The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-23
''OvER The TOP"
WITH $500 MORE
Than NECESSARY
Challenge Fulfilled Makes
Fine Sum to Comfort
Club.
ANNUAL MEETING
PATRIOTIC BODY
Attractive Dance in Varuna
Hall Delights Spec
tators.

Gamely accepting the challenge
thrown down by John T. King at a
dinner given to the twenty women
who comprised Mrs. Kings team in
the recent campaign of the Knights of
Columbus, Mrs. c. 1. Crosby will have
the pleasure on Monday night of
handing to Mr.. King 500 over the
sum the team was challenged to OBJ
tain. At the dinner Mr.. King agreed
to give $3.50 to the Comfort Club if
the team could raise a like sum in 80
days. The women hustled and the
result was that they went lover the
top" with 800 more than necessary,
so that $3.50 will be placed in the
treasury of the club.
At the meeting of the Comfort Club
held yesterday afternoon the mem
bers decided to devote one day each
week to Red Cross work at the rooms
in the Warner Institute. The members
plan to alternate by working at St.
Johns parish house as well. The
report of the teas that have been held
at st. Johns parish house during the
past month showed that S21 was
taken in and the club expects to ex-
coed that figure this month.
Word has been received from the
boys in the 102nd Ambulance Corps
and all of them are in excellent
health. They have been travelling
around in different sectors but are MOI
at the base from which they origin
ally started. Seven boxes of harG
candy and smokes were sent to then
last week and this week towels, soar
and toilet articles are to be sent.
the seventh annual meeting of the
Connecticut Chapter, Daughters Of
Founders and Patriots, will be held in
the sun parlor of The Stratfild, mex
Tuesday. The hostesses will be Mrs
James H. Moore and Miss Jennie l.
Smith, assisted by Mrs. Charles H
Armstrong and Mrs, Frederick A
Strong. The board meeting will be
held at 10 a. m and will be followed
at IL o'clock by business meeting
at which there will be reports for ths
year and election of officers. The
luncheon will be held at 1 O'Clock. II
which members are allowed to TAX,
guests. The entertainment at 2 o'clocl
will be opened by a group of song
by Mrs. Jay Cooke Mcclure of New
Haven, accompanied by Bruce ST
monds of Yale University. Howard
Speer will deliver an address and Mis-
Elizabeth Perkins, representing tn
American Fund for the Frencl
Wounded, will also speak. The pres
ent officers are: President, Mrs
Frank A. Corbin of New Haven; vice
president, Mrs. Clarence F. r. Jen
ne of Hartford; recording secretary
Mrs. Isaac B. Wakeman of Manga
tuck; corresponding secretary, Mrs
George B. Bunnell of Derby; treasur
er, Mrs. Clarence B. Bolmer of Ney
Haven.
A patriotic service is the program
for the 7. W. C. A. vespeTs to be HEX
at the new building, 265 Golden Hill
street, at 4 o'clock on Sunday after
noon. The speaker will be Rev
George M Brown of the First Meth
odist church. The music will be il
lcharge Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred B. Gran
Miss. Mrs Granniss will lead in cho
rus singing of popular war cam
songs and patriotic hymns and will
also sing several solos Mr. Grannis
will preside at the piano.
The Iota Sigma club viii act as ush
ers. All girls and women welcome.
Very successful was the Colonia
dancing reception given in varun;
Hall last evening by the pupils O.
Miss May Hall. There were over 3O
interested spectators who were charmed
Iby the proficiency shown by the chill
dren and also their excellent 6eport
Iment. There were % numbers on TIL
program and all of the old dances
were danced in costume, the little foil
Changing to modern garb for thu
dances to today. Forty-fve childreI
took Dart The hall was attractivel!
decorated and encores Were the rul'
Of the evening.
On Monday evening, at O'Clock
in the sun parlor of the Stratfeld, tn
first meeting of the, class in Civ
government of the Bridgeport Equa
Franchise League, will be held. TIL
speaker of the evening is to be Judg
John S. Pullman and the topic O.
which he will address the class Wi
be General View of National, Stat
and Municipal Government" The dis
course will be on general lines as tn
topic indicates broad resume of tn
1 three varieties of government. TIL
women of this city felt that tn
knowledge to be gained through thi
course will be most beneficial as
is only a matter of time when it wi
be necessary for them to have thi
information. and they want to be pre-
. pared against this emergency so tha
they can handle their privilege of sui
frage in an intelligent way.
Tomorrow in Rakoczy hall on Bost
t wick avenue. under the auspices {
the Hebrew Ladies Aid Society of tn
West End there will be dance fc
the benefit of the West End Hebre
School The dance is to begin at
O'clock and will continue until 1
There will be good music and a fir
sumner will be served. The scho,
, for whose benefit the affair is bein
held is one of the finest Hebre
schools in the country. The scholar
meet for four hours each day in I'll
8 yestrv rooms of the Ahawath Achil
: synagogue on Cherry street. Hel
thew are taught the Jewish religio