The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-21
BEA UTTFUL CHARITY.
The Bouquct- Making in the Sun day School
Room Of AII-SouIs' Church.

While the rain was dripping on the side
walks and drenchinR the many persons who
we're Obliged to go out In II on Thursday the sec
oDd story OF the modest two-story building at
$50 Fourth avenue was fragrant with loose cut
flowers that we're all the fresher for the rain.
Every few minutes In came smiling woman In
. waterproof cloak, and quickly throwing on the
wrap she seated herself at one Of the long
wooden tables that we're strewed with a hun
dred different kinda Of blossoms ana leaves.
SEEKING the nearest flower, she commenced the
pleasant work OF the unpleasant morning, put
In a bright color with . sweet odor. mingled q
few green leaves, which were scarce on the
tables, added few Hne little flowers or q varie-
gated leaf for a filling up, cut on the stems
with her scissors, tied no the little bunch Of
comfort and sheerfuness with coarse cotton
yarn. and LAYING It down began the same opera
tion again. chatting meanwhile with all the
ladies who sat around the table, each a. busy as
her DeighbOr.
iii we came only TO look at the flowers and
talk and rejoice In their fragrance, said one,
ut would be as easy as agreeable but when
you want to make as many bouquets as you eau,
and tie them steadily for three hours, this, like
any other application, wants some physical
strength, II Ia fatiauine. And when at one
fcGcx as soms' ines nsppens ad large e SUPPLY b
quets and distributed by somebody and " you
come AZ 10 I, Al ~ and stay to see 1t through you
yes" said another, my vertebre reproach
me the next day. We must arrange to have a
fresh set Of bouquet makers come at one o'clock
II tho number OF flowers sent hero continues to
increase. We have more flowers to-day than we
have ever bad so early In the season during our
six years. We haven't hands enough to tie up
these flowers. We want more hands. IL VIII
take us to-day until three OF four o'clock to get
through"
AS fast as the baskets or psste-board boxes
were nled, they were sent of-two hundred
bouquets to the Hospital OF the Sisters Of st.
Francis, Fifth street near Avenue Is hfty bou-
quets to the "SamaritaD Home;' seventy to the
home called the HOLY Communion;" and sew
eral 1fties In other directions, moro than thou
sand In all and constantly fresh boxes, adj
dressed Flower Charity, 2B Fourth avenue,
and paper parcels Of flowers, were brougbtin by
express.
Westcott's Express has never charged MS
more than nifty cents In the six years." said the
lady receiver; % and that was last Monday. We
went Immediately to the ONCE to Inquire how
that happened, and the expressman who took
| the Atty cents was at once discharged. He knew
better. or he ought to have known BETTER said
| Mr.. Westcott."
The New York Flower Charity has existed six
years, and expended only 500. II operates from
the middle OF MAY to the fret Of August and
| last year IL kept open until October. 1t meets
| from 10 A. NJ. until =. M. every Monday and
Thursday, In the sunday school room Of All
| Souls Church, at 2lg Fourth avenue. II sends
| It's bouquets to the Roosevelt Hospital and the
Homeopathic, the Mount Sinai and st. Luke's
| the Incurables' and the Crippled, the Old aud
INDECENT Womens Home and the OphthalmiC
| Hospital, the Colored Hospital the Methodist
| Home, the Presbyterian, the Jewish. and the
| Baptist, the Midnight Mission, the Dispensary
| for Sick Children, aud wherever else the sick
poor are to be found.
The FIRST Flower Charity In this country wa,
| started In Boston seven years ago. The original
| was In London. Brooklyn has one, philadelphia
one, ana Chicago one.