The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-10
To STRAINS OF Dixie
THE GEORGIA HUssAR's BAZAAR
WAS OPENED.
CROWDS AT THE CLUB ROOMS
CANE WITH READY CASH AND
SPENT 1T UNSTINTINGLY.

Hussars Appeared in Full Dress
Uniform-Ofneers of First Infan-
try Were Guests of the Evening.
Attendance on the Opening Night
Was a Corker-Every Booth Was
Popular - $500 Was Realized on
Automobile Two Candidates in
Sword Contest.
To the stirring strains Of Dixie"
the members of the Georgia Hussars.
arrayed in their full dress uniforms,
filed into the club rooms last night at
O'Clock. in command of Capt ". W.
Gordon. Jr., who formally announced
the bazaar open. and the members of
the troop and visitors to the fair were
at the mercy of the various commit
tees.
If the opening night Is any index to
the attendance on the other nights of
the week. then the bazaar will be a
greater success than its most san
guine projectors dreamed of. Every
thing was hustle and hustle and push,
intermingled with laughter, gayety
and fun. Everybody spent money
without minding it-at least while
they were surrounded by the spell
which seizes one on entering the door
Got Rid OF Cash.
Plenty of money was spent. Those
who visited the fair almost fell over
each other in their anxiety to dispose
| of what money they had brought for
the occasion. for no one who has Wis
tied a fair ever comes with the inten-
ton of spending half Of his cash. II
he ever has. he knows better. If he
| never has, he learns better. The casual
| onlooker would have concluded that
! none of those present had ever before
attended such function.
Four hundred dollars was realized on
the automobile alone last night The
| award does not take place until the end
of the bazaar. A beautiful Chainlsss
bicycle was presented by r. V. Con-
nerat. All of the booths were we'll pat
roniZed, particularly those on the Bull
were also popular. and the country
store fairly coined money. there being
line of purchasers at the counter
throughout the evening. Mrs. w. w.
Gordon was in charge of this depart
| ment. The lemonade stand came in
for a large share of patronage. This
was presided over by Miss Connerat,
MIS- DOQlOH anu 9lES. JOHHSOIt WHO
served ginger ale, club soda, root beer,
lemonade, punch and many other kinds
| of delicious drinks.
The Dancing Feature.
One of the pleasantest features of
the bazaar is the dancing. The floor
is excellent, and the music good.
Throughout the evening the floor was
swarmed with lovers of the dance. and
as a fee of % cents was charged. the
committee made much money. The ice
cream parlor on the porch in the rear
| of the ball room was literally patron
| lied. This is presided over by Mrs. W.
| W. Starr, assisted by beYy of pretty
| girls.
| A great deal of pleasure was found
! in the games of skill, the shooting gal
lery being the scene of animation.
! There were many good scores made.
one of the best being by Miss Williams,
! who made five successive bulls eyes
| at a distance of forty feet. Prizes are
| given to the best shots. there being
| separate donations in money and mer-
| chandise among the ladies and the
| gentlemen. The horse slroe was bril-
liantly lighted, where Sergeant Flem-
| ing and his wonderful games of skill
were in operation. Six niger babies.
all dressed in gaudy colors, served as
! targets. the missiles being baseballs.
The sword Contest.
In the sword contest there were a
| good many votes cast. The only two
candidates who have thus far been put
forth by their friends are Capt. Arthur
B. Middleton Gibbes, of the Oglethorpe
Light Infantry, and Lieut.. Joseph l.
Killorin, OF the Emmett Rifles. Both
of these officers received a compl-
mentary number of votes, though
neither was present. The sword is a
| beautiful one, and was examined with
many expressions OF favor through
out the evening. Mrs. C. S. Richmond
and Mrs. Seabring are in charge of the
booth at which the sword is being dis
posed Of
Shortly after II o'clock the officers
OF the First Infantry came in a body
| to the bazaar. They went at once 10
the cafe, where they were served with
| sandwiches and coffee. which they ate
with a relish, since they had but just
| finished a very tiresome, though equal
y successful extended order drill in
the Park Extension.
Have Lots of Goods.
II was after midnight when the last
| loiterer retired from the club rooms.
Though many sales were effected dur
| ing the evening, and numerous articles
| were borne away by visitors, the stock
on hand did not seem 10 have dwind.ed
appreciably. There are at least five
more nights of the bazaar. during
which time everything will be disposed
| of.
To the ladies more than TO any one
else is due the success which the ba-
zaar has met. They have worked
faithfully and untiringly. and did
much last night as a result of which
revenue was realized. Capt. Gordon,
Lieut.. Silverburg, Lieut. Connerat and
Mr.. 5. E. Theus are among the gentle
men to whom is due in great measure
the success of the undertaking. To
further particularIze would entail too
great a task. for there are nearly one
hundred who have given much of their
time to the bazaar.
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