The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-14

Rassfng s1oo, GOO for charity in slsven days appears. on the fact of it to be d welI-nigfrt 1InposAble task B5at let the akept1c ask mambers s1 tne St vincentss HosE4taI Fund Raiatng Campaign coKnEn1 Hees who have undertaken Just such a task and his doul5ts will fit away before their sE,thrsiasna Ralse s700. % in elev- sn days 2ss they say WI hy, we'll do oven better than that =
 El1ch is the spirit with which the Bo Etees have undertaken the: esra poi sEn which opens Tuesdny mora fne- Hea.a sar ter have been estab- iialned fn the PoII theatre D ui1dinE for sozne weeks and every detail is ready for the opening
 4 b1g eget-eng eth CT bez1quet at The Stratfteld Hotel Monday evening VIII sarve to fire the workers with en- EiarsfzEssn for tEhsix tasks. Tuesday faorn1lag will see the work underway. A h1g clock at Main and Congress Btreets will keep daily tabs Fon the prosresn Of the fund
 A full exp1aua&zon Of the methods o9 the campaign has been prepared for tha public by the exec utive com mi tee In charge of the eana71aign- The
 1tezaesnt 1oIIoags
 rVVh5at probably Is tho bfggest en- 1rs<5ssssa ever cond dFcted in Brfdee-
 
 great cRnpaign oond ucfed by the La dies Of Charity of St V71cellt de Paul. Tor the purpose of 1aiEfnE an epdpW f4uezst of $1Go, 900 for fala inssti tution. For s weeks large preparations have been made at their headql1ar- zers, 1z90 Main Street, In the mattel q tabal1aung probable gfzers picked up from various sources and recom- Enended by the @ar4ol1s r5ndttees of the caHhpa1gn zt hsai ie 1ss11zld up on inqs1iry that the uz1arlt CT or these probabIe subscrfbers Is about 10000.
 hests are all properly 1ndexed and ztlfsfded into geoEr 4ph1ca1 sectdons of 3 The cf for the purpose of faci tatfnE the Work of the small army or team rr or CTS who win cali on these people laass front Now IT to Nov 23s fncla- stssss Few people have any concep-i tf1n of the enormous detail work Of ia king ca ,aign of this kind ssIisss or atzon of the Calnpalgn Efxozn 4ze stand -pofnt Of nll1nbers The saz3sse General Go1nTntttee composed Of lsfoxnznent men and women z1i Bridge rcrt. conn prfses nearly 300 people It zs Shs purpose Of th4s laIBe commit sssee to siVa con0dence te the enter prise by efvzng it every moral and d1nans4a7 support
 TEs various sub ttees have had much to do in the work of prepa- ration up to the present time and they have certainly delivered the goods In many eases their work las been te-. Sdfpua, but their falthfulness to the duty In kzlnd has not only been conl- lnendabze but also successful as to the reauIzs oEtained. Following is list of ttte various s4lb-co11 tees.
 Finance GoIn1nittee charged ysfth the duties of securing Initial subscriptions to the camp aign fund is &a follows: zi
 Frank D. Laney, Frank Miller. Richard Murphy, William D. Rurn- 7 ham. e4o1s Vsalery EIayard yqilIian IF Farrell Angus F MacKenzfe. Nathan IIerzs George Stapleton. Timothy Cumming. John Green, g. 2 PoH. Ed ward H. Dillon; w Vi1Iiaxa E. Allen. VII Ham P Kirk John T. King
 These gentlemen have had several meetings and the report that will be made by this conar1ittee at the ban quet Monday evaning will not only be deIightful surprise to those inter ested in the campaign but wzn show that they have devoted no little effort in Securing substantial foundation for the $10es00o fund
 The E1xecutfVe Committee was carefully selected with a view of hay ing tI1a different naeanbers of the cou1ndftee act as chairman Of the va rtcus sub-cor1xni ttees- The member si1aIe ef the Hsxe ecxtiye Comnaittee is
 William F. Kirk. Mrs. vyY11ia1n E, Allen Joseph C4g1ar, Daniel J. CIf- ford. John H CoughHn, Thomas M Cuatnan. Mrs. Michael 1T Ford, Mich- aeI F. Ford DanIe1 P. Harrigan. Mrs Robert H. Hawkins, Mrs John A E4zzr1eyy Mrs J. M- Johnson Mrs John IT. King, Mrs. Henry Lee Sfam,1nH Lsoew1th Patrick McGee. Daniel i. OsCeunors William A Redden Otto
 Saurs Joseph Schultz. MISS Mary Al. Sullivan Daniel E. Wa1ker
 This committee has held two or three meetsngs a week during the preparatory period Of tho campaign and while much work has developed from 1t. preparing the work Of the sub-comnaittees and the carrying gout of the plans, tf11s com1aft1ee is cer- ta1nly deserving of great credit for It's efficiency in accom- pIishing the many campaign tasks set before them The Publicity Committee is com Rcssd of the following men John
 qoughdin, J G. Evans, and D. A. Gonverse This cornnittee is in charge Of the advertising caznpaien. with Q. view of fannalfari zins the pub- slic with the details of it in a manner that practically every citizen of BFddeepert can thoroughly under stand
 This committee has arranged for all the hslsinesH houses of town dur. ing the eleven days of the cam paign proper to have stickers placed on ev- cry package going out of their place uf business Tine sticke reads as fol-s 1ogEs st VIncent's EEosp1sa1 Cam Pailgns Are Tor Giving