The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-08
SOCIETY GIRLS CHARITY.
SAYING WORK OF FORTY ToUNG
WOMEN OF TINE -. +. N. 7.

redeemed boys. and the Money Aid They
Grant Families TO Keep Them from RuIn.
One OF the most remarkable OF the charity So
cieties in this city 10 the ID. Y. N. 7. which last
week gave Mt Sherry's the annual fair for the
benefit Of the association. The full name of tho
association Is the do Ye Nexte Thynge So
ciety,' and the members are young girls belong
ing to the best families In the city. The report
Of the clubs work this year, for instance, is
signed by Miss Madeline l.. r. Satterlee, n
daughter OF DIR. lie Roy Shtterlee and n debu-
tnnte of several sonsons ago. Miss Annette u.
Boardman Is the President; Miss Margaret l..
Clnrkson the Vice-President, and Miss Ever
eta Kernochan. the Corresponding Secretary.
Miss Laura Dudley, Miss Alice Winthrop. Miss
Emily Norrie. Miss Amelia Stephens, and the
rest OF the Visiting are all young
women whose faces are moro familiar at balls
than In the regions which they visit in the 30
ciety work.
Although the workers are girls and young
women whose position in society is as good as
the best In New York. the work which the forty
members of the d. Y. N. r. chrry on ia not al
lowed to be affected by that fact. They enter
into practical charity. house visiting, and the
personal direction OF some of their charges.
Just now the ambition: OF the members are d.
rected toward n farm colony, q model tenement,
or q large laundry which shall be self-support-
ing. The members are looking for some such
scheme In order to give employment to
the many persons who come under tho %society's
notice. and are not provided for. as not sum
Client employment for them is to be found. But
it is not with work on such n scale. and work
that can be conducted on the broad plan OF the
| proposed institutions. that the members OF the
society now occupy themselves with. Those
are ambitious dreams OF the future. At present
the young women are busted with matters
much less elaborate and much more personal.
Tho Secretary's report this year mentioned
some cases of the soclety's work which show
with how much sincerity and earnestness these
young women. who might be expected to DO
much more interested in ~cotillon favors and
afternoon teas. attend to the work which they
have undertaken. The Visiting re-
ports that during tho winter OF 1895 90 there
were 500 persons aided and 100 families visited
by members OF the committee. Other interest
ing s~tatistics describe the cases of the eight
families who received loans of money for rent
from the society. OF the recipients of the
eighteen bottles of cod liver oil and matted
milk, and OF the nineteen families who were
supplied with groceries during the winter.
There were thirty-three women which the 30
ciety kept regularly employed in sewing during
the winter. These cases were of the kind which
young society women might have undertaken
without special difficulty. barring the visiting in
stuffy and Ill smelling rooms as well as in local
tiles that are very different from Fifth avenue.
But some OF tho cases narrated in the catalogue
Miss Satterlee's report mentions this case
among the others which were looked after last
year by the ID. Y. n. +. Society:
A exceedingly difficult case to deal with"
Miss Satterlee writes, was that OF q young hoy
brought up In The worst snrr9pndings, whose
less and embittered by the hardness OF her lot.
Though only Is. the boy had spent most Of his
acters OF the neighborhood. The visitor found
work for him and tried to persuade him to lead
to have been made, when he was arrested for
stealing pigeons and sent. to the Tombs. In
the intercession OF the visitor, committed to
the charge Of the Boys Republic, where his
s S0a, sas i being M ra'd s. by Sne the OF h sss m of iIe R OF
public, reports that so far he has been one OF
the most reliable boys. and has been appointed
post OF some importance in the Republic"
Not all the subjects Of the philanthropy of
claimed boy. Miss Satterlec's report tells the
story OF the %society's work:
treated for some time past BY her husband,
who, though q man of intellisence and ability.
lStt, h.. os snd e eonafnaa HP III in ~ Sad c @na %ns '"Hfy IL;
had been out of work for some time. their rent
TIA, tbs s GM5nE' I fna w tass w who h saaFT s,4sss, "a
hard to keep her home respectable and
n"r eh'idrs9 neat and clean n, became bee me, en- cns
advice "a her visitor in the society. That very
morning l"r husband had threatened to take
| once and 90 with the children TO st. Barnabas's
Home until other arrangements could be made:
and take away the remaining child. She found
him in a stnte OF despair. as he was really
favor l"Hql Of Alter n 'a@ milking !" to spite so, IF husband Sis nd
ana wife, a reconciliation was effected between
Item, Ths man , Sppo a, ,Ss h R,b Intention c,ns to re,
lie attended Tor the hrst time and continued
from that evening to be one Of the regular mem;
bers. The atmosphere OF their home life seemed
entirely changed, and they began TO pay back in
instal!incnts the money lent them for rent
chnucel. The husband found temporary work.
ami Is nnw willing to take anything offered him
in the way OF employ ment'
One instance in which the society intcrfcred
to help II young woman OF about the age OF most
Of the members Is related thus:
A interesting case was that of a young girl
OF twenty. one. the daughter OF II country cler-
gymsn with a very small salary and a large
seek employ meni, and tried to maintain herself
by working with a dressmaser until her ser.
NJ S' in '"t the street,, %esn' of H'I New york Si1 when Is"n
for aid. Money was lent her for board and
memhcrs appiei In her behalf at the Post
Grnduate Training School for Nurses. where
he was received otw,t1sta"hInr that many
nurses outfit was provided for her 10y the So
ciety aud every ~exer;inn male for her welfare.
She IL now happily. placed with tho Sisters OF
st. Mary at Trinity Hospital, and has returned
the entire sum OF $50 loaned her by the society,"
Nut only their own sex is aided. but the young
women extend n hand Ia men In need. rs this
instance related by Miss s~a!terlre shows;
"A young man OF Gentlrmhily appearance
came QUO day to tho sOriety's Oif1re to ask for
employment. Ills health was not strong and
H. had been ga, of, work most Of the winter,
Everywhere he npi lied II city reference was
required, and the, money with WHICH he
Ind come from TrxGs 10 New York WAS
! owl IA t.l INnlv Ipn AMI hA!nO alt n
his pocket. The society lent him money
fer hoard and lodging. while Application whs
made for him to IA w"ll-kIOwn real estate firm
In the city. His references were investigated,
proved satisfactory, and he WAS Y ven q position
In the office. Had he been IA day longer without
mid he wUuld doubtless have been driven to de
spair. lie has proved both capable and trust
worthy, and has recently been the means of sell
ing n valuable piece Of property for the firm"
A member of the society passed last summer
In 81. MRry's Free Hospital in order 10 learn
something ahou. the treatment anu nursing Of
children'~ diseases md thus make tho visits of
the committees NOR" efiectunl. The society
conducts alsoR summer work department which
was 0pon this year from May 7 tn Nov. !. Dur