The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-03

Worcester Candidates Increase the Collep
Endowment Fund BY 81 1000.
|esS BROADWAY.

WELLESLEY, Mass. juno 2-The Wellesley
alumne scattered about the various parts Of
New England have already exhausted the whole
catalogue Of well-known Entertainment In bs-
half Of the Wellesley College endowment fund,
and are now bringing to bear on the problem Of
getting new ones all the oeverness that they
learned at college. Theiatest effort was made
by the Association Of Alumne Of Worcester,
Mass. Ii ali the other enter tainmehts for the
sam purpose could be a. successful as this, the
college might well feel that its hearts desire
would be accomplished and that commence.
ment would see Wellesley with anlendowmenS
fund as an assured fact.
The Worcester graduates deoded on a Rum
mage Sale" This decision was the first step
and by far the easiest. Next they literally rum.
mayed the town from end to end. They began
at home and nothing escaped their eyes from
the remotest box in the garnet to the darkest
corner In the cal.ar. Afterward they IN.
duced their friends to overhaul their houses
and begged them to be generous enough to
giyethem everything they did not care for them-
selves. Never did such a thorough house clean
ing take place before In Worcester. To the
over-conscientious housekeeper, burdened with
the accumulation Of things useless to her, but
too good to throw away. . this novel entertain
ment was q perfect godsend. Other people
afflicted with q desire to keep things In a lesser
degree also found the plan excellent. and the
motley collection OF articles that the young
m gathered together as a result OF their
| canvass was enough to make a Junk dealers
hair turn gray, They laid their hands on every.
thing from 2 sidebosId to a kes Of rusty nails.
m fhs ramm IA ss' sal. qisu i,sel2 was conducted on
most orderly de principles Dnd With ds due Greg regard to I'll;
who had a store to rent on Main street offered
It to the young women free Of charge during the
three days az sod thsy h + in q. hest l., . 4 Se sOG K,
alumnR stocked the shelves with what they
had and acted the part Of shop girls to the best
q their iern ability 3nnls ,uT one e6 % the g. i%S poTGsta men M,, 2,
another important man Of the town, and alto
gether, the entertainment bad all the prestige
a commercial. enterprise. The result was
gratifying. The poor Italians who frequent
Worcester in large numbers felt like children
A few Of them went to the sale and picked UP
siraightway went ard did likewise. until tho
and the over-conscientious housekeeper beamed
with delight when she saw chimneypot hats
ten years old, collars long past their prime. and
for a few cents and disappear from view under
the arms of an Italian family.
| The customers were not all from the poorer
classes: sometimes the patrons Of the affair
also found themselves buying. and one lady who
obtained a bargain oil stove and gloried over her
purchase to a friend. felt somewhat chagrined
when she found she was talking to the donor
Of the stove. With a few exceptions nothing
was sold for more than a quarter or 80 cents.
The hardware department, the crockery cor
ner. the, millinery counter the tinware stall.
the gentleman's furnishing department, all took
IN their money by dribets, but so extensive was
the stock in trade and 30 skilful the collegiate
ealesladies that the receipts were beyond
their widest dreams. Psychologically, the
Encouragement Of matter brought about by this
rnmmage sale was a very interesting study
the poor appearing In the outworn fnery n
the rich. cooking their garlic in the onion kettles
OF their slperiors. treading in the shoes Of their
employers. The shifting OF objects useless
In one family TO a position Of honor In another
is q phase worth considering. But what the
Wellesley girls cared about was not subtle analy-
sis or psychological investigation. The facts
about the rummaee sale were enough for
them. They netted nearly $1,000 as the result
Of their three days labor and the JOY OF handing
the sum over TO the endowment fund treasurer.