The Dickinson press., 1908-12-05
UNUSUAL.
FEATURES

St. Johns Episcopal Fair A Big
Success. Attractive Booths Do
Large Business. Receipts
Very Satisfactory.
The fair which the ladies of St. John 8
Episcopal guild conducted at the ..amory
on Wednesday and Thursday evenings
OF this week, was one of the biggest
successes ever achieved by the society.
The big armory proved an ideal place
for holding fair and there was plenty
of room for the seven good sized booths,
and the supper tables with a seating
capacity of 100. still leaving space for
the large number of people present,
without the least crowding.
The scene was busy one and each of
the booths was q marvel of beauty unique
in design. and arranged so that the
effect was especially pleasing to the
eye There were big crowds present
both evenings and the way that the
contents of the booths were snapped up
by eager buyers was very gratifying to
the many who had put in so much time
and labor in the preparation for the
/ event.
One of the most attractive booths and
one which received many compliments
for its unique features was the Jap
anese booth. 1t was made in the shape
of regular hexagon. and h a d
foundation Of white. The sides were
hung with gay colored Japanese paper
napkins and the six columns supporting
the canopy were masses of the bright
napkins, gathered into ruffles and hav-
ing graceful. fluffy appearance The
canopy roof was big Japanese UNI
brella, with several handsome Japanese
lanterns hanging from the center and
from the ribs of the parasol.
The booth was devoted to the sale of
Japanese wares and dolls and was liber-
ally stocked with many beautiful objects
OF Japanese china, brassware and en-
breideries. The dolls were of all sorts
and sizes, with a big faxen haired
beauty, in a directoire costume of the
latest style, as the crowning member of
the doll family. Chances were sold on
guessing the name of this beautiful doll.
A feature of the booth was the Japanese
dolls of all sizes which were hung in
all the odd places about the booth.
The youna ladies in charge, Misses
Maybe Dinsdale and Mareery Lytle,
looked very attractive in Japanese cos
tunes and also served real japanese
tea and fancy waters at tables at one
side of the, booth This department
was one of the most popular of the fair
and always surrounded with customers.
Another odd booth, which attracted
much favorable comment, was that de-
voted to the sale of home made candy.
1t was triangular in shape and the color
scheme was pink and green on back
ground Of white. The whole booth was
in white and was decorated with roset-
tes and streamers Of: pink and green.
The sides were made attractive with
festoons of pink and white and green
and white paper napkins, with touches
of gold. The napkins were also used as
doilies for the plates of candy. The
supports were wound with pink and green
and caught with rosettes Three pink
and green Japanese lanterns hung from
the three sides and candlesticks with
pink and green candles carried out the
idea still further. The candy was sold
in dainty little baskets of crepe paper
in the two colors. This booth was pre-
sided over by Mrs. j. E.. Messersmith,
Mrs. J. H. Wood and Mrs. T. j. Greene.
Red and white was used in the fancy
booth which was looked after by Dr..
Sarah E. Smith, Mrs. Vim. Peete. and
Misses Grace Crowl and Grace Pauleer.
Crepe paper was largely used in the
decorations and in making the canopy
top. The booth was filled with wealth
of beautiful things which were eagerly
bought as Christmas presents. All
varieties of fancy work were represented,
including the new stencil work, hand
painted china, etc. This booth took in
the largest receipts Of any in the hall.
The useful articles were sold from 8, q
holiday looking stand made Of red and
sreen crepe paper in graceful festoona
and knots. Mrs. N. c. lawrence AM and
Mrs M. Ten Eyck were in charge and
the booth and the walls in back were
fairly buried in the great variety Of
aprons, and household necessities which
were on sale. 'i'.,'s .. =
The fun Of the fair was supplied al
the wonder well, miniature well, with
q bucket which drew up all sorts Of toy.
L p nm