The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1901-09-07
FIREnEN's BENEFIT
Al the 0ardebIed Gardens Last Satur,
day Was a Success.


, No date with weather more pro
pitious could have been selecte
! for the benefit garden party an
entertainment given last Saturda
at the Gardebled Gardens for thu
building fund Of the Independen
Hope Hook and Ladder Fire Go.
No. |. The evening was an idea
one. The earth was flooded i,
u shower Of silver light from
perfect moon. Success on ever,
hand crowned the efforts of the
management and they, upon Their
success, are to be congratulated
and deserving of praise, From
every point, financially and social,
~, the affair was successful.
An attractive feature of the
pretty grounds and artistic de.
coratlons was the illumination.
Through the generosity Of Messrs.
Braun q Beeoher, who charged
very reasouabiy For the service,
the grounds were "wired" and d
number of ineandescent lights put
In producing ut night a magnifi-
cent electrical service.
The refreshment booths were
two in number, tastefully arrang-
ed and we'll decorated. The ice
cream and restaurant tables were
in charge of Mrs, Chas. G.. Mo-
reau, ably assisted by Mrs. III. r.
Piccaluga, Misses Rosa Derbes,
Susie Vandcrgrift, Eulalie Fay
ard, Julia Derbes, Stella and Hill
da Doussan. The receipts at this
booth amounted to $3.50
Mrs. G. Spotorno and Miss
Catherine Spotorno, assisted by
Mrs. Klingler, presided over the
lemonade table. The popularity
of this table brought the receipts
up TO $20.25.
A feature of Mrs. Moreau's ta-
BILE was the disposal of dressed
doll, Mr.. Vincent Laustalot, of
New Orleans, holding the lucky
number. Tue doll, an expensive
one, prettily dressed, was donated
by Miss Julia Derbes. AT the
same table Il handkerchief sachet,
donated by Miss Elise Doussan of
New Orleans, was won by Mayor
O'Brien. Both prizes were very
pretty and would haveexcited the
envy of any heart. There was
much interest and speculation as
to who the winners would be.
AT the gate the interest Of the
entertainment was zealously guar
ded by Mr.. Louis Laurent, one of
the fire company's valued mem
bors. He was assisted by Mr.. G.
Hlllen, another good member of
the company.
Madame Gardebled gave with
out charge the use Of her spacious
and pretty grounds, and was un-
firing in her energies, devoting
much of her time to the success
of the affair.
Messrs. +. g. Gardebled, r.
Mendes, p. }. Scheib, T. j. Braun,
Il. Spotorno, Fred Laurent COM
posed the arrangement commit
tee. To them the company owes
much thanks for the admirable
manner in which they arranged
matters, displaying as they did
strong executive ability. A well-ar-
ranged programme was presented
Miss Barbara Marti gave a comic
recitation, Miss Maria Combel
sang ''Lcnore," Baby Burke, a
7-year old musical wonder from
New Orleans, sang in captivating
style several characteristic songs
and dances and won repeated APP
plauded. Misses Lorena Guerra
and k. Ratelle gave a pretty skirt
dance. making a decided shit. ="
Miss Krull sang rag time seIec-
tion. A mandolin duo and hoop
drill were the final numbers.
Dancing followed and was con-
tinued till about 2 o'clock the
next morning. The Promote
Brass Band furnished music of a
very successful order.
In all the affair was very sue
cessful. About Sill gross was
realized. Unfortunately, but un-
avoidable, the expenses incurred
were little above the ordinary.
Some sixty-odd dollars represent
the net profit. Mrs. Moreau has
requested acknowledgements be
made to the following named par
ties for doAations to the cause, as
follows:
Mrs. A. Beuchel, Mrs. r. N. Hamil-
ton, Mrs. Charles Marshall. Mrs. Henry
Widmer, Mrs Kalinski, Mrs. Thos. l.
Evans, Miss Markey, Miss Susie Van
dergrift, Miss Julia Derbes, Miss Stenf
Pieri, Miss Blanche Avery, Mrs. JOS {
Smith, Miss Elise Deussan, Miss l.. We
nemen, DR.. Turner, Messrs. Thomas L
Evans, August Keller, L. A. de month";.
zin, T. j. Brown, Charles Beecher, F
Jacob, Evariste Toulme, Claudius Fay.
ard, Albert Boyer, Charles A. Butler,