, 1864-10-31
raE cREAT FAIR FUH Tue SOL-
DlkM9
mn.. n. cfips Of Ladies-The Pal1 to
be d Gfnno eucccss- s-ApPutntmeGt
OF C0mmtktee8.

m..s II. ctiDs Of Ladies-The Rair t
| be n tsfnno eucceHS-ApPutntme
I OF Committees.
Amccting O, !aaies interested IN The Great Fai
to be held February next for the bent dt Of hs 50
dicrs was held IN the Metropolitan Hall or sstul
day afternoon; 1t Was largely attended. Mrs. hog
! occupied the Chair.
The Veteran ReRezve Corps Bsnt, from CAM
Douglas, ~as present, and enlivened the meetiol
With teferal patriotic airs well executsd- The
earned the connendahons Of The ladies' IN aspec'a
Mss. Hoee asked. before proceeding to the nust
ress OF the meettrR, thst as many istisS a. con =
possibly spare their tsmo and services atthc Grant
The Chair briefly referred 10 the objects Of m
ese For tSs sse
the e1est euccess which had attended the Gfea1
rstuis and a. The pioneer Of Others had been most
marked. She WISHED to eay word a aoou. 30 s1ase. AZ
Fsir sae ruch a failure IS to make people ASHAMED
TO OVID that they had had anything to do with 1t.
it had besn q mott magnificent success, reauztpG
co1,giSotions wh ch haa placed seven millions oi
dol ars in the treasury Of tie Sanitary Commfs-
t,on: This Fair would be Z yet srandel sueces!; @
would have zone of that prejudice to contend with
which wa at nsst experienced. Chicago had been
the mother Of FaiEs. The first vas beelnn1ne ;
the reat would be even more worthy OF Chicago
and the North~est. Already ans Eers we're coming
in from every qpaEtcr Of aid to the undertaking.
Sne then spoke Of the suffedngs Of the soldiers
bravery are unparalleled in The HISTORY ofthe world
When the thnueht Of their eutiIfingB, thelf hero
Ism and patrtotlsD their stole endurance Of pain,
their gratitude for the efforts PIT forth TO relieve
them, ehe felt as II no woman IN the land dare be
ttill II she were reRpon'1be for doing nll they
eoud or ea51ng all they could to aes,st tho hfare
hoye: She spoke mo.t elinsly q her experience
Tie record Of that meeting would touch every
nsn 10 hospital and the papers containing the e.
pon Of the meeiite would be read With more n
succees of tbe Union cause At the po|!f, The pa:
perR would be vet with their tears Of joy. They
must embc1 that the soldit needed four times
as much rs waa furnished to them: The Fa!r was
Nrsriy million or men to be cared for, too, re-
qui1ed an amount Of sanitary supplies which could
ss ~ n
1apf oIe reason Of that Vas that they were better
csIet for by their iHsI d. al home. Sne Enew thst
the ladies Of the Northwest cared for the soldiers,
and bt 1iet ed that they would do their DUTY nos,
snd thai the Fair would be the greatest IN the
country for The wealth which Is commanded by the
area OF country fuIrou1ntpg.
The arrangements in detail for the Fair could not
ss yet tc elaborated, but they counted on the
coun1erance Q! the d'y, and expected that The au-
tho11tles wonld co epetate. Dat they could DO one
u1lE-NlEAu1xGs SQE IQ1lQEQL ln4E EaCQ CQufCH
should be msdc the suhject OF special CANVASS by
committees to be appointed, and then permanent
societies orsanfzed TO ali the wo1E. They had
fLtno that. AZ rue, the cburcn.eoin0. God loving
penp!e we're the oneE who we're 6lspoEed to give
nosl ltbefally. R1o they were generally most will
ine 10 work Though tneir own coutch orzan1za-
ton.
Mles sayere was choscn to act as secretary Of
MIS-, Noriner moved that the meeting proceed to
aipsirt committees 10 canr.s: the various church.
come cf the ladies' reported that they had sites5y
CONNER ced in aheit church to Work for this oD-
jet.
dies preferred that mectlnC Of each church should
he called from ,te own pulpit, and II at 1t should
then appoint 1T own committees: &avoroblY re-
celvcd. ~.
1t was then ref o,yed that the work thoalt be eE.
Iecst d th,o ough the churches.
The Chair raid 1t WAS the sensc Of several 1adics
that committee should be appointed for each
ehurct e with reference to sueh notice.,
Mrs. Barry th,rght that the Execat,va Commit
tee shouio corr4spond with each minister, or eee
Hi. Rannie thought that the minister should
be called upon BY a member OF his own Church.
MIS-. Dra1well stated that Rev. u. N. Dsnop hat
stsninet hfs 1caoinesa TO organize hts church III
Mrs. Cushing advocated the appointment of .
lsty from e:ch church.
Mrs. Basry's motion vas lost.
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