The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-12

claims TO be OF the religious denomina-
ton Of the person addressed.
a fraud about 30 years old. who has
Lost his left leg and uses crutches. claims
to ne a civil engineer and bexs Tor money
to get to Chicago or Savannah, or to buy
q wooden leg.
A bogus minister. who calls on clergy
men osfensihIy to solicit their influence
to procure him German pupils.
A peddler who claim 10 come from Al
hany. who sells sewing silk which Is poor
in quality and short In quantity; pre-
tends 10 be sent by some one known to
the person he applies TO: 10 a fluent taiker
and looks like a gentleman.
a tall young man with husky voice
and plausible manners. who procures re-
ports of benevolent societies and visits
their managers. claiming 10 have been
sent from one To another: usually asks
for money or clothing to enable him to
go 10 the Adrondacks or elsewhere for
his health.
A man of about Is. neatly dressed. who
writes letters of coincidence to persons in
affection. claiming 10 be an old friend OF
the deceased: often incioses an original
poem and few days later calls at the
house with tale of distress and asks for
clothing or money.
Almost every one has met one or thu
other OF these frauds. They are types
which have representatives in every large
city. To guarantee against their imposi-
tions the Baltimore society publishes a
list of them in it's journal. The New
York society also publishes confidential
bulletin describing them, which Is sent
to the societys members and TO other So
cieties all over the country. The deyel-
opment of the other local societies has
not reached this point Yet. but there is
national magazine called The Charities
vk ieh 10 tn,
is edited by Fred II. Wines and Rev Ed
ward Everett Hale. and N. Rosenau. OF
the Hebrew charities. is its business man-
ager.
IL last summers experience Is an index.
the coming winter Is going TO be busy
time with the charity workers all over
the country New York reflects the con-
dftion or the country, and last summer
In New York saw an unprecedented
amount of suffering. Charity Is associ~
ated in most minds with winter weather.
nut the summer, too. Is a season OF dis
tress- So many men and women go
away from the cities that there IL less
work in summer than there Is In win
ter. and much suffering ensues During
the three midsummer months there were
1876 requests for relief made at the New
York society's office This was more than
80 per cent. greater than the number Of
applications In 1896. During the winter
before the work OF relief was greater than
II had been In the winters of 1895 and
iA~- This winter there will probably he
more employment. but this will be offset
by the fact that many families out OF en-
pioyment viii reach the limit of their
savings. This was the cause OF increased
restitution last year.
The men who are identified with the
work OF charity in New York are known
all over the country. The treasurer Is
j. Pierpont Morgan, the millionaire bank
er and railroad owner. The president ID
Robert w. De Forest. The first vice
president is Charles s. Fairchild. once
secretary OF the treasury. Among the
vice presidents are Abram S. Hewitt. +.
III. Leggett, Oswald Ottendorfer J.
Hampton Robb. Seth Low, Jacob Schlr
and Nicholas Fish. Equally conspicuous
men are identified with the management
of charities in other cities, and the wealth.
lest people in New York. Philadelphia.
Chicago and other cities contribute 10 the
funds of private charities Millions Of
dollars are distributed every year. and
work is found for thousands OF men who
are In need
GEORGE GRANTfIAM Balm.