National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

$.use IL any such will give their Names for pub
Rcatiop, to the secretary, or to any Of the board
Of mazseers The undersigned lsdies have NJ
ready s4SRIAed their cordial cooperation and de-
sire Rr ne complete success Of the movement.
Hr g. s. Grant, Mrs Hamilton Fish,
NJ q W A Richardson, Mrs. W. W. Belknap,
N rs G. NJ Robesen, Mrs. ]. A. ]. Creswell,
/ frs @. II. Williams, Mrs. G. Delane,
Ers Alex Shepherd, Mrs. William Strong,
ss 8 fCi FPeneh MIS- j. James aS e. Blaine,
INST. T. Frelinghuysen, Mrs. A. G. Thurman,
EFTs Thos B. Bryan, Mrs. .. p. Morton.
Mrs. K. B. Marcy, Mrs. E1tLhugh Coyle,
Mrs l. A sheldon, Mrs:H. r. Linderman,
N1rs. Zach. Chandler, Mrs i: }: hoDertson'
,Trs.,L' NJ. Powell. Mrs David Hunter,
Sfrs. n r. Nerrick, Mrs. J. B. Ricketts,,
Mrs. Mckee Dunn, Mrs. A Pollok.
MANAGING COMMITTEE.
MIS-. VT Sherman, Mrs. V. Dshlgren,
MADAME De Cbambrun, Mrs. W. A. Richardson,
Mrs. O. BelanO, Mrs. ]. Sherman,
Mrs. ]. Scott, Mrs. S. S. Cox,
Mrs. H. Dawes, Miss Alice Riggs,
Mrs. Strong, Miss Eustis.
TICKETS FOR SALE AT
Ford,s Opera House. National Theatre,
Flifs& Co, MetEerott Co.,
WiliG DIS Hotel, Arlington House,
Ebbitt House.
Tickets may also. be procured Of the fremen
and-the police.
THE WORK.
The charity movement goes quietly forward.
Ths friends Of the good cause have settled down
tothe practical labor Of disposng Of the tickets,
which is the main thing NOW to be done, and there
d every prospect that the destitute and afflicted
WIN be properly cared for by the generous-hearted
people of the District. Upon every hand Is no
tced disposition TO assist the good cause as much
IL possible. Everybody seems to be imbued with
the enthusiasm of the hour, and indicates q dis
position to add at least something to the charity
fund. Where so genetous q spirit is exhibited,
and where there s such unity Of action, there can
be but result to the efforts now being made to
command success. The poor and needy have, in
deed proper cause to be grateful for tho interest
taken in their welfare by the people. The pro-
Rress already made proves that when the public
Is quito certain that urgent need exists to show
benevolent spirit the public viii respond to the
call for assistance. THE REPUBLICAN has en-
deavored to show this nesd, and to assure the
public that the useful Institutions Of Washington
are many of them, in urgent need OF the necessary
means to continue their noble work, and that the
little bands of heroic laborers who have By patient
eIertiOns, managed to support the various in
situations Of charity are becoming almost discour
aged at the continual strain upon their energies
and the apathy heretofore displayed by the pub
lie in the prosperity Of the various places where
rest and medical assistance are obtained by the
needy. The patieRt managers, however, look
forward to the results Of the proposed entertain
ments with hope that 1t will relieve them from
their endorsements and enable them not only
to liquidate existing obligations, but also to make
many necessary improvements and thereby en-
large their fields for doing good. If the public
will only visit the hospitals and asyluns in the
District and see for themselves how truly worthy
they are of support and how badly they need as
sistance, there lie no doubt that many open hearts
and pockets would at once spring ts. the relief of
the managers, and the donors feel happier for
having done something to relieve the poor and
aSlicted. Let the reader spend an hour in visit
eng the various institutions OF charity about
Washington. Their time could not be moro
proftably employed The Institutions, as q gen.
