The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-30
FOR CHARITY'S SAKE
Opening Of St. A1oysius'
Fair in the New Acade-
my Building.

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The fair in the new St. Aloysius
Academy building, of which SO much has
been said and written and in preparation
for which so much time and labor have
been expended, was opened last evening.
The booths. covered with materials Of
bright colors. the abundance OF flowers
and articles of yirtue, made the place a
scene of beauty Great crowds thronged
the hall, making walking difficult and
predicting success for every booth.
The fair was formally opened by Colonel
McAnerney, who did so much to give the
fair splendid advent.
The colonel was introduced in a short
but ELOQUENT address bv Counsellor
Thomas Kelly, and spoke as follows:--
COLONEL M'ANERNEy's ADDRESS
Ladies and Gentlemen:--I esteem 1t a
great honor to be called upon by the Sis
ters of Charity to open this fair. To set
in motion tonight the machinery that
will enable the people Of Jersey City TO
show their appreciation Of the great work
undertaken by these good ladies. Letme
ask this vast assemblage of citizens to in
spect this grand building thoroughly
from basement to roof: let them view the
well-appointed class room, so light and
we'll ventilated; visit the beautiful chapel,
the great assembly room and parlors.
Let all examine the play rooms for the
pupils on rainy days, and the large refec-
5or ID they may as
and then will surely come the verdict that
the new building of ST. AlOysius Acad-
envy, with its grand appointments for
heat, light and ventilation, Is the finest
school building in the State OF New Jer-
sey.
consider the great work these good sisters
have undertaken in behalf of the working
girls. 1t is not necessary to be a Catholic
to appreciate this work. In this assembly
room and the large adjoining parlors is
to be established at the close of the fair,
an industrial club for working girls. 1t
will, of course, take some little time to
get 1t in thorough working order. Here
will be an assembly room with good
library, all we'll furnished, heated and
lighted for the working girls. Instruc ton
in sewing. cooking, typewriting, music,
etc., will be given nightly In the class
rooms above. The girls will have regular
nights for proper entertainments, and
the place made as bright, cheerful and
honielike as possible for the 1000 or more
working girls who viii join the club. Is
this NOT a grand work? The working
girls must have some recreation after
toiling all dav-many of them live In
tenement houses-shall they get the
needed recreation and entertainment on
the streets or here with these good sistersp
Every man and woman of the world
will promptly answer that this institu-
tion is blessing TO these girls and TO So
ciety. Now I will not detain you longer
let us all do our best to help the sisters
in this good work. Let all contribute as
literally as possible, and see that the
whole people of Jersey City know the
facts and help this Fair The good sis
ters have the VOW Of poverty. The money
raised here is not for them, they cannot
make any appeal to you except by these
good works They need about $25, 900 to
put them on a good footing, and then by
their excellent school they can maintain
themselves. After this we will all turn
in and help the Sisters Of Peace who are
doing such noble work for the orphan
and poor of this city.
1.-THE fair will last twelve days Let
everyone help it, and let Us show the
ladies and young men who are so gener-
ously contributing their time and money
to this work that we appreciate their
noble efforts / declare this fair opened
and wish it Gods speed.
When the applause which greeted the
Colonel when he had concluded his ad-
dress had subsidized, the vast throng pres
ent scattered and the numerous tables IN
the hotel were visited.
LADIES WITH ROWING COMMISSIONS.
.'Besiues the tables there were many
ladies with rowing commissions who held
a book in one hand ana some articles to be
sold by chance in the other. II the girl
was pretty. you took a chance because she
was, and if she wasn't. you took chance
to help along the work. Miss Clara
Thompson, Miss Amanda Bell and Miss
cf,rff
ing their services wherever demanded.
The first table to attract the attention of
the visitor is the one on the left of the en-
trance. 1t has the letters &C. B. L." over
the front, which stand for Catholic Be-
nevolent Legion" On this table are
many costly articles for sale. among
which are large silver pitcher and cup
mirror and q gilded chair. The market
value of the goods here on view is at least
$500. but of course the worthinesS OF the
object and the skill and prettiness OF the
ladies in charge, who are by no means
novices at fairs, will make the proceeds
foot up to much more.
Mrs. j. Kelly is in ch arge OF the table
ard her able assistants are Mrs. Fullum,
Mrs. McKenna, Mrs. Hopkins, Mrs. Full
lerton, Mrs. Duff, Mrs. Moran, Mrs
Green and Mrs. Brown.
Still Farther over to the left, under q
canopy of red. is hung the picture OF the
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. This pic
ture was brought from Europe by
Colonel McAnerney. and is destined to
hang where it does now, where the work
ing girls of the city will be free to congre-
gate and enjoy themselves every night in
the year. The picture will be presented
by the table receiving the highest num-
ber of votes at ten cents each.
The table for which the highest num-
ber of votes are cast will, besides having
the honor Of presenting the picture, re-