Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-01-16
SOLDIERS AID SOCIETY.
So BANK sTRLHT, CLEVELAND, Jan. 16, 1864.
TEE EoRTHEsH OHIO SANITARY PAIR.


for the Sanitary Fair to be
held in this city on the 22nd Of February
next, are entering upon their duties witha
degree Of energy that is most gratifying TO
all friends of the csuse and their efforts
have been SO enthusiastically seconded by
ell our citizens thai we can have no doubts
Of ihe success which will attend the pro-
greHs of their work.
The organisation of some Of these Com
mittees is still unfinished, and We have
been desired to delay publishing the lists
of any until all shall have reported. In
few days these preliminary arrangements,
necessarily SO longi in perfecting, will be
completed and the work of each Committee
plainly mapped out and then we may ex-
psct steady and harmonious movement
which cannot fail to carry rapidly and
successfully forward this vast and labo-
rious but truly noble enterprise.
The circulars Of the merchandise, ma
chinery, manufacturers and produce Com
mittees will be issued next week together
with a general circular, embracing the
aims and object of each department Of the
Fair and it is intended not only to canvass
the whole section that is naturally tribu-
tsry to Cleveland, but to widen and deep
en- the interest in this project by inviting
donations from all who can be reached by
these appeals. We shall be much indebt-
ed to any who will aid in distributing
these circulars by giving US the names of
friends or business acquaintance
throughout this State or elsewhere.
TO THE LADIES.
The Committees have already began to
call for fancy articles, delicate needle work,
embroidery, devices in netting or crochet
and any Of the thousand and one pretty
and useful conceits which occupy the leis-
ure moments Of the day, or make so
pleasant q part Of the enjoyment Of the
winter evening areside.
In this department, we rely upon the
help of many nimble little fingers, whose
skill has been amply demonstrated by the
repeated donations to the soldier of the
cunningly devised needleboOk or con-
venient pincushiOn, or, of the 'multum in
psrvo" housewife, for which the soldiers
inquire SO eagerly down at our Nashville
rooms.
From every little girl within reach Of
our calls we hope to have an Offering to
the fancy tables of our Bazaar. The
teachers and older scholars Of our public
schools ore requested to organize into So
eietieV for this purpose-snd as 1t Is de-
signed to give to the public schools aspaOe
in the Fair, for the display and sale Of
their work, it is expected that there will
be a great deal Of harmonious rivalry
in the preparation Of articles for these
tables.
To the farmers wives and housekeepsTs
of the Reserve, whose fame in the "art
culinary" is a fixed fact and known far
ard near, we appeal for such gifts Of good
cheer, as shall make the refreshment
tables of the Bazaar pride to the donors,
and feast of fat things tc the pertakers.
We warn the generous hearted that they
will be heavily taxed; that thousand
dinners each day for two weeks will draw
a-,n-rn a,,sIg ---Ar, Al. .a,,Iirzr ward and the
larder, and will involve much busy work
in the kitchen and pantry-but we have
faith to believe that there are willing hands
and liberal hearts enough to meet the ut
most demands in this department.
Preparations for supplying the tables
must necessarily be somewhat delayed,
yet it is not too early to take some steps
in the matter. If any turkeys or chickens
have survived the Thanksgiving or Christ
mas massacre, let it be taken as an omen
that they were Preserved for better
things" even to swell the hecatomb Of
martyrs to a noble Csusel
We have no desire to cut of the rations
of our good husbands and brothers here
about to an incon7enient moiety-but we
can scarcely help grudging them the pOul-
try, the dainty roasting pigs, the rich
minee pies and the cream that they will
enjoy for a few weeks to come, and we
counsel all loyal house wives to deal out
spsringly, and to reserve literally until
the 22d Of February, when we shall cor
daily invite all the above mentioned hus-
bands and brothers to betske themselves
and their appetites into our Grand Din
ing Hall, then and there to svenge their
wrongs by an assault upon the good things
set out in lavish abundance.