eral thing, are open to visitors daily, and the
matrons are always glad to take visitors through
the different wards and show them the workings
Of the Institutions
woMKN's CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
The patient ladies who labor for the supported
this institution are hopefully laborng in the good
cause, and are making strenuous efforts to induce
Congress to give them m appropriation with
which to erect q suitable building in which to
carry on the work in which they are engaged. A
report of visit to the Institution was published
in THE RKPUBLIcAS . few days since, by which
the public were made aware of the noble work in
which the lady managers we're engaged, and the
necessity shown for the erection of suitable edi-
fee. The one the ladies DOW use is q miserable
one-story building, and many Of those who have
been succored there have been attacked with ma
1ignant fever, the result Of living in the damp
place. The association has large plat Of ground
upon which to erect building, but they are unable
10 secure the means The work room, corner Of
Eighth street and Pennsylvania avenue, is stocked
with ladies' underclothInE and gentlemen's IInen
and those who are about to purchase such arti-
Giles are earnestly requested to call and examine
the goods for gale. There are several hundred
dollars worth Of garments on hand, all nicely
made, and the prices asked are fully IS low, IT
not lower, than In vogue at the various retail
stores. Numbers of poor women and girls daily
apply for work from every part Of the country
and the ladies often ind themselves embarrassed
for the necessary means with which to purchase
material TO be made up. A number Of girls are
employed in the sewing room to whom the ladies
pay weekly wages, while scores of others are
given garments to make at home. Mrs. Wheat
and Mrs. Thomas Wilson are particularly inter
ested in this seWing-room, and will be happy to
wait upon such ladies as may call to examine the
work on hand.
THE VISITING COMMITTEE
also do world Of good. In the last report the
committee remark: Three hundred and seventy.
tsFo visits have been made. Persons were found
who had no physical comforts, but who seemed to
be receiving liberal supplies OF the bread of
uoAfCu- Az LuSsS OuE gus VI 1000 anu raimcnt
were received as coming from the Lord. Others
were poverty-stricken indeed, temporarily and
spiritually, who were willing and anxious to re-
ceiVe the good gifts in our hands, but unwilling to
heed our warnings to go and CLEAN for themselves
that Ehih alone can supply their highest wants
Some were found who illustrated the old story
over again Of 'EphraIm Joined to his idois;'
and We could but let him alone and
turn to other corners Of the field.
hsd and oknI
the go Per month, set apart for our use had been
exhausted. In such cases we have constituted
ourselves Q committee Of ways and means to IN
duce such IS could aid US to divide of their abun-
dance; an6.such appeals have in no instance been
IN vain. Eeighborhood prayer meetings have
been organized and sustained-oue It the Navy
Yard and one on the Island. In these the devo-
tional committee have co-operated with rs, and
members Of the Young Mems Christian AEsocia-
tion have rendered valuable assistance"
HELP NEEDED.
The womeu's Christian Association are doing q
noble work. and rsSlly deserve the assistance of
the liberal-heartsd. The lady managers tax their
own resources TO the fullest extent tc aid the work
they are engaged in peounisrily. This state Of
things should not pc allowed, Cor II the ladies la
Dor patiently in The work in which they are en-
gagged, and deyote to It so large q share Of their
time, the public should certainly be Willing TO
furnish the means fequirsd TO keep the institp-
ton under their charge from want The association
has g large number Of warm friends, who contrib
Ite annually toNkrds Its support. Among those
who donated LITERALLY Of their means during the
pkst year we're Mrs. william sticknsy, Mf.
UharieS B. Bailey, Mrs. E. g. Barkheld, the
"BusJ Bee Society ''oi young ladies, Mrs. William
Campbell. Mr. N. P. ChIphan, Ms. ". R. Dyke
man, Mrs. n. @. Emery, Mrs. Prof. E. Fay,
Mrs. R. o. Fox, Dr. cuntOn, Mrs. A A. Hosmer,
Mr.. ThaddeuS Hyatt, Mrs. Lindsey, Mrs. J. A.
Mahon, Mrs. E. B. Monroe, A. s. Pratt, Miss
Thompson. Mrs. Theodore Wheeler, Mrs. Thomas
Wilson and Mrs. Patch
THE coLoRED HOME
This Institution, for the bensnt Of destitute col
ored women and children, is also In need Of i'm
mediate assistance. The lady managers are
working hard for It's maintenance, but with more
means they could do more good, and pray that
the fund which an effort Is being made to raise
will afford them, too, some relief. Among the
objects OF this institution s that Of providing the
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