The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-28
POOR SICK CHILDREN.
Disbursements Of the Society for Their Relief
from the Herald Subscription Fund-A
Noble Work-The Excursion To-Day.

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poration Trinity Church, had yet won the sobri-
nuet among the inhabitants OF the lower wards OF
sxhe poor mans friend" 1t Is said by some that
she members of his own church did not cons ider
him suf1ciently exclusive either In high or low
phurch sense, and in instance OF this they cited hi
popularity among the Catholics. The secret OF all
this was the broad unsectarian views he enter.
tanned OF Christian charity and Christian work.
Opposition, perhaps, spurred him on. At any rate
the charity grew too broad for church control
There were in the city OF New York over
HALF MILLION PEOPLE
living In tenement houses-men and women who
when work was plenty and well paid could keep
barely above the surface Of existence. and who,
when ga strike" had exhausted their credit or
sickness had entailed unusually heavy expenses
sank into the undertow that leads to the hospital
the poorhouse, the Pententiary and Potter,s
Field; poor wretches, indeed, who have hardly
found In all their lives anything that touched their
soul with that electrical thrill which communicates
the beauty OF the universe; who have never known
that breath OF the Infinite that comes over sunlit
ana surringed seas, or carries the perfume OF now
PTS ana tne Od0r OF grasses upon Its wings. Life Is
go them only q field IN which to toll from the first
amt tnge OF dawn till alter the sun goes down.
Snese people nave vague idea that their lot Is
hard one, and that the walls that surround them
are tnsurmountabe. They feel bitterly toward
those who are rich and fortunate. Their struggles
from time to time end only in despair. and thew
sink alter each effort to reach above the surface to
Thew are xn aAoa THE the acr S
elements OF success, and they fail, hardly knowing
It is among these people the founder Of the pres
ont organization Tor the relief OF the sick and des
tttute poor of the city went. For such these he
A representative OF the HERALD has covered the
entire neld OF TINS charity SO far as one man could
cover 50 extensive plan. lie mas stood beside
ana dying, he has seen them supplied with medi-
ctnes and iood. He has seen the families OF the
victims OF the recent Eleventh street horror saved
Dy plying hands from That most poignant grief OF
having dead friend consigned to q dogs grave
an ana o. going from the almshouse to the gates Of
Yesterday public examination Of the accounts
o. the disbursements OF the society Tor the month
OF August was made, and the following tabulated
statement was the RESULT
SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED.
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DISBURSEMENTS
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Downtown district @iaries o'ocnor. saperin s''a
S sndsRp xt HompSTsEng First SECOND Third
to groceries, bought at wholesale, and sent from
West sds district ev; Xvai wiswa, superin
rsh a Mr. eoeh s
Rsstsrly ssctoni, Ninth ward John =. faure, az
wsssssiy sseslsn Ninth ward, Rev WARNER l
Central district George David Brown superin. '''
sna COMPRISING seventeenth Eighteenth
General disDur throughout the city before
ORGANIZATION BY districts perfected. ...,. sos
v1 nIys sxcHrs0n TOR mothers With SICK chill
S66
Balance in Treasurers hands o2
The Fifteenth. Sixteenth and Twentieth wards
pave now each separate organization. but no bills
have been presented to date.
It is evident that the greatest economy has been
rac,tSed IRON the od lact that with the above
INCLUDING ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND
sEvENTY-THREE CHILDREN,
have received assistance. These were nearly all
families in which there were sick children VINO had
to be supplied with medicines and medical attend
snce and In large majority Of cases with food for
The corps Of volunteer visitors now numbers sss,
and over 81 900 families have been visited and cardS
left with ali directing them to the superlntendenls
Of the respective districts for aid should 1t be
the barge "Repubc" will to-day take out mothers
with sick children from the city for SAIL up the
Hudson. The Republic will leave the foot Of
morning; Market street East River, at quarter
past eight Christopher street. North river, OF nine
Ind Thirty-fith street, North River, at haltpast
nine.
Breakfast and dinner will be served free OF cost
On board, and the band from the Marine Barracks
vices, will furnish the music The barge will return
to the city at about nve O'Clock p. NJ These excur
from our tenement houses breath Of pure air. are
doing an immense deal OF good, and there are few
In the city who will not wish the barge 'Godspeed"
The greatest need for such a society has long
been felt in New York, and this one 1t is safe to
bay, has now become one OF the most popular Of
bur institutions. With charity that embraces the
hungry, ll-clothed and sick or all creeds nations
and color; spirit OF selfabnegatton and benevo-
na oa ae w aay
ness that leads It's volunteers to hazard their lives
where they carry the crumbs from the tables Of the
rich and the little mite OF those who feel Tor their
kind, because they themselves
'sUP SORROW WITH THE POOR"
those who constitute this new order OF mercy have
woven themselves round every fibre OF the popu.
In an interview with Mr.. wiswall the president Of
the society," yesterday he informed the representa-.
tive Of the HERALD that their ollces would remain
open for the relief OF the sick and destitute, and
day. nurseries, where working women could leave
their babes to be fed and cared Tor free Of cost,
would be opened IN various poor quarters OF the
Something which will interest the entire public
u the fact that plan has been devised to end the
BUSINESS CAREER OF MENDICANrs-
The society will to 1t that no one Is permitted
10 suffer for the necessaries OF life, and in the
meantime there viii be left in every house and public
place In the city cards directing applicants for
Aims to the various superintendent who will at
once send visitor to examine into the case, TO as
fhere is no doubt that this feature alone viii save
for real charity many thousands OF dollars every
year. and Will prevent professionals from realizing
their dream OF q brown stone front Tor q consider
able time to come.
subscriptions to this fund will, as usual, be re-
ceived at the HERALD Office, and the following ad-
ditional ones have been received since the last
announcement
C........................".. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81
Grace Dot and Clara (of Tarrytown) ..............
Edgnrton Varlan and George II. Storm (Dutchess
county
Y. A. and
n b N .....,,... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10
Total. 30
Charity for the Eleventh street Sufferers.
The following subscriptions have been sent TO
the HERALD ONCE for the special benefit OF the
sufferers OF the Eleventh street DISASTER
u .GSopeisNnai ;ii:sv ;uii;;n;s,;
Total. $5l