St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-14
FOR SWEET CHARITY's SAKE.
A Conference Of Charities at
Westminster Church.


Westminster Church.
The lecture room Of Westminster
church was fairly we'll filled with rep
resentatives of the various charitable
institutions of the city, who composed
sort of conference of charities. Near
ly every Institution had a representa-
tive present who gave five-minute re-
port of the work done during the past
year and the needs of the society. The
needs of all can be expressed i'm one
-moDey-but it would take some
space to give an account of the work that
each had done. Judge j. o. Pierce was
CHOSEN chairman. and he gave short
outline of what was desired. 1.-The con-
Ference" he said, was to enable the
representatives to exchange views, and.
perhaps, to enable each to help himself
by helping one another" Secretary
George ID. Holt, of the Associated Char
tiles, gave short detail of the work
done by the association, and DR.. W. E.
Leonard that done by the homeopathic
free dispensary. Mrs. Charles Godfrey
recOunted some statistics anent the hos
pital which were very fiattering, con-
siderlng the fact that the institution
was damaged by fire some time
ago. Rev. M. Falk Gjertsen said
that the Lutheran deaconesses were
looking for a site for some new build
Ings. These sisters, said he, are the
ones who are called upon to attend all
patients at the quarantine hospital.
Miss Inman spoke of the charitable
work of Hope Mission. The work of
the Humane society was the subject of
short talk by w. A. Foss. He report
ed that there had been but one conyic-
ton out of three cases taken into court.
81 have reason to believe" said he,
that there is no inclination on the part
of the court to favor the society any
more than possible" He was called
down by Rev. William Wilkinson,
who. wanted to know if he de-
sired to have any such statement
go out to the public as emanating from
him. He then corrected himself and
said that the cases were dismissed on
technicalities. The kindergarten work
of Plymouth church was the subject of
Mrs. c. w. Clark's report, and was
quite interesting. Rev. w. K. Mar
shall had no written repeat for the
Northwestern Deaeonesses' Home, but
he submitted verbal one. The work of
the Northwestern hospital was briefly
told by Mrs. w. l.. Wolford, as was
that of the Home for Aged Women and
Children, by Mrs. Charles Godfrey.
P0lice Matr0n Mrs. Paine spoke
about the work at the lookup. Her
report, while not long one, gave all an
ample opportunity. of learning that her
position is by no means sinecure.
Sheltering Arms, an Episcopalian char
liable institution, had as its representa-
tive Mrs. S. B. Meaden, who presented
its work and needs very concisely. j.
c. Reno gave verbal report of St.
Barnabas' hospital, while G. L. Snyder,
superintendent of the poor. tried to say
in five minutes what it would take an
hour to tell. The report for the two
homes supported by the Woman's
Christian association was presented
by Mrs. Mcmillan. Mrs. w. FL.
James spoke about the W. G..
L. u. training school aud Mrs. Hugh
Wilson announced that the nonpartisan
w. G. L. U. was right in line with
the work. Reports from the Maternity
hospital by DR.. Martha g. Ripley and
one from DIR. G. A. Chase, city physici-
an, upon the city hospital, closed the
programme.
Rev. S. W. Sample, of Alls Souls
church. closed the meeting with a short
address upon sTrue Charity; Not Aims,
but Friendo