The sun., 1890-11-16
WORKING AMONG THk POOR.
WAT THE KINGS DAU8RTERs AAHN
DONE IN THE TkNEMENT&

WAT THE KINGS DAUsRTERs AArN
DONE IN THE TkNEMENT&
80 Great Has neen Their Success That
They Plan 60 roand He sdquarters 1ssfAe
In = Distriet Of sauaior sad Mise-g aad
10 Increase Their Efforts fcrmnnsasly.
Ono OF the most interesting reports which
the Kings Daughters will listen to at their an
nual meeting In the Broadway Tabernacle. on
Nov 81. will be that Of the Committee on Tene-
ment House Work. The thirty women who
compose the committee have been doing their
work in quiet. unostentatious way, but II has
been tho kind OF labor that tells. It was only
on May last that the committee was oresos
lied, but already the exertions which its nsA.
bcrs are making to relieve the sick aud dssti-
tute among the tenement class have becomeso
great that Secretary has been engaged. whose
whole time is occupied with the correspond.
ence which the committee carries on.
The Chairman OF the committee Mrs. James
+. Ruggles. and her assistants, are agitA.inG .
project, which has been on foot for some time
to obtain house right In the heart Of the
tenement district. so that the committee can
go ahead and carry out the plans which have
been mapped out by it's members The few
months In which they have been at work
among the dwellers in tenement houses have
made them alive to the possibilities OF I'm.
provement in the everyday life OF the women
and children OF the poorer classes. Some Of
tho most earnest workers In tho, committee
are AIRS. Isabella Davis, Mrs, L. NJ. Van Brunt.
Mrs. E. W. Whitlock, Mrs. Williamson OF Mount
Vernon, and Miss Colleshnw. They began By
establishing q flower mission, q msdi-
UNI through which they hoped to gain
the confidence Of the people whom they
desired to aid. Tho women visited the homes
ha mr. at VI hah nd ftpr haA aAA
while they often met with rebuffs. they usually
found the families upon whom they called
ready to receive the attentions in the spirit in
which they were rendered. Several Kings
Daughters In Mt. Vernon had established
fresh air home there. while another member
OF the order In Sing Sing offered to receive q
number Of city children during the summer
months at her own expense. The committee
found plenty Of pale faced children who were
eager to get few days Whit Of country air.
and many were sent out to the two places.
Neat garments were fashioned BY the Kings
Daughters for the little waits to whom tho un-
onted privilege was given, and no call OF the
committee for clothing failed to meet with o
ready response. The hard work OF the COM
mittee began on July l. when arrangements
were made for cooperation with the summer
corps of physicians who, under the guidance
of DR.. Moreau Morris. their chief, began their
inspection OF the tenement houses for the
Board OF Health.
The duty of the 150 doctors engaged In this
work was to make house o-houss calls. and
to treat free Of charge all cases Of sickness
which they came across. The committee OF
tho Kings Daughters arranged with the mem
bers Of this corps that all cases OF destituHon
which the doctors might discover In making
their rounds should be reported at once to the
committee. The doctors had postal cards
upon which to jot down the names and ad-
dresses Of those whose cases warranted attsn-
tion. with brief statement Of what they had
found. These cards were mailed to the com-
mittee, and after the corps OF doctors had got
fairly to work the cards began to pour in. often
at tho rate OF twenty-five and thirty day.
In many cases the persons treated By the
doctors were too Door to buy the medicine pre-
scribed, and In such instances the committee
furnished the medicines and provided nourish-
ing food. Druggists wore found who agreed to
fill all prescriptions at q low figure. and the
Diet Kitchen and several dispensaries gave the
committee willing help in its work.
Z" 1t has been our plsn." said An earnest
worker in the committee, to cooperate with
the other institutions which have for their
purpose the ameliorstion OF the poorer classes.
and we have found that 1t has worked admira-
doubt or which We have been unable, on ao-
count Of the nature OF the case. to investigate.
we have turned over to the Charity Or
gnnization Society to report upon. II
we are assured that tho cases are really
deserving and the families in sickness or want
only need a little aid 10 set them on their feet,
we gladly assist them. While we have provided
temporary relief in many cases, 1t h0 been our
general rule. II We have furnished aid to any
one. not to loso sight of that person, but to
continue to provide for him or her until our
assistance Is no longer needed We feel that
temporary relief really avals but little. To
} roduce radical change in any person You
must keep q constant wa.ch over him"
its labors for the be- year on Sept. is. ssd
6sy hsS besP sa%s5 Ss ~, "
The women soon learned what doctors'
reports OF needy cases could be relied upon;
ses o Ms %Seh
mttee found required rather rigid invsstisa-
The %of IL RSpd s the eew zs.
afSS sommop HnSpoH tHina for the n"S seere.sn 70
Gst Of G the order Of kin
over the State and ia Psnnsylvsnta and New
ss ns ssns to
OF air bsas M had 70
Committee found plenty; Other member. r
ties. for which the committee nsyor failed to
lind q market.
When The summer work was over the vomea
found ovor. Q hundred cases on their hands
which required constant attention, or else the
work airendy done would have gone for
nothing. Tho cooperative ides, which tae
has successfully carried through p
woll illustratel 70 the case Of needy Jewis4
OF the family was a pedd or whose little stoek
In trade had been used up during a long
period OF sickness. ani want was staring tho
iamly in no face. Tho eommitlse saw thstl
mediate needs. The Hebrew Charities
70 STAT the man in business assin.
Now he 10 on HIS fect and supporting bis IAN.
lily. member Of the co Dmistee instanced the
case OF an old soldier living In q rear tenement
be sold 10 keep his family alive. he Was on 9
sick bed when his case wes report0d 70 the
When he reRained his health h.
had nothing but little push car. With which
committee furnished him money to buy produce.