Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-02-04
AMUSEMENT PLANNED FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE HOSPITAL.
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Just one word kind reader: In fields
charred cottages, in refugee camps. in
crumpled churches, into the crash and
horrors, alarms and devastations
war,-into homelessness, into winter.
famine, thousands of little Belgian
babies are crying for milk and dying
LOT starvation. American generosity
has done much to help these poor little
waits, but American generosity must
do much more or o u good beginnings
will but drag out a hopeless agony
Can you not, kind-reader, contributes
your mite towards this great charity2
Again, you have in your midst a great
charity that is in urgent need Of fnan-
cial aid. and that is the Patton Memo
! rial hospital-that monument to the
! courageous and brave women of Hen
! Jacksonville and Henderson county.
Think of the pain and distress it has
relieved; think of the great work it
| will continue TO do. Not M of us but
realizes that at any moment, we, or
those whom We love may be borne
within its walls where kind and low
ing hands win minister to u wants
and suffering. When It sc sorely
needs POUR help, can you not aid Just
q little?
TO aid both of these splendid char
tiles, under the ~difecE auspices Of the
Patton Memorial Hospital assoaations
and the ladies' named below Wh9haye
kindly consented to- act IS patr0Dessee.
i Cabaret and Masquerade party win
be giveH IN the BALLROOM and parlors
Tor the StJuhn Hotel on Friday eVenS-
ting, atefght p. m, February Is.
Tickets are now On sale and you are
lmost earnestly reQuested to purchase
as many as possible, and also to Coz
Ioperate with the special committee OF
ARRANGEMENTS who have the entertain
ment in charge.
The Cabaret is supposed to take
Iplaee at.the. Cafe de Paris In the gay
| city of New Orleans, during the MarU
Gras celebration. Quite by accident,
a gay band of maskers meet at this
cafe, at once choose OF their NUM-
| Der as master of ceremonies and re-
soIvesthemselves into a band OF merry
! makers. In a few moments the run
] grows fast and furious n amidst
the brilliant colored lights and set
tings of this famous cafe, the e
latest songs of the day, duets, solos,
quartettes, monologues4 follow In rapid
succession. A splendid orchestra has
been secured and some startling stunts
will be performed during the evening.
The masquerade will be an especially
! attractive feature and every n who
attends this entertainment both GEN
tiemen and ladies, are earnestly re-
ouested to come in fancy costume and
en- masaue. Costumes can be easily
improvised. Valuable suggestions can
be gotten as to costumes from the De-
lineator and the Ladies Home Journal,
or on application to any one OF the
ladies who have kindly offered to act
as patronesses.
MRS. S. T. Sa~tterthwaite, whose
splendid voice has already delighted
several H~endersonville audiences, vii
be heard in several beautiful selec-
ions Mr.. ". H. Bangs will give US
one of his amusing and inimitable
monologues. A very large number OF
the local talent in Hendersonville nave
offered their services and a full list OF
If the entertainers will be published
in The nrogram. The list OF patron
esses which number over one nun
dred. will be published In the next
issue.
re- those who are interested IN these
enIendid charities will all mite IN
making this entertainment a success
3 handsome fund will be realized