The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-13
MADE MEMBERS
OF EXCLUSIVE
SCHOOL CLUB
Dinner and Popular Movies
at Brooklawn Country
Club
QUEENS DAUGHTERS
BRIDGE SATURDAY
Round Table Gathering to
Hear Supt. Thorn
Speak


daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. D. Fairchild
wheeler, and Miss Eleanor Bartram
will be delighted to hear that they
were two of the three girls selected
this year to become members of the
most exclusive society at Rosemary
Hall, the kindly Club" They are
the only Bridgeport girls who ever
have achieved membership in this
club which was founded by Madame
Fauutz-Rees. mother Of the present
head of the school. and so they feel
it rs considerable Of an honor. The
membership of the club is limited to
twelve members and one Of it's pre-
cepts is that its members must never
willingly do an unkindly act nor
speak unkindly, and they pledge
themselves to abstain from repeating
malicious gossip. Once a year the
members are the guests of Madame
! Ruutz-Rees in New York city.
For the moving pictures at the
Brooklawn Country club on Saturday
evening at $3.50 O'Clock, following the
dinner at Z, Marguerite Clark has
been secured. She will be shown in
THE Valentine Girl So popular
have these moving picture programs
become that last Saturday night there
were $50 out for the dinner and the
movies, and it has been decided to
put in permanent booth for the pro-
lection Of the pictures. Two machines
have been secured so that the pic
lures will be shown more smoothly
and perfectly. During the past month
since a business like administration
has taken the affairs of the club in
charge, there has not only not been
deficit but money has been added
to the fund in the treasury and the
members are really getting more for
their money.
| Appended is a letter that will give
an insight into conditions in France
as regards the work of the Society
of the Fatherless Children Of France
1t was written by two women who
have been inFrance, SO the informa-
ton comes to US first hand. AL
preparations are now completed for
the Tag Day on Saturday. The let
ter follows:
During the last three months we
have been devoting our time to the
work in France and visiting many
homes that have received help from
kind friends in America. In practical
| ly all of these we found that, apart
from the natural pleasure in receiving
help during the trying time through
which this courageous land is passing
there is an almost passionate happi
ness in receiving letters from the
American godparent across the seas.
"In all these families, your hear
would be touched by the struggle tt
keep the home as 1t was before the
war claimed Ie cher papa The
pride of the people Is wonderful ane
the effort to carry on whatever may
be the sufferings ahead. But VIC ash
YOU to remember that this is the
fourth year that French po1lu has hat
to bear the horrors of the trenches il
cold and wet, and that this year, you
too. are in the war. Nevertheless i
is still the poilu who must pay tn
price for US all. 1t is their Httl'
ones for whom we plead this Christ
mas.
about $4,000 little children o
France have American 'godparents
through the Fatherless Children o
} France, but it might be possible i
our committees made a special effor
for Christmas, to bring this happf
ness to the 10000 whose names W
have on our books.
There is to be a meeting, at tn
Sorbonne in Paris on Christmas Ev
at which Marechal Joffre, M. Pain
leve, NJ. Leon Bourgeois and others vii
be present to send a word of thank
and friendship from France to a.
Committees of the Fatherless Chill
dren of France in the States Of Amer
|, lea. Would it not be wonderful If o.
your side you could cable them tina
many, many thousands more littl
orphans have found a friend In a
American heart and home.
"Signed,
IF M. SCHOFITLD,
"Ellinor Fell"