The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-21
HOME OF FRIENDLESS.
An Effort Being Made to Per-
manently Establish it.
An Endowment Fund Surosstea
as the Most Feasible Plan.

s""i|9tIoh carry II the ptst winter, at
the u'g<nt sugge. ton If the BAzoo Of a
Ladhs Aid society for he purpose Of as.
slst'ng III taking care of the city's desery-
ing poor du-i the severe and bitter
"eAtaer. How much this noble society,
composed OF some Of Sedalia's ncbl, st
women, has done, will never be fully
krown, because with true christian spirit
they erdeavOret to keep hid tn. ir good
d. els. Bnr that they old much known
from the 'r amount of labor performed
by them wa CT cculd no. be kept secret and
Gully BEGAN e he prop .rty of the public
through the medium vi the press, One OF
their most BILE performances, hove yer,
was the Is Tuition of wfat IS known as
the
HOME OF THE FRIENDLEss.
Soon after the organization of the society
at the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms, il became evil
dent to the members that but II te eTec-
i've work cou be accnmplish,d unless
tn Re was S me nucleus at which they could
cent + and uni'e their efforts and have
thrm under such a personal supervision
IS shonid prtciude waste or mis-
application. With this view in end the
society formulated the p an OF establishing
home tor lrl NIL So women and children.
and a, meeting OF the society appointed
a committee to liciI aid and Cooper a.ion
for II. The matter " $ also laid before
Mayor Rickmsn, who once gave ii his
hearty endo Semtn and assistance. The
result II the effort has be n before the
Iu5llc too much this winter 10 REQUIRE apy
detail q sat 'ment of its great usefulness
and the vsst am unit of benefit derived
from the small amounts connitut. d 10 il be-
ause Of the wi>e and economical dispen-
sat,On Of them through the medium of the
home. In enc tt ing, however, the socie,y
have 50 far fai ed, that is 10 secure a sufi-
cieDt sum TO purchase properly end estab.
Esh The home as
PERMANENT INSTITUTION,
and upon seli-sus'a ming basis. This
was, howeve-, and still is the prime obi, ct
he'd in view by the society. ana il is 10 be
hoped that IL may succ Ell. Hearing that
sever ! meetings upon the subject had re-
Gently bsen held, and that it was the in
ter ton of the society to mske an earnest
Effort to accompi sh its aim. A BAzoo
scribe Yesterday m de bold to invade the
hallOSed chamb rs where modest charity
bad sought refuge, and upon his promise to.
reveal no Iames, learned the following
iacIs. which may Prove
OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC.
Tie men bers of the society have not
yet made any active efforts to secure sub
'cr; p;ions but proross TO do so at an early
late, being eOc uraged thereto by unex-
pee ed and voluntary propositions from
wo OF Sedalia's leading citizens, who have
that he home be made perman.
mt by incorporation end es 'ablished upon
he endowment plan with a capital at least
ufic ent ID purchase its own property, and
% ord TO secure such an effort these par
les make the follosing
PROPOSITION
Thai If the capital stock is made 5000
hey will subscribe $500 each, and if it is
made $4,000 they will subscribe $1,000
ZACH. This is twenty per CT mt of the totsl
mount offered as q free gift by two citi-
ems, ard surely the people of Sedalia
'ueht to be viii ing and able to raise the re-
n lining so per cent, among them the
Dore especially, as The establishment of
his institution will reduce the
annual DR. in for charity purposes
4 least fifty per cent, and If the
ity sni county will supplement- the work
" establish ng q workhouse and house Of
direction, for those who went work and
hould b. made to work, the charity ques-
ion will be Permanently settled and the
onstsnt howl that comes with the first
rost will be stilled forever and those who
re now ach rye and bur hen, will become
t least self-supporting. 1t is move in
he righK direc ion and SHOULD receive
esrty support and co-operauioo, and it ,s
D be hoped that the good ladies' who have
omuenced it will push ii vigorously to
riumphan. conclusion.
One of the parties who off rs 81 900 was
cen yesterday By the reporter and inter-
iewed concerning it. He ated that he
ad msde the p-oposit on
IN GOOD FAITH.
81 will tell you," said be, 'for years I
ave felt that such an institution was not
My needed, but IN time would become an
necessity. So strong, indeed,
Ias my faith tha: in making my will
provided that $1,000 should
e set sside from my es-
ate TO be placed upon interest and to be
pplied wi h the interest to that object
whenever the plan should be inaugurated.
gently, however, | suffered 8 severe spell
illness and expected to die, and during
ny sickness this subject occupied my
thoughts to a great exiect, and caused me
D feel that / had probably not dope all
hould, and / resolved that should i re-
over l would do what could to inaugur-
te the move and give that amount at
nee. did recover, and / am now ready
nd anxious to carry my resolutions into
feet, if sufficient number of citizens or q
efficient amount of money can be secured
D make the thing feas BILE. 1t is thus the
natter now stands, and it remains to be
cen if Sedaliars are equal to so worthy
ask. Mrs. Smith is president Of the aid
ociety and can be consulted or addressed
oncernipg IL, or, if desired, the columns Of
be BAzoo are open for any subscription
owards such a fund or suggestion from.