The herald., 1898-11-16
CHARITIES
FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING HELD
YESTERDAY
INCREASED EFFICIENCYNOTED
Reports Of President and Secretary,
Organization Effected for the
Ensuing Year

He nun annual meeting OF Cne Associated
Charities was held yesterday afternoon at
room II in the court house. President
called the meeting to order and announced
as the first order of business the election of
officers for the ensuing year, who were
chosen as follows:
Central council, Mrs. J. d. Hooker Mrs.
V. Pane, Mrs. L. Ducommun, Mrs. Calvin
Viewer, Mrs. +. T. Griffith, Miss NJ f. Wills,
II. M. Frank, j. c. Rays, W. c. Patterson,
VIM. Prdham, B. Hayman, Fl. Newmark,
II. Jevne, j. II. Braly, j. f. Francis; direct
ors, w. G. Patterson, Ii. w. Frank, VIM.
yrldham, j. G. Kays, Mrs. V. Ponet, Mrs.
j. d Hooker, Mrs. j. Johannsen, Mrs. F. G.
Howes, Mrs. Calvin Viewer, Mrs. F. T. Grf-
fifth, Mrs II. G. Bath; officers, II. w. Frank,
president; j. c, Kays, first ice-president;
Mrs. j. d. Hooker, second vice-president;
Mrs. L. Ducommun, third vice-persident;
L. j. Stuart, secretary; Farmers and Mer-
chants bank, treasurer.
The president and secretary presented
their annual reports, briefly reviewing the
work accomplished during the year. An in
creased list of members and larger revenue
than during the preceding year were re-
ported. The president, H. W. Frank, said
"Only those actively engaged in the worl,
of dispensing charity have any idea of the
many cases of distress and want in our midst
Old age, misfortune and sickness bring many
a man and woman to the office of the Asso-
ciated Charities, who have seen better days
and are too proud to ask aid from their
friends. In addition to those who meet with
reverses are the always poor, and SO there
are always among us, from one cause or an
other, some who need occasional or regular
assistance. The man who tells you that
charity begins at home,' never comes in con-
tact with these cases, nor does he meet the
INDECENT who are sent to us from other locali-
ties and whom we are frequently obliged to
return in order that they may not become a
burden to this public. Our climatic condi-
tions also give us responsibilities, inviting
the sick who are oftentimes most destitute,
and while their coming is iil-advsed, bein,,
frequently in the last stages Of disease, yet
common humanity compels us to assist
them.
"One of the most urgent reasons why our
society should be maintained is to check the
indiscriminate aims giving of our good citi
zens, giving oftentimes to unworthy per.
sons who are strangers to truth and honesty
and who seek work with the hope of not
finding it. Under the careful and systematic
watchfulness of our competent secretary
only the worthy are assisted from our funds
With the proper support we could weed out
the habitual beggars. Such people are not
helped when charity is dispensed by people
who know their records, while the sympathy
of the worthy citizen who gives without in
vestigation only encourages them to persist
in their evil ways"
A detailed statement of receipts and ex
penditurcs was given by T. j. Stuart, the
secretary. According to this it appears that
the number of new applications for reliei
amounts to 1923 which, added to the former
ones listed, swell the number to 3S45. All OF
these were duly listed after careful investi
cation and most OF them assisted, besides
many of the others were recurrent and were
also aided when deemed worthy and needy
The deserving were assisted as checrfully
and carefully as could be, while the un
worthy were refused with frmness and
sometimes with emphasis, especially when
the forward and audacous presumed toe
largely on the kindness of the organization
In the way of suggestions for increased flu
ture efficiency attention was called to a spec
ial need in the line of friendly visitation tc
the unfortunate and needy, entirely sep
arate from investigation or aims giving
There is no assistance SO valuable, in the
long run, as that which comes in the shape
of individual uplift, derived from strong
judicious, sympathetic and kindly personal
contact and self-devotion, hut it affords tc
those who love their kind the means Of rem
dering inestimable service.
'We are sadly lacking in workers who arc
ready to bestow of their own courage, en-
ergy, experience and hope" says the report
industrial schools constitute another chan
mel through which to reach the source OF
much prevalent distress. 1t is astounding
to what an extent children of the poorer
classes are allowed to grow up with no ade
quate training-often with none whatever
in. the arts of domestic service by which
both directly and indirectly they might
vastly improve their condition in life We
are glad to note that in our city there are
already several enterprises of greater or less
proportion, devoted to this most useful line
of practical philanthropy. Some of these
are quite unostentatious, even private, in
character but none the less efficacious fol
good"
The statements shows reccipts for the
year ending October lst to have aggregated
S43Sl.72 and balance on hand s7l5.93.
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