Arizona republican., 1910-12-13
CATHOLIC CHURCH
 FAIR UNDER WAY BRILLIANT OPENING OF A WEEK
 OF GAYETY. ColorfuI Arrangement of O'NeilPs Hall Many Booths Display the Arti-
 cles Offered for Sale.


 Beautiful flags, beautiful flowers anC beautiful decorations of all kinds, a:
 well as a bewilderlng array of articles
 toothsome. useful and ornamental combined to make the fair one of tn, most successful and spectacular evel
 held in Phoenix.
 It is not often that the Catholic church holds fair, but whenever il does the members make it a big af-
 fair. It has been several years since
 the church had its last fair. and this one is on a more elaborate scale than any ever attempted by the good people of St. Mary's parish.
 All evening the hall was crowded with an enthusiastic. excited throng Not only Catholics but people of all denominations visited the fair. fished in the pond. had their fortunes told | by Mademoiselle Zelolomah. bought dolls, fancy work. candy and other things too numerous to mention. On the right of the door as one en- | ters the hall is a considerable space divided off from the rest of the hall. | In this space Mexican meals are served. | The department is under the direction of Mrs. A C. Baker, assisted by Miss Seraphina Righetti and Mrs. Alex Sil- va. The Mexican colors, insterspersed l with those of the United States, have | been used in the decorations and there is no more colorful part of the hall though all the booths and departments are decorated in manner most pleas ing to the eye.
 This department is divided into two l rooms. In the front room are several tables which are attended by beautiful young women. In the second room are three gas ranges for cooking. Near ly all the food served in Mrs Bakers department is cooked right in this room.
 Across the hall is the German booth, where German meals are served. It is singular that nearly all the ladies in the booth are Irish, but the cooking is German just the same. Most of the food served here is cooked at home and taken to the fair. Mrs. A. Steinegger is in charge.
 As one circles the hall the next booth he finds is the mystic cave" of Mademoiselle Zelolomah, the seeress, who tells ones past, present and future and never makes a mistake. It is un- derstOod that she recently came from Egypt, where she was clairvoyant eX- traordinary to the khedive. Her fame has spread to the uttermost ends of the earth. At least Charles J. McEIroy. general manager of the fair, says SO. and he ought to know. Madame Zelo- momah tells fortunes at 10 cents a head and McElroy says that it is worth thousand times that much just to have her hold your hand. He ought to know about that too He has been trying to create the impression that she is married but this has been au- thoritatively denied.
 Other booths, all wonderfully deco rated in colors that are sure to make you feel young, foolish and most won derfully happy, are scattered about the hall. There is the Japanese booth, in charge of Mrs. May Fisher. Here one may buy toys and Japanese dainties. Next comes the curiO booth, presided over by Miss Anna VOsskuhler.
 The general utility booth, in the southwest corner. is arranged like summer house. with grape vines crawl ing over trellis above From the vines hang leaves, colored as grape leaves are colored in autumn, and black grapes that look as rich and luscious as though they were rot glass 1 In this booth one may buy anything that could be expected at a church fair. It would take a mail order catalogue to enumerate them all. Mrs l. J. John son and Mrs. J. H. Cole are in charge. | They are assisted by Mrs Roy $. | Goodrich and Mrs. w. E. Jacquith.
 Mrs. Ed O'Malley and Mrs. w J. | Riley have charge of the dolls and | fancy work, which is very tastefully | arranged and decorated with flowers | The stock is a large one, including | some dainty pieces of fancy work and ] many exquisitely dressed dolls.
 Che of the most charming booths of | all is the Mexican booth. presided over ] by Mrs. c. Para and Mrs. C. Goxiola. !, Pictures of Porfirio Diaz and other ! Mexican nOtables are used in the deco | rations. some of them being for sale | Mexican zerapes and flags of all kinds, | as well as drawn work and scores of | other articles, are for sale.
 Next comes the department devoted | to the display of the work of Catholic | children at St. Mary's and St An thony's schools All the maps. pictures and other work shown is very good in-
 
 the chirography is indeed beautiful.
 One is almost around to the door again by this time. But the fish pond | intervenes. No one leaves without | angling time or two in the fish pond. A line is thrown over high wall and | some one inside hooks an article with out knowing who is at the other end. A glimpse into the pond discloses the fact that some people are going to get presents for 10 cents
 Last but not least is the sodality booth. Don't know what 'sodaIity" means? Why, it's the young ladies' booth. It is under the direction of Miss Helen Hughes, assisted by score or SO other beautiful girls. Above are enormous streamers of ribbon. white md baby blue. The young ladies sell andy and hundred other things
 One of the features of the fair is l voting contest for the most popular roung lady of the church Four or i've girls are entered.
 The fair will continue until next | Saturday night. An orchestra will fur ] lish music each evening.