St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-18
ALL IS FOR CHARITY.
The Relief Society at Its
Quarterly Meeting Elects
officers,
And the Associated Charities
Talk Over the Situation
at Night.
Wrs. Beard Interestingly Lee
Wrs. Beard Interestingly Lee
lures on Poets Blessed
With Humor.
Personal Paragraphs and the
Stray Social Notes OF
St. Paul.

The st. Paul Relief society, for the
help of the poor, held its quarterly
meeting at the relief rooms on Ninth
street yesterday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock, ex-Gov. Ramsey, president, pre-
siding. Secretary Hutchins reported
that during the last three months l,l34
persons had been helped by the society,
Rl.5OO.S SO in money had been expended,
SSO5. Is in clothing had been given, and
food and fuel to the amount OF S694.3o.
In his report the secretary said that lie
wished II were possible to express the
amount of want and poverty that had
been brought to his notice. Old people,
who were partly self-supporting, came
and begged for warm tlannels to protect
their shivering bodies from the cold:
handwriting women. who had small
children to support, but we're glad TO
do all that they could, were compelled
by poverty to live in wretched, cold
houses, and begged for stoves or
fuel to keep their helpless children
warm clothing of all kinds was lmpela-
lively needed, and warm beddlng, Dlan-
kets and comforts TO make their beds
warm enough. And work for men who
were only too glad to earn money III
stead of asking for help, but who could
find nothing TO DO. The self-reSpecting
poor would reach the utmost extremity
before they would ask for aid. Mr.
Hutchins spoke of band OF NOBLE
women, who called themselves visiting
sisters, who had been of great help to
him in looking after tie sick poor and
in caring for them. Report accepted.
The treasurer. ID. Moves Jr., reported
that the society, in spite OF unusual
calls upon it for Ii oney, had $3.50 III the
treasury to begin the new year. Report
accepted.
The election of the executive commit
tee being in order, the chair appointed
a committee of three Oh nominations.
After comforting the nomination com.
mittee reported the following names:
Messrs. w. l.. Wilson. G. n. Hackett,
II. ii. Hart, John Mann; MesdameS j.
H. Murphy. ii. c. Burbank, j. l.. Mer-
riam, who were elected.
Mr.. Peet moved that the executive
committee be instructed TO have the re-
port Of the last years work published
iii pamphlet form, which was carried.
MIR. Noyes moved that iii this book a
resolution of thanks 10 Richard Hall,
who has been secretary fer many years.
but has now resigned the position, and
OF great help to the society Tor the last
ten years, be published expressive OF
the esteem in which he is held by his
associates in the society; also that Mr..
BALI be retained as an assistant to MI
HutchinS, with reasonable compensation.
EeY Dr.. Smith moved that Mr.. NoySe
be designated to prepare this motion,
as his we'll known ability in such mat
ters is assurance that the matter could
not be in better hands. After some dis
CuSSlOn the motion carried.
Some discussion arose as to providing
or electing an agent, but as Mr.. HutchinS
is acting in that capacity to the satiS-
faction Of all concerned the matter was
postponed to another meeting.
Mrs. w. G. Burbank was reelected
superintendent of industrial school.
Mrs. X. NJ. Newport was reelected
superintendent of the woman'S aux
iliary.
The question of superintendent of
the day nursery, which has become an
auxiliary to the society, came up. After
some discussion this was postponed to
another meeting.
Mrs. Clark, secretary of the day nur-
sery, through Mr.. iiSOn, applied to the
society for temporary aid for this most
deserving branch of charitable work.
The nursery has labOred under unusual
disadvantages. but has several projects
in hand by which they hope soon to
raise money. They have rented the
spare rooms in their house so that they
bring in little money, but not enough
for their daily expenses.
DR.. Smith moved that the day nursery
be loaned a sum of money not to exceed
$50 to help them over their present en-
barrassment. Carried. Adjourned.