The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-06
STITCH STITCH, STITCH
Work Of the Ladies Sew
IL LED Il tie Len
ten Season.
GARMENTS FOR TIE HospITAL
Refreshments Combined With Char
liable Work-Money From
Delinqnenls.
GARMENTS FOR THE HosPITAI

1Hs 1AAantnroplc Committee of thu
Wonian's Club believes in practical work
ana in actually carrying out beautiful
theories. The meetings of the committees
are not occupied with remarks on the
crying evils OF the city and in wonder.
ing how people can let suen things exist,
Al each meeting the efficient chair
man. Mrs. Drice CoiIard, suggests sons
work Which the COMMITTEES proceeds ia
carry out. Last year the great wors
OF the COMMITTEES was the organization
o. the Girls Fortnightly Club. which
Miss Emma Martin has charge OF. TINS
girls q a deep interest in The club,
and attend faithfully. They have given
entertainments and listened to lectures
from wei known people. Even in ths
summer the committee did not relax
It's work. Fifty children were sent away
to Chapel Eill, near the Atlantic High
lands, where they were kept two weeks.
This winter the committee has de-
voted Itself more particularly to the Per-
gen Mission Sewing School, which num-
bers 495. This was started by Mrs. Col-
lard personally some years 81 and she
gave 1t into the hands Of the Philan-
throptc Committee this winter. Mrs.
Collard staperintends the work, and raa
ladies' of the committee teach sewing.
and many other things, incidentally, to
the children.
Early in the winter the COMMITTEES
learned thar both tbs CITY and Christ
Hospitals were IN. need Of garments for
the irNalids. B9ir1SSacs they have in
plenty, but the denHyd for clothes is 50
constant that there IS always need for
more. Like all appeals made to The COM
m}ttSe, II received pr6mpt attention. A
meeting was called and the ladies decid-
eQ that they would make the necessary
garments. One furnished a piece of mus
lin, another q large amount Of eating
flannel, thread, needles and ali neces-
saIies were furnished by others. and they
set 70 work. There was no working in
the dark and making a number Of un-
necessary and useless things, for the
ladies' procured a list e the articles
needed by the hospitals and made those
and those only. k
Every Tuesday morning for the last
three months Mrs. Mark Miller, Mrs.
Harry Lauderbough, Mrs. John r.
Klempp, Mrs. Robert Muirhead and Mrs.
Justus Slater have met at the residences
OF Mrs Collard, No. 55 Clinton avenue.
and sewed. The work was planned and
laid out 50 that no time was lost. One
lady cut the garments, another basted.
another ran the sewing machine, and
the others did the hand work. As 3
result OF this work the committee will
send to the Hospital IS flannel skirts,
q towels, Il sheets, 9 pillow cases, 10
aprons, II dresses, . night own and IL
undeTgarments, a total of 10t ~arlnen
This is a total of which they may well
be proud, a total which shows a great
amount Of thorough work on the part
OF the ladies', There are more garments
which are as yet unfinished, but tbs
ladies Will finish them soon as pos
sibie. and send them the hospi-
tails mentioned. TnerS certainly plenty
of work Of the KIM Vfor a good many
such P~hllanthrepic Committees. and the
example set by This committee is a good
one,
The Lenten Sewing Circle has been
more of q social affair than the meet
ings of the philanthropic Committee. L
has met Monday afternoons in Lent, with
the exception of last Monday. at the
residences Of some Of the member and
the ladies have sewed for the Newman
Mission. The circle could hardly be
called systematic for each lady was al
lowed to make what her own sweet Wal
dictated and the result is a molly col
lection Of articles. One lady who is not
overfond of sewing bought some outing
shirts and occupied her time in sewing
q couple Of buttons on each; others
found towels attractive pieces of work
meetings were held IN the parlor5 and
no sewing machines were visible all The
work was done by hand and consequence
iy progressed but slowly. After the
liUU< dlCtte0 70 SEWING HaQ passed the
enjoyment began, refreshments were
served and the remainder of the after
noon was devoted to social pleasures.
The sixty ladies who compose the
circle feel that they have done a good
work. that their sacrifice has not been
in vain, for as a result Of their AFTER
Moons work the Newman Industrial
Home and Mission will be about $50 gar
ments the richer. At the last meeting
OF the circle 1870 garments had been fins
ished and fifteen were still in an I'M
finished state. It is probable that there
are others whieh had not then been
heard from & small sum of money WILL
be sent with the garments owing 70 tho
deiinEuencies Of same OF the members.
A Hne OF ten cA1etS was Imposed for each
absence and the safaH sums mounted
quickly. The silver tea 70 he held to-
morrow night at the residence OF Mrs.
GaEret Brinkerhofs ne. a Clifford place.
was proposed in order to make that
small amount larger.siA1 Interested IN
tne Newman MISSION are invited to at
tend. There win be q fire musical pro-
granane and delicious refreshments. and
person is allowed to decide his own
price Of admission, the only stipulation
being that it shall be silver. A ten cent
piece or one hundred silver dollars. ae-
cord4nS TO the generosity of the eivsr.
VIII be the admission price, When the
silver tea IS a thing OF the past the
money and garments viii be sent TO the
mission 10 rejoice the hearts Of the
Board Of Managers
HRUSHKA SAYS MASS.