Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-14
AID FOR ST. WNcENT's.
Further Arrangements for the Big Calen-
dar Party TO Be Given About May |.

The st. Vincent Hospital Ladies Aid
Association held very largely attended
meeting at the hospital Sunday evening,
when the organization was perfected by
adopting a constitution and set of bylaws
The interest that is being taken in the
work of the association by the lady friends
or the Institution was shown by the inn
mense attendance, over 200 being present
from all parts of the city. The meeting
was held chiefly to take action in regard
TO an entertainment to be held soon after
Lent TO raise funds for the new hospital
which the Sisters of Providence desire to
build, and the success Of that entertain
ment is already assured.
Sister Mary Of Providence, the superior
of the order, was present from HolyoG1e,
and addressed the meeting, telling what
was being done by a similar association
in Holyo5e. After talking over various
kinds of entertainments, the association
voted to hold calendar party at Me-
chanics Hall for two evenings during the
third week after Lent, if the hall can be
secured.
This will be the first entertainment Of the
kind ever held by the Catholic ladies Of
the city, and on account of its novelty, to
say n nothing about its very worthy object,
it will be sure to draw big crowds. SINH
lar entertainments have been held in
Springfield and Holyolze, and they were
always big. money. getters The coming
event VIII be as big as any ever held in
the other places, If hard work will ac-
complish that result.
In calendar party there are the usual
features of a church entertainment. but
there is something more in the interest
that is always taken in providing the cos
tunes that are worn. Although the plans
of the ladies are not yet thoroughly made,
a general idea Is given of what the party
will be like. To begin with, the four sea-
sons of the year will be represented by
ladies' dressed in appropriate costumes,
and these ladies will have charge ef, say
four supper tables. Their assistants VIII
be the months OF the seasons represented
by the heads, and each month will be ap-
proprately costumed. Then something
will be found for every holiday of the
year in the shape of candy, lemonade,
fancy goods. flower booths, ETC., and as
each lady will be dressed TO represent the
great array of bright and fancy dresses.
The ladies who We're present at the
meeting Sunday evening were very enthu-
siastic over. the scheme when it was out
lined to them and they have already be-
gun to talk of the kind of dresses that
they wial wear to properly represent the
characters they are to assume.
There will necessarily be large amount
of work to do, and it will require the serv-
Ices of a big committee, which will be ap-
pointed at a meeting of the board of gov
ernment of the association at the hospital
this evening. There will be another gem
eral meeting of the association at the hos
pital next Sunday evening.
Some of the ladies' are so anxious to be-
gin work for the entertainment, even at
this early day, that a place has been pro-
Vided for them at the hospital, and all who
care to go there to do plain or fancy sew
ing for the tables will be accommodated
any afternoon from now until the festival.