The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-10
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR.
The Noble Work They Are Doing 70
the Aged and Infirmed.

The Noble Work They Are Doing for
the Aged and Infirmed.
The friends OF the Little Sisters OF the
Poor who conduct the Home for the Aged
ct Perry and Drayton streets wish stten-
ton called to the effort now being made by
the society to secure new and more suitable
quarters for the work
The Little Sisters Of the Poor Is a society
| or organization which dsvotes itself entirely
/ to caring for the aged aud inflrmed who are
without means or friends. The society only
began its work in Savannah in 1890. when
| It was granted the old episcopal
residence at Perry and Drayton streets.
The sisters are members of Catholic order
whose headquarters are In France.
The members devote their lives 60 this
work OF caring for the aged. and are sent
out by the parent society to all quarters of
the globe. Many Of them are women of
birth and refinement. Though a Catholic
| Institution, no questions are asked as to
religion or creed of applicants, and the ma
lority OF those now inmates of the home are
Protestsnts. No person under 60 years of
age Is received at the home. There
over half OF whom are men. They are
given food and clothing and the sisters
make them as comfortable as possible.
The home depends entirely for its support
upon the daily contributions of those
whose attention is attracted toward il.
These contributions are solicited
daily by the sisters at the
market and from door to door. They have
excited the interest OF a number OF good
people OF all denominations, who have ex-
emined the work Of the institution aud
found IL highly commendable, aud the do
nations from this source are about sufficient
to maintain the home. Often, however,
hos drFNa Ras1 SS l..
more than once that the good sisters and
their charges have had only bread to eat
and sometimes not enough of that
The old bishops residence not being prop
erly fitted up for such home the inmates
suffer many discomforts and Inconvenience.
1t was found impossible to keep the build
ing comfortably warm during the recent
cold weather. The building now has more
inmates than it can properly accommodate
and several deserving applicants are turned
away each week. This is greatly regretted
by those in charge, as their desire Is to re-
ceive all who apply who are needy and de-
serving and have no other place to 20.
The sisters have secured several lots near
the Georgia infrmary aud they desire to
erect there building which will be better
suited to the work in which
they are engaged and which
will be sufficiently commodious to accom-
modate at least 100 inmates. Their idea is,
II sufficient amount is secured by the
offerings Of their friends, TO begin a build
ing at the location named, and by erecting
one wing OF the building at a time they
hope to secure after while building such
as their needs require.
The charity is certainly most deserving
one "lf it is praiseworthy TO care for
orphan children" said charitable lady, In
speaking Of this subject yesterday "how
much more deserving of praise must be
those who give their lives to attendance
upon old, sick and oftentimes disagreable
men and women.n
lt is to be hoped that the Little Sisters OF
the Poor will be successful in their efforts
to enlarge the scope Of their charities.