The Catholic bulletin., 1917-09-29
TO PROMOTE SOCIABILITY

posal and a Victrola and plenty o
records. The shower baths are fol
your comfort, and if you want tc
spend the night at the Country Clut
you may have a plainly furnished, but
scrupulously clean room for a small
i fee.
The Executive Committee issues all
tickets, collects all moneys, and pays
all bills. The parishes vie with one
another in having a large attendance,
thus permitting of more elaborate
entertainment.
The extra attractions include St.
Mary's Orchestra, Hawaiian musicians,
Hungarian and Polish bands, colored
singers and other. similar offerings
A high-class motion picture program,
which is given in the open air when
the weather permits, is also feature.
The mayor of the city, priests, min
listers, rabbis and prominent non-Cath
| olic officials and business men, includ
ing the Dayton Young Mems Christian
| Association Secretary, have partici-
pated in affairs at the Country Club,
and all have testified to the splendid
results achieved there.
The fall and winter seasons-with
Advent and Lent excluded-were filled
with Catholic social affairs at which
the old forbidding parish lines were
conspicuous by their absence. Every
body went to them and everybody en-
joyed them. The chronic complain
ers and groaners were silenced Their
loud wall that ''it couldn't be done"
ment was worth all the effort the
movement required
The mothers party, held Thursday
evening, May 10, 1917, was the final
gathering of last season. Mrs. Frank
Hahne was the originator of the,
idea of the mothers party and chair
man of the patronesses at that affair,
which attracted the largest crowd that
ever filled the Memorial Hall at a So,
cial gathering. Some three thousand
persons were in attendance.
An introduction card was inaug-
urated this season. This had to be
signed by the pastor, church wardens,
RS eaher designated members of the
4Js Ssh before the. patron was entitled
to purchase a single or season ticket
This arrangement was not designed to
exclude any one, as all those entitled
to admission were gladly granted in.
PRODUCTION cards.
Pay Their Own Way.
The financial side of this work is.
interesting. The policy has always
been at these affairs to furnish amuse-
ment at cost, but in spite of the.
small admission charge the committee
has been able to accumulate a bal.
ance of more than 81, 100 as result of
the first years effort. In the summer.
of 1916 the season ticket cost 81 per
couple. 1t was good for two admis-
making the cost per person about four
cents per party The 1917 summer
ticket was rs cents a person, making
the cost about six cents per party. The
season ticket for the fall series was ST.
per couple, being twelve cents per
person per party. The midwinter SER
les season ticket was 81 per couple,
making the cost of each party twelve
and a half cents per person. The pur-I
chase of season tickets was recon-
mended. Single admissions were
never more than 25 cents per person
at any time. No charge was made for
the children under 16 years OF age,
provided they accompanied their par
ents or some older person. There
never have been any salaried work
ers. There has been no financial OBJ
legation on any workers or patron
esses at these affairs. No money-get-
ting echemes are tolerated at any of
these gatherings, as it is the idea of
the promoters that the Catholic peo-
pie should assemble and become bet
ter acquainted. Therefore, they are
not pestered or annoyed by ticket
sellers or solicitors for any church or
charity purpose, no matter how worthy
that cause might be- Announcements
are welcomed however, of other Cath
olic gatherings, which promote So
ciability and friendship, but ticket
selling for these affairs is not allowed
at the Catholic Federation socials.
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