The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-05
CHARITY EUCHRE.
Two Hundred and Forty
Philanthropie Card Play
ers Benefit the Home
Of the Homeless.
oRTY-FoURPRI
Winners Take Their Choice
After Twelve Games
Those Present.
F%ORTY-FOUR PRIZES

About four O'Clock yesterday afternoon
all was serene and quiet at the Palma
Clubhouse, save for a gentle, supdueo
buzz. buzz. intermixed with the shuffling
of cards. 1t was the annual euchre for
the benefit of the Home of the Homeless,
and the game was at it's height. The play
had been in progress a little over an hour,
and everybody a settled down to bust
ness. Sixty tables, each surrounded by
four prettily attired ladies, gave a pleas
ant picture and a restful feeling to the on
locker.
The prizes were arranged upon a long
table in an adjoining room behind folding
doors, presenting much the appearance OF
a display of wedding presents. Here was
displayed a handsome hand painted drink
ing cup, donated by Tiffany, a silver bak-
ing dish by Gorham, a horn handled cary
ing set by John Wanamaker, a handsome
gas lamp by the Jersey City Gas Com
pany, a bisque jewel case by Messrs.
Brown n Van Anglen, a bon bon dish by
Furst Bros, a palm by Bonnet, a n.y.
dranga by Cole, a sealskin collarette by
Julius Berber, a bilt chair by Brush q
Alberts, an oak rocker by Flint of New
York, a tabourette by Mrs. P. j. Koonz'
another by Miss Jacobs and an inkstano
by Hahne & CO., of Newark, besides a
number of other things quite as hand
some. to which h donors failed to attach
cards, making forty-four prizes in all.
At the end of the twelfth game the bell
| rang for the play to cease, and there was
a general move towards the folding doors
| No one, save the ~tellers. however, and a
! few of the managers, was allowed in the
| room until the tallies had been told. when
the five highest were admitted, and al
| lowed to choose from the display in ac-
| cordance with the numbers which they
drew.
The Tiffany drinking cup went first &c
Mrs. j. ". Perner; Mrs. S. w. Bush chose
an oak and leather rocker; Mrs. w. j
Myers, a cut glass berry dish, Mrs. Harry
vanderbeck, a handsome bisque vase, ano
Mrs. Evarts an oak rocker. Thus wen1
| the prizes. a number of ladies receiving g
certain number of points being admitted
in turn, and allowed to choose according
TO their numbers until the forty-foui
prizes had disappeared, and until the tapie
| above described as resembling a wedding
display of presents took more the appear
ance of a bargain day counter in New
l L u u n. oal llSAS 90
| ly at the very last when only seven prizes
remained, and there were eleven ladies
/ eligible to draw. Four of them drew
blanks.
Among the prize Winners were Miss
Amy Goodson, who won a tabourette
Mrs. W. Beet. a tabourette; Mrs. G. w
vreeland,, seal collarette; Mrs. S. w
Smith, a pillow; Miss Florence White, a
| Tiffany glass vase: Miss E. Caple, a rem
aissance centre piece; Mrs. Bliss, a cut
glass dish; Miss E. Green, Jr., a cut
glass dish, Miss E. sRouse, a silver fern
dish; Mrs. H. H. Green, a half dozen
painted plates; Mrs. T.. S. Cook, Don
| bon dish; Miss Minnie Hughes, a bonbor
dish; Miss Van Wrinkle, a silk belt ano
buckle; Miss Mulsted, a tabourette; Mrs
| Melick, a sofa pillow; Miss Kennedy, 9
sofa pillow; Mrs. WI H. Dandy, a mir
ror: Miss Gautier, a silver handled dus-
ter: Mrs. H. A. Stephen, a plant; Miss
Maud Knower, a silver holder and bot
tie; Mrs. Walker, two bisque figures; Mrs
Pellens, a half dozen silver spoons; Mrs
Sullivan, a shawl; Miss M. Cropsy, 9
bottle of p%erfumery; Miss Abernethy
perfumery; Miss Mailman, perfumery
Mrs. DIR. Pyle, p~erfumery; Mrs. H A
Cook, an inkstand; Mrs. c. M. Duff, {
cut glass bottle; Miss Ely, perfumery