Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-03
CITY FIRE FIGHTERS
TO HOLD BIG FAIR
Bazaar in Aid of Pension Fund
Opens Tonight in Moose
Hall
HOUSE AND LOT PRIZE
Cift.Laden Booths and Varied Enter
tainment Features Await
Visitors

band and orchestra. playing APP
propriate patriotic numbers, the pres
ence of high municipal officials, with
o.her features attractive as wen as
entertaining, will greet the visitor to
Moose Hall. Broad street above Thomp-
son. tonEht. The occasion is the OPEN
ine of the first grand fair and bazaar
10 be given by the Firemen's Pension
Fund
No ceremonies will mark the event
The doors will be thrown open at s
o'clock and the public. from that hour
on until the closing time. is promised
diversion in plenty and variety sufficient
10 satisfy the most eXacSing or disCrimi-
mating
The building has been turned over to.
the fremen. They. in turn, have con-
yerted the auditorium into a midway
Of wonders and display of useful and
ornamental articles
Booths have been erected for the dis
play. These have been Gecorated, in
some cases by the firemen themselves,
who devoted their meager ''off hours" to
the erection and adornment of the
stands Some of these stalls will be
attended by women and girls, who have
volunteered their services TO assist the
worthy cause for which the bazaar is
10 be given. one of these booths Is
10 be conducted by the Woman Suffrage
Party 1t will be in charge Of a COM
mittee. of which Mrs. Joseph NJ. Gazzam
IS chairman. Other organizations will
contribute the services of their mem-
bers to aiG the tiremcn.
Upon these stands will be displayed
wealth of articles, the donations Of
firms and individuals, while still other
contributions, too bulky for exhibition
within the space limits of the hail. have
been presented to the F'iremen's PEN
sion Fund, and will be disposed of dur
ing The progress of the bazaar. In
this category may be mentioned a city
house and lot
To enumerate fully the donated ar
tieles that eventually will reach for
tunate patrons of the bazaar is impos-
sihle. Today, upon the eve of the open
ing, Deputy Chief Ross b. Davis and
his coworkers on the committee in
charge were kept busy receiving and
handling the arriving gifts for the vari-
GUS booths. Virtually every large busi-
ness establishment of the city and many
smaller concerns are represented i'm the
list Of articles on display.
In fact, the response to the frcmen's
first bazaar has been city-wide and
WHoN bihAiAgliB " lllt tDlllitlllNtt, WllC'l
hopes by its abors TO repair the $4,000
deficit in the Pension Fund treasury
caused by unusual drains for death
and retirement benefits during the
last year.
The bazaar will remain open every
evening up TO and including April 13
y also will be open on the afternoons of
the two Saturdays within that period.
special attractions have been arranged
lot each day. One feature is the first
pubic appearance of the Firemen's Band
Of the Philadelphia Pension Fund, a we'll
drilled organization of thirty pieces,
composed entirely of members of the
bureau of Fire. Under the leadership of
Joseph Kiefer. bandmaster of the Bu-
reau Of Police, the firemen-musicians
VIII give concert every evening and
on Saturday afternoons.
The Northeast High School Orchestra,
under the direction of Professor A. o.
Mlchener will give a concert tonight,
whie dancing with worthwhile prizes
ana adequate musical accompaniment
WI feature every evenings program.
vocal performers, the Vesper Mando-
IN Club, Miss Emma Lindsay and the
uikng pony Sultan. Miss Frances
Lodge. contralto: the Oliver Wendell
Holmes Junior High School orchestra,
West Philadelphia, directed by Prof.
Sohn T. Garman; Carroll and Wrinkle,
comedians; the Ukulele Girls, Miss Pearl
VIII the Feist Trio, not to overlook
william H Brown, tenor, steam engi-
neeF Of the Bureau of Fire, will furnish
ne talent. Hummels Plaza Band, of
rhlledelphla, directed by George Hum
met % whose summer night concerts at
IVY hall are a musical feature, will
also attend 7
lpe crack fire patrol of Darby and
w Noiwyn Fire Company will entertain
'spors In exhibition drills and other in.
'slssung performances for which they
are noted
me blremen's Pension Fund, for
sAp7e benefit the bazaar is to be held,
oeeh in existence since 1895. II
u se 49, lor the dependents of the members
po bureau who have lost their lives
% NY service or who have died. 1t also
s,,,,,v,es tor retired members, who are
s'pN 70 It's benefits after twenty years
a. sNiee' There are now on its books
~, peEsons' most of whom are widows
ofphaned children, or dependent
e,les OF these heroes of the FIRE sery.
~, ~ me loss Of more than 1856 members
ush lhe demands of the draft and
~ service seriously crippled the fund.
M ueiiNes much of its support from
n ,hvh.lly dues paid by the 1886 men
s,,,A bureau. City Councils and the
bron.,o =. pennsylvania make annual ap-
~ 's-uons, but the sums thus contrib
he,r,a, lar inadequate to meet the abb
t,red S,slms upon It's bounty encoun.