Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-01-23
The Ladies, Relief Committees.

The Ladies, Relief Committees.
The ladies' committees published in
the HERALD OF yesterday have been
busy all the time since in their noble
work of relieving the food sufferers.
To the names given previously must be
added those Of Mrs. Charles Char
mock, Mrs. R. Nj. Widney, Miss
Widney and Mrs. John Miner.
These good ladies', together with
the others on the committees, have
been indefatigable in their efforts to
reach every case Of suffering and want.
Great care is taken that nothing is given
away excepting to those in actual want
aud suffering of some sort. The inves-
tigating committee look into each case
with close scrutiny and see that the lib
erality of the people is not thrown
away on unworthy objects.
Up to r. Nj. yesterday the total num-
Der OF families relieved was IS. Many
of them have been blessed by benign
providence with numerous progeny.
Six, seven, eight and nine olive branches
is about the rule around the boards of
many Of them. The sum OF mouths to
fill and backs to cover is large one.
The performance of these acts of charity
require great deal Of spiritual patience
and physical endurance. In physique
the ladies do not look capable Of much
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to be relieved, woe to the big, coarssr-
grained and less spiritually patient lord
of creation, however great bis avordu.
pois or double-fisted he may be, who
undertakes to stand by her side and
| fight it out on this line for even half a
summer.
Among the very liberal donations re-
ceived yesterday were clothing from the
City Of Paris, Provisions from M. Dods-
worth. groceries from Russell 4 Rebard,
Mr.. Brode. MIR. Pescke, and III Dorado
Store; apples. butter, etc, etc. from
Mrs. Mckinlay, lot of coffee pots from
Mr.. Longley. The employees of the
Capitol Mills made purse and sent up
as the proceeds Of the same 30 sacks Of
flour, 50 pounds each. Well done for
the Capitol boys. 4. f. Hewitt, $50;
Earl b. Millar, large quantity of groce-
ries; lady, $25; another lady, $40.
The ladies' want to-day (not some time
later) all the clothing for infants and
children possible, bedding of all kinds.
flannel underwear for man who is very
sick, ditto for lot of little babies, little
better off IN the way of clothes than
they were when they came into the
world More small. cheap houses are
wanted. The supply of groceries is
nearly all exhausted and more should be
sent in at once. Fuel is also very much
needed.
These tender souled ladies who are
spending day after day in this noble
work, lind it hard to attend to all that
is of pressing necessity.
There are many willing helpers, but
many lack experience for the general
work. Such could take up special cases.
Here is one which some womanly souled
woman who has time to spare, or who
can make time, could take up: There is
family on Alameda, the exact location
can be learned at the Tabernacle, in
which there are man and wife, child
Of six years aud babe of six month";
old. The infant is sick almost
to death, the man is very ill and weak,
They only reported themselves yester-
day, when the greatest imaginable dis
tress forced them to it. Let some one,
then, make q special case of this--take up
this family and see they are provided
with what is necessary. The room in
which they are is wet, they have no
bed covering. and the child is Mt the
point of death and the man is yery
weak. In DIR. Gales house on Alameda
street is young man very low with
consumption. He got wet and had
severe hemorrhage yesterday. Mrs. N,
l.. Allen, who lived on Banning street.
was exposed to the flood. She was con-
sumptive and died yesterday on Olive
street. where the ladies' had provided her
with home. She will be buried to-day.
There is work in this line for some time
to come. The most deserving cases
come in last. Many of them are poor,
and have lost all they had, but they are
independent to the degree of being too
proud to ask for aid until actually forced
to do it, or see their children perish.
Il will be over week before the end of
this hard work and urgent call for aid
will give these kind ladies little halt
ing space. They should have their
hands held up with unstinted aid from
the citizens, and this is being done and
will be done. twill take good deal
of money. Here are over half hun
drcd families absolutely destitute. II
only $50 each is spent in making little |
home for them it will take $2500 for
this alone. Every family last night had
been provided with temporary home.
The tabernacle Is not central place. |
IL is cold and uncomfortable, and now |
that there is no further need for large |
room, the ladies will ON Monday open
their office at the rooms of the Y. M. G. |
A., Nadeau block.