The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-28
CHRISANTHEMUMS.
Emory to Increase It's Build
ing Fund by an Exhi-
bition Of Japan's
National Flower.
BRILLIANT shoa IN OCTOBER
Young Ladies Plan an Active
Fall Campalgn-Among the
City Churches.
BRILLIANT shon IN OCTOBER

The Rev. Warren Hoagland. pastor OF
Emory M. e. Church., will return to his
charge a week from tomorrow, and the
church activity will be revived. During
the summer months, while the pastor has
been absent on his vacation and supplies
have been filling the pulpit, the young
ladies of the congregation have not been
idle. The leaders in the Andrew F'oote
Chapter of the Epworth League have
been planning for an aggressive fall cam
paign. All their energies during the COM
ing church year, as well as the efforts of
the other church societies, will be de-
voted to the raising of money for the
Church Building Fund. All these socie-
ties have been relieved of the burden of
raising the current expenses, and as was
exclusively explained in The News"
every cent collected by them will be
turned into the fund. 1t is hoped that
by a united effort the $4,000 which it is
necessary to nave to begin building will
be raised within two years.
Miss Blanche Young, daughter Of the
Rev. Mr.. Young, of the Methodist Book
Concern, has had her hands full during
the uminer months arranging for a
series of entertainments which are to be
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church. The working season of the Ep-
worth League will begin early in Septem-
Der with a home coming sociable. The
first important business meeting will be
held on October 4. when plans will be
completed for a scheme which it is ex-
pected will net the church hundreds of
dollars. It is nothing more or less than
a crysanthemum show, which Miss Young
says will only be second in size and i'm
p%ortance to that which is held annually
in Madison Square Garden. 1t will be
the first affair of the kim to be held in
this city. If it is as successful as is an
ticipated it will be but the first Of a series
which viii be held annually.
Some large hall. probably Hasbrouck's,
will be hired for the show. There will be
over 600 exhibits and numerous prizes will
be distributed for the plants having the
largest single flowers and those having
the greatest number on one stalk. There
will also be a BOBBY prize for the poorest
specimen exhibited. The young ladies are
enthusiastic over the affair. They have
thus far kept their plans from the public,
but now that they are reasonably sure
that success will crown their efforts they
are willing that they should become
known. The plan was first conceived back
in the spring.
The ~originatorss of the idea Immediately
set about its execution. They consult
ed a prominent florist and were. advised
hat the. scheme was entirely feasible.
They purchased of him $50 young plants,
which he assured them were the same as
he provides annually for the New York
exhibit. He gave them explicit instruc-
tons regarding the care of the plant so
as to secure the best results. Having
secured the plants, the young ladies
were confronted with the. greatest task
of all-the placing of the slips. They
made a systematic canvass Of the Hill
and by the first week in July they had
found sufficient persons who were willing
to grow the plants for exhibition pur-
poses and who promised to do their ut
most TO secure the prizes. When every
one of the $50 plants had been placed the
committee breathed easy. Each person
who took a plant paid for it. When
the show takes place many persons will
donate the plants and they will be sold
to the highest bidders. Others will do
nate the blossoms n keep the plants
for further cultivation. In addition to
the $50 plants placed by the committee,
it is, expected that many others will be
exhibited. Miss Young avs that thus far
none but the most encouraging reports
have been received from those who are
growing the plants.