New-York tribune., 1898-06-17
WOMEN AND THE WAR.
WHAT THE PATRIOTIC RELIEF SOCIETIES
ARE DOING.


PLANS FOR RELIEVING DESTITUTE fAhlLlEs
TAKING DEFINITE sHAPD-GIFTs TO THE FUND.
The Manhattan Hotel. at Fortysecond-st and
Madison-ave. was the scene Of the Womahs Ia
tro,ic War Relief Association meeting YESTERDAY
,noruiog The organization was able 10 take hnai
action on the subject which has been unoer ois-
cusslon namely that OF cooperating WIN me
N.w-York Soldiers Family Protective Association
and II was decided that the two bodies should WORK
along the same lines. and as much as possiole
with each other The men will investigate the
cases % families needing help. and the women VIII
proyiae ell things necessary
A report from the Investigating Committee are"
me attention Of the members TO a woman VINO
with her TWO children. has been found IN Green
point Long Island In a starving condition Inc
husband and father is IN the l4h Regiment. ana mas
gone TO the front. These people were IN so oes-
perste a state that the woman was about 10 jump
or>the dock into the river. but was prevented.
Several other equally worthy cases nave Deeh i0u0
ana promptly attended to.
The association will find and give work 10 those
needing It. and will provide for them clothing ana
food. An appeal. accompanied by blank. sent out
for aid reads as follows:
As the men and boys have gone to the fron' IN IN
part 10 aid and protect the families they nave elI
at home, and also 10 furnish hospital service anu anu
supplies on land and sea not PROVIDED Dy lhc |oN-
.riinent. This is not charity but part OF our
duty; -, -. o-,, =, .,,s association
ny securing subscriptions for any amount ana
when the blank is filed send Il 10 our treasurer
Mrs H. Gardner. Wetherbee. Hotel ManhatiSsn
Torty-second-st. and Madison-ave, VINO Will send
recefDt for same The list OF subscribers VIII De
published In The daily press
Communications 4, was said by a member may
be sent 10 Mrs A. r. Darling, No. ID East Twenty
sixth-st and 10 Mrs. Samuel Miller, The Kutiaho
Flfty-seventh-st and Broadway.
A suggestion was made that young men OF wealth
and leisure should he made investigators OF Needy
cases and thus save the expense OF paid agents
a resolution passed that the secretary DC q
rected TO ask Chauncey NJ. Depew 10 act on the
Advisory Board. ,
The German Woman's Patriotic Relief Assocla.
ton, formed by members OF the lAederkranz ana
day at LiederkTanz Hall. YESTERDAY. through me
president Mrs h. Schneider. and the treasurer
Mrs A. Tshcpre. offered Itself an auxiliary OF
the Wonan's Patriotic Relief Association. The
otner officers OF the German body are Mrs I. H.
Schulz first vce-president; Mrs. J. II: senner sec
ond vlce-president: Mrs. Charles Miehling record
INK secretary and Mrs. Mittendorf, corresponding
secretary.
Mrs. Coe the vice. president OF the National So
c.etv OF New England Women. was present. ana
said that. Il contrary TO the rules or me
constitution for that organization 10 become auNil-
iary any other, II could not join IN the WOrk IN
that way. and since IL already IN co-operatlOn
with the Soldiers Family Protective Association II
could not associate itself with another BODY.
Additional Of money received by me 1850
cisiiCn yesterday were follows: From Seth Low,
800; from J. X Stewart. through Mrs. Newton, ~
from the Westchester Womans Auxiliary CLUB
IsI
Ten new members were admitted a. the meeting,
which brought In SO, besides the sums mentioned