall, was by no means
overlooked, and Mile Yuld foretold the
veal or woe of many love-lorn SWANS and
maids.
IHe Charles Marks shoe booth was
erected yesterday to the right of the. de-
partment store. 1t contains a handsome
EXHIBIT OF all kinds of footwear.
Inc soda water and ice cream booth
u5d an excellent business, and so did the
shooting gallery. The ice cream table is
uHQer the care Of Miss Lille Falk, who
Is taxing the place of Mrs. Max Wolff
4urIng The latter lady's temporary absence
from the city.
me supper tables present most at
"acIIVe appearance, being tastefully dec