The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

They solicited donations from the rlch merchants and business men ''in the parish" and from the housewives they received the promise of domestic articles as we'll as promises of art embroidery and hand-decorated china. Four days be- fore the opening of the charity oazar there were loads of donations sent to the big hall, tbc use of which had been donated for the occasion of St. Patrlch Eve and St. Patrick's Day.
 The papers of the town gladly gave advertising space to the charity Dazar and proudly named the Board or young Lady Managers, Misses Sally Hartly, Georgie Grey, Alice Bower and Maggie Toole." And when the doors of the haii were thrown open on the eve or st- fai- ricks Day vast crowd surged in EV- anywhere were pretty young girls at booths and tables, all wearing the sham rock, with their hair tied about WAtn bonny green ribbons. It was really most happy occasion for all interested, for the sales were many and the prices paid for articles were larger than the girls had hoped. They had instituted plan of allowing the purchasers To pay any price for m article they thought It worth and it is safe to say the plan was a happy one, for on several occasions generous business men paid for a little workbasket or a drawn-thread piece three times the value of the articles.
 But the great throng came on St. Pat rieL's Day. at o'clock in the evening" and when the bazar closed It's business for the day there was not single artl- cle displayed for sale. Az Big Ben put 1t, They fairly nte up the charity ba- zar," and the board of young lady man agers were the happiest girls in the world when the proceeds of the bazaar were counted and sum of $1O0 found to have been taken in. And the splendid part of it was there were no expenses to be paid out of the fund It was all for charity And Sally, really weeping for very joy said: 'Oh, now we can help those poor families till their meh- folks can get employment. Isn't 1t just too good 10 belevc!
 Its been q grand success. little la dies" declared q usually crusiy old bank CT And to show you how much appreciate such spirit in the youth of our parish, l mean to give you check for enough to round the charity fund out to S1 ,o00 And--here, what am to do with these slippers and kitchen apronf l bought them just because everything else had been gobbled up when got here But-take them and sell them over again. don't have any use for em."
 After thanking him from the very depths of her heart for his generous offer of so me q gift to the charity fund Sally laughed and said: ''Please, MT smith keep the slippers and apron. for they will remind you of a tune when you helped to make some poor people very happy by giving so literally toward their assistance while they were In such dire need"
 .'I'll do it, little girl," said Mir. Smith, emphatically. You Ebet I'll keep them as Il reminder that there are other folks in the world besides ones self. This has been a great occasion. Hope you'll have another charity bazar next St. Patrick's Day. It's rnc tune 10 call forth brotherly love for ones felowman."
 And dozen bystanders overheard the crusty bankers last reniark and feryent- ly said sAmeu.''