The New York herald., 1878-02-20
ALWAYS WITH YOU"

THE MARTHA WASHINGTON REcEPTIoN-sT.
JOHNS GUILD SEWING RooM-sHILoH SHELL
rER--DEsTITUTE FAMILIES.
Nearly all the boxes have been sold for the Martha
Washington Reception. Tho tickets will! be ready for
distribution In Ia day two As the arrangements
progress IL becomes and certain that
the entertain Friday evening will be the
most brilliant affair OF the sort before in
this city. 1t is hoped that the appreciation Of the
public will correspond with the efforts OF the managers
and that the receipts this year Will exceed those OF
any season IN the past. The three last receptions
nettcd all the handsome sum OF S26, 900.
Considering that this year the contributions 10
charitable societies have been comparatively
very small there ought to be generous
support gwen to this effort raise funds to help the
poor families dependent tho Guild for the balance
OF the winter. Assurances have been received from
nearly two hundred officers OF the army and navy
that their presence fun uniform may be relied on
Mr.. wiswall yesterday received proGer IRON Bos-
ton firm to donate beautiful programme for Nilsson
Hall, which will DO elegantly gotten up that ladies'
preserve it a souvenir of the reception. Tho
cups in which the tea will be served will also be sold
In the hall as souvenirs. The ladies' who propose
attending the tea purity again reminded that they
may exercise all their ingenuity in initiating their
grandmothcrs' costumes with advantage to the tout
ensemble oil the evenings spectacle.
The Shiloh Shelter, corner oil friuce and Marion
Streets continues nightly to lodge about iour hundred
ana hiy homeless men. These poor wuyfarers lave
TO pay the small sum Of three cents for their lodg-
ing and a breakfast OF musn is furnish Ell them every
morning No man is turned away from
the snhiter il he rs penDiless ana. in
allow those 10 get break last no have not the Two
pennies the managers supply wood Tor them to split,
order TO by work Tor hall an hour or 50 tue
price oi The meal The split wood nas now accunu-
lated to very ncouvenient pile, ana the result IS
that the charty rs considerably interfered wi!h
Those who have use Tor split wood would do Denevo
tt,tns hu Irpi snJt Vhna IN mart fhA
cuinulated wood now at the Shiloh shelter.
THE GUILD SEWING ROOM
Tue Guild sewing room needs some skilled machine
operators to carry the work IL may also oe slated
Mr.. Wiswaii Can supply places imn ediaeiy, In
first class houses, for ABOUT twenty sked Operators
IL easy just for skilled operators 10 get
work, the great trouble IS TO furnish employment
only little on the machine ana who need instruc
ton experience before undertaking to DO ne work.
Ihere are auoers VI sis wno' o and On nsse oeen
engaged at various branches s'ores' put who When
they lose their places are adrlit altogether Ihs VIM
Ter has now utterly dependent these girls
after lew weeks oi iuleness The present
leading feature OF The Guild sewing room IS help
these gIrls to teach tnem and while dong
TO help tnenl by their own earnings, however small,
TO sustain themselves until they become proficient
operators sewers. the committee OF ladies' IN
charge of the sewing room have received every
rugetnent iron prominent merchants There is as
much material at the disposal OF the Guild
Will keep the sew ing at work Tor two 10
come Girls abo 10 operate on sewing machine can
take material 10 their homes to work on.
DISTRESSED FAMILIES.
The families named below vouched for by st.
Johns Guild as deserving of immediate hcip:-
In East l1S,h street, FANNY Is in great distress
The been out Vi work for four months aud
has been obliged TO sell nearly all his urnure TO pro-
cure iosa. she o9ly Tue! IN tho house consists Of
There seven small children, thi youngest beng
baby two weeks old.
to support mother wuo Is seventy-egnt years old,
ana Two small children HIS wife died some time
ago.
In K ng street n widow is in need OF i'm mediate as
ss,ance. She earns only 81 week and has TWO small
cnIcren VINO need clothing
In thompson street family IS destitute. Tne hus-
baud has been Of employment ior the last seven
months ana the wiie Is not aole TO work. They nave
four small chtiureD and are without money or to0d.
In Attorney street dwes widow, eighty years OF
age, who Is entirely destitute
la Bayard street live iamiy consisting Of husband,
wife aud two small cndren The man has been idle
four months, aud bis wife, who was in the habit of
earning something cannot procure any work. There
Is neither luel nor food IN The house.
In Gansevoort street family is reduced to poverty.
Tue man is SOBER and industrious auu was formerly
driver ior undertukers, but fell from carriage
and injured SO seriously that. alter having been
nine montn, in the hospital lie IS now ihcuraoie
One OF his three children htte boy OF eleven years
earns about 81 week selling newspapers. Inc
ch, need shoes and otuer clothing.
In CMuton street widow ls IN great want She has
to support her mother, VINO Is almost eighty years
old, four small children She earns only 81 50
week. One OF her children Is SICK.
In West Sixteenth street a husband, wife and seven
small cndren wit thout any means OF subsistence.
Inc has been unemployed Tor six mouths. The
children have no clothing.
In Thomas street poor woman, whose husband has
been III the nOsptal since NUvcmOer last, nceQs I'M
mediate help. she has nve small children
something by washing last week 81 6O AT present
she has noitncr lood nor money
In Greenw street fam y Is in starving condi-
ton. The we is u cripple aud unable to work. Inc
man has had no employ ment since November last
They the rent Tor three months aud the landlord
demands payment. There arc three small chiIdren
without clothing, and there is neither uel iood
the mouse.
The following contributions have been rcceved:-
From j. Is. r., widow In East Sixth street,
On
N Brdsa, Tor ten families named last Sun
Mrs. s. f. e., Tor widow In Greenwich sirect...... 3