The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-11-30
ANOble Charity.

Among the nOolc CuoAisAOo "
Orleans there 10 not one that does
more good then the Society OF the
Ladies Servants of the Poor. This as
sociation was founded some time, we
believe in 1861, by Rev. Fathea Jour
dan, lately deceased, and the object
oft was 10 assist destitute families OF
res, ectabiIiry and provide for the
wants of and infrm gentlewomen, In
purs uing these generous and unselilsh
ends the ladies composing the society
have labored increasingly and dIsln,
terested y year in and year out and
il is gratifying to know that their
benevolent objects anu works have
been blessed with large measure OF
su cess The poverty, wants and
IS rrow they have relieved cannot De
estimated in dollars for who, save
the God of the orphans and widow,
can strike the balance between tears
and SMILES. wretchedness and despair
and want and comfort and hope even
! in the life one poor unfortun ate?
During the occupancy OF New Or-
leans by the Federals hundreds OF the
destitute families of Confederate pris-
Ioners held in this city were relieved
|, Inv hi. suciiery, ali! hundreds OF other
! r3ugues eloquent with gratitude, can
tsstify 10 the blessed work 1t has done.
= TIE s ,ciety If the Ladies of the Ser
u want of the Poor began IFS Sork WITH
= unly s25 in It's treasury, yet at tine
:. close OF the first year of It's Institution
~ it had collected and distributed
" amongst the needy and destitute,
: without regard or inquiry as to relig-
ion or creed, the sum of SIC, 900, every
cent of which was gathered by the
ladies who went from door to door
= soliciting assistance from those who
=" were able to give. Such was the war
record of this society. But the society
did not abandon the work of charity
at the termination of the war. Thou
NC sand of families has been left des.
81 titute by the less of their natural
~ protectors or the terrible reverses o
=" FORUM which succeeded the grea
- conflict, and the ladies of ne society
~ felt that duty required them togo Oh
he with their labors and hence, iron
an al the foundation of the society to tn
H. present day, these ladies have been a
"n miuistering angels to large class Q
unfortunates whose sufferings are NOR
i difficult of relief since they are often
40 through sensibility, concealed iron
30 the public eye
ut IRE yearly subscription of actlV
ne members is only si2, and the neces'
gu ary fluids have been eaked out o
lei concerts, festivals, operas, etc. 81
tic these sources of revenue have N
heen sufficiently fruitful Of late yea
10 keen the treasury adequately su
M pIed and hence the sOciety has dete
:" mi eel to organize system OF mono
III r, membership by which those wi 81
w 81. i Los,d to assist in this work VII
=, ,uaase, so long as they ai'e aae g {.
'vu :, 30 subscribe So per annun- VIM
~ pil ING no limit to the hberasIty
81, :. III So desIoous to assist, this sum h
=. ne II fixed upon as the minimum
II be subscribed, in order to lessen tt
y! labor of collecting vera small sums.
III III The society recently sustained
-hg great loss in the death of Its mob
ne founder and constant and Garner
iN' patron. Rev. Father Jourdan. IL
'nr IN place of this good man, hOweve
Ct" be fiIlec by Rev. +. Huber
NV well known for his hOline
uy and laboring in ~ good VOL
he ladies are resolved TO mai
their societies, and enlarge /
re of usefulness.
IRE is no more deserving chari
r city of charities than this on
: man who has anything
for the alienation of hums
and human sorrow should haI
these ladies. They have do
inealculable, and they can I
.,-asurably more. They have t
- ngs of God, and they shoa
-, nave the assistance of all charltab
i''' d,>. osed men and women, without
gard to sect or creed in the prosec