The National tribune., 1885-12-24

seems to us so clear to any reasonable man
that it only needs to be stated to be at once
perceived.
THE BROOKLYN. BUREAU EMPLOY
NIENT.
We have so much to say in regard to the
Brooklyn Bureau of Employment, not only
because it is doing a good work itself, but
because we regard it as type of an institu-
tion which every considerable town and city
in the country ought to have. 1t owes its
origin to a number of intelligent and prac-
tical men of large capacity for affairs, and
who, animated by sincere love for their COM
rades, set themselves to work to devise ways
and means for properly caring for the needy
and dependent ones in the great city of
Brooklyn. The Bureau has now been in
successful operation for number of years,
and the amount of good it has done, the sue
cess Of its operations and the lack of friction
in all its machinery, are such as to commend
it as model for the imitation of all who
wish to do similar good work. The Execu-
tive Committee who have charge of it now
consists of E. A. Dubey, Chairman James
McLeer, G. Hull Grant, 2. Voorhees,, S. w.
Mcdonald ; Thomas Bell, Secretary H. A.
Phillips, Treasurer and Almoner; T. B.
Rutan, c. J. Kinsey, Sam1 J. Baines, B. F.
Gott G. S. Little, M. D., Medical Examiner
These are all veterans in the cause, and
men of marked ability and of large expert
ence of life. They have been remarkably
fertile in expedients for providing the means
for carrying on their work, and have avoided
all the lottery and other questionable
schemes which charitable institutions too
often resort to. They have so commended
themselves to the people of Brooklyn that
large number of the merchants and promi-
nent men of the city are ON their list as reg
ular annual contributors of amounts ranging
from S. to 500, and all those who so contrib
ute express satisfaction at the good their
money has done; more, they say, than any
any other of their donations to charitable
purposes have been able to do. The Bureau
is open at all times, and every application
for relief or for employment is promptly
entertained and acted upon at once by intel
ligent, capable men. Where medical attend
ance is required it is at once supplied by the
physician of the Board.
The large amount which New York derives
from the taxation of saloons is distributed
among the asylums and charitable organiza-
tions. Last Spring the Bureau had itself
incorporated, and made an application for a
share in this distribution. Its right to this
has been recognized, and this month it will
receive several hundred dollars. Next year
its income from this source will be consider
able and regular
AS an illustration of the managers fertility
in methods we will take the plan that they
got up to provide a Christmas dinner for the
$50 dependent comrades, their wives, widows
and orphans, which they have on their roll.
The following letter was presented to the
Board of Education of Brooklyn, and upon
motion in that body was unanimously re-
ferred to several local committees with power
to act, and all of them have given their
hearty approval to the scheme. Enough is
already known to assure a magnificent din
ner for the benefciaries Of the Bureau:
BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT AND EMERGENCY
FUND, GAR, Room IA, CITY HALL,
BROOKLYN, Dec H. 1885.
Hon. TUNIs G. BERGEN. President Board of Educa-
ton, Brooklyn.
DEAR SIR: As we contemplate making the hearts
glad of those for whom we organized to help,
Christmas Day, and our emergency fund" be-
ing low, take the liberty of requesting permis-
sion from the Board of Education to solicit from
the children of the public schools of Brooklyn
Christmas offerings for the poor old soldier and his
family; not in cash. but i'll vegetables. potato,
onion or turnip. from each pupil would enable us
to suitably provide for every poor comrades family
in Brooklyn. Donations in cash are promised by
other scholastic bodies in this city, but the number
of those who look to us for Christmas dinner is
so large that we confidently believe that a favor
able response from the BOARD OF Euutsttion oil
Brooklyn will enable to partake of Christ
mas dinner with a greater relish by administering
TO the needs of those by whose vaior this Nation
was saved and who should not be permitted by
such a generous city to realize the want of a
Portable meal on the brightest and sweetest day in
calendar
have the honor to be, yours, with great respect,
THOMAS BELL, Secretary of Bureau
One of the pleasantest things in connec-
ton with the operations of the Board is the
fraternal spirit with which all the members
act. Each one is continually ready to act
on the suggestions of any of the others, and
each is quite sure that the credit for most of
the success of the operations of the Bureau
is due to some one else than himself They
are as unselfish body of workers as the
| Grand Army affords.
CIurJ, RAISEHS