The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-12
AN EASTER TEA.
Delightful Entertainment Tuesday
for College Aid Association.

for College Aid Association.
Foremost among the many attrac-
tions of an unusually gay Easter week
is the Tea Sale to be given on Tues
day afternoon and evening. at the
home of Miss Hartridge. 4O2 East Gas
ton street. The sale, which in every
way promises to be a delightful af-
fair, is for the benefit of the College
Aid Society, in which the people OF
Savannah have evinced so keen an
interest.
The three large rooms on the main
floor of the house will be given up TO
the sale of fancy articles, while the
broad halls, the piazzas and the gar
den are TO be devoted exclusively TO
children, to whom special attractions
will be offered. The ladies in charge
are Mrs. S. P. Goodwin and Mrs. ].
S. Wood.
For the little ones a fairy queen is
to be present to award five cent prizes
TO all good girls and boys and for
more grown up visitors, Signorina For
tuna for ten cents will tell fortunes
and Madame Baka will read character
and cast horoscopes. Refreshments
may be had in another room, which
under the direction of the committee
in charge, will be fitted UP as an at
tractive supper room. Mrs. Thomas
Wayne and Mrs Walter Hartridge are
in charge.
Among the ladies who are to take
an active part in the fair are Mrs.
H. D. Stevens. Mrs. Howkins,. linen
table; Mrs. c. A. L. Cunningham, Mrs.
Annie Waring, linen table; Mrs. Tracy
Hunter. assisted at the flower tabFe
by Miss Hull, Miss Isabel Shotter,
Miss Clifford West and Miss Nina
Crane); Mrs. Frank Battey, sweet
meats and tea by the pound; Mrs.
Wright Hunter. candy table, assisted
by Miss Gamble.
Mrs. Arthur Gibbes with Mrs. Duck
worth and several others. will look
after a table of miscellaneous articles.
Miss Nisbet will be in charge or a
table containing articles of special
value. Mrs. Graham has already gene
rously given painting for this
table, and Mrs. Goodwins daughter,
Mrs. Daniel O'Day, Jr., has done a
delightfully."- artistic pen and ink sketch
In addition to the pictures there are
tea.
Besides the attractions offered at the
various booths there will be music
Miss Sadee King will sing several
times.
In the dining room afternoon tea
Will be served by Mrs. Robert Mercer
and Mrs. Lang.
The object of the society is to raise
the standard of education by lending
aid to some girl in order that she may
obtain college education. To receive
the scholarship the candidate must
possess good health, and must pass
without condition the papers of the
college examination board. In case of
two or more candidates the one passing
the best examination will be given the
scholarship
The interest in the society is increas-
in daily. About thirty new members
nave Joined within the last two weeks
Among those who are especially in
terested in the work are Mrs Charles
Shearson, Mrs. John H. Hunter, Mrs.
Conner, Mrs. Clark Howell, Mr. Tobias,
Miss Annie Simkins, Mrs. D. Y Dancy,
Miss Marion Haskell, Miss Freeman,
Mrs. w. A. Bisbee, Miss Bisbee, DR..
Uunn, Miss Hayward. Mrs. Wilcox.
Miss Mary Wilcox. Mrs. Sheldon, Mrs.
Stovall, Mrs. ]. S. Bracewell, Mrs. C. f.
Moses, Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Bell Miss
ann Bell, Mrs WILLY, Mrs. Goodwin
Mrs. Woodfin, Mrs. Joseph Hull, Mr. j.
NJ. Solomons, Mrs. Meldrim, Mrs. Kar-
ow, Mrs. Tracy Hunter, Mrs. Thomas
Wayne, Miss Wayne, Mrs. A B. Palm
er. Miss Palmer, Miss Lila Carmichael,
Mrs r. NJ. Hull, Mrs. Frank Screven,
Mrs. Girardeau, Mrs. Krenson, Mrs.
Graham, Mrs. Battey, Mrs. Wright
Hunter. Mrs. Walter Hartridge, Mrs
Paschal Strong, Miss Backus, Mrs.
q y~fi oil
Mcintyre, Mrs. Arthur Gibbes,
Miss Cosens, Mrs. Annie War
ing. Mrs. Pinckney Warning. Mrs. A.
r. Lawton, Miss Beckwith, Mrs
G. A. L. Cunningham, Mrs. Cope. Miss
Barrow, Miss Emma Hopkins, Miss
Frances Bradley, Miss bearing Har-
dee, Mrs. Ellington, Miss Nisbet, Miss