Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-14
OPENING OF THE BAZAAR.
Good Supper and Good Service at the
Firemen's Benefit - Crowds the
First Night.

If there is one thing that will draw
the people as the magnet draws the
steel, il is a Firemen's Bazaar in An
napolis. Crowds will go to firemen's
bazaar when you couldn't get a hand
full at lecture, or other home enter
tainment, even though you tried to
draw them with all the Kings mules
and horses.
At the opening night of the Fire
mems Bazaar last night it was not
even possible to display the sign
IS. R. o." for there wasn't even
standing room; there was scarcely
breathing room. The Assem- bly,
Room, where the bazar was held,
was crowded all evening, and a
happy, good-natured crowd it was,
too, jostling each other in the rush,
and humping into mattresses or
rubbing shoulders with somebody you
did not know. and then apologizing.
1t was all great fun, and it goes
without saying that the Firemen' s
Bazaar will be the rendezvous for
friends every evening this week The
City Assembly Room is metamor-
phosed for this particular occasion.
The walls are covered with streamers
of bunting in vari-colored stripes, and
the gajly bedecked and brightly-light-
ed booths give pretty effect.
The candy booth is perhaps the hand
soonest in the room. 1t is a Valentine
Booth and it's colors are red and
white. The ladies serving there all
wear white gowns, and dainty red rib
bon aprons with heart shaped bibs.
The hangings from the booth are red
hearts strung on red ribbons, and the
booth is lighted with red electric
lights. The effect is very pleasing.
Besides the attractiveness of the
candy booth, the candy sold there is
delicious. There is every kind of
homemade sweet, tempting and de-
licious. The candy booth did a good
business last night.
The cake booth is also very attrac-
tive and delicious homemade cake
is for sale, whole, in slices or parts.
Miss Mullan's rattle booth is a
symphony in green and white. Every
conceivable article is on sale Tor
raffie) there, from a paper of pins to
ton of coal, and all at 10 cents a
chance, except ten articles at a quar-
ter when every one of the ten people
who take "the chance" wins some
thing.
The fish pond was lots of fun last
night and promises to be a popular
nook. The Turkish smoking room is
the most popular place at the bazaar
for the men, and pretty girls dispensed
cigars and cigarettes there all even
ing and entertained the smokers.
A delicious supper is served for rs
cents. The menu consists of fried
oysters, ham, tongue, potato salad,
slaw, celery, pickle, jelly, biscuits,
homemade bread, coffee and choco late
and chicken salad (extra.)
The supper tables are daintily
spread, and the service is excellent.
The ladies at the supply table are
kept busy and sserve a great deal
of credit. A pretty little summer
garden is the headquarters for the
ice cream, where frozen sweetness
is dispensed in blocks.
Everybody should patronize the
Firemen's Bazaar this week it is an
ideal place to get your supper and
spend pleasant social evening. Sup
per is served from 6 o'clock on, and
you will not regret taking your sup
per at the Firemen's Bazaar and en-
joying social evening.