The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
AN IMPORTANT SCHEME
The Associated Charities Decides
to Build a New Home.
THEY WILL NEED $4,000
The Good Work Accomplished by the
Present Home "A Large and En-
thusiastic Meeting Held and the
Plans Discussed.

The meeting held yesterday by the As
ISOLATED Charities to devise a means OF
charging the association home deysloped
an extensive and highly important
scheme. IL is no less than a determina-
ton. reached after a protractcd discussion
of different plans. to go ahead and raise
$4,000 and build a new home. one that
will be a credit to the city and which will
be distinct from any institution OF the
kind i'm the country in the manner i'm
which il will be supported and conducted.
Yesterdays meeting and the plan il
evolved were the result Of much work
ana thought on the part OF the ladies of
the Associated Charities. running back
almost to the organization of the a~ssocia-
ton. Soon after the association was or
ganized what was formerly the Crittendcn
Rescue home. which failed and was taken
up by the Volunteers Of America. was
about 10 close for want Of support. The
association decided To take it M. They
did so and Installed Captain and Mrs.
Mcpherson to manage il. They changed
its purpose. and instead Of conducting IL
as a rescue home i'm the general accep-
tance of the term. made il "A home for
working girls and women who wanted TO
live honest lives but found il difficult 10
do so and earn a living. The idea was
that any girl or woman who wished TO
could live at the home and pay what she
could afford. II she was unable to pay
anything she was not expected to. These
lines were followed out and 1t was soon
seen that a great deal Of good was being
accomplished and the inmates succeeded
in earning sufficient to make the income
go "A long ways toward supporting the
home.
All last winter It was overcrowded ana
a great many girls and women were turn
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something. but who could not be taken
because the home was filed with those
who were unable to pay and who were al
ways, under the rules, given the prefer
ence. The home proved so great a success
that the ladies became convinced that 10
they had more adequate quarters the
home could be made s~elf-supportIng, or
very nearly so, but they were unable to
accomplish their desires owing TO lack Of
means. so the ladies decided 10 make the
home do for last season and try to carry
out their idea of charging this year.
Accordingly, when the first meeting
was held last week to lay plans for the
coming fan and winter the subject was
discussed and a general meeting of all
women Interested in charity work of any
kind was called for yesterday. The meet
ing was held yesterday afternoon at the
rooms of the Associated Charities la the
library building, and was large and en-
thusiastiC. Ladies who had never been
identified with the association were in at
tendance and, took a hearty interest in
the discussion. The meeting was presided
over by Mrs. }. NJ. White. president of the
Associated Charities. Vice President Mrs.
John Noyes set the bali rolling for the
enlargement of the home in a vigorous
speech. In which she described with much
enthusiasm the good the association
home had accomplished aud what she be-
lieved could be done with more adequate
quarters. She proposed that the associa-
tion build a home that shou.d ne espe-
cially adapted to the work i'm hand. Mn.
Noyes' listeners were somewhat astound.
ed with the magnitude of her scheme
when she said $4,000 should be raised and
such a home as she had described built.
hut she had no difficulty i'm convincing
them of the feasibility Of the idea, and
when she finished speaking she found
in the discussion which followed. and
which was participated I'm by almost
nearly every lady present. that they all
agreed with her views. when the PROPOSE
tion came to a motion II carried unani-
mously.
The next question TO present Itself was
the raising Of the money and many plans
were suggested. The most practical sug-
gestion was to give a big fair. other sug-
gestions were discussed, but all came
back to the idea that a fair would be the
best plan, When the consensus of opinion
centered finally on this idea Mrs. Alex.
Christie moved that the fair be held. The
motion was seconded enthusiastically and
was carried unanimously. as was Mrs. n.
A. Burton's motion. which followed, that
the fair begin Sept. II and continue one
week.
On motion Of Mrs. Olive Hight. Mrs.
]. NJ. White. Mrs. John Noyes and Mrs.
Busch were made a committee to secure
a hall in which TO hold the fair and re-
port at an adjourned meeting 10 be held
tomorrow afternoon at e:30 at the assoCi-
alton rooms.
An adjournment was then taken to that
time, when the plans for conducting the
fair will be perfected. The ladies hope TO
secure the Miners Union hall. As there
will be much TO discuss i'm the arrange
ments a full attendance tomorrow after
noon Is especially desired. The suggestion
was made by one OF the ladies that the
opportunity now presents itself for some
haritably-inClined individual to do "A good
work by coming forward and donating
the ground for the home.