At the surprise party held at the residence of Mr. John Mayer, 1333 North Avers Avenue, his good friends and relatives collected the sum of eighteen dollars for charitable purposes. Of this amount, the sum of nine dollars was donated to the St. Joseph Orphanage of Lisle, Illinois, and the remaining nine dollars to the Bohemian Old People's Home and Orphanage. For this last-mentioned institution, Reverend Frantisek Bozenek deposited the said sum in our office.