The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-27
TO AUCTION THE BOXES
Plans for the Associated Chari-
ties Benefit Next Thursday.
HIGH-CLASS VAUDEVILLE
Nearly Every Performer in the City Has
Offered His or Her Services Entire
Proceeds Go Toward Establish
ing g Charitable Fund.

The ladies of the Associated Charities
are making the most elaborate prepar-
atoms for the benefit to be rendered
the association at the Union Family
theater Thursday afternoon, out OF
which they hope to realize enough to
enable them to carry out numerous of
their undertakings which have hitherto
been hampered by the want of gem
eral fund upon which to draw in cases
of emergency when it is money more
than anything else that's needed. The
nucleaus to such a fund came few days
ago in the form of a generous donation
of 800. Since other contributions have
brought the fund up to nearly $50. and
the ladies hope to increase it to $1,000
if possible, as that amount would put
the association on fairly good footing
and make it safe to go ahead with all
the projects on hand.
AS the first step toward the success
of the present undertaking the ladies
have decided to auction off the boxes,
hoping thereby to swell the total of the
receipts more than could otherwise be
expected. The auction will take place
at 3 O'Clock this afternoon at the Union
Family theater. Charlie. Palmer has
been secured as auctioneer and the la
dies hope to see the theater well filled
With people W no can dnoId To
their charitable inc1inations by MAX
ing the bidding sufficiently spirited TO
swell the receipts for the eight boxes
to handsome figure.
The ladies feel very grateful TO Man
ager Sutton for the commendable spirit
he has shown in rendering the use of
his theater for q benefit al q time when
it was so badly needed and without any
solicitation He not only gives the use
Of the theater. but provides the enter
tainment, which will be high class
vaudeville performance. Nearly every
professional in the city has rendered his
or her services and from the whole a
programme such as has rarely If ever
been seen in Butte will be selected. The
performance will be matinee and will
| begin promptly at , o'clock. as the pro-
gramme of the best specialties to he
| obtained. is expected to be exceptionally
| long As the whole thing is done out
| of a pure spirit of charity and is guar
anteed not to cost the ladies a penny,
and as there is no division of the re-
| ceiptS. but the entire proceeds to go to
/ the Associated Charities. there should
! be a great audience in attendance.
| There will be no seats aside from the
! boxes sold to-day, the regular sale to
| open on Thursday at Newbro's drug
| store. The ladies of the association are
very much gratiffed over the success
! of the efforts TO give the worthy poor
/ families of the city a Christmas din
ner. 1t has been learned that those
who took families to feed, sent pro-
4 visions in such abundance that out ~
/ the so odd families thus served there
was not one but had such a dinner as
it's members had not known in many
| a day.
For the association ] want to thank
| every one who took family to feed
said Mrs. ]. Nj. White. the president
/ last evening. They We're even lavish
| in their generosity and we want them
to understand that we have a proper
appreciation Of the manner in which
they responded to our appeals
There was a merry time at the home
| which is now being conducted by Cap
tain and Mrs. Mcpherson. under the
direction of the association. Some one
some new range and all the cooking
utensils to go with it and others sent in
quantities of provisions. The McPher,
sons prepared a Christmas dinner and
| invited n dozen or more poor children
who had the merriest kind of a day.
1 Vice President Mrs. John Moves wa:
| very much pleased Saturday Afternoon
at the receipt of quite a substantial
donation from some gentlemen of TIN
] city. A stranger who had evidently
been selected because he was STRANGE
called at Mrs. Noyes house and handed
her an envelope containing $31.to. FL,
| aid he came from a party of gentlemen
who had seen something Of the work o
The Associated Charities and had de
1ided to make I'D a little purse an
send il in. The names of the gentle
men he refused TO divulge.