The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-03-21
$500 GAINED FOR
ALL SUULS' HOSPITAL
Catholic Women Hold Fair Sue
CssSfuI ReyOnd Their Dreams

When Mrs. Thomas II. Dougherty
planned the fair given Friday by
women of the Church of the Assump-
tion in aid Of All Souls hospital she
and her co-laborers little dreamed that
/ they would gain for the hospital as
much as $4,000 But this amount wa
taken in and the aggregate may reacn
81, 800 for several people have not
made their returns.
The fair was largely attended It
was held in the rooms OF the Young
Mems Catholic association on South
street. Mrs Richard r Dempsey
was the general treasurer for the fair
The ball room was filled with the
various tables FROM which were dis
pensed articles ii utility and orna-
ment All Of the booths were pretti-
ly decorated witch crepe paper. paper
flowers and electric lights.
The tea table bore cake and other
things to eat as well as the bever-
age. Among the ladies who dispensed
from It were Mrs. Thomas j. Halery,
of BoontoR; Mrs. Lauenstein, Of
Dover; Miss Bessie Moore, of Far
Hills; and Mrs T. H. Dougherty, Mrs
Henry r. Dempsey, Miss Annie
Mooney, Miss Katherine Clifford and
Miss Margaret Keefe.
Fancy articles were sold by Mrs
Eugene S. Burke, Mrs. Susan Mooney
Miss Mary Gogerty, Miss Kate Tim
mons, Miss Margaret Dempsey.
Miss Agnes Collins, Miss Winifred
o'Brien, Miss Pauline Burke and Mis-
Louise Burke sold ice cream.
One of the prettily decorated booths
was that from which paper flowers
were sold Each flower contained a
number and the winner of the lucky
flower received a handsomely dressed
doll. The flowers were sold by Miss
Nina Moore, Miss Margaret O'Brien,
Miss Jennie Gogerty, Miss Irene
Burke, Miss Mary Condor, Miss May
Howard and Miss Genevieye Dunn
There were busy times at the candy
table and the young ladies doing out
the sweets, Miss I-awless, Miss Eliz-
abeth Lawless, Miss Rose Lawless,
Miss Jennie Clifford, the Misses
Kenny, Miss Margaret Dempsey, Mrs.
Daniel J. Knight and Miss May
Gougherty, were kept busy wrapping
up the parcels.
A bevy of ladies' from Madison
were in charge Of table of flowers
and fancy articles. They were Mrs.
Thomas Lowe, Miss Mary Burns,
Miss Mary Ahearn, Miss Annie
Ahearn.
With its flashing lights and bright
colors the mirror of luck was a mag
net that drew many to it. 1t was
manipulated by the Misses Cleary.
assisted by Robert Jolley and Daniel
Clifford.
The utility table was in the hands
of Mrs. William Ward, Mrs Joseph
F. Burke, Mrs. John Ward, Mrs. Will
lam Mansfield, Mrs. William Lauen-
stein and Mrs. John Broderick.
At the birthday table were Miss
Anna Holten, Miss Bernedette Cooney
Miss May Gogherty, Miss May Cooney
Miss Marie Burke, Miss Lucy Wolfe.
Supper was served in the -parlors
| by Mrs. J. B. Earls, Mrs. William
Roache, Mrs Patrick Sharkey, Miss
May Cahill, Miss Margaret Holly, Miss
Mamie Dempsey, Miss Minnie Gogh-
orty, Miss Kate Ruckert, Miss Mary
Rutledge and Miss Margaret Kain.
! There was plenty of music during
the fair Prof George Grailey, of
the state hospital at Morris Plains,
played violin selections assisted by
Mr. Freeman on the piano. WORK
J Brothers string orchestra also played
Lorenzo Travaglia and his daugh-
| ter, Miss Frances Travaglia, played
guitar and mandolin selections and
Miss Travaglia also sang several
solos accompanied by her father OIL
the guitar.
Several gentlemen assisted the
ladies', among them being Thomas F.
Dempsey, Henry F. Dempsey, Eugene
" Welsh and Thomas H. Dougherty
Naus Raafku HAranaaH