The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-07
Z BRIDGE (" FOR
A CHARITY
Splendid Results Of a Morris
town Bridge Party to aid
Earthquake Sufferers.
A BRILLIANT FETE IN OAKLAND

The following letter has been re-
ceiyed in response to a donation Of
1856 toward San Francisco's relief, be-
ing the result OF a bridge party held
in Morristown
OAKLAND. Cal, July rs. 1906
MY DEAR Miss BRYCE
am greatly mortified that | have
not earlier written to you. and hope
to be forgiven when l tell that we have
had serious illness in the household,
and that / have not yet been able to
to write the sketches for the Eastern
papers that had promised. The only
Eastern letter / could write was the
one to the New York Times, which /
now inclose to you. really wanted
the Times to know that through you
both, great good had come to Oakland
1t was very wrong of me, however, to
delay an acknowledgment, and to trust
to a daily paper to bring you letter
However, in the light of a great sue
cess. perhaps I'll be pardoned.
And I'll write you the story. We
had done so much in the way Of help
that we really could not call upon
either the household or our friends for
any more money, and the skies looked
very dark on the two institutions 1
was trying to help, my sister, Mrs.
Thomson, also being greatly interested
in the work. Then when we were in
the deepest anxiety great things han
pened TO me a large chequc came
from friends in Denver, and your draft
came.
One of the leading families here Oh
fered US their picturesque grounds for
a fete for any charities might name,
and promptly named the two for
which you so generously sent the draft
dividing it between them, and keep
ing forty dollars for two women with
families whom we wanted to take from
the camps and put in the ranks of
working women.
The younger matrons who were pat
ronesses of these two charities worked
with a viii. / have met them only at
teas, receptions or the ordinary social
rolnd-and now / shall love them all
my life for the great good heart they
showed and for the loving care they be-
slowed on helpless women and dear
little children. They did not trust to
others; they have worked daily them
selves. All social lines have been for
gotten in beautiful example of help
lulneSS. such as the World has rarely
known.
With the money from your draft as
a beginning, all these young matrons
took heart of hope. A cafe chantant
was planned, aud the grounds were inn
mensely picturesque all a wilderness
OF Chinese lanterns, and like fairyland
in the myriads of electric lights. Ey-
erybOdy came-just crowds of people.
We had the very jOlliest programme,
and everyone had good time. You
would never have thought that we had
just lived together through terrible
earthquake days.
Chapter One Bridge in Morristown.
Chapter Two Cafe chantanti in Oak
land.
Chapter Three-N Nearly fifty-tive
hundred dollars for women and child
rem inneed.
And here is the way in which we OBJ
tanned our large sum The Standard
OH Company brought big relief fund
to California, and the manager c0rSid-
cred our cause so eminently a worthy
one that he offered to double any
amount we might achieve. You can
imagine the work that was done-aud
the manager Kept his word and each
charity had to it's credit So, 750, all as a
result of your effort away off there in
Morristown. | wanted very much to
use your names in the letter / wrote
to the Times aud thank you chat way,
but, of course, couldn't do it without
your permission. | shall write you a
history Of both charities, for you will
wantto follow the development ofyour
good work.
Very cordially yours,
MOLLIE q. CONNEns.