St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
FOR CHARITY.
An Appeal to the Good People of
MINNEAPOLIS.

| minneapolis.
To the Generous People of MinneapO-
lis: The board of directors of the AS
ISOLATED Charities of the city ask your
renewed attention to the work of our
organization. Especially do we at this
| time desire that you fully understand
the extent of the work before us in the
| Immediate future. AS you are already
aware, the approach of winter presents
! the community of this city with the
| prospect of an unusual amount of pc
t9auniary need, want and distress among
lathe poor and worthy families of the
lfeity. The general dizziness in business
matters. the scarcity of regular work
| for many classes of laborers, the high
price of fuel needed during the
coming winter, and other SIM
Aar difficulties, call for more
than usual contributions from the
charitable, and for an enlarged applica-
| ton of the methods of our society. Its
doubtless we'll understood that our plan
| OF relief for the suffering is. to the
greatest extent possible, to aid them to
help themselves. We aim to sustain in
every practicable way the dignity of
honest labor, and to resist the inSidiOuS
approaches among the poor of that feel
ing which regards pauperism as their
proper lot. These objects are carried
out in our work by the establishment
and maintenance of central office, at
which is kept full record, as far as is
practicable. of all the families and per-
sons in Onr city who need help of any
kind, and through and by means of
which our charitable friends may find
worthy recipients for their cOntribu-
tionS, and may also furnish work for
those who are willing to work.
A BUREAU OF INFORMATION,
investigation and report, maintained at
our central office, room12ROcheSte block
formerly Stillman block, over the post
office. has grown until its records in
clqde upwards of 1000 cases. To this
Office we ask that the secretaries of all
charitable societies and relief agencies
III the city, as we'll as the business man
from his Office, the pastor from his
study, the lady of the house, and all
others to whom applications for aid
may be made, shall send the applicants.
BY means of this bureau and its re-
cords, the worthy poor may be dis
tlnguiShed and separated from the i'm
pOStOr and the chronic beggar, and the
proper discrimination can be made, die
tated by true charity. We have also at
our central Office
AN EMPLOYMENT BUREAU,
established March l, 1888, for the pur-
pose of furnishing to all men and
women applying, employment in the
way of odd jobs, free of charge to the
applicant. Since its establishment 694
odd jobs have been given out through
this bureau, thereby furnishing to those
willing to labor, work for which they
have been paid about 81 800. These odd
jobs have frequently resulted in regular
employment to the applicants, more or
less permanent, and often the employ
ment thus furnished has proven the
mainstay of family for many weeks.
We believe that the success of this
bureau fully justifies its continuance;
and we earnestly request all persons re-
quiring labor of any kind to avail
themselves of this opportunity, so as to
be sure that the employment they fur
nish is given to the worthy, while at
the same time practical charity has
been accomplished.
Again, this society has found the Op-
pOrtunlty to rescue from pauperism,
vice and crime, by securing their COM
mitment to the state public school at
OwatOnna, six bright, dependent and
neglected young girls and ten bright
young boys. There are as many more
equally exposed children, in whose cases
similar action should be taken as soon
as practicable.
For the prosecution of all this work of
practical charity the expenditure or
some money is requisite. All our affairs
are managed with the stricteSt economy.
and we have thus far been able to keep
the total annual expense within s., 800.
We are, however, in immediate need of
an addition of S400 to our general fund
to complete the work of the year ending
Dee. 3, 1888. Lastly, we have
AN ''EMERGENCY FUND.-"
which is kept separate from the general
fund, and has always been maintained
by and depends wholly upon voluntary
contributions made expressly for it.
We use it, not for the purpose of giving
Decuniary aid where work should have
been given, but for the immediate relief
of pressing distress, where such relief
is necessary prior to furnishing employ
ment. In some cases this sort of relief
is necessity. ''He gives twice who
gives quickly" says the old proverb;
this means not twice as to quantity, but
twice in respect to the quality of the
charity extended and the prOmptneSs
with which it is furnished. The class
of cases in which we find it necessary
to give such relief we call emergencies.
and this fund is our "emergency fund"
Armed with such fund, we frequently
secure the opportunity, which other
wise would be lost, of making
thorough investigation of the case
presented for charity, In occasional
Instances. we may and do use this as a
fund from which to loan small sums
without interest, thus preserving in the
borrower that self respect and dignity
which might be injured by an absolute
gift of money. This fund is now ex-
hausted. We need at least $500 for use
in this fund during the few months i'm
mediately before US. The check of
$3.50 given last year by the firm of Nor
rison, Anderson d Butchart, bagging
dealers, was contributed to this fund,
and became the means of great good,
beneficently affecting the lives and for
tunes of many people at The very point
of most pressing need.
All who may desire to contribute TO
the work of this society, In either of the
fields abOye outlined, will please send
their contributions to our treasurer, An
thony Kelly, or to our general secre-
tary, George ID. Holt, room ~, Roches-
ter block. Respectfully submitted,
Directors-J. L. Wyman, Anthony
bury Rev. L. G. Powers. Rev. NJ. F.
Gjertsen, Geo. A. Bracket, Rev. j. G.
Hoblitt, Geo. A. Wheaton. AL
bert Lawrence, Lars Swenson,
Rev. James A. McGolrick,
G. NJ. Loring, A. B. NettletOn, Mrs. G.