Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-11

| LADIES UNION RELIEF Tho lsaj rn:;Eiy
meeting of the Relief I'r this sacsop Wa hs,"
ou Monday, Apr! /. 10 ct's;nr ia" "'a'tr ::
work, We feel it due the friends Saa li-'e 50
| generously Contributed 10 the suc.ta' Ct Gu: Ia
bors among the poor 10 furnish them with some
details, which may idtere5t them. Daring the
past year, beside the gratultouS aid heretofore
pivcn, va have established an Employment co.
! ciety for The poor women, AID. an lndu,trlaI
| School for their children. 10 The f,rmer Large
| number CT grain bags have been manufactures
for this and other markets, AID q considerable
amuont Of f9e sewing cone, under the su2er-
vision Of the ladies Of tie Relief; about tliI7
poor women being thus enabled turlpg the en-
tire winter 10 earn small sum each week, 10
assist 10 the support OF their families, adclAoa'!
aid being gircn out CT the funds piactd at our
| disposal when it IVES deemed Necessary. It
| may be Proper to state here, that We have Eeen
able to purchase the matcria! 10 keep ou' Wo;
! men in work, through tho generous kindness OF
ten gentlemen of cur city, each of whom, ID re
Spouse to 40 appeal made to the Cora Exchange,
subscribed $lCO, as loan, without interest, Tor
six months, ito $1,000 to be used in the man
utacsure of grain bags, the sale OF which, during
| tho summer, will enable the society to return
| the money ct the time specified, having IN the
meantime, through oil the severe winter Weatn'
| er, paid the POOR women a weekly sum Tor tier
sewing. Tho Industrial School. under the etti:
Gent management OF Mrs. WILDER Reed and
| Mr.. CORTLAND Smith, 10 few weeks after its
opening grew 80 large that on application belog
made to the Public School Board they courc-
ousg consented to allow the ladies tho u:c ct
Peabody Hall. The school now numbers twenty
five officers and teachers and eighty six chIdreo.
The design Of this school is to teach tho children
to sew neatly, tbu3 preparing them 10 tho fu-
lure TO add to the coEior: Of their families, aud
ia many CESS to earn q support for themselves
as soamtrcssss, while ut the same tine they Will
be uader Influences which cau5ot fail to impress
their young lives Tor good The treasurer $ &c,
port on Monday afternoon showed that irom
the lst CT January TO the lst CT April $lS4 90
had been received 10 donations and tubScrip-
TOES OF this amount 1915 was appropriated
to the employment brauch CT the Society;
about $50 10 the Industris School ard the re-
mai0der used by The clothing and relief COM
mittees 10 the distribution of supplies 10 cases
which 10 lhs iudgmeu, OF The ladies' required
additional eratutous aid The clothing CON-
mitec's report Showed 244 under garments, %
dresses 50 pair OF shoes and 10 camtors given
out beside pric rcs ana fuel. 10 conclusion
We desire 10 express our unlciRnad and hum bic
gratitude to Gol for the abundant and cheering
SUCCESS which hss crowned cur labols during
the ligc yrar' al our cSistcrca a5 society. LIZ
the laoGuagc 81 holy Tonlsn whose lie was
spout it. ~o:ks Of charity, We feel that God
has coumGcde;: blessing upon our cxertioDs'
and we lack forward confidently TO having, in
His coed time, he means at our disposal which
shall coal! |. us to establish the employment aud
industrial branches Of the Relief, on perlna-
uent ard broad basis that will make it 10 the
future even more, blessing TO the poor, than
it hss Teen 10 the past. To the noble and
charitable pcopl, OF Alexandria, who have
never 10 slogle iGsta1ce failed to respond libe.
rally to the appeals we have maGs to them, We
return ou7 warm thanks aud arc glad to believe
they will read with pleasure The above record
OF our prosperity.
By ORDER or TUE BOARD.