The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-16
BAZAAR ALL READY
WILL BE OPENED TONIGHT UNDER
FAVORABLE AUSPICES.
MANY VALUABLE DONATIONS
BAZAAR OPEN AFTERNOONS FOR
BENEFIT OF CHILDREN.

The Booths Put Up and Decorated
Yesterday-Gifts StiI Being Re-
ceived-The EIks to Take supper ut
the Bazaar Tonight and the c. L.
A. Tomorrow Night-The Arrange
ment of the Booths and Those in
Charge-Fifty Per Cent. of the Pro-
ceeds of "RicheIieu" to Be Given
to the Bazaar.
The bazaar for the benefit of the St
Joseph's Intiarmary Annex will be opened
at Masonic Hall tonight. The booths
were erected and decorated yesterday, and
last night the ladies interested in the af-
fair were busily engaged till late hour
in arranging the donations.
The hall presents very pretty picture,
the bright decorations of the booths, the
display of flags and the liberal use of
evergreen all tending to give it bright
and attractive appearance In the center
of the floor stands the orange tree and
the cigar booth in charge of Mrs. c. S.
Richmond, Mrs. L. A. Silva and Mrs. L.
Pease. The decorations are in yellow and
white. The booth is circular in shape and
! large pine, on which will be hung sew
eral hundred oranges, in one of which will
be concealed the prize, very handsome
diamond and opal ring.
To the north of this booth, between it
and the stage, is the candy and flower
booth, in charge of Mrs. A w. Master
son and Mrs. T. J. Fitzgerald. This is
deCOra ted N violet and white and iS
known as the violet booth. BY arrange
ment and decoration, as web as it's stock
in trade, it is sure to prove one of the
most attractive booths in the bazaar.
In the southwest corner of the hall is
the department store, of which the deco
rations are red and white. This booth is
under the direction of Mrs. ]. S. Howkins
and Mrs. Joseph Gorham. In it will be a
stock in trade consisting of so great and
so assorted a lot of articles that it will
without doubt do one of the largest bus
inesses of the bazaar. Each night a spe-
cial prize will be given away. That of
tonight will be a handsome rocking chair.
At the south end of the hall, and to the
left of the department store, is the for
tune teller's booth, mysterious looking
little hut adorned with black and yellow
and covered with the signs and symbols
Mile. Youk, who for a small compensa-
ton, the crossing of the palm with silver,
will tell of events past and present and
to be-
A fancy work booth, trimmed with white
and evergreens, and in charge of Mrs.
]. J. Powers and Mrs. H. T. Wilson, oc-
cupies the southeast corner of the hall.
Here, as it's name would indicate, will be
displayed articles of fine needlework.
pieces of valuable pottery and glassware
and bric-a-brac of various sorts, but all
of artistic worth
The next booth, on the south side of the
hall. is in charge of Mrs F. S. Jette
and Mrs. ]. ]. Carolan. Its colors are
white and yellow. Here, too. will be dis
played fancy work of all sorts, but not
fancy work alone, for at this booth will
be awarded the return trip ticket via the
Merchants and Miners Transportation
Company to the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton, a donation that will, without doubt.
prove one of the most popular and valu-
able of the entire bazaar.
The ice cream and soda water booth oc-
cupies the extreme northeast corner of
the hall, and, well as the shooting gal
lery, arranged in the gallery, will be IN
charge of Mr.. Mencke.
The stage will be utilized for a supper
room, while its dressing rooms can be
used as pantry and kitchen. This depart
ment is in charge of Mrs. A. McArtnor,
assisted by Mrs George H. VanHorne,
Mrs. W. c. Chaplin and Mrs. Max Wolff.
Tonight the Elks will be guests at sup
per, and tomorrow night the Catholic L.
brary Association will attend in a body.
Donations are still coming in. Among
those received yesterday, and which the
ladies desire to acknowledge, are lot of
oils and soap from the Southern Cotton
Oil Company; cigars from the A. Leffler
Co.; also cigars from Messrs. l. Epstein
& Bro; 81 from Mr.. John A Wright. Miss
Celia McLaugin has given S. to the orange
tree. The ladies are especially anxious
that ali donations promised be sent to
the hall to-day. The ladies in charge of
the flower and candy booth will be glad
to receive from day to day gifts of fresh
flowers, cut and potted.
The bazaar will be opened each night
at o'clock, and in the afternoons, for
the benefit of the children, at o'clock.
Through a misunderstanding between
the management of "Richelieu" and some
of the officers of the bazaar, it was I'M
derstood that the bazaar was to receive
but 10 per cent. of the gross receipts form
the performance. The agreement is that
the bazaar will receive 50 per cent. of the
net receipts.
Among the latest donations received is
the use in the hall. during the continu-
ance of the bazaar, of a Bell telephone.
The Georgia Telephone and Telegraph
Company not only donates the use of a
phone, which will be put in to-day, but
gives also the use of one of it's phones
for one year as the prize of a contest to
be conducted by the bazaar. The set of
harness was given the bazaar by the
Cohen-Kuhman Carriage and Wagon
Comapny through Mrs. p. Barrett.