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Show RAISING MONEY FOR RED CROSS (Contributed) Recently fifteen of the ladies living at the U. S. (Mines conceived a unique method of raising funds for the Red Croee. It was decided that each of the ladies should devote an afternoon on a certain day to serving tea and at the teas each guest was to be charged ten cents. - v The first tea was served February Id. As the enthusiasm increased the ladies decided to make an all-wool patch quilt and to -raffle it off. and on the'night of the drawing to erve a supper at which a charge of 35 cents a plate would be made. As some of the iBingham merchants volunteered to furnish some of the materials necessary neces-sary to the success of the undertaking the ladies decided to ask all the business busi-ness firms to contribute something to be sold at an auction sale which would also be conducted the night of the supper. sup-per. - I The evening of March 16 was chosen as the time and Holden Hall the set-l set-l flement's social birthday, as the place, i Then the ladies went to work and to say that the affair was a success 'would be saying it mildly. It was a 'howling success, and when the smoke cleared away an even $500 had been collected for the Red Cross So-, So-, citty., I . An idea of the enthusiasm created by these ladies might be given when it Is stated that a loaf of Seyboldt Liberty Lib-erty Bread brought $1.80. Another $1.15. A 5c opera bar brought 3 cents and . several bunches of violets I f i ( each, and so on. j The quilt, which brought $155.00, :was won by a resident of Glendora, California, a prominent mining engineer, engi-neer, showing that the effects of the party extended far and near. After the sale a musical program vas rendered, followed by dancing. The success of the whole afifair goes to ehow what a great deal of good can be accomplished In a very peasant way, and in a very abort time, and It is to be hoped that the example set by the ladles whose names follow, working work-ing in a little settlement of only 200 people, will be followed by others. i-MeHdames Boyd J. Bernard, J. F. Bernard. Oscar Cnristopherson, Fred T. Glason, M. C. Knight, A. Mernard, Jas. MeCabe. F. J. Schuster. J. A. Thomas. T. F. Thomas, W. G. Thomas, J. B. Viekt-rs. fl. M. Vourfg and the Misses Berniee Carlson and Zella Sor-e.i!on. |
