RAISING THE WIND.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3112, 25 June 1892, Page 2 (Supplement)

RAISING THE WIND.

A xkw mode of J'inuK(-iumisr lias boon developed in a sin ill city in the wi sr, ami i (Now York cnrre-pmdeiil of the Age) coinuend it to the o.oiir-iJcration of the people of your purl, of the world. Otsego, M/chijfan, has a public library, ami an as-t-viatioii of lidies undertook to raise the funds needed for a new building and fur the purchase oi a stuck of hook'- ; but after exhausting all t:nr ordinary means of money raising, they stfll found themselves 'lOOdol I£80) short of the required amount. Two of the unmarried members of the " Fair Forty." us the Ladies' Library Association are called, were one day in the store kept by die husband of the president of the Association. Hoauir« Sje.it.erl that they would have to raise the rest of the money by organising a kissing elub, whereupon one of them asked how much ho would give to the fund to every woman who kissed him. He answered that he would give 2">c whereupon the two fair ones fell upon his lips and collected 50c for the library. One after another of the Fair Forty visited him, arid each collected 25c aud turned it over to tile treasurer of the library. Then the proprietor of a factory offered 50c for every woman who would come to nis factory aud kiss him. At once the feminine tide set in in his direction. The young iiieu of the place aided in swelling the t'uml by the tame means, and altogether mot'o than half of the required amount was secured through kisses. Then other schemes wore devised. One woman drove an. omnibus for a day, another washed windows with a mop, two others went about with a hand I organ, one playing while the other passed { the cup; one woman blacked boots on the public square; two went out peddling shoe strings, which they readily sold at a high price ; another carried a green banner on at. Patrick's Day, aud others did various things. Then ttiey arranged ta give u lecture in the public hall and tell their experience, charging an admission fee of 2oc, with no fee list for the press. The hall was crowded, the library fund is now complete, and there is quite a handsome amount over and above the total sum required.