Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-02-05
SISTERS BAZAAR
GREAT SUCCESS
Large Attendance
and Many Pleas
ing Features.
TO RAISE $4,000 THIS WEEK
The Intention--F Articles
Fortune TeIlers, Booths
and a Dinner.

That the bazaar being held this
week under the auspices Of the Sis.
ters of Charity will be success is a
foregone conclusion. 1t opened last
evening under the most auspicious cir
cumstances. There was large crowd
| in attendance and the several booths
were well patronized, to say nothing
of the nickels and dimes yielded by
the different raflles and popularity con
| tests. The affair Is for a commend
able purpose and is deserving of lib.
eral financial assistance.
Loretto Hall in which the bazaar
takes place is gayly decorated with
the national colors and is made the
more attractive by the various booths
scattered about the place. Articles
are on sale at the stands covering a
wide scope Nothing has been over
looked that might serve as a source
of revenue The aim is to swell the
receipts as much as possible, and the
results on the initial night have been
very gratifying.
Fancy Articles in Abundance.
In addition to the booths where
divers and sundry articles of fancy
needle work and kindred wares are
offered for sale there are refreshment
and candy stands. A wheel of fortune
is IL money-maker for the operators
and Gypsy camp where fortune tell
ing is in vogue, is doing a rushing
! turn of mind where charity is con.
Cerned there are numerous drawing
contests for objects of intrinsic value
for which tickets are sold al five and
| ten cents each.
The bazaar will continue every
evening throughout the week and
something new in the way of enter.
tanment has been planned for each
night. A Spanish supper will be a
feature Wednesday evening from 5 to
1880 o'clock. Tickets for the supper
are being sold at so cents. The bill.
of-fara will embrace nearly everything
of Spanish cooking. not to mention the
| delectable chilli con carne. \ euchre
party is on the program for Thursday.
Elegant prizes will be awarded to the
successful contestants. The admission
On this night has been raised to SO
cents to defray the expenses incurred
in providing the prizes. The admit
tance fee on the other nights is only
10 cents.
viii Not Interfere With Eks.
The Sisters of Charity, in schedul-
ing their bazaar for this week, were
unaware that it would conflict with
| the Elks' show until after most of the
arrangements had been made. Not
feeling that they could well afford to
discontinue the affair on the two
nights selected for the Elks enter
tainments they have done the next
best thing and changed their plans to
an extent so as not to interfere with
! the attendance at the opera house on
the evenings chosen for the Elks' Min.
strels.
The Spanish supper will be over in
ample time for the diners who want
| t. go to the show Wednesday evening
to do Sc. The program for the re-
mainder of the evening at the bazaar
will be one especially prepared for
| the children. The euchre party was
not postponed from Thursday evening
because the management thought that
the people who attended ii would have
witnessed the Elks' show on the pre-
ceding evening if they wished TO see
! 1t at all.
$4,000 Raised in a Week.
| Santa Fe's charitably inclined wom-
en- are well represented In the sew
! eral committees in charge OF the ba-
zaar. They have taken hold OF the
affair with characteristic energy and
Tit will not be any fault of theirs IL
the proceeds at the end of the week
are not close to $4,000. Sister Fidelis
has the supervision of the enterprise
and she is sanguine that the amount
mentioned will be forthcoming. Mrs.
Grant Rivenburg is the president OF
the executive committee and Arthur
Seligman is the treasurer.
The following are the several aux
iliary committees:
Ice Cream Stand-Mrs. A. NJ. Ber.
gere, chairman; Mrs. Arthur Selig-
man, Mrs. James L. Seligman, Mrs.
R. J. Palen, Mrs. NJ. 0. Llewellyn
Fancy Work Booth-Mrs. r. l..
Baca, chairman; Mrs. Lola Armijo,
Miss Mignon LeBrun.
Chocolate Stand-Mrs. G. F. Abreu,
chairman; Mrs. Jose d. Sena, Mrs.
Anita Chapman.
Lemonade Stand-Mrs. s. Spitz,
chairman.
Tea Booth-Mrs. Max Frost, chair
man, Mrs. Alfredo Hinoios.
Candy Stand-Mrs. II. G. Yontz,
chairman; Miss Massie, Miss Sylvia
Morrison.
Wheel of Fortune--Max Kalter.
Doll Contest--Mrs. A. b. Renehan,
chairman.
Spanish Supper-Mrs. J. w. Akers,
chairman, assisted by Mrs. Grant
Rivenburg.
Euchre Party-Mrs. NJ. o. Lewel-
lyn, chairman; assisted by Mrs. W..
c. Reid, Miss Nina 0tero, Miss Pad
dock.