The Dickinson press., 1911-10-28
ANNUAL ST. PATRlck'S FAIR
WAS DECIDEDLY SUCCESSFUL

ST, PAT KICKS FAIR
WAS DECIDEDLY SUCCESSFUL
The ladies Of St. Patrick's Catholic
church added another successful chapter
to the history of their fairs and enter
tainments when they gsve their annual
bazaar and sale on Tuesday. Wednesday
and Thursday Of this week.
The fair was held in the opera house
and in the matter Of attendance. excel
lence and variety of articles and gen.
erous patronage, it Yves the equal Of any
previous attempt. 1t vas no small
task for the ladies to provide articles for
the many departments in sufficient
quantities to meet the demands of three
evenings sale. to say nothing of cook
ine food to feed hundreds Of people each
evening. Year after rear the same en-
thusiasm is shown, and they try to make
each fair better than the previous one,
and after it is all over and the receipts
counted, there is a general feeling that
the time. and money has been well
spent.
Scattered about the opera house were
six booths, Gay with decorations and
filed with tempting wares to attract all
kinds of people. On entering the door
the visitors were first greeted by the
cigar booth and it is safe to say that
40 gentleman passed by without pur-
chasing from Misses Irene and Ellen
Walton. who had charge of this booth.
1t was artistically arranged in artificial
red roses climbing over a lattice work of
white and was very attractive.
On the left of the entrance was the
doll booth presided over by Misses Mar
gerry Cuskelly, Anna Kostelceky and
Beatrice Lish. There were dolls Of all
kinds, in pairs, in families and in
dividually, and dressed to represent all
stations in life. This stall trimmed in
green and white crepe paper was Il
veritable paradise for the little girls
who attended the fair.
Next wat the attractive stall trimmed
in yellow and white, from which the
articles of fancy work were dispensed.
This large booth was just n mass of
dainty articles of needlework and was
eraciously patronized by the many
ladies who were seeking gifts for the
holiday season, and bits of artistic
n%eedlework for their homes. Mrs. j. j.
Ryan wat in charge of this booth and
was assisted by Mrs. v. H. Stickney,
Mrs. W. C. Crawford Mrs. E. M. Cans
and Mrs. Donahue. Large yellow chry-
santhemums were prettily used in the
decoration of this booth.
Directly in front of the stage the
homemade candies were sold from q
booth in which large pillars, extending
from the floor and trimmed in harmo-
nizing tones of purple and white. made
a part of the effective arrangement.
Great heaps of homemade candies and
bowls of delicious frappe tempted the
passerby and proved a source of much
revenue. Mrs. E. ]. Hughes. Mrs. r.
v. Bouleer and Misses Mary Nolan and
Florence Jennings had charge of the ar
rangements and sales Of this stall.
The baby booth was well patronized
and all articles imaginable for baby
wear were in stock here. The baby
booth was in white and visitors were
attracted by the appropriate designs
above the sales counter. Mrs. l.. H.
Rudiselle and Mrs. VIM. Carroll dis.
played the wares, in this department.
The ladies or general booth contained
about everything imaginable from quilts
and comforters down to dust caps. This
was a prolific source of revenue and was
in charge Of all the married ladies of
the church who were 10 otherwise &C.
cupied.
The carload of coal, donated by the
Consolidated Coal Co. was awarded
to Miss Mollie Kostelecky.
Articles were auctioned from most of the
booths. the holders of a certain num-
Der winning. By guessing the correct
number of seeds in a pumpkin, Mrs.
Cans was given q cut glass water set
Miss Gay Conklin guessed correctly the
number of beans in a bottle and is en-
titled to a photograph sitting at the
Anderson Studio; Mrs. Fred Mccarthy
guessed the name of the doll,
Beatrice"
The total receipts of the sale amount
ed to about ST. 100. comparing favorably
with those of other years and the ladies
feel we'll satisfied over the results.
sToRk WAS NEAR MEpoRA
CAUSED TRAIN DELAY