The San Francisco call., 1901-10-19
PAVILION WEARS
FESTAL COLORS
Ladies Devise Pretty
Booths for Coming
Bazaar.
Will Ballot fer the Most
Popular Candidate
for Mayor.

American Reautv roses will be the CEN
ter of attraction at ST. Mary's grand ba-
zaar, which opens tonight at the Me-
chanics Pavilion. 1t is a long time since
the parishoners of ST. Mary's Cathedral
have been called upon to assist in clearing
off the indebtedness that, despite the most
earnest efforts of Archbishop Riordan and
Vicar General Prendergast, hangs over
the sacred center of the Catholic church
in this city.
In the Mechanics Pavilion ladies who
have long been associated with the church
have prepared a number of enchanting
booths, where colors symbolizing the varl-
Gus embems of their faith have trans
formed the usually bare interior into
thing Of radiance The color scheme has
been carried throughout the building. One
side is in gold and white; on the other are
all the colors of the rainbow.
- replica of a most ancient cathedral
will greet the eye of the visitor upon en-
tering. Thence through the vast hall Will
rise booth after booth, where matrons and
misses, all in the cause of cathedral
finances, will sell tickets, rattle chancsE
and do all other things that serve to make
a church falr so interesting.
Prepared to Stuff Ballot-Box.
Another thing the ladies have decided
upon is a contest for the most popular
candidate for Mayor Though suffrage is
the balloI-boX at the rate OF IL cents pei
vote. Registrar Walsh and the Board of
Election commissioners have decided in
this particular instance to overlook any
violation of the election laws.
The State Board of Fish Commissioners
has given a license to conduct t1sh pond.
This will be elaborate affair, In Whlcn
gold fish will swim about until the angler
hooks one with a numbered tail.
A splendid lunch will be served. 1t is
expected that the bazaar will be a grand
if the ladies' do 1nVLhinE
more 10 make it go they are bound TO
do it.
Genthe of Archbishop Riordan which is
booth, resplendent with electric lights.
Friendly Rivalry Between Them.
Mrs. Dr. Pawlicke has the booth of
which she is in charge decorated in rose
pink. A bevy of the handsomest young
ladies in the parish will assist her in dis
posing of chances and all kinds of brtc-a-
brac and fancy things.
a generous rivalry is on between the
Young Ladies' Institute and the Catholic
Ladies' Aid Society as to which will gar
ner the greatest harvest. Both booths are
decorated in the highest style of the art,
and both promise to bring in large re-
turns
Another feature will be the refreshment
booth, in charge of Mrs. Connolly. Every
thing in the line of edibles that man can
wish for will be on the tables, and from
II in the morning until in the afternoon
a lunch will be spread. This is going TO
be an anomaly in church lunches, and the
ladies expect that encoreS will be the or
der of the days during which the fair is
open.
The Sisters of the Holy Family are
working hard and assisting the ladies in
charge of the booths in completing prep
arations The priests of the cathedral
are giving their personal attention to the
details, and when the doors open tonight
the programme will be complete. Arch
bishop Riordan will deliver the opening
address. Professor S. ]. Sandy will have
charge of the Cathedral Choral Society,
and the KnickerboclIer quartet and the
Cathedral Mandolin Club will also figure.