The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-30
ALTAR SOCIETY
BAZAR OPENS
Handsome Women and Beauti-
full Girls Preside Over the
Many Booths.
CROWDS OF PEOPLE
FLOCK TO CATHEDRAL
Attendance at Opening Exceeds
1000 Persons; 500 at
Dinner.


of incandescent lights and the sweet
perfume of flowers with gayIly decorat.
cd booths, prcsidcdoovcr by beautifully
gowned women and prettily dressed
girls, at every hand and with many OF
Salt Lake IS representative society Peo-
pie in attendance, the annual Christmas
bazar of the Altar society of st. Mary 3
cathedral was opened under the most
auspicious circumstances in the base
ment of the beautiful edifcc Tuesday
evening. 1t was grand opening and
if it can be regarded as Il criterion the
ultimate result, the baZar will be the
most successful affair Of its kind ever
undertaken by the Altar society Of ST.
Mary's.
In the neighborhood of 1000 people
visited the bnzar Tuesday night, and 1t
cleared. The proceeds Of the affair
60 to the Altar society. The bazar
opened at clock i'll the evening with
big turkey dinner. which was partici-
pated in by more than 500 persons.
Was Bower Of Beauty.
The beautiful hall, which has re-
Gently been painted and decorated for
| the use of the societies Of the church
mainly for social events, was bower
of beauty. It's attractiveness was
greatly added to by the beautiful eff
| fects made possible by the various
| booths, and beautiful flowers were seen
everywhere Music was furnished dur
| ing the evening by the knights of Co
| lumbus orchestra. Much credit is duo
| to Mrs James O'Connor, president OF
the Altar society. and her corps of earn
est workers for the unqualified success
that marked the opening of the bazar.
| While the principal feature of the
opening night of the bazar was the tur-
| key dinner. the various booths were
well patronized. The entire north end
OF the hall was set apart for the din,
ner The tables, which were arranged
IN an artistic manner, were waited
upon by members of the society, and
the service was ideal. The tables were
decorated with carnations and roses,
furnished complimentary by the Salt
Lake Floral company.
The tickets for the dinner and also
for the merchants luNcheons which will
be served Wednesday and Thursday
Moons, the two remaining days of the
bazar, are in the charge of Mrs. James
Hughes. Mrs. James 'Connor, Mrs.
f. j. Westcott and Mrs. Alexander Nc
Donald had charge of the dinner, The
executive committee in charge of the
] w. X Ryan and the Mesdames O'Con-
nor and Westcott.
Beautiful Booths.
Among the booths one of the most
unique was the fortune telling booth in
the charge of Miss Marjorie Mulvcy
with her two fortune tellers, Mrs, Hen
derson and Mrs. Carey. The booth was
in the form of a gypsy camp, including
two tents surrounded with trees and
other foliage and the arrangement OF
the seats and general decorations gave
it mysteri Gus looking air.
The parish booth containing all sorts
Of handsome miscellaneous articles, also
presented an attractive appearance
Durkin, Mrs. Farnsworth and Mrs
Lanrstaf were in charge Of this booth
The fancy work booth. under the di
rection OF Mrs. J. c. DAILY, assisted by
Mrs. Lillard, Mrs. Bird and Miss Mar
garet Gibbons contained large assort
ment of hand made articles, for which
there was big demand. The booth wa.
made up Of pretty flowers
The young ladies' sodality under the
direction of Misses Ella Canning, Clara
| Driscoll, Frances McCrystal, Marga rel
Mcmahon and Martha Plumboff, had
charge of the flowers, candy and puncl
booths, and it is needless to say thai
these booths we're exceedingly we'll pat
Tonizcd. SO much so, in fact, that the
flower booth was sold out long before
the evening was over.
Dolls for Children.
| The children of the parish had Z
sweet little booth, which was possibly
ono of the best featureseof the baZar
Here dolls were sold and most of tho
little ones who were so fortunate as II
be at the bazar, left with pretty
doIlic even though it is vet month til
Christmas time. The children S bootf
was in the charge Of the little Missc!
Dorothy White, Katherine Horner
Margaret o 'Brien and Loretta Bocbler
All Of the various booths were mad,
; of flowers, autumn leaves, ferns anl
evergreens. Palms were used attrac
lively in the decorations of the booths
, Today d feature Of the baZar will b,
music by All IIallows band. The ba
: Ear will be open throughout the day
aud IL is expected that the merchants
lunch from II la clock will be cs
peciallv well patronized. Thursday. th'
music will be furnished by the Knight
of Columbus orchestra. which furnished
: the music Tuesday night. The Knight
Of Columbus will also provide other on
tcrtaining features for the closing day