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Improvements At Newberry Hall

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Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
October
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Fcoxn tlue S. C. A. Bulletin "we take liiis artislc, whlch give.s our readers a n idea of wliat is ta be done : "It was mentlióned in kist week'a Bulletin tilia t tlm-ough tlio efïoi-ts of Ir. Eliza M. Moöhüen1 there had been started a iiund, to be used in making Diecessary liniirowments in Newberry Hall. To íí paeser-by tlie Hall staande out iso,üe of tlie niot be;+ulii.'ul aand sbately buildings in the City. Ho it certainly inipi-esses oiae trom H exterüor. 'rte building1, bowrever, was never eniii'ely iinislied lnslde, anu it is ïü.1' tlie ccMiLpletion o; this Work tliat Dr. iloislier and oiclier Irlends oí tibie Assuiciation ave Interestiñg tlernslves. The baa1 piaster walls have never been touieliied sinee the niasou's trowel lëft ttoem about, eight yeare Mgc Thiese aire to be tiinited in delicate ötuades that -wMl be liannouioms -vich tsh furaishings oí tbe roo'ms. On the south side af the buildiuig a palé cíld rose titot ia to ba used, wliiile a cream tint will make the rooms ou tttie north 6iide more cheerful and ïiomelike. "The floore are be polLshetl and wffli be covered with rugs to add u tihe desired hoanelLke eflect. Persoms ttiiat can donante odd bruseels oír ulgraiin cárpete to. be wmi'ked over into íluff rugs will i-eceive tlhe thanks oj flhe associiatiom. Parlov lamps and pietures are ateo needed to help ornament and iuirnfeli the rooms. We have a beautiful building on x-he exterior aaiid with a small ourtlay oí money the interior can be furnisiied mil 'jonproved. eo thafc oase bu-lldlng may offer to our memberg amrt frienda t'Ho pleais-aiut and cheei'iul home for ffh'toh it was desig.aed. '■TlTOse -vho ha%is sliown them si-lves triie friends of the association i luis far by subscriibinig to tlie funt are Dr. Taft, Mrg. M. 13. Mafethews o' Brooklyn, Mi=sH. V. Baker and Dr Ellza M. Mosher, 'who hae made ai'ts of $10 each. and Mr. J. .T. Oood yoar. ,who has ph'en $5. These do nntfons amonnt to $55, but to com plctie the proposed improvements !n a satisfactory manner fu'ly $25 mord fire needed. Studente and friends o tho association can find no bet.ter v.-ay of expreeelng tlieir peneroslty than by addlng to this fund. Those "?Klii.nK to avail thp-mselves of thls oppoirtuni'ty oí recelvlmg tlie thnnks b' the aseociBtion ean consuilt vitl BacTetary Rich a.t hls ï-egular office hurfê. 'IatCT' on we h:oipe tO' provide Klasees and difihes for servins lemoraaide and coffee at any entertainments or receptioms that may be üi pin in the hall. The Wbman's T-ieniïue has sejnerusly pro'vilrled the woman'e building with dishes sufficie.nt for the nervtacr of two hundred people. If provteion could be made 'm a like manner for fifty in ornr buittdims much of the expemse ïieeessitated by ou.r lilttle Ontertainmenis could be saved."

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier