The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-20
GIFTS FOR THE POOR
sroKsyE SCHOOL CHILDREN UNITE
IN MAKING OTHERS HAPPY.
.rxron. of Christina. Presents for
the Needy and De-sfsnte-Fo"r
Children Generously Make Donna
siens for Families I'm NHnt-aa-
80, cu.sem Observed Through
eat Spokane.

SPOKANE. Dec. Is.--specsal--t hss
h.ssr e.awz0rlary for fhs past e.xnt J cas-
go~ ne <escaerz OF TAs paDae SCHOOLS .
&c ne Children IN rsc.r charge an appoT-
efsnlty 70 remember Toe poor .ltn g4fis "l
ese.r ogxn liking. Friday oe8ns ne iaS
dav Of school prler 20 TIE e3os.ng for the
s,oRsay vacation. ire afternoon vas de-
.rgsea entirely to tins rece.vl1g q the
presents.
TIE Urinary children brought orAaStSs
are,5es ard ;sosatoes. asrae OF sae little tots
bringing but one. while others brought
them "a haif-st0zen asso-tments- it-
.~nolarg OF fssner grades brought gifts OF
every description. IN al manner OF guam
.ssses, and before long after opening nc
various rooms looked as II they mad been
turned into commtssaEy department. 80
abundant raa the stock and - gTN&I Is
variety. There were sacks Of po-Atosss
lars OF frzK.t. canned goods OF eFety -
scrspsfon, -four n quarter ard e'sa,h-
tsxrrei sacks, apples BY the busnei' ealDies
- - kf,,As ard an many instances taers
was here and there a garment Of csetlilAs.
After xhA collections we're MADE from
ss4 various schools IL was estimated tn2t
~hav weighed from forty 20 hfty TONS oi'~
OF che nosG pleasing features o. tie s4F-
ing was noticed a. the scl4uots located N
rhe s,oor districts, where the poorest cniIa
brought something for some other htt4s
os,e as unfortunate n one respect as fissit
IN these schools the aggregate gifts we're
equal 10 those OF the richer settlements.
,rhs largest snare Of TIE collection VIII
BE- turned over 70 the managers OF the
Home for the Friendless. one or the p's-
s.sef charitable institutions IN the city.
me residue will be distributed under the
direction OF Lleut. Layery. VINO - hired
by the city 20 attend 70 cases OF poverty
arr distress.
In spite Of spokane's prosperous times
there are many cases OF extreme destltu-
tion, and Lieut.. Layery can make happy
use OF n.s share. Only yesterday he re-
ported 70 the city authorities that there
were three families undergoing the re-
strsctfon II quarantine against The spread
of tlphthsria Who were almost destitute
OF bedding. In one OF the cases the family
did not even possess a stove for fhs heat
ing OF tho room in which the sick child
lay.
psphthersa seems TO have taken strong
hold here, and the efforts % &. health
Officer 90 stamp Il out seem 20 amount 90
rtfis lie maintains that the spread OF
sha disease - due 20 poor or lack OF sewer
age sn the old resident portions Of the CITY.
Ills iazr report shows that there have
been T7s cases OF diphtherla and mem
;yran0us Group during the past fifteen
months There ara others. however. who
sewer connections as u ~ stricter quar-
anslne against the spread OF the disease
Cases have been cited where there Was
practically no restrictions upon the In
mates u the house infected. by their go
ting to ard from their business. receiving
friends and generally exercising their or
binary ways OF living. In other cities the
board OF health generally employs men as
quarantine officers. whose duty 81 IS 20
patrol the residences under quarantine
and see that the quarantine rules are lived
up 90 also 70 deliver messages and the
FAMILY mail. as the postal laws strictly
forbid the delivering OF mail 20 any build
ing IN which there is = contagious dis
ease.
Although Or. ". w. Potter f. Repfo-
iiean. and those who have publicly criti-
c.sed him arc Populsts after his position.
vet, IN ell fairness, a more rigid enforce
rnsut OF quarantine rules would have a
good effect and 60 far towards extermi-
asrfVer