Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29
Large Crowd in Attendance at
the Opening Night Despite
Bad Weather
PROGRAM GIVEN
Hon. Merritt Greene and superintend-
ent w. /. Crane Deliver Addresses
Musical Numbers Given-Father
-enihan Says Fair Promises to Be
the Most Successful Ever Held Here.

| most favorable conditions at Finkle' S
hall. A large crowd was in attendance
and much more than the usual interest
was centered in the event for an open
I. ing night.
/ The hall was very attractive in APP
! pearance, showing that vast amount
] of work had been done in arranging the
different booths and making the gem
| eral plans for the eight days festival.
The booths were very prettiiy decorat-
| ed. and contained a varied assortment
! of gifts OF every description, donated
| to the management that their dispose
! ton might create a large fund to be APP
piled to the public hospital enterprise,
| in which every one in MarshalltoWn,
and this part of the state, for that mat
| ter, is interested.
! The chief features of the evenings
program were the addresses by Hon.
| Merritt Greene and Superintendent VIII
liam /. Crane, of the city schools. Each
was greatly enjoyed and was of such
nature as to inspire those having the
hospital project in charge to further the
| work of the buildings completion. Inc
sentiments expressed, coming from
1
| in connection with the fair by Father
| Lenihan's Protestant friends. are indeed
encouraging to the reverend gentleman,
| who, thru his individual efforts, started
| the ball rolling and insured for Mar
shalltown one of the finest and most
| thoroughly equipped public hospitals IN
| the state.
Mr.. Greene's talk was of q very OPP
4 - 81 1rsa a
benefits to be derived from public hos
pitfalls, and how the world had grown to
| look upon the institutions conducted by
the Sisters of Mercy as the very best
| to be procured. Mr.. Greene recalled, in
contrasting the present-day belief to
| that of the past, an incident that oc-
CURED in his childhood, when he was
| boy in school. In the process of COM
| position, written on his slate, he made
the statement: 1.-THE noblest work of
| God is man." Another pupil in the
school, upon hearing 1t read, asked the
| question, "Supposing that the man is a
Catholic?" Mr.. Greene said that all
such beliefs were now thing of the
past, that the Catholics were looked
upon as were others of the various re-
ligious denominations.
Mr. Greene also spoke of the work
of the Sisters of the Catholic church,
not those alone whose lives were devot-
| ed to hospital service, but the different
communities in general. He said that
| they deserved the highest commenda-
| ton possible, on the part of every citi-
zen, for they not only gave UP their
| names their homes and all that they
held dear, but their very lives for suf-
| fering humanity. He related, In this
| regard, an instance of his own expert
ence, in Toledo, O., when he was Ill and
cared for in q hospital conducted by the
Sisters of Mercy. His treatment was
the same as tho he had been devout
Catholic, despite the current rumors of
| the times, to the effect that nom Cath
olics were abused and neglected in
| Catholic hospitals. He said words could
not express the kindnesses that We're
bestowed upon him, and that he could
not have received better treatment in
| his own home.
Mr.. Cranes talk was as Mr.. Greene's,
tcptimistic He believed that the world
is gradually growing better, and people
are coming to believe more and more
| in the goodness OF others. He spoke of
| the age as being one of philanthropy,
and the work of the Sisters of Mercy,
/ he considered, to be the most philan-
thropic.
The addresses were interspersed with
choruses by the children of ST. Mary's
Institute, st. Mary's Glee Club and
numbers by quartet composed of
Mrs. b. A. Morgan, Mrs. +. L. Meeker,
Mr.. F. Aubrey Smith and Mr.. c. E.
I Do wit 90
accompanist.
At the conclusion of the program Fa-
| Their Lenihan thanked the speakers and
the others who had helped to make the
opening night a success, and congratu-
lated the audience on having been priv
lileged to enjoy such delightful even
ling. Father Lehman says that the fair
| promises to be the most successful of
any ever held in the city, and he thinks
! that it will eclipse in general interest
any ever conducted in the state in
! cities the size of Marshalltown.
| The voting contests. which are al
ways of much interest locally, will be-
gin this evening. Dancing will also be
enjoyed, and full orchestra has been
engaged for the remaining seven
nights.
The committees which have the diff
ferent departments in charge are as
follows:
Treasurer Rev. NJ. c. Leni-
han. NJ. r.
Spealers-Messrs. f. L. Meeker, J..
j. MacLeay and John Mclaughlin.
Music-Member of different church
choirs.
Married Ladies Table Collectors
and members of the Ladies' Mite So
ciety, Mesdames A. A. Moore, r. J..
fletcher, George F. Kirby. H. ]. Howe,
Elizabeth Miller, p. Fahey, J. c. WEIGH,
w NJ Clark and A. NJ. Parker.
Young Ladies' Table-Collectors and
members of the Young Ladies' Mite
! Society.
Refreshment Table-Mesdames Kel-
leher, Abbott Eich. Keefe. Kikshl, Ros-
| kopf, and Misses Anna Whitley and
| Mayme Dodge.
Candy Booth-Misses Oppice, Hig-
gins and Plunkett.
Lemonade-Miss Reagan and Mes
DANES Hughes, Hayes, Williams, Green
and Miss Mcmahon.
and Mcknight.
Voting Observation-Disclosures A. A.
Moore, c. c. ST. Clair, L. G. Abbott,
Merritt Greene, j. c. WEIGH, R. Nc
| CURE, A. Kunkel, John Green III. Sha-
yer and T. Carmody
| Awarding Prizes Mayor L. B. Jones,