The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-01
ORPHAN AND. AGED.
Pacific Hebrew ~ Asylum
!. and Home. .-..= =I...
President Levy Recommends a Raid
ON the Country Districts for Aid. ::
superintendent Report. :: ! :.

% The annual meeting Of the Pacific He
brew Orpian Asylum and Home: SueierY,
POSTPONED for one week ON account of the:
death oil Martin Heller. one of its most
:honored members, was. held yes terday
afternoon at the asylum on Deyisadero.
street. -: s /: - ~: :,
:. The meeting was we'll attended. the chill
dren turning out especially and making
another gaia day oil Ill = =
I: The feature of: the meeting was, of
course, the reports Of President Levy and
Superintendent Mauser -; :.
:, The presidents sreport' called attention
to the crowded condition of the. asylum
and home, the former demanding more
room at once, which is TO be. supplied 10
the erection of a new wing TO the present
building. 9: e =. So 80
:. ..The cost of these essential: i'm prove.
smenfs. he said, Twill be at least $15, 600,
and unless we make: theses i'm pro vements
we. will be compelled to decline all ne "
| applications for the admission of children,
as we do now, except In extreme cases of
distress. :~~:.': . -
''such O. sum taken from the interest
hearing. capital will reduce the. income,
while fne' expenses for additional servants,
heating and other ouIiays in the:new wing
wlli largely increase the expense account,
| which,, for the, past year, amounted 10
| 1924, 760 SO. Adding the expenses of the
| home, $l0.4SS 6S, makes total expepdi-
| .ture of $35, 249 Ga, while the regular: in
| come was only S29,0SSs SO, showing loss
of S7l6l 81. The deficiency Of last year
amounted to Sl2,39z Al over the regular
Income. Obviously snch:a state of affairs
cannot last very long unless cur member
/ bership is largely increased in the near
l. future Ger good work will remain station
! airy, if it does not refrogress. The Heb 'e W
| population in the country is particularly
lax in giving us their: support. either
| in - membership; donations OF other
aid, but: they; are not: :.at $ all back
ward in sending. us their orphans and
/ their poor to receive our succor and sup
| mort. Even the regular m ails have been
l. found too slow to meet their eager require
msnts, and they have resoried TO the tele-
graph to secure more prom pit action in be
halt of their poor. l would recommend
that a committee. of fifteen members al
large be appointed to draft and SEND out
such circulars aud appeals as they. may
deem best, to stir:up more interest in the
country outside of San Francisco. and
would also suggest the appointment of one
or more solicitors for this city as well. in
frder that we may obtain the necessary
increase in our membership to supply the
i deficiency in our income. We are LOSING
steadily by deaths. designations and re
mOvals. Others are stricken from TIT
rolls for non-payment of dues.
"a committee of five should be appointed
to solicit donations toward the building o.
the additions.
, 1--WE have now the largest number o
: children under our care that he history o
J our society has ever recorded, viz. 12S. o
whom 116 make their home at the asylum
while twelve are boarded on the outside
Of the latter. ten are learning trades an