The Washington times., 1895-02-03
CHARITY COMING DOLLARS
CanVassers Have Collected and
Turned in $500 for the Poor.
REPLIES FROM 1000 PEOPLE
Supplies Which Have Been Promised Will
Be Collected o-morrow-committee Ex-
poets to Raise $40. O0o-Big Contributions
from Well-known Citizens - Important
Meeting Of the Central Relief Committee.


The flywhoel of the whole charitable move
nent just now is the canvassing committee.
Up to last night the committee had re-
ceived $1,000 in money contributions, 81, ,971
of which was sent in yesterday. In addition
to this they received 1000 replies to their
circulars, which advised the committee
where to call for provisions and all other
supplies except money
Four hundred OF these replies were sent
yesterday morning to the distributing CON-
mittee which will have the collections indi-
Gated on them made tomorrow morning.
Ample supplies were sent ont yesterday to
the several sub-stations for distribution.
EXPECT TO RAISE $4,000.
The canvassing committee expect to raise
at least $4,000. There is as yet no official
money report from Southwest Washington,
East Washington, three-fourths Of George
town, Mount Pleasant, and Mas sachusetts
avenue.
yesterday were from:
! 1iSf' III. tptdhCtf ulSttlCt. CO1O- hIS H.
P. Morgan. $500; Archibald Bliss, 800; Rev.
Dr. Mackaye-Smith 500: Mrs. Thomas
! Nelson Page, SlG0; Mrs. Harriet Lane John
| son. $50; Henry White, $50; Mr.. l.. ID. Wine.
$780, T. w. Davis, S25; Mrs Margaret Eads,
S25; Stilson Hutchins, %; Barnes Sanner,
$50: George W. King. for north of N street,
east OF Tbirty-second street. $202; Great At
lantic and Pacific Tea Company, Washington
Branch, through n. II. Bowman, S25, and 2
per cent. yesterdays sales.
Collections OF supplies from the War De-
partment and Pension 0fiice will be made on
| Monday. In both these places the pound
parties were big successes The returns
| from the 2 per cent sales OF the Market Asso-
! citation and the tea company will be made in
money TO the central relief committee or the
! canvassiDg committee.
WORK IN EAST WASHINGTON.
| While no returns haze been made in money
to tho eanvassing committee from East Wash
/ ington there has been some big work done
there. Mrs. ]. W. Babson. chairman of that
extensive district said yesterday that she had
/ already report from several suD-committees,
one ofwhich had turned in S119 and more than
/ two Others who had returned $50 each. Mrs.
/ BabsOn said that the best people on the HILL
/ ladies and gentlemen, undertook the laburi-
/ Gus work oil the house-to-bouse canvass, and
/ fourteen out OF her nineteen sub-chairmen
met at her house on one OF the most disagree
/ able nights of the year TO make arrangements
( for the next day
One lady, she said, went out in the bitter
! cold and found several families without
either fire or food" This lady did not wait
Oh committees. She had them all supplied
Immediately with both fire ana food. But
that was not all. She made canvass OF the
District and got three OF the families pro-
Yided with work.
SHE APPLIED HEROIC REMEDIES.
! Mrs. Babson sent out SIS worth OF coal to
people in East Washington yesterday. She
/ said that she knew cases where the poverty
was so great that the parents had to keep the
children in bed TO keep them warm. Ii is to
these people that the coal goes, aud it is eyi-
dent that Mrs. Babson did not wait for an
official appropriation. Desperate diseases
require heroic remedies.
Mrs Babson also gave instances where the
poorest people would rather die than beg,
| and the only way she reaches these is by the
! talk of children and the neighbors. who IN
sist on something being done for the silent
sufferers.
| The soup kitchen had as usual big run
| on it yesterday. but that is one Of the banks
| that can be relied upon when all other
sources OF Immediate relief fail.
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE.
| The central relief committee met yesterday
afternoon in the private office of Judge G. c.
Cole in the city hall. There were present
Judge Cole, chairman; Mr.. L. S. Emery,
| secretary, Mr.. Lawrence Gardner. DR.. J.. w.
Richie. Mr.. J. W. Somerviile, Mount
! Pleasant; Col. John Tracey. Mr.. John L.
/ Cook Mr.. Isaac Biount, Miss Harriet b.
! Loring, Mrs. J. W. Babson, East Washington,
and Miss Irescott, OF the committee on col
/ lection.
Chairman Cole. on opening the meeting,
| spoke of the good work of the canvassing
committee and heard read a com munication
from Mrs Macfarland asking that emergency
cases found by the canvasSers be made spe-
cial, and one from Miss Erwin in reference to
the recent entertainment for charitable pur-
poses, which was referred to Dr. Howe.
| DISPOSITION OF SUPPLIES.
Mr. Somerville desired that the wo cd con-
trihuted by Thomas Blagden, of Argyle
Farm. be credited to Mount Pleasant.
| Mr. Somerville said that his understanding
was that the wood was to be distributed gen.
,raily.
In reference TO forty cords of wood con-
tributed by Mr.. W. W. Wright a resolution
was passed authorizing the distribution COM
mittee to take such steps as they thought
| best for its distribution.
The bills of the eanvassing committee for
printing, etc., amounting to about S119. were
| passed and authorized to be paid.
| There were no reports from the committee
ON ways and means, or from the treasurer.
The detailed report of Mr. Gardner for the
| committee on distribution for the week was
| submitted. The report begins from January
| 81, no contributions being available dur
ing the week up TO that date. There was,
however, money in the treasury. The report
then says:
"Our committee are under many obliga-
tions for the very liberal donations that we
/ have received during the week Of bread,
which have been promptly sent out. There
are now orders on hand for about 1000
loayes OF bread for distribution during next
week. Wereceived from Saks Il Co. donation
of new shoes. orders for which have been
issued to the Union Mission, Associated
| Charities, and the police department.
| COLLECTION ON MONDAY
| s'Ihe results of the work of the canvassing
committee as to supplies and clothing have
reached your committee this morning under
novel process Of arrangement for collection
on Mondav. Up to the present time We are
| in receipt of 400 orders for clothing and pro-
visions that have been donated.
/ ffDuripcy the yVaak vOl1r