Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-08
Annual Meeting of the Associated
Charities of the District.
INTERESTING FACTS IN THE REPORTS.
Good Work Done by the Organi-
zation Last Winter.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

| the rooms of the central office No Sl1 G
street northwest. Rev. DIR. Bartlett of the
New York Avenue Church presided. There
was a good attendance of active workers
in the association, who manifested interest
in the affairs of the association that prom
ises to repeat during the coming winter
the good work which has characterized it
| during the past twelve years.
| Secretary l.. S. Emery in his report spoke
| of the unusually large humber of persons
who applied for assistance last winter and
Of the good work done by the citizens He
paid compliment TO the newspapers for
their good work and paid special reference
to The Evening Star Santa Claus Club.
| The Kings Daughters also came in for a
| share of the secretary's praise.
| Some Interesting Stntistfcs.
| The report of the years doings was read.
showing as follows: Six thousand two hun
dred and fifty calls at central office. of
whom 1851 were white and 1888 colored
| There were 1916 whites calling for aims
| and 17S for work, while there were 2627
colored calling for aims and 210 for work
| There were 45 persons aided 20 employment
80 referred to outside visitors, 2317 orders
for groceries. LILO for coal, 2Os5 loaves of
! bread and 200 rolls distributed. providing
| for about 100 families. OF the persons as
sisted. fifty had been in the city less than
| SIX weeks There were distributed 1.600 gar
| ments, 30 orders for meals SIS orders for
| Shoes in addition to 60 pairs which were
given from the office. Twenty persons
| worked in the wood yard, 10 persons were
| given nights lodging, 80 loads of wood
| were delivered TO needy families a pair of
SHOES were bought from a poor woman for
~ 20 persons were referred to the subdi-
visions in which they resided were 70
| Ierred TO Agent Sweeney of the Newsboys'
| Home, l person was referred to Children's
hospital, 10 to Soldiers Home, to Provi-
dence Hospital, 25 to Sanitary Officer Frank
Ior transportation, to Freedman's Hos
pital. 10 To the Provident Relief Association.
! TO the Young Woman's Christian Home
to the Ladies Protective Union. 4 to the
German Orphan Asylum. with letter; $50
| to the nearest police stations / to the SIN
erintendent of charities. / to the Colored
Rome, prescriptions for medicine were
niieo' 10 persons were assisted out of the
| CITY, 90 persons were aided to rent and
| loans. The report also mentions the ar
| ticles received and distributed
| The Work Last Winter,
| The latter part of the fall or first part of
| the winter was mild. and only about the
usual number of calls upon us were made"
the report continues. About the last of
| December the weather became Indictment
and a very large number of people were
thrown out of employment. The demands
upon us commenced to increase rapidly un-
til the calls at the central office ran I'D to 800
|
weeks after the first of January. The sub
| divisions that were organized were over
whelmed and were unable to meet the de-
! maEds upon them, except the first and
third"
After speaking of the number of appli-
| Giants the report continues:
| In some cases IL was deyeloped that
| there was no necessity for their applying
ana that strong. healthy washerwomen mad
left their places and Joined the crowd TO-
the purpose of obtaining something while it
Was going. In such cases they were sent
| back and advised in pretty strong language
| to resume their work, and cease their at
| tempt at imposture. We commenced the
fall and winter without funds but soon the
newspapers represented faithfully the situa-
| ton, and the response of the citizens
| through the newspaper Offices was prompt
| and generous, so that the association was
able to meet every proper demand
| In addition to this The Evening Star
| Santa Claus Christmas Club came i'm lust
| in the nick of time and rendered great re-
| lief TO the children of destitute families in
very practical way, principally through
| the agencies of this association.
| Never in the history of charity work in
| the District has there been so much done
| fo- the immediate and practical relief of the
poor in all its parts from boundary to
boundary as during last winter. and never
| has there been so great a demand for it in
| my twenty-seven years experience. Too
much credit cannot be given to this Santa
| Claus Club for its practical turn and dlrec-
| ton, which it's executive committee gave II
| at the start.
| The report shows the amount of money
| received at the central office was 81 81 a.
| besides food, clothing and fuel The largest
! contribution was $500 which was received
from one of the professors of the Catholic
University
| The treasurer. Mr.. NJ G. Emery, was not
| present, but the secretary stated that the
! association had in bank S37S2.
Election of Officers.
| The election of officers was next in order
| Under the constitution the president of the
board of District Commissioners is president
of the association. Mr.. l.. S. Emery was
reelected secretary and Mr.. NJ c. Emery
was again selected to handle the cash of the
association. Members of the board of direc-
! tors were chosen as follows:
Rev. William A. Bartlett. president;
James Z. Fitch, Rev. J. n. Brad ord,
Mrs. DR.. Hood, John T. Mitchell, Rev.
W. E.Parson. Prof. j. W. Chickering. w.
Lamb. Rev. Geo. o. Little. Miss p. X Hos
mer. Thos. ]. LASER, Loring Chappell, A.
NJ. Gangwer.
| Finance ccmmittee-Prof j. W. Chick
ering. Rev. w. f. Parsons. John T. Nit
chell. b. T. Janney. Mrs. DR.. Hood. DR.. J.
b. Sothoron. Mrs. J. w. Babson.
Auditing co-nmittee-Thos. J. LASER DIR.
j. Fl. Bradford. Loring Chappell.
! DR.. Bartlett wanted to know if there was
not some way to keep trampS and poor
persons from the neighboring states from
coming here and getting the benefit of what
| is donated for the residents of this city.
| He asked II such persons might not be sent
/ back to their respective homes.
| Mr.. Emery said that they could and that
such had been the policy of the assOcia
| ton.
| DR.. Bartlett suggested that the associa-
ton have cards printed to give to contrib
utorss for use when persons come to them
| asking for assistance. The question was
discussed and DIR. Bartletts suggestion was
! adopted. There being no further business
before the meeting the association ad-
| journed.
| Third Subdivision Meeting.
| A meeting of the board Of directors of the
! third subdivision, Associated Charities. was
held last evening at their office. 1929 Penn
| sylvania avenue. Judge w. S. Cox in the
! chair The report of the treasurer was
| read, showing the amount contributed dur
I ing the year was S1,305.O5; expenditures.
81 1886; balance on hand. S7.19. The regis
/ trars report is as follows: Groceries fur
nished, go families; coal furnished 1873 fam
| lilies; coke and wood furnished, 81 families;
{ clothing and HannelS. 81 families; admitted
/ to Nat. Col Home. l person; employment
! found, persons; shoes. % pairs; comforts,
| blankets and sheets. q families. This sub
| division maintains an Aged Women's Home
| and Sewing School, and is in active opera
| ton the entire year. Contributions of
/ aI nd Ia