The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-21
OIE rOOh.
An Appeal ami some Suggestions "a 10 the
Relief of the Needy.

OF AL tue peoble on this once green earth,
ho arc utterly pnguarded against the
ruel blast Of man-ha,iug Boreas, the III
abtanis Of an extreme southern state
land pTe-eminent, They Ike summer
ie, and their warm sun beguics them.
lrough many months, into that feeling Of
eourity so fatal TO them when emergencies
4 the blizzard nature syeriake them. The
blizzard finds the non capitalist unpreparcd
n fool, raiment or shelter. lie is helnlcss
md remedies ami the man whose coudl- /
ION oompels him to live from baud TO .
mouth" finds his hands empty aud arms .
u paraly zrd that he cannot get them In bi. f
mouth, even though he had them filed 4
The present IL the second edition Of fear.
lat spells OF weather wehaye had this season.
The trains have passed US from the north
aud west with every car car capped with
the frosty evidences OF northern tempera-
iurc, but until NOW we have had no snow.
The hopeful have said there will be no
more OF this and thrown up no iutrench-
mcuts against further attack. But il has
como reinforced with strong assurance of a
reserve and the scientific saver, whose pre-
diclions OF late years have been singularly
accurate, confidently tell Us the worst has
not yet vet come,
The condensed sample of arctic
weather Just received from the
frozen regions is perhaps the most suggest.
i've note sounded by old BDreHs lor Iu THESE
many years, aud has developed the fact
that there is much ana great suffering I'm
Our city The weather for weeks past hss
not enabled the lnburiug man or mechanic
to put In one.halt h,s time, The farmer T.,
weather-bpund aud chilled aud all who
depend upon these large classes suffer from
the liabilities directly imposed up0n them.
In tact, who does not suffer-
The professional man cannot gei his
fees unless clients can pay him .
the merchant cannot meet his
obligations to sell his wares, and even
the bankers and money luanurs share ju tho
general distress, to soiuc extent, by the fail.
uIc OF those with whom they deaf AS to
the poor aud helpless, even when the ncay.
ems smlc, IN tho language OF the savior.
| them you have always with YOU. and
/ common humanity has everywhere sue.
/ go5lcd public means Tor the alienation NJ
/ their immediate wants. These wants are
Increased, and every poiut should be-
strained by which municipal charity may
/ reach them. Their npCea sites cry aloud and
all men hear them, and none but the brutal
can resist the appeal, God grant that
many Of them may not perish
but There is charity bouudlpgg a8 the
grace Of God pnd moro honorable to its nos.
SCISSOR than NE taking OF cities or the baud.
/ lug OF millions. II Us tho broad philan.
thropv which clcyatcs man almost TO angle
altitude ana prompts him 10 seek ont and
/ from ms abundance, or even SullCency, IN
pour the on OF EladnpSs and rclirt into
the hearts OF those whose independent
Spirits cannot brook what they mistnG euly
conceive 10 be the STIGMA vi askiul CHARITY
1t t' the province of tho reporter To iuyes
tlE ate these things, and know ot what We
speak when W. say that this class
ia Dallas tx very large, Men who work tol
their living aud support inmlhcs thereby
uro the prOudest OF our citizens, aud rather
than ask aims they would sell their beds Oh
even starve. II is peculiarly the case with
the Anglu.SaXop race aud the writings al
DHkons abound with illustrations of the
deep adherence with which the poor and
unfortunate of his country regard the ac.
Ccptance Of public charity.
There are many families In Dallas OF good
associations and standing who are now AMI,
l,ring Tor the want OF wood and groceries
lhe' arc not phuperS IN spirit Ol
M Tact, yet their families are Cryius
~ vain Tor the very nccesgarlrl Ot life Ard
they entitled to no considerations IL NOT
the inck Of clothing and food productive oil
asa ute suffering and grief to them Us IN
others whore names are enrolled ou the list
Oi public hcnoncArics2 All, we may say IL
IL more So and when every effort ma been
exhausted, every friend uusuccoNtully ap
pealcd 10 for loan, every grocer tor credit
In tact every vNpCdicut frsursd 10 that kt
a. al Ia.
ltlic ure3 ipy bread or protection Hgatu,t
/ the fierce blasts, does be uo,
/ Wcl llu there IA no escape from
ms maddouug want save iu the drndly
acid or the hnllcr'
( Nor will it. do to say that they AR, a
"eh,t les, set amt shppid have provided
/ for their own household, f. may br So 1t
/ mayh that many ate, hut this reply from
! the Snll cmhacr Of Is cushioned chuir. ia 4
! cnrpoied room, with Il warm and cheerful
| Ire, fails to answer that imp. rtivc call vi
I humanity which he great Creator has ion
| planted M the hearts ot man tn distinru'sh
! him from the beast that toams the earth
tie suffers enough, God knows, IN the con.
{ temptation OF their Nfcichcdurss
but his dlinQuenccs do MOI
relieve the aculrucss Of IN,
| physical asonlcs OF that wife who, perhaps
has beon raised in comfort and luxury, uut
! those helpless charges, who moan becnusr
they are haltclsd and ahuugcr without
| food
"Chsrity hcginS at home" Yes but il
only hcgluS--it does not rud there II
should widen rs the circlu NJ the pcbblc
thrown into the ocean, until its wayelcts
reach the very shores OF eternity.
/ we nope every pulpit will rcsouni to-day
/ with appeals for the relief Ut our suffering
citizens only the widow aud orphan
hut all who are destitute aud ALL Clcl from
whatever cause
Wo know some of our citizens who have
taken very active interest in the matter
one who has subscribed more than thirty
dollars in the past fcw days. In thc'namc
OF thusr whose homes he has gladencd, In
tho name OF those motherly tears he ha,
aired, those little ones whose sohs he has
converted into coutcnled prattlc. those
fathers rom whose souls he has di,pellel
lho dark horrors that enguled them, IN
the name ~ that christian charity" Wa
thank him from the bottom of our souls,
would that his name wa, legion, but IL 1,
not, and he, In the hich chivalvy ct his ma
turo, would sternly resent its publication.
tho chairman of the poor committee Il,
overourdoncd with applications for assist
ance aud some OF them from persons whom
Nv WV wv NuINuNt w W III lttN. hNt n(
omnot begin to supply the demand IN .dc
upon him although frequently contribute
ing from his own means. Marshal Arnold
gives us about the same SD account. w,
would suggest that every man and woman
IN the city who can do anything to relieve
their suffering brothers, look around then,
and delc0tcly inquire into the condition oi
their friends aud acquaintance. There are
hut lew men who wouli not uuhosnm
themselves II approached by ono who
evtnoed true interest In their condition.
Our word Tor Il, II such u course is pursued
many q tale Of woe and hearth, udmc pic
turo ot Indebtedness and want will no dis
closed, There is no such misery a. con
cealcd poverty, and no such happiness A,
that which follows In the train ot OF its re
lief
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In the course OF q recent couvCisslio,