, 1864-06-03

Homo for the FrIcndlcss-Straw W.
berry Festival In Aid of the Fund.-
This evening the ladies connected with the
the frat Strawberry Festival Of the season, for the
benefit Of that noble Institution. Supper will be
furnished in tho lower hsll from 4 O'Clock thence
tlemeu will be served with exquisite green or black
ten, geattH6 coffee, with ge1sutne cream, sand
wichee, nice bread and butter. cake, and al the
supper-and supp all for lie e extremely II low price Of
twenty five cents. The ladies' solicit and sntrsaf
that they may BE- extensively patlonizsd II this
upper hall, strawberries and cream viii bo served,
Ice cream, Lemonade, cake, confectionery, &c.
Tho Light Gaard Band. led by Vans, win discourse
txnaiess % cbiidren Of he ,nstitution1homeess @ @
and fiendless no longer, now that they are under
the ceois Of this great charity-wlll sing some Of
their psettiest eongs, led oT Nj. DSe.
that the people Of Chicago will make this festival
a. oTerWhetnt1e pecnniary Success What u1utd
Chicago do without the Honei r. doors are open
widows and orphans, white refugees, women who
have known better days, and are BY some stress OF
fortune reduced to homelessness and begeaEy. tho
pitifnf foundlInXs cast rs WAITS on the world, the
worre tban orphaned children, whose mothers
tenant brdewc Or The touler haunts Of the vicious
81 heas and sny ohss bone md
night and day, Ike the al.embracins arms Of the
Good Father. and nqHe arc turned away coldy.
More tn4n Dali the c1lldfen can proudly tell OF
heroic fathe;d who now sleep dreamlessly on the
tatt]e-de1ds Of the South. People Of Chfcago,
will Jou not aid the Board OF Lady Managers to
take care Of this pIt,fnl family Of one hundred
desolate women and chfldren1 The house Is
crowded to repletiou, ard the last dollar Of the
treasury expended. It has found good homes for
nearly one thousand children since It's orcan!za-
tion, and 1t is doing more Of this work to-day than
with generous public, who will enable the man.
ayers to realize their ambitious dream OF 800
from this strawberry festival
Tickets OF sdmiaeion TO upper hail, Is cents: !:
children 10 cents. Supper from 4 o'clock In tho
afternoon through the evening. Donations OF
cake bIecuit, nice bread. cheese cold tongue or
ham, telIles, cream milk, ETC., for the supper are
SOLICITED from the ladies OF the city. Send them
10 Bryan Hall by noon to-day, and do not fail to
send so<fAfn0, or to 60 In peseon to patronize It.
The West Side Gas Company.-The
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company have found
It Necessary 70 add to Its former rate OF Gas a
charge for nte neterr This charge ie ut the rate
Of fifty centa per Il feet Of gas registered. The
pr.ce of gas supplied by this company ia pre-
ec7{bed BY it, charter; aud while an unforeseen
change in the cost OF coal, labor, pipe, and indeed
in everything, has taken place, this corporation
has gone on steadily supplying gas at the ssme
original price: and, While the cost or the commod
liz has Just about doubed, their charge for It has
continued the same. This proposed charge for
rent Of meters will not compensate for one. third
they at present seek for, and hope the necessity for
ARr1HAs CAHTBR.
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