Omaha daily bee., 1882-12-07

Some Of the Efforts Being Put Forth
by the Chari,sbly Inclined.

The sudden coming OF cold blast'
should cause those who are warmly
clad and who are blessed with com
Portable homes to remember the many
who are less fortunate, and who are
in need, not merely Of comfort bat Of
necessaries. There are several prac.
tical plans already in operation, aside
from what the county 10 doing in q
formal way from funds raised by tax
alton. There are some wants which
the county officials do not feel war.
ranted in Meeting, and there
Ia abundant opportunity now
presented for those who are
warm hearted and open l.. handed
not only to bestow charity, but to Of
fer help to reder dependents indie
pendent, aud by rendering them tenn.
porsry assistance to make them self.
supporting.
There are q number Of ladies who
have taken some practical steps to
help ZONE Of the needy and to make
them self.helpful, by gathering &c.
gether the children once a week for in
struction In sewing, manners and va
rious kinds Of practical work, and by
furnishing material and superintend-
ing their work are helping them tn
clothe themselves comfortable. On
Thanksgiving day they were furnished
. dinner together, there being about
forty in all. This work Is reaching out
In various directions.
A great many are contributing arti.
cles Of clothing and food to be distrib
uted by Rev. s. G.. Lsmep, who is
thoroughly posted in regard to the
wants and conditions Of a number of
families. Yesterday he found one
family, q widow with five children,
who we're sorely In need of q stove,
they having q pile of old iron which
they called q stove, but which gave
forth no heat but much smoke. The
family were really suffering, and Mr.
Lsmen seeing that there was O necessi.
ty, provided one. Such expenditures
require money, and those who have to
spare should gladly keep him
supplied for such purposes.
There Is another family, q widow
with two children, aged eight years
and three years respectively. The
husband and father before his death
q lot and built him q house. !
By overwork in trying to get his little
homo paid for, no was taken sick and
died. The house is paid for, but the
of the lot is up, and there ia
of their losing their little
II is proposed to raise enough
money (probably 500 will be re.
quired) to purchase the lot, 80 that
the family may have their little home
secured. This would render the fam.
lily self-supporting, rs the mother
by her industrious and economical
habits could manage to keep the fam
lily from suffering, and the children,
both boys, will soon be able to help
her. Such q move will place them 10
such independent circumstances that
there will be q good prospect for The
boys to grow up to be valuable men,
bers of society and financially 1t would
be o saving to the community rather
than to be compelled to help them
along by tid-bits.
The ladies Of the city should re.
member that there ia to be a meeting
this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
chapel Of the Baptist church to sew
for the poor. The sewing ma
chine agents of the city have
agreed to furnish machines for the
use Of the ladies, who should not be
deferred from attending on account Of
Indictment weather, for they ought
surely to be willing to subject them
selves to the slight discomfort of u
trip from . comfortable home to q
comfortable chapel for the sake of
those who know no such comforts.