The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
FRUIT And FLOWER MISSION.
ONE OF THE MOST DESERVING
CHARITIES IN THE CITY AND
COUNTY.
NOBLE WORK DONE BY THE LADY
MEMBERS DURING THE PAST
YEAR.
The charities that soothe and cal and bless a
Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers.

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Are scattered at the feet OF man Ike MOWERS
The San Francisco Fruit and Flower
Mission is one of the most deserving char
tiles in San Francisco. Its object is to
distribute fruit and flowers, papers and
magazines to the people in hospitals and
city institutions. Further, clothing, food
and medicines are given to the deserving
poor. In this connection the society last
year distributed:
Twenty-four bottles SCOTS emulsion, s45
pounds rolled oats, 235 pounds crackers, IL
boxes crackers 10 bags crackers, $50 cans con-
densed milk, 1917 dozen eggs, 222 bottles port
wine cans evaporased cream, 424 Jars beef
extract, 47411 pounds tea, 265 glasses jelly, 40
bottles claret, 10S cans fruit, 925 pounds
sugar, $50 pounds corn meal, I3 quart bottles
whisky, $3.50 pounds -four, 10 bottles cod
liver oil, 25f pounds beans, 70 pounds
coffee, 73S pounds rice, IA bottles white
wine, IL bottles Florida water, bottles
boxes vermicelh, 6 boxes snowflake crackers,
1853 pounds germea, 8 bottles yaseline, bottle
matted milk, bottles bay rum, bottles Mel
Inns food, 3 bottles beef, iron and wine, 1877
pounds oatmeal Is glasses wine jelly, II boxes
oranges, 80 pounds dried fruit, large box
prunes, large bags dried fruit, bottles sherry,
125 pounds sage, bottles porter, 80 boxes
mixed fruit, 8 barrels apples 135 pounds faxed
oats, boxes cherries, IS pounds breakfast de-
boxes rasins, 80 pounds raisins, q boxes mac
aroni "a sacks potatoes, cans corn beef, D
pounds chocolate, Ill pounds candy, p box
lines, l whole sheep, 8 hams, 2 tongues,
roasts, 100 turkeys, 80 chickens, 3 boxes grapes,
boxes cranberries, los heads celery, 1876 pies,
112 loaves bread, II cakes, besides almonds,
butter, cheese, candles, soap, alcohol, cauli-
flower, squash and many well-flled hampers
OF fruit.
The articles acceptable for distribution
are:
Flowers, cut or in bouquets; potted plants,
seeds, slips, punches OF lavender, sweet-scented
n1n 40 foil hnn
zines and papers OF any date Except the dali
ies), in any language; toys, old cotton or linen,
clothing, and baskets OF any shape or sort.
Also cologne, fruit, preserves, vegetables, eggs,
butter, provisions, candy, etc.
These should reach the society's hall be-
fore noon on Thursday of each week.
The institutions visited regularly are the
City and County, st. Luke's and Califor-
MIA Woman's hospitals, the Home for In
curables, the Old Ladies' Episcopal Home,
Crocker Home, Maria Kip Orphanage, the
Sheltering Arms, Nursery for Homeless
Children, Occidental kindergarten and
Girls Directory. Outside OF these lnstltu-
tons the private visiting committee called
upon la new cases during the year. In
this they were greatly aided by the volun-
tary and untiring services of Dr. Philip K.
Brown, DIR. Adelaide Brown, DIR. Lucia
Lane, DR.. Virginia Smiley, DR.. Elizabeth
Yates, DIR. NJ. Krotoszyner, DIR. Francis
Sprague. DR.. A. Adler DR.. A. Abrams,
Shiels.
During the year the society received from
donations, an entertainment at the Cali
fornia Theater and other sources $2042 70,
and expended in relief $18S7 15 Besides
this there were 40 500 papers, books and
magazines distributed among the Aims
house, City and County Hospital, Califor-
mia Woman's Hospital, Old Peoples Home
st. Luke's Hospital and Home for Incur
ables. In this way the San Francisco
| Fruit and Flower Mission has done a vast
amount of good, and is now reaching out
for wider fields.
The officers of the society are:
Honorary president, Miss Mary D. Bates;
| president, Miss Martina w. Shainwald: first
| vice-president, Miss Anne Bryce; second vice
ing secretary, Miss Harriet jacobson; recording
secretary, Miss Cecile j. Sanderson; treasurer,
Mrs. George H. buckingham; auditor, Theo-
dore E. Smith; librarian, Miss Winifred C.
Douglass; assistant librarian, Miss Matte L.
Brown.
Private visiting committee-Mrs. Louise Ar
House committee-11rs. Louisa Dowlen, chair
man.
Hospital visitors-Miss Meta Thompson, Miss
Florence Lippitt, Miss Hilda Castle, Miss Angie
jacobson, Miss Alice Taussig, Miss Bastheiin
Miss Hattie Bastheim, Miss Delphine Cert
Committee on supplies-Miss H. L. LesZynsky
(chairman), Miss Ellie Johnson, Miss Ida Fisher,
Miss Fannie Danforth.
Advisory board---Mrs. I. W. Raymond. Mrs
Charles R. Story, Mrs. n. B. Currier, Mrs Oliver
Eldridge, Mrs. George F. Ashton, Mrs. Z. p.
Slosson.
Trustees-M H. Hecht, George f. Bucking-
ham, Miss Mary d. Bates, Miss Martha w
Shainwald, Miss Anne Bryce, DR.. George F.
Powers, Theo E. Smith, Dr. Philip X Brown,
Rev. Charles J. Mason, Miss Harriet jacobson.
Mrs. George II. Buckingham.
The British empire and its dependencies
and colonies embrace II 600 square
miles, or about the size of all Africa