Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-05
CHURCHES HOLDING BAZAAR
Holiday Wares Piled High on Long
Tables in Bee Rotunda.
BEAUTIFUL QUILTS ARE SHOWN
Women of Twenty-Five Churches
start BRERar for the sale of
Pretty Gifts Made by
Their own Societies.

The rotunda u THE Bee building is
transformed into a maze Of ribbons. laces
ana daintly designed handiwork in
feminine fads and fancies OF every imag-
Unable kind. These fluffy and colorful
aitieles are the wares OF the big Christ
mas fair which the women of twenty
five churches are holding this week and
which opened Monday morning with much
enthusiasm.
The holiday wares are piled on long
tables which line The Bee lobby and
half hundred representatives OF the
Women's Aid Societies are on hand to
act as saleswomen. The days have been
divided among the churches which are
displaying, four churches at time Today
and Tuesday are given over to the bazars
OF the Hanscom Park Methodist, West
minister. Presbyterian. United Brethren
and Grace United Evangelical.
The tables Of the Hanscom Park Metho-
dist church are in a square outlining
the gold fish pool. Mrs. George W. Stone
president OF the church aid society, is
assisted by Mrs. c. A. reake at the. doll
counter. Selling corset covers are Mrs
g. w. Street. Mrs. Charles Landeryou
Mrs. w. B. Peake and Mrs. l.. w
Pickett. Mrs. f. N. Hess, Mrs. L. M
Pond, Mrs. B. L. Thomas and Mrs Clark
Shelly have charge of the fancy work
and Mrs. Martha Russell and Mrs
Catherine Bassett preside at the apron
section. Mrs. Carrie ID. Scott and Mrs
Edward Hislop are selling art goods.
The Queen Esther society Of the church
has miscellaneous fancy Christmas work
Mrs. w. NJ Balcomb, president Of the So
ciety is assisted by Miss Cecil Cornish
Miss Lucille Devereese and Miss Florence
Goodland. The Philathea society is dis
penclng fudge, nut creams and Turkish
delight under the direction OF Miss Clara
Barnes, Miss Vera Biddick and Mrs.
Charles Lang.
The Westminster Presbyterian bazaar is
In the southeast corner. Mrs. ]. r. Stout
president of the Ladies' Aid society, is
manager in chief, The rack covered with
coquettish little aprons is in charge of
Mrs. a. p. Thompson. Mrs Warren
Switzler, Mrs. w. j. Burgess and Mrs.
w. r. Burns are selling match scratches,
pin cushions, shoe bags and embroidered
household lines. The main attraction of
this display is a blue and white quilt
made as our grandmothers used to make
them. The body of the quilt is white
stitched in clover design. At regular in
tervals are basket figures in blue. Mrs
Switzlers sewing circle cut out the
figures and made the quilt. Mrs. w. S.
Heller has display of blue and white,
pink and white, lavender and white and
green and white rag rugs. Mrs. William
Randall has charge OF the marmalades,
mince meat and preserves.
All of the aprons. bags and other ar
ticles sold by the women of the Grace
United Evangelical church have been
made from fancy handkerchiefs. The
saleswomen are Mrs. A. Terry and Mrs
Ada Patterson. Mrs. Susie Shufelt is
chairman OF this exhibition, which is in
the northwest end Of the rotunda.
In the northeast corner is the bazar Of
the United Brethren church, with Mrs
II. w. Allwine In charge. Miss Helen
Henderson and Miss Clara Baldwin are
assisting Mrs. Allwine in selling aprons
and bags Pies, cakes and candy are
being sold by Miss Anna Swanson, Mrs
F. ]. Hale and Miss Florence Fehr. At
the fancy work counter are Mrs. F. L.
Mouer, Mrs. r. e. Marble. Mrs. Charles
Neff and Miss Louise Walker.