The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-17
ORGANIZATION is
WORKING HARD TO
ASSIST SOLDIERS
Surgical Dressings Unit In
This City Accomplish
ing Much
r-6 -----. Aef1t we&
Silver Thimble Club Makes
Another Appeal for
Assistance


realize the great Importance or the
scope OF the work that is being done
fby the Bridgeport Branch Of the Sur
|gical Dressings for Home War REFLEX
and Foreign War Relief Each morn
ing during the week a little band OF
women, and this hand has increased
greatly since its inception two years Z.
ago by Mrs. Horace Wilmot, gathers;
on the third floor of the .D.sM Read
Company's big store and there ma1xes
the bandages and dressings and q;
number OF other comforts that are 1nsi
dispensib1e for the well being Of fhal
soldiers
In order that the members OF thee
Bridgeport Branch and the public mi
general may realize fully Just whafl
this work meansi Mrs. Horace s. Will
mot has made arrangements to hayej
Mrs. Mary Hatch Willard, who ii
chairman of the National organiza-
ton, come to this city on Friday at.
terncon, October 20. She will speak
at the Lyric theatre at 4:45 O'clock.
Mr.. Poll having generously granted
the use of his theatre for the occasion-l
Mrs. Willard has made repeated
trips to the war zones of France, Eng-i
land, Belgium and Italy since the war;
| began and is absolutely qualified to-
speak with authority. Her topic-i to-
be THE Battle Of Verdun, and How
France Cares for Her Wounded SOL
diers." It will be well illustrated with
pictures that are authentic.
The local branch is now comp1etfnf
a. large box which will be filled with
dressings and articles of various des-
| cription. A number of girls working
in the Union Metallic Cartridge Com
pany have been devoting one evening
| week to Red Cross work and have
contributed for this box several doz-
en- handkerchiefs of gauze. the sort
that are in demand at the front. In
| this box also are several pairs of socks
made especially for wounded feet,
which the q. NJ. C. girls MAIDS Two
| little girls in the western part Of the
| city have made two pair of socks
which they are sending over for the
soldiers 8
The committee of which Mrs Hor-
| ace 8. Wilmot Is the chairman Is COM
prised as follows: Mrs. A II. Terry,
secretary; Miss Fannie L Wordin,
| treasurer; Mrs. C. H. Delaney, Mrs
C. v. harrington, Miss Lucille Cod
frey, Miss Marion Belts, Mrs. e. L.
Wilkinson, Mrs. c. NJ Payne. Mrs. z.
L. Ellis, Mrs. w. D., Bishop, Mrs
Charles @. Sanford. Miss Florence
Bartlett, Miss Annie Fish, Mrs. Egg
bert Hadley, Miss aeorgianna Bishop,
Mrs. W. .. Baillie, Miss Mary McCords
and Miss Josephine Lyon.
Mrs. Leona s. Wheaton Will preside
over the meeting of the Bridgeport.
| Philosophical Society this evening
which will be held in Knights Of Py-
thias hall. 1925. Main street at s:1s
| o'clock DR.. M. Carl Beck OF this City
| is to speak on Charles Darwin and
His Influence on Religious Thought
| ST. Mary's Guild Of ST. Johns
church will meet tomorrow morning
in the chapel to do Red Cross work
| at its regular meeting time on Mon
| DAYS from $3.50 to o'clock. Later,
In the winter it will take up the regu-
| lar guild work.
A very pretty wedding was solemn
| lied Monday morning in St. Angus
tines church when Miss Ceceiia' Lyons
of Olive street and Francis John Breenl
of Black Rock avenue kere united "a
marriage. Miss Lyons was Charming
| ly attired in q taupe velour uavealn8i
suit trimmed with fur and hat TO
match, and wore a corsage bouquet OH
/ bride roses and orchids She was a.
tended by Mrs. John F. Lyons as ma
iron of honor, and Dennis Tobin acted
| as best man. Mr.. Breen Is q Er4du-5
ate of Yale Law school, 1911, an6i
miss Lyon has been for some time in!
the OFFICES Of the Berkshire Lighting
Fixture Co. Mr. and Mrs. Breen less'
almost Immediately after the cere<
mony on their wedding trip and when
they return will reside on Black Ho2G
avenue.
DIR. George B. CoweT1 will give an
Illustrated lecture on the Work of
the Red Cross in the Great War on
Friday evening of this week at 8,
o'clock in the parish house of ST.
lPauPs church on Kossuth street The
slides are from photographs just taken
lat the battle front and are to ~
ishown for the first time in this city.
They will be of great interest to an
pletely illustrate the uses of the ma
terial being made by the Red Cross
organization and will illuminate the
life in the trenches and bravery OF
the noble women in the little hospitals
just back of the trenches. DR.. Cowen
is perfectly familiar with the sections
of France and Belgium where the
fighting is at its height having made
an extended visit there a few years
ago. This meeting and lecture ara
given by the Mems league OF the
church and the invitation is cordially
extended to all both men and women
to attend. The admission is free and
there will be no collection.