The herald., 1896-01-19
LADIES' HEBREW SOCIETY
Annual Reports of the Vice-President
and Secretary Submitted.
Record of the Work of Charity That Has Been
Administered by Kind Hearted and
Generous Ladies

Mrs. W. I. Barnett, vice-presdent of the
Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent society, has
submitted her annual report. After the
introduction Mrs. Barnett pays the follow
ing deserved compliment to ner co-workers:
"After such long and efficient work per-
formed with never tiring hand and heart
by our faithful president, Mrs. s. Hellman,
it was indeed with trepidation that the
vice-president assumed her arduous duties.
But this anxiety was soon relieved, when,
on the assumption of these uties l found
myself SO ably assisted by ; II o oIr men,
bers. and more particularly. our worthy
board, to each and every one of whom l
must here, first of all extend my thanks,
for their earnest cooperation Ths calls
that we're made upon us dur ng the year
were more numerous than ever before, yet
we have always striven to allev' ate the dis
tressed. and with as opened hand as poss-
Bile. have found it necessary to 81 IN 173
vouchers during my incumbency. which,
with the 81 signed by Mrs. Hellman
since January l. 1895, brings he total to
27O, being about 80 more than were signed
IN 1894: Our receipts were ccnsid erably
lessened from those of the prey ious year,
because of the absence of the socials given
by the society. Through the be nefa ,tions
of x. Cohn. Mrs. l. w. Hellmsn OF San
Francisco and Mrs. S. Hellman we have
been able to carry our expenses, and with
the receipts of our social, which the board
has decided to give in February. we hope
to be able to more than make both ends
meet. Our orphans, who have teen cared
for by the asylums here, will soon be DOM
lciled among their own people. At our
semi-annual meeting it was Gnanim )usly
decided to postpone the regular electi N of
officers complimentary to our W, Ithy pres
Liant I@1l. r
desire to extend my thanks 10 the G.
Is. society and especially to Messrs.
H. Newmark and j. Schlesenger for
their assistance, and to the Associated
Charities. While the work of orr society
has brought comfort and happiness to
many, let this still be an incentive to ex-
tend it,
The secretary of the society. Mrs. V.
katz, m ade'a very comprehensive report in
which she brought out the following ia cts:
Membership, January /. 1855. III;
admitted during 1895, IS; total, 1876; re-
signed, s: deaths, present members ship,
1926; receipts, 1895. $1573.73; disburse-
$154.?3.
"a quarter of a century has ccme and
gone since our organization began its work
of charity and benevolence. The years
have sped past, each bringing in its tr hin
added difficulties and burdens for our So
clety anu StloWiuB woman s IltIleSS LOT tne
work of charity
Poverty, suffering and distress grew
apace with the increase of our city, and
our duties became each year more ar1u-
GUS. How pleasant it is to look back
across the span of all these years and see
the work our society has wrought. View
it's almost countless missions of kindness
and assistance rendered, and feel in it all
that the years have not been fruitless, but
that we in our way have followed the di-
vine command "Help ye one another.'
The angel of death has visited the house,
bolds of number of our members, and in
every case our society has rendered prompt
sympathy. Although missing the cheering
zealousness of our president, Mrs. S. He'll
man, we have rejoiced with her at her
pleasure in foreign lands. During her alb
sence our vice president, Mrs. W. T. Bar
nett, has faithfully performed the duties of
president with much discretion, tact and
judgment. DR.. ID. w. Edelman has gener-