The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-02
COMEDY FARCE
TO Be REPEATED
FOR DAY NURSERY
Annual Meeting Of Home
Economics Committee
Held Today.
WIDOWS SOCIETY
SALE TOMORROW
Catholic Women of City Or
ganize Into War
Council.

For the benefit of the st. Vincent's
Day Nursery on Ogden street, Keep
Smiling" the farce comedy that was
presented by a cast comprised main
ly OF talent from St. Mary's parish,
about three weeks ago, is to be given
again on Wednesday evening, May
at o'clock in st. Mary's hall on
Pembroke street, under the auspices
OF the Catholic Charitable Bureau.
This entertainment which was given
for two nights, cleared over $500,
which was a nota Die success. The
Day Nursery committee of the Cath
ole Charitable Bureau, has the af-
fair in charge
Mrs. Joseph Hancort, who wrote
the comedy and acted as musical di-
rector, as well, has had the necessary
rehearsals in charge. Those who are
in the cast give their services and are
to be commended for their charitable
action. The Day Nursery, which is
on Ogden street, is all ready, al
though in existence only a few
months, taxed to its capacity. There
were 63 children registered there last
| week. Soon it will be necessary to
nave larger quarters and the com
mittee are looking for a suitable place
for the Nursery in approximately the
| same neighborhood, as there is a
| great demand for place where the
| mothers who have to work can leave
their children. The establishment of
| the st. Vincent's Day Nursery filled a
| long felt want on the East Side,
Mrs. Samuel c. Shaw, chairman of
the Home Economics committee of
| this city, presided at the annual
meeting of the committee held this
afternoon at 2:3O o'clock in the sun
parlor of The Stratfeld. All the
| chairmen of the different commit
| tees that had the booths at the Food
Exhibit held recently at the State
Arnory, with such a great measure
of success, were present and gave
! interesting accounts of the observa-
tons they had made
| Reports for the year were heard
with greaat interest and plans made
for the work that is to be carried on
this summer. Mrs. E. G. H. Schenck
of Wilton, county chairman of the
Home Economics work, was at the
meeting and gave a most interesting
address. Mr.. Davis of the Connec-
| ticut Agricultural College was also
present and spoke. He is the direc-
tor of all the County Farm agents.
| Several hundred Catholic women
were present last evening at a meet
ing heI5 at st. Auglstine's hall, called
by the Catholic Charitable Bureau.
Rev. Matthew J. Judge, who is in
| charge of the Catholic Charities of
the city, addressed the gathering.
The purpose of the meeting was to
organize the Catholic women of
Bridgeport into a Catholic War Coun-
Gil. This action is in accord with the
plans of the National Catholic Wan
Council, which is now completely or
ganized and ready to push forward
it's work. The national body will
work through the diocesan war coun-
ellis which IN turn will work through
a central Catholic organization in
each city, composed of parish units.
In Bridgeport this central organiza-
tion will be the Catholic Charitable
Bureau, and this body will hold itself
in readiness to undertake anything it
is called upon to do.
Father Judge in brief related the
ways in which the Bureau has al
ready aided in war activities, collec-
ton of books for the soldiers, sale of
thrift stamps in the parocfial schools
sale of Liberty bonds, Red Gross
, campaigns, tag days, etc. He told OF
the work of the Bureau and empha-
= size the fact that the work now be
ing carried on by the Juvenile Delin-
quency committee, and the opening OF
the DAY Nursery on the East Side
are both war activities. The Day
Nursery has an average attendance
of from SO to go children daily, and Fl
l is affording care and protection tx
children of mothers who are needed
in the munitions factories and have
been compelled to become the bread
winners of the family through somt
misfortune, in the home, death, de-
! sertion, illness, etc.
In undertaking the work of caring
U for juvenile offenders the Bureau il
endeavoring to profit by the sad ex
perience of the foreign countries a
war. Statistics show that since thi
beginning of the war juvenile delin
t uuency has increased 80 per cent, anC
= the recent report of the Children
: Court of New York shows an iRereas
e of about SO per cent. since the en-
trance of the United States in the wa
year ago.
Is The impetus to the work of the Re
i Cross Catholic asxiiiaries was give
bv the Catholic Charitable Bureau
when the first auxiliary was organ
lied under it's direction at st. Au
gustines hall. There are now 81
Catholic auxiliaries which hav
branched out from this.
The work of the Catholic War Coun
Gil will be carried on under the guild
ance of the officers of the Bureau an
the chairmen of the various commit
tees. Practically every one present q
the meeting enrolled as a member {
the CATHOLIC Charitable Bureau an
enlisted as a worker under one Of tt
various committees
Father Judge CLOSED the address e
a strong spiritual appeal to the Catl
oIie women to show their loyalty an
ideyotfon to church and country /
working in vSholehearted unison, hole
ling themselves ready to do whatev,
tthex max be called uppn to do to--c,