The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-18
The NOBLEST WORK
Ladies' Needlework Guild OF
Jersey City Organized
for Winter Labors.
ARRANGING THE "oDD VOLUMES
Busy Work Ahead for the Ramblers
Movements of Jersey City
Society People.
ARRANGING THE "oDD VOLUMES

DUOlCpy ASoPAS
THE cold weather always brings INTO
active operation the many charities with
which Jersey City women occupy THEM
selves. ..o,
The Needlework Guild. of which Jersey
ritv has two branches, is one OF the
most important charities in the city.
with comparatively little individual
work. the Guild ~aceomplishes marvellous
results. The plan of the work IS very
simple. Anyone, man, woman or calo,
may became a member by giving wv
new garments a year. A memper op-
tanning contributions from ten or more
persons Tor the equivalent, tWeAty-."o
garments) becomes a director, Wlth q
privilege of a vote in the d~istriputlon W
garments. The Guild is non-sectariah'
and in forming a branch a represents
ton from each denomination is generals
included among the officers SO that an
churches and circles may De feao1ieu'
The Needlework Guild OF America mas
now completed its first decade, 1t has
now 221 branches.
At the last meeting of the. Central
pnrea,, which is the governing board oil
the Guild. the suggestion heretofore
IHaQG Was GtLlPloSANRAs
ton of garments to local cases be IN
trusted as far as possible. to established
agencies rather than to sympathetic but
often discriminating individuals. The last
animal report of the Guild says the col
lections of garments for boys are always
the smallest, for women and girls the
largest. AS the object of the Guild Is
to provide suitable garments for rne
poor. and especially for winter, When
the distributions are made, the nrst
thought should be to select those winch
combine warmth and strength Win
utility. In every ingatherfng there are
too many neckties, washcloths, hano-
kerchiefs, white muslin skirts and cam
brio drawers. These are the despair OF
distributing committees; and when work
ers among the sick and destitute receive
such articles. they cannot but feel a
keen regret that the money value rep
resented had not been more judiciously
expended. That many comparatively
useless articles are on the printed lists,
is because they are arranged to cover AL
possible contributions. If Directors Will
instruct their members. the less service
able garments will soon disappear from
the annual collections.
WHAT THE GUILD DOES.
The following articles are needed for
the Embellishments for infants, chill
dren, men and women; merino I'M
bleached muslin and Canton Hammer
underwear lin pairs, if 2ossible), skirts
of heavy lark flannel, flannel sacques and
wrappers for the sick; night shirts, night
gowns, sheets, fowls, and shoes. For
knitters:-Stockings, socks, handker-
| chiefs, kneecaps, jerseys, comforters,
W l. -u1s op5 rnittepC
Both the Jersey City Branch and the
Jersey CITY Heights Branch are making
arrangements for their annual exhibit
tionstions.
The exhibition of the Jersey City
Branch will be held November IA, prob
ablv in the basement of the Parmley
Memorial Baptist Church. Some changes
have occurred in the ranks of the sec
| ton Presidents Mrs. k ana MRS.
| Heisig have left the city and MIS-; Jonn
tylaann Viii VIII be taken by Mrs. George
Last year the Jersey City i Br rlne.a
d aame' cSild gsTmef Mom so Christ shi : Hospital,
H Home St. Francis. Hospital Jersey
yyation Army Training School, Baptist
Home for Aged Men and Women, pay
Nursery, Newman Miss A5a + St; J nsnmbeg
Of garments distrIbgted was 1,s54.
M Ths s IS. p WRsfsons MRS rev william W.
varick, Miss Blanche Manners, Mrs; J.
W. H~ardenbergh, Mrs. Charles e, BACK.
Mrs w M9esg9nRsryM E. T r. ". e aG Is a 1,
Mrs. MNiillard & FISK. MRS. John pnnI Day
H iiam Reed I'M Mrs. =. van Winkle. Mrs; j.
A. Dear, Mrs. r. Muirhead, Miss Mar,
Mrs. Samuel Alison.
The officers q the branch cha a E MeySIf.
ary Presidennt : Mrs. Tam Van Nor Il M seere,
tary, Mrs. Marie L. Manners; Treasurer,
MIS- rise 81 8. GIFT TTEFe HGqaHrs BRANCH.
The annual exhibition of the Jersey City
Heights Branch will be held Noyem6 per
q IN the Bergen R oq INNS Br gnnlcn ar ane
Mrs. Cornelius Brett. Mrs W. G.. Bum
S{Sd; N Mgsij s Il. Z co 9Hnns MIS-. M Harr Bof M.
Bride. Mrs. j.. Lawrence Neyin, Mrs.
Scion Palmer. Miss Kate Randall. Mrs.
Charles Staples. Miss Edwin Van Hoy;
Marcus X Masff Beach als' mrs Hso'i Z. y Il. Glifford..
c chfy aiStTl Rosse f for Agegd w Woma sas Il Ro me
for the Blind, St. Francis Hospital,
Christ HOSPITAL, Raygnond Rot a. H lone
Home, City Hospital and Newman Mis-
sion. The total number of garments dis
tributed was 2,402.
The officers Of the Heights Branch
a-re:-Ienorary President Mrs. E. ". r.
Clifford; President, Mrs. Marcus Beach;
Secretary, Miss nellie H. Coffin; Treas
urer, Mrs. John J.. Toffey. Both branches
will elect their officers for the coming
year at the conclusion of the exhibitions.
The exhibitions are open for the public,
and are well worth attending.
LADIES' GUILD.
Another Guild which has won a place
among the deserving charities is the
Christmas Guild. Catholic ladies only
are admitted to this Guild, and the gar
ments are distributed to the. poor of the
Catholic parishes. The exhibition will
be held in st. Aloysius Academy the
week before Christmas.
The ladies who will receive contribu-
tiqns from the differnt parishes are
st. Patrick's-Miss Barry. Miss Chad
wick. the Misses Dslton. Mrs. Durva1.
Mrs. Prinn. Mrs. J. Warren. Miss Muir
st. Peser's-Mrs. Br;nkman.- Mrs. Ny
lotte. Mrs. B.. Dewitt. Mrs. Egan. Mrs.
w. Farrell, Mrs. Fl. Heidi. Mrs. c. ).
Somers. Miss Edge, Miss e. Corrigan
st. Bridget's-Mrs. Groosenberger. and
ST. Mary's-Mrs. s.. Turkey. Miss p.