The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
Will Be Used to Purchase Comforts For Our Own Boys in French Hospitals Secured By Group of Boys and Girls Led By George Foster.

GeOTge EOSLer.
 Quite some time ago Mrs. Horace S. Wilmot, who was chairman of the Surgical Dressings Committee for this city, was asked by George Foster, son of Judge and Mrs. Carl Foster of North avenue, if there was not some thing which he and his schoolmates could do to aid the Surgical. Dressings work. This was previous to the time when the Surgical Dressings was merged with the Red Cro@.
 Mrs. Wilmot assured him that she would be very glad of this help and obtained for him in New York one of the three per cent. bond banks and when she submitted it to him he asked her to get him 8 larger number of them. Three hundred were brought from New York, and young MT. Eos ter took them to school with him and they were distributed between 8 roomfull of girls and one of boys.
 Miss Becker had charge of the boys room and Miss Thompson that of the girls. A contest was started to see which would come out ahead and shortly after school closed MT. Foster brought to Mrs. Wilmot the sum of $15S, the result of this contest. By this time, however, there was no more Surgical Dressings committee and 1t was decided to vote this money to some fund that went to pro- vide little comforts and luxuries foI the soldiers.
 Mrs. Wilmot Is much interested in the American Fund for the French Wounded, knowing Mrs. Benjamin Lathrop, who is head of the society in France, as we'll as a number of the head workers, Mrs. Ethelbert Nevan, wife of the composer, being the hon. orary chairman of the New York branch, and so she decided that it would be 8 good thing to place this money with that fund.
 This organization which at first cared for the French wounded, after we entered the war began caring for the American wounded as well and working under the French govern ment is at liberty to visit any of the hospitals in France and will look up any soldier whose name is cabled ILSII 1EOLI LIllS COll]Iy'
 Very recently Mrs. wilmot, who forwarded the money, received a let ter of thanks from Mary A. Patchen, executive secretary of the New York Branch of the American Fund for French Wounded, thanking her for the gift and assuring her it had been forwarded to Mrs. Lathrop in Paris who would use 1t to purchase com forts and small luxuries for the American boys now in the French | hospitals.
 The Stratford Canning Kitchen which is run by the Home Economic: Committee of Stratford, has been 2 very busy place this summer. The members of the committee have beer working very hard canning each veg etable and fruit as 1t appeared in sea son. On Monday at the kitchen or Main street, there is to be a sale O vegetables and jams from to o'clock to which the public is yer! cordially bidden.
 The lawn fete that was given or Saturday last for the Botsford Divi sion of the Newtown Red Gross a Sophie's Tea Room on the Newtowl road, was very successful affair There was very large attendanc' and the sum of s3oS.65 was taken in The expenses amounted to $7s.40 ant a present of s2O was made to tn Sandy Hook band which played al excellent program during the after noon and evening. The net profit amounted to $2OS.25. The ladies wh gave this successful affair were Mrs W. E. Gilbert, Mrs. C. W. Garfield, ,Mrs H. T. Coger, Mrs. Sophie Kraeplir Mrs F. H. Ives, Mrs. F. E. Gilbert, Mrs J. L. Frank, Mrs B. M. Peck, Mrs Jessie Hayden, Mrs. Madge Brown Mrs. J. L. Gilbert, Mrs T. B. Peck Mrs. B. c. Smalley, Miss Helen Cubic Mrs. Mary Fairchild and Mrs. Lin' Erickson.
 On Monday there will be opened a the War Bureau headquarteds in tn ing the recruiting station for the reg istration of the student nurses in tn campaign which opens Monday an lasts until August il. Connecticut uuuta is 450 nurses and it is expecte' that it will be more than filled. Tn committee in charge of the campaig here consists of Miss Rourke, chair man; Miss Elizabeth Oliver superin tendent of nurses at the Bridgeper hospital; Mrs. George Brammard, ,hea of the enlisted Red Cross Nurses; Mis- Anna Cullen, head of the Visitin :, Nurses and Miss Elizabeth Donega1 chairman of Home Nursing and Ele mentary Hygiene Course.
 On Thursday evening the you1 ladies of the Remington House 0