The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-22

Mr.. HebIard explained that besides the in.
crease in the size of the district. the society
had IN Increased number OF, requests for In
United Charities building. its central and CON
sricuous location attracting n greater mum Der
OF visitors than would otherwise call Tor RELIEF
:" However" continued Mr.. Hebbard there
are number OF people
usual destitution: Also. the. fact that there
are such charitable organizations here as New
cities and towns. especially the Hebrews.
hey 5e the rsf
resources Of the charitable societies OF this
city are not, able to cope with. Every citizen
ton tT.' through which it will receive PROMPT.
relief will surely be afforded If it is deserved.
The talk Of public subscriptions, Of soup
houses. and that sort q thing. makes the work
There is. unfortunately a large class of peo
pie in every great city who. seeing these igno-
for starving thousands make a great clamor
for aid where no aid Is deserved. II by their
hey sS
the necessity Of earning their meals. There is
nothing SO harmfully misdirected as amateur
-, The organized charities Of this city have
the proper machinery and are able to afford
Of bens
wasted. There are. at this time unusual de-
mands on the :, resources Of all charitable or
Tned aeSew Sc ua
the the foor tic Hh A aeey tho ST.
Vincent de Paul Society: and the Charity Or
c and in the
worthy societies. q course. but if The SIN
to som s, orsanisei Society we viii contI fS
market. to DO what we are now doing. assist
Mrs, NJ. Fullerton OF the Association for I'M
Is also in the United Charities building said
that there is unusual distress among the poor
sfe ead as g Ms
to investigate more cases of threatened dis
IN
time. however. / do not know Of a single case
Of d"stitu,ion which the organized charities Of
work In all parts Of the city. and we have
found the greatest increase in the number OF
ON "Wednesday next we take 800 CON
TO sf'e Sorton Pon ~SSH H dcn whsFe
cause Mr. Faust who is Working a among aeMs the
United Hebrew Charities do not do as much
for him as they should. have no fear for tho
present. we can take care OF all the cases III
the situation becomes no worse. or unless
OF destitute come to us from Chica-
go after the close OF the Fair
Mr.. Frank of the United Hebrew Charities.
12S Second avenue was next seen. He said
t hat he was called upon to give relef in an in
creased number OF cases. but had heard Of no
cases of starvation" and knew OF no case
which tho organized charities were unable to
relieve.
"Of course" said Mr.. Frank. there are at
this time an unusual number OF Hebrews I'M
employed. which means tho necessity OF re-
lieving an unusual number OF cases OF desti-
tuition. but the great Influx Of Hebrew immi-
grafton has added greatly to our own work"
Mr.. Frank look ed at the comparative figures
not express the increase Of work done by the
! nited Hebrew Charities. He did not have
figures at hand to show what tho incrsa Sc was
Miss Waterbury Of the Tenement Chapter OF
the King's Daughters. n Madison street. was
next cal led upon, She was not at the chapter
house. but en- assistant furnished the informa-
,eive most Of the help the Kings Daughters
give. and when the fathers OF the poor are out
of work there ID more distress among the little |
ones. Tho Tenement Chapter find their work
increased this year. but like the other in
'titutions visited they have found no case |
which the organized charities cannot relieve.
among the tenements ost want are orders |
or work. " any one who reads this has labor |
hat an able bodied man or woman can do. II |
is only for q woman to scrub a floor n man |
o dig or chop. let him write the necessary in |
ormation on postal card and mail il to Miss |
n Madison street. and tho work |
sick child or children to support. for the the |
Kings Daughters know Just where those men |
md women are to be- found.