The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-03
PATRIOTIC CHARITY
Festival for the Children's
Home a Decided Social
Success.
NATIONAL CoLORS EVERYWHERE
Hundreds of Society Folk
Partake of Strawberries
and Cream at Foye
Hall.
NATIONAL COLORS EVERYWHERE

| strawberry festival OF the season, was
| given last evening at the Carteret Club
house for the benefit of the Children's
Home. The affair was given under the
| auspices of the Board of Domestic Con-
troll, or, in other words, under the aus
pieces of the following adies:-Mrs Thos.
J. Pope, President; Mrs. G. v. II. Brinker-
hoff, Secretary: Miss Leila Kinds. Treas
urer; Miss Coffin, Mrs. B. P. Craig. Mrs.
Althea r. Bedle, Mrs. Hudspeth-Benson,
Mrs. William D.. Edwards, Mrs. N. w.
Condict, Mrs. Henry E. Niese, Mrs. e.. M.
Opdyke, Mrs. Frederick w. Eveleth. Mrs.
George T. Smith, Mrs. Leon Albeit. Mrs.
George L. Record, Mrs. William Kent,
Mrs. John Winner, Mrs. H. B. Merrill
and Mrs. George T. Werts.
The whole clubhouse was given up 20
the occasion, and was beautifully decor
ated, his being a red, white and blue
festival. The rooms on the upper or
second floor were used for serving The
berries and cream. The tables were all
very prettily arranged with candelabra.
having red. white and blue shades. Even
the electric drop lights n chandeliers,
which hung from the ceiling, were shad-
ed with the national colors. Large hand
oOHtt lidsS ddull Lie Walls diid tOoh LII
place of ordinary curtains at the win
which, together with the pretty light
dresses of the ladies gave a dainty. fairy
like appearance to the seems
Patriotic airs were played by Cranmer's
orchestra. and it is extremely doubtful.
had the place been less crowded, if the
young people could nave kept their fee-
still. Even among some of the older
guests this longing for a dance was APP
parent.
1t is estimated that between eight and
nine hundred people visited the clubhouse
during the evening. OF course, they did
not all remain for any great length of
time, but, as one guest remarked, Game
and went just like an afternoon tea" and
this, perhaps, is, after all, the correct
idea. for it was a most sociable affair,
in which all the elite of the city partici-
pated.
There was a candy table. which had a
room all to itself. very p~rettily decorated,
and presided over by Mrs. George Smith,
assisted by Miss Kinds. The gentlemen
patronized this table generously. Besides
the Board of Domestic Control already
mentioned. the following young ladies' as
sisted in serving the cream:--Misses Title
Condict, Bertha Dixon. Glare Riddick,
Grace Tompkins. Bessie Pope and Bessie
White.
The Children's Home is an institution
supported by contributions, in which
children are gathered who have no other
chance of support. They are cared for
until families are found where they can
be brought up and in many cases the
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they are able to support themselves.
There are now" said one of the trus-
tees last evening, from fifty to sixty
children in the Home, and there are as
many more whom it has sheltered until
they became competent to support them
selves. Among them are stenographers,
b~ookkeepers, etc."
The officers of the Board of Trustees
are:-Presldent, Mr.. Charles D. Ridge
way; Vice Presidents, Messrs. John J.
Voorhees, and j. E. Hulshizer. ST.; Secre-
tary, Mr.. Albert Norris, and Treasurer,
Mr.. George NJ. Conklin.
Among those present 1T last nights fes-
tival were:-Dr. and Mrs. Koonz, 4r. and
Mrs. Gray, DR.. and Mrs. B. p. Craig, Mr..
and Mrs. Speer, Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. Manton, Miss
Louise Manton. Mrs. Murray, Mr.. and
Mrs. O. H. Perry, Miss Louise Perry, Miss
Jessie Perry. Mrs. Harry Lauderbough,
Mrs. Samuel Tompkins, Mrs. T. j. Pope,
Mrs. CIV. H. Brinkerhoff. Mrs. NV. Con-
Gict, Mr.. Mrs. George w. Smith, Mf.
and Mrs. E. F. c. Young, Mrs. John J..
Toffey, Mrs. James Noe, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs.
Henry Niese. Mrs. Shirman. Mr.. and Mrs,
Provost. Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Slater, Mr.,
and Mrs. Watson Jackson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Willard Fiske, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter West,
Mrs. Thomas H. Kinds, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Bonham, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis, Mr..
and Mrs. J.. Lippincott, Misses McGee.
Helen Dixon, Julia Forshay, Gertrude
White, Bessie White, Edna White, Bessie
Kinds. Clara Riddick, Bertha Reid. Flor
ence Reid, Helen Dixon, Miriana Scott,
Jane Scott, anna Scott, Emma Newman.
Katharine Speers, May Oakley. Jennie
Ransom, Messrs. Charles D, Ridgway,
William Ridgway,J Eugene Leake, Eugene
Batchelar, Edward Batchelar, Sidney Wall
lace, Benjamin Farier. Herbert Lippincott
Edward Sweeney, Raymond Perrine, Jo-
seph Dayton. Mr.. and Mrs. Bliss, Mrs. r.
". P. Schapk, Mrs. Lyons, Mrs. Althea
Bedle, Mrs. J.. Slater. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Williams, Mrs. Matthew Foster,
Miss Holden. MIR. and Mrs. William BUM
sted, Mrs. Hudspeth Benson. Mrs. A. J.
Newburv and the Rev. n Mrs. Charles
Herr.