The Ball of the Women Helpers of the American Hospital

The Society of Women Helpers of the American Hospital has chosen October 27 as the date of the grand ball which it is accustomed to hold every year, setting aside its proceeds to help needy patients.

This year's ball will be at the Capitol Hotel, and social circles hope it will be the party of the season, in view of the fine elements taking an earnest part in producing it.

It is worth mentioning that this energetic women's society has labored for nine years — through the sale of flowers in the little shop to the left as one enters the hospital, and through the 'café' that welcomes visitors from the hospital and from outside it, in addition to the proceeds of the grand annual ball — labored to help our patients in straitened circumstances and to secure the fees of their surgical operations. The 'used-clothing store,' situated next to the 'University Cooperative,' which yields a net profit averaging 500 lira a month, is spent for the sake of the children's ward at the hospital.

The responsibility, as is plain, is a large one, and requires a tremendous effort, all the details of which are undertaken by volunteer ladies who have divided the tasks and seen to carrying them out, out of their faith in the nobility of

the work and the humanity of its aim, far and near.

As our contribution to this humanitarian project, we appeal to our honored readers to ease the members' task and to come forward to buy tickets to attend the ball — which will cost them nothing extra beyond the price of the ticket, since it has been decided to give up holding any raffle, as was formerly the custom.

Until we meet at the ball — at the Capitol Hotel on the 27th of this October.