The record-union., 1896-11-29
FOR SWEET CHARITY'S SAKE.
The Grand Ball to be Given on the Ninth
Of December.
Cmmoon Sense Charity Club of Sac
ramentO Making Prepara-
tiOns for II.

The winters need of gaiety Will soon
be opened in this city with an event OF
unusual brilliancy On Wednesday,
December 9th, at the Capitol, Wall De
given the first annual ball of the Com
nonsense Charity Club of Sacramento
This club is an organization OF recent
date, formed for the one purpose OF
aiding the worthy poor of this city,
without distinction as to age, sex,
creed or class It's supporters include
not few of the best known and most
influential members of the community,
and, as suggested by its name pro-
poses to administer charity In this city
on commonsense lines. Every citizen
must know there is already much
worthy want to be relieved In Sacra-
mento. and that before the winter is
ended there is certain to be much more
To relieve this want wisely, and SO TO
lessen largely the appeals for aid now
made with steadily increasing fire.
uuency upon households and individ-
uaI citizens. is the one object of the
Commonsense Charity Club.
In giving this first annual concert
and ball the club aims at enlisting the
sympathies of Sacramentans and at
raising a fund sufficient to begin its
good work Every cent realized (above
certain necessary expense, which the
generosity of several volunteers has
materially reduced), will be used for
the relief of worthy want in this city
That the charity concert and ball will
be the social event of the season goes
without saying. Within few days the
list of patronesses will be made public,
and this list will at once establish the
character and scope of the enterprise.
William Lovdal, r. D. Davis, M. j.
Dillman. Charles Bentley and others
are members of the Executive Commit
tee having the affair in charge, ana
George Clark will be in control of the
floor on the evening of the ball. Hon.
L. H. Brown, Secretary Of State, has
generously placed the splendid halls Of
the Capitol at the disposal of the club
for sweet charity's sake" and the
Assembly and Senate Chambers will
both be put to good use on the occa-
sion. Special care will be taken as to
the comfort and pleasure of the guests,
in the matter of illumination, heating
dancing space and decorations. The
concert will be given wholly by the
Iiee, ManQOiln ana BANJO oluDS Oh the
University of California, Berkeley. In
addition to the thirty-five or forty
members of these popular organizations
a number of the college men have
promised their presence. Blue and gold
will doubtless be the ball colors. The
concert will be given in the Assembly
Chamber. The Senate will be devoted
to the dancers, and should this space
prove too small for comfort the Assem-
bly, Chamber may also be used for this
purpose. The orchestra, under the
baton of the ever popular Charles A.
Neale. will be quite large enough to
admit of it's division between the two
halls should occasion demand. Music
will be continuous throughout the ball
and the guests may thus promenade or
dance at pleasure and at any time.
While all those conventionalities Of
dress. which lend SO much of charm to
a function of this character, will be
observed, yet the intention is to make
the affair as informal as possible. Fur
ther details will appear as the arrange
ments near completion.