Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-01
TIE CON1RiBU rIONS.

The Woman's Benevolent Home and
Hospital have been replenished to an as
tonishing extent by The generosity of the
dear children of various schools assigned
committees both for distribution and col
lection of bags containing their gifts Ten
ladies were kept busy all day Wednesday
asserting and storing what gladdened the
hearts of the inmates and made the man
ager, respond with some one who dfopped
a slip of paper in with his contribution
containing this sentiment:
'.Thls is the day of Thanksgiving all over
the land;
Gods people are blessing His bountlful
hand"
We would like to publish the many
names found on bags, but the list would
burden the EAGLE, and as we did not get
the names of others we take this method
of thanking you each and all and assure
you we are helped and will be enabled by
you to do great good to the suffering and
needy this winter. The cookies baked by
little Robert were very, very nice; also a
handsome cake baked by two little girls.
Surely we have promising children IN our
schools Who knows hut some of them
may yet conduct a school for teaching less
fortunate ones the art of cooking. Many
homes would be happier and more pros
porous if this were better understood. But
my purpose is to tell the children what we
gathered in from their bags SO here
comes the list: A baby was sent in which
hangs suspended at the front door; bar
rel flour, IL barrels meal, 4 barrels tur-
nips, 3 barrels onions, l bushel rice. l
bushel dried BEANS half bushel dried corn,
bushels oat meal, halI bushel dried APP
pies, pop corn, half bushel Irish potatoes,
40 bushels sweet potatoes, bushels APP
pies. 9 bushels cabbage, "a bushels beets,
ID chickens, turkeys, pounds sausage,
Goldfish, buckets of kraut, 3 gallons and
more of tea, IS pounds white sugar, %
pounds brown sugar, pounds b. powder,
pounds butter, soda, packages coffee,
10 packages ca tmeal, box Saratoga chips,
corn starch packages; cans-toiuatoes,
%, peaches, 10, plums 2, corn 81, cans not
marked 10; apple butter jars, jar cher
ries. bustel mixed nuts, several roasts of
meat. l can beans, 2 peas. 2 salmon, l
Strawberries, jar honey, jars catsup, ID
lars of Jelly, 20 quarts miscellaneous fruit,
5 lars pickles, dried choice fruits enough
to fill two large baskets, half bushel hom-
my, Graham -four, grits, tapioca, sage,
prepared beef, cookies enough TO fill four
baskets. several pair of shoes for children,
which proved very acceptable, 1 barrel
crackers, basket and half of gLapes, sew
eral dozen bandanas, oranges, % loaves OF
bread, Lewis academy 1913, clothing
which will prove serviceable, some pump
kins, carrots and parsnips, 80 cents from
Fourth ward, 20 cents from Second ward.
Besides the above from the schools we re-
ceived l barrel of apples from Mr.. George
Cross, large donation of onions
and cabbage from Mrs. John Derby,
mittens from Mrs. I. T. Furlong, a bundle
of clothing and shoes from F. Dole, one ton
coal from L. c. jackson, one ton coal
Wichita Coal company, a turkey, chickens,
bundle clothing from Mrs. Frank Will
Jams
Besides the above were three checks from
three Wichita gentlemen which calls for
twenty-five dollars.
The donations before Thanksgiving for
the month of November are as follows:
Two dollars from Mrs Parker, 81 frtm
Mrs. Dr.. Everett, Odd Fellows s62-S, in
mates S42.75
Mrs. CLARA JUSKERMANN.
Treasurer and Acting Financial Secretary
of l. B. Home and Hospital.