The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-20
THE BIG CHARITY WHIST
AlNljlONlGlAG THE
GRAND BENEFIT FOR THE FAMLL-
 IESOF THE DEAD FIR EMEN.
Music Hall Last Night Was Brilliant scene-Over $50 Players Participated and 200 More Did Not Plny-The Ffi1e Winners-EverYthin DOnated.

| ond 200 More Did Not PIay-The Prize | winners-Everythin Donated.
 1 The charity whist for the beneht or the families of the ill-fated firemen Who ! lost their lives in the fire at the Juuson
 hacking house, given in Music hall last 1 evening was one of the most success1ul
 affairs of it's kind ever given in New | Haven. There were about $50 players
 seated around the tables, and it was
 certainly the largest whist ever given
 here. Every whist club in the city ana
 in Fair Haven was represented py
 large number of members and scores ol
 New Haven's most prominent cltlzehs
 were there to help along the most Wof-
 thy cause.
 | The fate of the four men who lost 1 their lives in the terrible catastrophe
 is still fresh in everyone's mind and the snirit to aid the families has been man. | fest ever since the accident occurred. As far as enthusiasm is concerned the
 affair last night will go hand in hand with the big benefit in the armory or
 few weeks ago, and such occasions as
 these are the kind that bring out the
 sympathetic nature of New Haven peo- ole for those who are more unfortunate than they are. They are the kind of
 benefits that benefit, and they will be
 put down in the city's history as the greatest that have ever taken place l here. It was simply owing to the lack of room that the number of players last night did not reach the thousand
 mark, for there were at least 200 who occupied the galleries and who paid the 1 fee as all those who sat around the
 tables did. These people would have
 joined in the game if there had been
 plenty of room, and it is probable that
 many others who were not there would
 have come but for the fact that all
 the chairs were taken at the hour set
 for the play to begin.
 The hall was very prettily decorated
 with draperies and flowers, and the
 sight was a most imposing one. The 1 play began at o'clock and stopped promptly at 10, at which time the prizes were awarded. When the prizes
 had been awarded the floor was cleared
 of chairs and dancing was enjoyed un-
 til 1 o'clock this morning. There was nothing in connection with the affair lIlcI COSI d tSIlL, iS 6NGl y lIiHSS HUH
 the dance programme to the hall itself
 was donated free of charge. It was through the kindness of Harry w. Ash CT that the hall was given to the com
 mttee, and it afforded the best place in
 the city in which to hold such an affair
 Frank Fichtl gave the use of his or
 chestra for the music during the even-
 ing, and the programmes and tickets were printed free by Price, Lee X Ad- kins The dance programmes were giv- en by Gompertz Brothers, and the placards were furnished by Howe &s Stetson. The string tags on the pro- gramne were given by Mende & Freed man, the Hygenic ice used during the evening was furnished through Arthur Mix, and the bracelets that were used as part of the counters were donated by the East Haven Manufacturing Go. The Goodyear Rubber company gave the rubber bands and the badges in use by the committee were furnished by T. F. Sherman. The tables were loaned by Chamberlain & Co.,, Young Mems Republican club. the Bowditch F'urni- ture company, Brown & Durham. P. J. Kelly &, Co.,. Hotel Garde and Tontine, The Hegel Furniture company, the Har- monie club, w. B. Hall, Clark, the caterer, and others All of the chairs were furnished by Lewis & Maycock, and the carting was done free of charge by Peck & Bishop and F. Brazos.
 That list about completes the list of donations, with the exception of the list of prizes, thirty-two in number. These were given by different people in the city and all were valued at over s2. They included cut glass dishes, hand some vases, steins, silverware, silk um- brellas and many other equally as use- ful and costly articles. There were six teen ladies and sixteen gentlemens prizes. The first ladies' prize was won by Mrs w. A. Futile and the first gem tlemen's by l.. Beebe The sixteen la dies having the next highest scores were, in their order, as follows: Mrs. A. w. Brennan, Mrs. F. N. Adler. Mrs W. A. Sammis, Mrs. w. F. Dill, Miss Ida Moeller, Mrs. Messenger, Mrs. Ev- ans, Miss Nettie Macho, Miss Evans, Mrs. R. w. Law, Miss Margaret Healy, Mrs. D. B. Baker, Mrs. Kyle, Mrs. Toole, and Miss Dewey. The gentlemen following MT. Beebe were as follows: H. L. Freeman, W. w. Minor, w. H. Jones, c. F. Snow, F. A. Corbin, Carl A. Mears, Samuel J. Veil, A. G. War ner D. s. Burt, w. F. Babcock, J. G. | Gladwin, "A. Aal, A. M. Jacobs. w. Doo- l little and c. M. Dow. The committee on prizes was composed of the follow ing ladies: Mrs. John Shaw, Mrs. F. | w. Walker, Mrs. Henry Fresenius and ! Mrs Emory.
 The patronesses were: Mrs Frank | Fl, Lewis, chairman; Mrs. H. Fresenius. Mrs B. Fresenius Mrs. Max Adler Mres. Fred Adler, Mrs. Burr S. Peck, Mrs. F. Brazos, Mrs. William H. Garde. | Mrs. F. B. Walker, Mrs. c. w. Pickett | Mrs. F. B. Farnsworth, Mrs George Wright, Mrs. Arthur Cheney, Mrs. T. I. l Kinney, Mrs. F. H. Russell, Mrs. Ray , mond Baldwin, Mrs. W. A. Wright Mrs. John Fl. Shaw, Mrs C. A. Bright, Mrs. J. G, Gladwin, Mrs. Leroy Kirk ham, Mrs. William Harper, Mrs G. A. Maycock, Mrs. s. J. Fox Mrs. Wilson H. Lee, Mrs. George Converse, Mrs P. w. Chase, Mrs. W. s. Crofut, Mrs. D. J, Manning, Mrs. $. s. Adams Mrs