Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-12-16
G RISTMAS AM CHARITY.
SOME cHURcH PAIRS, AND WHAT WAS
sEEN THERE.
Some Charities In San Francisco-ror-
eign Missions-silsson concsrts
-Eer Dressing
Correspondence of the RrcoRD-Usros.l

ISople nave no HeSu 10 PROVIDE Tor
Christmas now as they used tc-knitting,
crotcheting, doil-dressing--since the mat
ter is taken out of private hands and things
are made by the quantity. Different So
eieties are now holding bazaars, sort of
"Christmas made easy" in which all kinds
of articles are offered for sale, with an eve
to the holidays. These societies are all
attached to churches, to well known insti-
tutions. or are floating charities. To the
latter belongs the Beulah Club, which
throughout the year gives entertainments
OF various kinds-sometimes dramatic,
sometimes literary. sometimes saltatory-
and it has Just held little fair, charging
two bits admission, ice cream and cake ex-
ira, flowers for sale, fa1cy tables on view,
dancing till midnight They made $500.
The society has very jolly times at its
meetings, and at benefits each member in
turn has the privilege OF nominating some
worthy object for charity. The Beulahs
have done very great deal of good, and
this Christmas they intend to provide din
ners for all the people in their neighbor.
hood who are too poor to provide
A CHRISTMAS DINNER
For themselves. They also give an enter.
tainment for the benefit of the Women
and Children's Hospital in week or co.
1t is not society much known to the pub.
lie; it never solicits aid it does what it
can of itself and has good time doing it.
AS to the missionary societies, they sell
toilet sets, scrap bags, etc, in the interests
of Borrioboola Cha on the left bank of the
Niger, and as the buyer buys he may have
the happiness of knowing that he assists
Mrs. Jellaby in her efforts toward the cul-
tivation of natives and the coffee.b berry, as
well as having done his duty by the ap-
preaching Christmas. A score of ladies at
one time and another have passed through
here at various times on their way to
China and Japan as missionaries. If you
are devoted enough to seek such Danish
ment, you attach yourself to some one of
the foreign missions supported by the diff.
ferent churches, and by it you will be re.
ceived for two years Of training at its ex.
pense. At the expiration of the two years
you will 90 wherever you are sent. Many
decision as to where you will go-your ser,
your age, your requirements, your excel
lerce as a teacher, the character of the
country and the people, but you yourself
have
NO VOICE N THE MATTER,
Having given pledge to be at the dis
posal of the Mission. This seems like an
ironclad pledge, but the Mission is never
hard. hearted, though its first duty is in
the direction of the land to be Christian.
lied. The ladies passing through San
Francisco have, to my knowledge, never
been alone, but leave here in groups of
two, three and four, some one OF them, it
is more than likely, being married and in
company with her husband, thus chap.
eroning the others. / have seen great
many letters from missionaries in Chins,
Japan and the southern islands of the Pa.
citic, and they are very pleasant reading.
They do not represent such life as one of
perpetual danger aad hardship, but often
dwell upon the beauties aud curiosities of
the country, the pleasure the writers
have found in travel, the interest with
which they observe the people and their
habits, beside the enjoyment they find in
their chosen occupation. Yet through it
all there runs plant like the continued
striking of a single note, "Away from
home, away from home."
THE VARIOUS MISSIONS
In San Francisco where Chinese are re.
ceived and taught are curious places, and
would be interesting to visit, whether the
visitor approved of them or not. By con-
sulting directory at any corner grocery
or apothecary shop the location OF the
Methodist, the Baptist, the Presbyterian
and other resident mission schools may be
easily learned, and visitors are always made
heartily welcome. The lady teachers are
enthusiasts in their work, and most of them
have done duty over and over and over
again as guardians to Chinese women and
girls, thus rescuiDg them from the lives of
shame to which they had been doomed.
Some OF the recent church fairs have
taken hints from the dead and gone carni-
val, the Fifth Baptist Church, for instance,
reproducing the old folks booth, and the
Unltarisns giving scenes from Chaucer.
The Cheerful Workers of the Seventh
street Congregational Society had fair
during three or four nights of last week,
the proceeds of which were devoted to
their local mission. 4 concert OF much
excellence was given one evening, and
tableaux from Hanging of the Crane "
another, which were very fiue, the bride
being represented by Miss Anna Bradley.
the young mother by Miss Gertie Sever.
ance, daughter of the Hawaiian Consul,
the grandmother by Mrs. George Harris,
and the grandmother grown still older by
Mrs. II. L Dodge. In the middle of the
room stood boat, captsined by Mrs Da.
vld Byron, the young ladies under her
leadership being dressed in sailor costume.
They sold flowers and candies.
A THATCHED COTTAGE,
With dormer windows, was fitted up as
Old Curiosity Shop, and was attended by
grandfather and little Nell. 1t was Ge-
voted to the sale of oddities and curios.
A fancy booth offered dressed dolls and
articles OF needlewcrk for sale. Whittier's
" Snow Bound was represented by
cottage with cotton batting covering the
roof, the cheerful room within fully re.
veaied with an old.fashioned fire. place,
clock on the mantle, a high. backed rocker
and strings of dried apples, peppers, ETC.,
hanging about. IL was attended by Miss
KITTY Staples, who offered useful articles
for sale-such as kitchen aprons, kettle
holders and iron holders. The art booth
was paneled at the corners, and the walls
hung with red canton flannel the
fuzzy side out. Plaques, paintings on all
material, emhroideries, decorated porce-
lain, jewels, mirrcrs were sold. snd this
booth alone made $500. There was a New
England kitchen, which provided dinner
at 6 each day. Tne bill of fare included
clam chowder tmade on the first dav by
the Fire Patrol. in return for the compii.
ment of a beautiful pair of pillow shams
by the society, cold ham, boiled dinner.
chicken pie, doughnuts and coffee. hot bis.
cult, apple sauce, baked Indian pudding.
apple, mince and squash pie. There was