The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-16
To- Days Programme
at the Bazaar
Sl4 Ook-soap-Bu Bubble Party
and Pony Ride for Children.
s...ss sEVENlNG--creolc Songs and Glee
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Never In the history OF Richmond ba-
zaars has anything been more beautiful
than that which greeted tho eye OF the
visitor to the Masonic Temple last even
Ing at $50 o'clock, the opening time Of:
the great Confederate Bazaar.
81 The effect produced by the brilliant In
candescent lights OF the different tables
and OF those throughout the hall; the
movement and stir OF the vast throng Of
humanity. that streamed ever inward
through the open doors; the music the
invocation, the address OF welcome. the
applause OF the listeners, all blended
into something indescrbable and Won
iderful i
The young ladies OF the South Caro-
lima taule we're transformed for the time
being into gazelle-eyed japanese maidens rs
with graceful kimonas and gay little jap
anese fans, which they furled and unfurl-
ed as outsiders came up to look at pref
ty things and inquire prices.
Mrs. John L. Eubank, the chairman OF
the table, and her hostess, Mrs. Junins
3. NIosby, looked smiling and happy over
the SUCCESS OF their committee and them-
solves in surroundings and costumes
Dolly Warden Gris.
81 The Dolly Warden girls had on pink
lnict,,re hats tied under their chins and
Enink o1lowered, Dolly Warden p99lona ises,
With quite the correct thing IN paniers
and patches. Y ! J, !, !.
thriving business in the way OF, sh les
Texas was dlsposing OF her me ilcsi
o. 7 m
ed the constant care and watchluli'esS y
several ladies'; the lemon and orange
trees were being plncked Of their 1rn't
nj the Solid South and the Iennessee
tables. ai55 , n s. s. Y !. ,,,, &, !, = -
IS nor 50 great crowd as was presen.
in the Temple 1t was Almost goou- at1i
and accommodating assemblage, ana olle
quite bent on enjoyment i1yerypouy mas
laughing. talking and joking. ana every
ono was quite ready. to make room 1or
q. accommodate some one else After
The bazaar had been opened and several,
nafriotio Mrs had been played a tableau,,
F"rhe Shirt of the Confederacy," was
nnrescnted under the direction OF Mrs,
Il George a.. Lyon, by Mrs. Yeamans ana
Professor Frank Cosby. j
When the curtain fell, business slarteu
~ ihrisklv again. Tho selling, the prom
enading, the laughing and talking went
On til II clock, when everybody was
ready to 20 home and discuss tho un-
m rnlleled success OF tho first evening OF
the bazaar,
Governor O. Ferrall's Address. II
distinctive feature In the inaugura-
tion of the bazaar was the address OF
Former Governor Charles T. O Ferrall,
who paid "a splendid tribute to Mr.. Davis,
tho .,martyred president Of the confed-
eracy,H and welcomed tho people5of Rich
mond In the name Of the Monument
Association, s "a
It was little later than $3.50 when
Hon. j, Taylor Ellyson, one Of the d.
rectors of the Jefferson Davis Monument
Association, endeayored to get the atten-
lion OF the vast throng, While 1t was
imuosslble to arrest the attention of
iii even MS 1t was impossible, for tho
human voice to MI that immense room
hnd ali been quiet. vet those near the
Io,,siana booth, from which the speak
,n, tool, place were able to hear and
we're unstinted in their applause Of the
santlments expressed by him and by Col
onel OFerrall,
on tho platform, which was the cnno-
~, \, aver the Louisiana booth. with Mr.,
E,lyson and Colonel O'Ferrall We're Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Bryan, MAJOR Taylor,
DR. 81. William Jones and several ladies'
daenlv interested In the greas hndcr-
taking. =. u. (,
| IN prayer. This well-knoWn divine Is
Grand chaplain Of the United confed-
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