Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-10-26
AssooIArnp onARIrIEs.
Important Meeting Mt the New-century
Club Rooms Tuesday afternoon.

Important Meeting ut the New-Century
Club Rooms Tuesday afternoon.
The meeting of Associated Charity
visitors, neld Tuesday in the NewsCen-
fury Club parlors, was one of unusual
interest.
Mrs. @. N. Trump presided and called
upon Mrs. A. d. Warner TO state the
object of the meeting. Mrs. Warner
spoke as follows: awe have called you
together to-day, dear friends, not TO dis
cuss the causes of these troubles which
are so painfully manifest, but as to how
we shall handle aud deal with their
results that bad shall not be worse. o.
awe have no time to dwell on sentif
ment, butwe cannot refrain from taking
as our text Emerson's terse saying,
Man owes to man, man. ~
1.-THE nearest duty which lies at our
door this winter is most apparent.
What arc we going to do with the un-
employed men and their familiesg tits
question which commands the honest
and earnest thought of every man and
woman. That our charity workers
meet with constant encouragement Is
true, but does that lessen our duty to
humanity? That the labor question
with its Irregularities in supply and de-
mand is stone wall which constantly
blockades us is also true. Every man,
we feel should have the opportunity to
labor for livelihood. Give him work
and you are his friend. Give
him aims and idleness and you
are his enemy, for we all know
the evils kindred to idleness. So, let US
put our heads and hearts together that
we may come through the winter trium-
plant and not debauched because half
our population is idle and has lived on
the sour bread of almsgiving instead of
the sweet bread of honest labor.
"Our cause is common brotherhood
and to that end we must bend our faith
full efforts. Let us agree to-day that no
city shall be better systematized, better
cared for than our own, then through
cooperation and association we shall
be enabled to rise to the emergency and
ride bravely through the tempest. The
winter will not be question only of
giving, but Of sharing with our neigh
bors. We already have substantial evil
dences of this generous spirit from
many of our worthy citizens"
Mrs Warner explained the practical
workings of associated charities, and
general discussion followed, the Rev. II.
Ashton Henry, the Rev. j. Y. Dobbins,
| Mrs. II. q. Morse and Miss Smyth par
ticipating, each giving helpful sugges.
tons as to how cooperation through
churches, charities, Kings Daughters
and Y. w. @. T, U. could successfully
be achieved.
A message to the community was reed
from the executive committee Of the
Associated Charity as follows:
I. Do not give at your door to strangers
.. Send all applicants for relief to Asso
ciated Charities office, No. 1877 Tatnal
! street.
8. The superintendent will visit all case.
first, will administer temporary relief ant
report the same to the advisory COMMITTEES
on cases.
4. This committee will meet daily at TIL,
office from to p. m, ana any visitor
having specially perplexing cases will b.
welcomed there fol consultation anC
mutual good.
evening to visitors from the advisory com
Inittee, giving information so far as OBJ
tanned, and suggesting how they ma.
follow the ones in trouble and become the
helpful friends, ever bearing in mind, tina
true charity is giving of ourselves AM
teaching them to help themselves whel
health permits.
After the adjournment many ladie
enrolled themselves among the list o
visitors. The kindly Christian spiri
manifest through the entire meeting wa
very beautiful to see and feel. If other
were unavoidably detained from thi
meeting and desire to join the commit
tees they will be welcomed any time.