The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-21
FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY
Ladies Interested in Charity Have
Plenty of Faith and Hope.
PLANS FOR THEIR FAIR
Tnsy Need $4,000 fer the Work Tlsy
Have Under Contemplation and
$4,000 Is the sum They Have
Set Out to Obtain.

II the plans of the ladies OF the Associ-
ated Charities succeed on anything like
an equality with the worthiness of the
cause and the labor that is being ex-
pended in preparation. the fair they are
TO give in the early part of September
for the purpose Of raising funds to carry
on their charity work and for building a
new home for working girls and women.
will be the biggest thing of the kind ever
held in Butte The plans being laid are
very elaborate and a much
more extensive undertaking than has
ever been attempted in the way Of rails
ing funds for public charity. and there
is now every prospect that the fair will
be all the success that is hoped for.
The amount OF money necessary TO carry
on their work OF taking care Of the needy
and TO enlarge their home has been dgu-
I'd out. and II all that is planned is ac-
complished not less than $4,000 i'm cash
viii he required. Much Of this. If the la
dies are successful I'm raising il. will he
devoted TO providing for the wants OF the
unfortunate and the rest TO building a
new home. The iair was conceived as the
best means Of raising the money. 1t Is
fully appreciated that raising so large a
sum is "A big undertaking and the ladies'
have laid their plans for the fair accord
ingly, pinning their faith TO the generosity
Of those who are able to give and feel
ing confident that they will respond lib
orally when the full worthiness Of the
cause is understood.
The fair is to be held in Miners Union
hail. and is to last a week. beginning on
Sept. u.
Miners Union hall will be decorated as
IL never was before. and there will be
booths in which everything conceivable
will be for sale, from a peep into ones
future to a gold mine. and the most pleas
ing feature about the whole affair t. the
fact that n handsome lady will negotiate
every sale. Everything to be offered for
sale Is to be contributed in order that
the cause may profit the larger. and this,
by the way. offers merchants an opportu-
lily TO do their part by contributing u
the stock of the fair.
Every evening there will be "A concert or
an entertainment and "A new programme
for each evening will be especially pre-
pared.
The ladies hope to raise the fun lO.OOO.
as a large amount of money is Imperative
~ needed for the regular work of the
association. owing to the great amount
of sickness prevailing among the poor,
particularly among children. and the
cramped quarters of the association home
render enlargement fully as Imperative.
Following are the departments as thus
far decided upon. and the ladies who will
preside owe them:
Fancy work-Mrs. Mediation and Mrs.
any - ANAs
Cigars-Mrs. NJ. ]. Connell
. Dolls-Mrs. II. s. Mitchell.
Flowers-Mrs. oliver Hight.
Candy-Mrs. George r. Dasey and MS.
Iisely.
Refreshments-Mrs. j. s. Hammond and
Mrs. Clinton Moore.
Fortune telling-Mrs. ida Livings ton
and Miss Best.
postofice-Mrs. Alex Christie.
Other departments viii he added as pro-
vision for supplying them is made.
The to have charge Of pre-
pairing the entertainments is composed Of
Mrs. Charles w. Clark, Mrs. +. =. HoI-
brook. Mrs. w. J. Dierks, Mrs. Fritz But
Ter, Mrs. 5. NJ. Loebinger and Miss l..
Busch.
Walkerville will also be represented at
the fair and this branch viii he In charge
of Mrs. Buzzo, Mrs. Driseoll and AIRS.
Broughton.
A meeting Of the Associated Charities
will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30
at the association rooms IN the nrrary\l
building. As matters in connection with
the fair are TO be considered the officers
hope for a large attendance of members