The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11
AN Appeal FOR THE s1oK poon.
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Asks fur Aia in Her
Charitable Work.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sir: Tho dona-
lions which 1 have received for my work among
tho poor who are also very sick have mado
such n radical difference in tho lives of q num-
Der OF nearly desperate people that l cannot
hesitate TO beg for more hclp, even II l am not
enabled to increase tho Hist of my dependents,
but gladly go on with the quota l have had
thus far. Some brilliant promises have faded
In tho bud, and / am just now very nearly rs
poor as tho women l would help continuously.
but who will feel hunger and lose their homo
corners II l do not win charity for them from
unseen friends.
l will describe some Of the needs which urge
me to beg for those helpless poor, whose ad-
dresses l can privately supply II aid turns our
way again and any one wishes to call upon the
different cases, or money can DO sent to me at
my address, COS Water street, Corlcars Park,
OF the expenditure Of which 1 will give account.
For eight months q very poor woman has come
to mo almost daily, to have two large sores
dressed, and l have greatly improved hor con-
dition from, the first. This has been accom-
pli:hed partly BY seeing to y that she has some,
means | have used, making her facc sunny
with relief, have been nothing moro dincult Of
comman than daily quarters of u dollar twhcn
successes eeess q 20 s spSsS 'p piseo. OF The Sn p pS5S Ssf% prosen ts
itself, shall this pool, old woman go to tho poor
days and tender relationships She has believed
once more that friends are not all dead TO her,
and God not wholly interested elsewhere. l
beg that some one will give 81 for her next
months living expenses.
DO treated for a number of sores, which have
boon healed, tho last being extremely serious,
go that the physician expected to DO summoned
to open tho wound and scrape the bone. !
trust the patient is nearly ready to be dismissed
as cured without the operation. But l have
strengthen and purify the system and blood
lest the old conditions return. No work in the
causes Of the mans lack Of proper food, hence,
impoverished tissue; I beg that money may
Of hard ssEdn luck III 70 4 af fair.sop ieao& Brave se's and eontie,
manly artisan he Is. clover at his trade and
4 pale shade Of q woman comes very fire..
9uently for treatment or the eyes. She is ono Of
the incest friends / have, being 50 gentle, and
so much better than when 1 began TO battle her
eyes. 1 might fntter myself that l am o
Of borlc acid so often, waved from the fingers Of
q professor. Or l might imagine that my 10y.
brfnsiDs color to her sSostiy fieshs. But / am
obliged to admit that the piece of silver l al.
ways put into her palm, and the cEusts OF bread cad
moro to do with her increasing tangibility
Nursing. or any other charity. without a little
sss"yine stoics of whom I write; This hall
blind woman, moreover. can wash and. scrub
jected because she roams about a little .be
tween tub and boiler. Yet l cannot give heI
any pay for her work II I am without funds
VIII not q kind hand send $40 for the require
ments of the next month in this instancef.
There Is o terrible case Of cancer to which
have been repeatedly called without consent
ing to respond, as IL would take mo to Brooklyn
often, I feared, and bring further expense upor
me. At last / could not any longer reject the
chance of bringing some relief, and l cannot bt
sorry that q week ago ! saw the sufferer. She
was ono Of the noblest and loveliest Of women
for many years o hard worker, bat as stately
and beautiful as a queen. and patient beyond
pared to most Of those with whom I am deal
Ing, the hard times have struck her famil,
also, and there will be many little things L
give her n better chance OF recovery, which
shall desire to bring, that must DO denied her l
I am without mOney-even without: money Il
pay the car fares of those who go to her for me
! beg for 80 with which to continue my shar'
In her Improvement.
It will be seen, I hope. from this little list o
modest needs how simple u~ntrammelled CHART!
can be, how inexpensive, how appealingly com
? forting. These are q few of the cases that ar
touching my heart all the time. Could ! res
without tel1ing-you that You can easily help 81
sad o dearth Of necessariesf No, / could no
rest. do not ask for q diamond, ] ask for
little life, o little freedom from pain Thil
petition, multiplied q hundred fold, .is all
could ever ask, as a servant OF the sick poor
Let ono of tho well-to-do help one Of tic poor
One guardian angel is enough for each
ROSE HAWTHORN LArHRo