The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-05
CHRISTMAS TO
 BE PLANNED F0R F0R
 THEL|TTLE FOLK
Committee of Catholic Char itable Bureau to Make
 Youngsters Happy.
HOSTESSES FOR SALE
 FRIDAY AFTERNOON
December Assembly of Wo- men of Park Street
 Church Tomorrow.

Miss Chary Smith is to open her home, 954 Park avenue, on Friday afternoon of this week for the annual Christmas Sale of the Young Woman's Guild of the United church. The hours of the sale are from to 6 o'clock and many attractive articles will be obtainable. Mrs. William Nothnagle is president of the guild and those who will act as reception committee are:
 Miss Marjorie Smith, Miss Ethel Sterling, Miss Carol Sterling, Mrs. George Nothnagle, Miss Alice Clark, Mrs. Harry Hincks, Miss Elizabeth Nichols and Mrs. Samuel Hawley.
 The following is a list of the ta- bles with tho names of those in charge:
 Food table.-Mrs. Frank c. Hunt, Mrs. Willard Stanley, Mrs. W. Sey- mour Lacey, Miss Helen Upton. nsrs Ernest Griffen, Mrs. H. R. Parrott, Mrs. Albert Smith and Mrs. Ander- son.
 Lavendar table.-Mrs. John Hawley, Miss Beatrice Smith, Mrs. Clarence Payne, Mrs. Wilhelm Winter, Mrs. Walter North, Mrs. John T. Hubbard, Mrs. Clifford Beardsley and Mrs. Basset.
 Pink table.-Mrs. Harry Ward, Mrs. George Hugo, Miss Bessie Warren, Miss Bertha Hitchcock, Miss Lillian Jones, Miss Helen Jennison, Mrs. H. Bottom1y and Mrs. Charles WaIshaw
 Yellow table.-Mrs. Joseph Frisbie, Mrs. William C. Ettershank, Miss Josephine Lynge, Mrs. A. W. Griswold, Mrs. Leonard Crabtree, Mrs. Louis Ginand, Mrs. Cunning and Mrs. Frank Gaylord.
 Blue table.-Mrs. Richard Cogswell, Mrs. G. M. Rogers, Mrs. Sherman Cole, Mrs Robert Lewis, Mrs. Stuart Ford, Mrs. Harry Williams and Mrs. John K. Williamson.
 Christmas cards.-Mrs. William Bristol and Mrs. Charles sprague. Grab bag.-Miss Helen Grumman and Miss Helen Plumb.
 Mrs. William D. Bishop has called a meeting of the Bridgeport Com mittee of the Fatherless Children of France to be held at her home on Courtland Hill on Friday afternoon, at 4:30 o'clock. It is most important that all the members of the com mittee attend as there are still a number of children that have not been provided for
 Hostess for today at the sale of the Bridgeport Art League included Mrs W. K. Nolan, Miss Belle Fletcher, Mrs. F. E. Pickett, Mrs. G. F. Bush nell. Mrs Bronson, Mrs. Harold Weid1ich, Mrs. Louis Weidlich, Mrs. A. A. Libby, Mrs. Samuel Gledhill, Miss Mildred Marsh, Miss Elizabeth Krehbiel and Mrs. Carl Dalgaard The rooms of the League were throng- ed yesterday during the sale from 10 to and there is opportunity to pick up many novel and inexpensive hand made gifts.
 For some time Mrs Charles H, Armstrong has been getting material i to those who cannot get to the Sea- side Institute to help in the Red Cross work, and then taking the fin- ished product back to headquarters. In this way many who would other wise not have been able to have ! helped at all have been doing their bit. Now Mrs. Armstrong has pub : licly announced that if any will let her know, who for one reason or an-
 other cannot get material for them
 selves, she will be glad to see to it that it is brought to them.
 Mrs. w. B. Allen, Mrs. Mary Leon
 ard O'Connor, Mrs. J. Murray John son, Mrs Thomas Flynn, Mrs. J. E
 Lavey, Miss Martha Steigler, Miss i Catherine Lyons, Miss Mable McCar-
 thy and Miss Williams comprise the
 committee of the Catholic Charitable
 Bureau that is looking after the need!
 of the children in the nursery con
 ducted by the Catholic Charitabl' Bureau on Ogden street. This committee has planned Christmas party for the children tha will be held on Sunday afternoon December 2s, at the Nursery. Ther is need for toys, candy, books, etc
 and the members of the committe' would much appreciate any donation that are sent to the Nursery for tn party. The Catholic .Charitabl Bureau cares for about 800 familie and if there are enough articles t provide generously for the children the surplus will be used to give lit
 tie Christmas cheer to some Of thes families.
 There is Neighborhood Club at tn Nursery which is designed to hold tn attention of the young girls in tn vicinity of the Nursery. Meeting are held and the young girls betwee the ages of 10 and IA years are taugh
 to sew and knit. The Bureau hope that it may obtain a graphophone an
 a sewing machine as both articles ar rather badly needed. Remembe a the date of the Christmas party am S get your donations to the Nursery be q fore that time.
 Mrs. J. H. Emmons, president ( q the Parent Teachers Association ( I Huntington Road school, wishes to 1T vfte the mothers and friends of tn - children of Huntington school to al ! | +and the sale that is to be held at tn