The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07
COMMITTEE FOR CIRLS' PATRIOTIC LEAGUE MEETS Plans Made at Stratfeld for
 Rally December RED CROSS GETS INTERESTING LETTER Women's Committee Holds Enthusiastic Rally In
 Hartford

Plans were perfected yesterday at charge of the organization of the Girls Patriotic League in this city, which was held at The Stratfeld, for the first big rally of the League. It is to be held in the auditorium of the Bridgeport High School on Wednes- day evening, Dec. 12 at 8 o'clock, and a cordial invitation has been issued to all girls over 12 years of age to be present and learn the purposes of the League.
 Mrs. Anse1 G. Cook of Hartford, who is the Connecticut head of the movement is to be present and will address the meeting. Mrs. c. B. Wilson is the head of the local com. nittee and she has been speaking in the different stores and has had much success in interesting the girls. The girls of the D. M. Read Co., meet in the Rowland Dry Goods Go. go to the Seaside Institute once a week.
 Different units are to beformed to learn sewing, knitting, dancing, physi- cal culture. The design of the whole plan Is that of helpfulness to the young girls of the city. Once a month there is to be a mass meeting of ali the units and a good speaker will be secured to talk to the girls.
 The orchestra of the Elias Howe fTJT79 ioI hn Of music at the reception and dedica- ton of St. Johns parish house last evening. These musicians are deserv- ing of much commendation for their rendition and execution of a difficult program. The orchestra is comprised of first violins, Isador Chaiklin, Lor- etta Regnery and Miss Osborne; sec ond violins. Miss Genevieve Senecal and Cecil Bridge; viola, Thomas Wall; cello, Louis Galliati; accompanist Miss Ruth Lambert.
 All arrangements have not beer completed for the Food Sale and bridge of the Thimble Club that is tc be held in the sun parlor of The Stratfeld on Tuesday afternoon next The Food Sale will open at 2:3( o'clock and the bridge will begin al 8. Many more reservations have come in to the committee for tables ant it is expected that there will be in, tht neighborhood of 50. There are a least three interesting articles tha chances will be offered on, Man darin coat; a very costly workbag and Virginia ham. It is expected that there will be homegrown mush rooms at the food table. The cook book while inexpensive as to price i gotten up very attracu1vely in holida \ garb. It contains receipts by Bar
 onne Huard; Oscar, the famou
 headwaiter at the Waldorf; for tn
 famed onion soup of the Hofma,
 house; receipts from the St. Regis
 warbread and cake receipts. Thos
 who will not be able to attend, tn
 bridge and desire one of these book
 can obtain it from either Miss Sophi
 Smith or Mrs. Jonathan Greut.
 The local Red Cross Chapter has re
 ceived another interesting letter fror
 an Italian chan rho Is a member (
 the First Regiment at the U. s. Navs
 Training Station at Newport, R. l. H begins it Dear Sir" evidently nc
 having any conception of who he writing to. He says:
 I received your package containin
 the Red Cross supplies containin jersey, muffler, socks and comfol
 bag and certainly do thank you yer much and wherever I go or will | stationed I will always think of you l kindness in sending me supplies ths