The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-14
THE HEALTH OF THE CITY.
APPEAL To THE CITIZENS or NEW
ORLEANS.

The New Orleans Auxiliary Sanitary Assoefa@
tion has entered upon Its duties. It's PURPOSE
ls to second and supplement the Work 81 the
Board Of Health and this city authorities, In
putting our city mt once In as good sanitary
condition az possible, and II keeping i 70 and
steadily mPf1,e T. no ms ena ~ adRs ahs
citizen, rich and poor who has nh interest or
Pride In New Orleans or any regard or love fgr
The prosperity Of this city.
Ths association with profound satIsfaetiSn
refer to The well-knoWn gentlemen wh8e
names arc on lists Of Its officers and nemberd3as
a guarantees OF Its purposes and tile hotN 1T
spending Of every dollar
The association will consider itself vi Her
pledge TO eSpena the money entrusted II
with sanction of IFS executive Committed At
stated times n public report will be md 10 Of
every dollar received and aisbursed.
cleo 90, 81 The city cosVeIabls sum Of honey
sum sspproprlatea t. tbat rk b. he bud nd
uartment of lmprovefnents, yor any her do
partmeft are not to be blameA
The money we esk ypn to s1ntrlbt for our
work will return, howaser, atDNEe TO be labor
Ing classes Of our paDpls hy 8vin9 employ.
me ms to many men In efforesa IA enaE. II will
do good in both ways and stih revaix at home
Committees are now engaEed Rysollclflng
cont ributious to the TIRE asHryuf QUIZ soCtation
from the business men fnd ipsttuy ns q our
city. But such eanvass1ng Ia,1st OF esss,ify es
to contribute according 10 big ability. and with,
out whiting to be asked. Il must be understood
enpe nd only what i given it. II can
impose no tax and make no loan. We need
not argue hat 1t II better tp Ispend money TO
prevent sick ness. thHn. to aute IT.. dellar now
judiclously spent may save hundred. here
after.
II Is noble and humane to contribute, as our
people did last summer. their thousands to
nurse and care for the 1udigent sick. u is no
less noble and humane and far wiser to contri.
butte their tens and hundreds now 70 prevent
I'll, and ,iCnr n
orr people nrs awake tn the CON mon sense
view Of his question. Fellow citizens. the for
tune End future Of EUR fs city III are s ba hss
those who help themselves" Even the Almlgh-
ty cannot help those who will not help them
elves. ~
10 the patriotism. the benevolence, the intel
ligepce and self. interest Of our people we ap-
peal. The eyes of the country are upon us at
| Let the poor man send his mite
Let the ladies' not forget this work there are
none more Interested than they. No eontrbu-
lion will DO refused on account Of Its small
ness; all will be acknowledged promptly rs de-
sired
leans will show themselves in This undertaking
worthy Of their name and record. The only re-
ward desired by those who founded this 1850
ciation and will for the present direct its efforts
| Is the appreciation of their own conseience and
the earnest hope that when their work IL com
peted i can be said Of them: Well done. good
|
/ Address contributions to Henry Ginder treas
urer. or to any member Of the finance com
miLtee. -.-.
CHAS. A. WHITNEY,
President,
CYRUS BUSSEY,
| Chairman Executive Committee.
| ALBERT BALDWIN,
| w. y. SCHMIDT,
| JAMES I. DAY
4 JULIUS WEIS,
| y. HERNaHEIM,
| GEO. HORTER
| EDWARD FENNER,
| Finance Committee.
JOHN @. HENDERSON, Recording Secretary.
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