Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-08
THE A. o. H. FAIR
To Be Given in the City Hall the Last
 Week in April.

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 Week in April.
 One member of the press committee, being on a vacation, overslept Tues day morning, hence this announcement, through no fault of the newspaper fra ternity, has been delayed for twenty four hours. However, delay of that length can't hurt great undertaking like the Hibernian fair, which is to held the last week in April The pen of the 1 press committee may run slowly, but I it carries a load of ink.
 On Monday night in Hibernian hall a meeting was held of representatives of all the divisions of the A. O. H. and of the Ladies' auxiliary, for the pur- pose of concluding arrangements for the fair. The meeting was a most en- thusiastic one, and it showed that the financial success of the fair Is already assured Brother McGrail announced at the meeting that he has distributed more than 4,0OO combination books outside of the city; he had placed them in every county in Connecticut, and that he had been cordially received by a majority Of the divisions of Hiber- nians in the state. It was learned at the meeting, too, that more than 2,0OO books are already In the hands of the local members and of the Ladies aux iliary. They are selling like hot cakes or like i've walk" buttons, and they ought to, for this is the first time in years that the Waterbury Hibernians have come before the public to give fair.
 It transpired at the meeting that there Sis much friendly rivalry among the divisions. It looked at the begin ming of the meeting as if the Fourth division was the banner division of the city: hut wheD chance waa given to the representatives of the other di- visions to tell what each is doing. 1t world take Connecticut man to guess which will come out ahead in the end, The Third diyigi9n was accused of hoinr fondar of ora tory than of selling ticscts, bTt Nhan Brother Hugh Mort arty repNrtel that ha had thirty books ol7t and Brother Frank O'Rrfen assured those present that he had twenty-three books sold, that view was modified to a certain extent. Then. again it looked as If the Sixth division was resting on it's Iaurels, but that @ mot be true, for the members Of that vision are all hustlers, and there is no doubt that they will be one inch behind in the race. It is known, too, that the First and Second divisions are great work CTS, and from the beginning the Fifth division, who never use their hats for speaking trumpets have threatened to beat every other division in hard work.
 It is conceded on all sides, however, that they cannpt cope successfully with the Ladies auxiliary. The ladies have been leaders from the start. They never have a great deal to say-that's woman $ way, isn't it?-but they have not only been making hay while the sun shune, but they have also heel moving while it was raining. Much sympathy was expressed at the meet ing for Miss Margaret Crane, the pres ident of the auxiliary, for the painful accident which she lately sustained in the severe injury of one of her hands; but the drift of opinion as to the lady's ability was shown when one of the best looking single men at the gathering said that she could do more for the fair with one hand than some of the men could do with two.
 If the fair is a success, and it cer- tain1y will be, there are three or four individual members of the various di-9 visions to whom this success will be largely due. The principal one of these is County President T. F. Luddy. No man of our perhaps no man of any time-has done more for Hiber- nianism in this city, in this county, thanshe Tn fact, his fame as leader and an organizer Is not confined to New Haven county or the state of Con- necticut. From the start his heart has been set on the success of the fair, and he is still working like a Trojan. Un- der his leadership Hibernianism in this city is taking more rapid strides for ward than ever before. Every divis- ion now at every meeting Is admitting several new members, and if the good work goes on the A. o. H. will soon inc clude every Irishman in the city.
 Next on the list of men comes BrGth- CT Frank O'Brien. He is chairman of the general fair committee, and if ever man set good example for his fellow workers 1t is he. We have heard of insurance men who have talked insur- ance, wrote insurance, dreamed insur- ance. We'll, Brother O'Brien talks fair, writes fair, and if we had inside in formation, we would say that he dreams fair. When the monument for which the Hibernians are working shall be dedicated, no name ought to be mentioned with more honor than his.
 Nor can this notice come to close without honorable mention of the un- ceasing work of Brother Flaherty, one of the members of fhe general com mittee. He can justly say, T have done the work of ten men for this fair"
 Much of the success of the fair will also be due to the kindness, the sound advice and the generosity of the Rev Father Slocum. A judicious and in spring friend of Hibernianism always, he helped with wise counsel the fruit of long experience, to initiate this movement for 8 Hibernian monument, and he has promised to allow his name to- go on the program for Sunday even- ing, April 26. The mere mention of his name assures crowded City hal1 that night. His subject will be, "Cath- olic Societies; Their Merits and Their Dangers" %"#