Morning journal and courier., 1889-11-28
THE UNITED WORKERS.

A Notable and Active Charitable or.
 ganization-A Brief Sketch or Hts His-
 tory and Usefulness-Ihe Present Ef.
 fort so Replenish Its Treasury-The
 Grand Rehearsal Friday Night at
 Union Armory.
 Less than twenty years ago, when New Haven was behind many cities of far less size in the number of benevolent institutions, not because there were fewer poor people to help, but possibly in the enerossment with other things each left to the other the car ing for the destitute and discouraged, then the need of wids-working organization im- pressed itself on few ladies. They. "movsd by what had been done and was being done for the benefit of the working classes and in aid of suffering humanity in sister cities, and recognizing the desirableness of sim- liar werk here, held an informal meeting in the summer of 1872 for the purpose of or ganizing measures of practical benevolence for the oity ct large"
 The outcome of that meeting was the society of "United Workers" which has for nearly eighteen years been one of the most pains taking benevolences of our city.
 Its methods have changed somewhat as the years seemed to demand new lines of work or modification of the old, yet the general plan remains the same-to help those who are sick and suffering, to give employment to those whose oppor tunity for work is limited and to give to poor boys chance for pleas- ure and good training in an evening club. Other branches which were carefully sus- tained by the society for many years have been relinquished, as the demand for them was less imperative, while some of the ex- isting branches have been greatly enlarged. The officers of the "United Workers" from its very beginning and through the success give years form soodly array of we'll known names which are guarantee of the wisdom and charity of its operations, and some are still serving on its executive committee who were active in its inception.
 The presidents have been Mrs. John s. Beach, Niles Harriet Russell, Mrs. Eli Whit ney, jr., Mrs. E. s. Wheeler, Miss E. E. Walker and Mrs. w. P. Blake, and to their faithful ness and self-denying efforts much of the success of the society is due.
 The "United Workers" has become one oi New Haven's institutions and it is hoped that ere long the society will have building where it's work can be more sdvantageously carried on and that the permanency of it's ex- | istence may be assured.
 To this end the officers are now bending every effort and hope ere another year if passed to place the society among the lasting | benevolent organizations of New Haven. IL
 those who are actively engaged in the labers of the society review of its life and gooc
 deeds is not necessary, but to those who know
 of it only as name it appeals not only fol
 the needful fruits to carry on the work, bu
 for an ever increasing interest in it's welfare | and continuance. | If we have "the poor always with us". i
 must belong to some to care for those wht
 cannot care for themselves, and all experi | ence teaches that an organized society can dt
 this much more wisely than individual aii
 and with far less tendency to pauperize tn, recipient. The expenses of the society ar' between two and three thousand dollars
 yearly; and if 1t is remembered that all this sum goes for the alleviation of suffering ant
 the fostering of good influences, it will b.
 seen that 1t is no small good which is yearly disseminated in our midst, while to carry ol | this work is required the services of owe
 seventy-6ve ladies and gentlemen, all O.
 whom give time, thought and strength un
 stintingly that all the good possible may b
 accomplished.
 The city may we'll be proud of such @ char | itable organization that for SO many year
 has quietly and systematically done it's worl | without any grave mistake, without debt
 without an entanglement in its treasury ant
 with exceptional harmony and agreement il
 all its business and benevolent plans. A rehearsal of all the dances will be hel,
 to-morrow evening at old Union armory
 Prof. Marwig directing; no admittance ex | cept to participants and their chaperones | The sale of seats for the matinee at Peck | opened at 9 o'clock yesterday morning
 While the sale was not as large as that fo | the evening entertainment, yet the large
 part of the parquet was taken and a goodl number in other parts of the house.