New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
now TO AID THE POOR.
LESSONS DRAWN FROM EXPERI
so"D ,cr IN THE RECENT STORM.

10 w. win you eive space 10 the accompany
s'' IAN, IN regard TO the suffering caused
ins .D,,ere cold end storms OF FEBRUARY ana
Z" The efforts to relieve IL
y" 20 the liberty OF addressing your read
We ,h,s subject because we have all OF us
en- "F~,unities Of knowing good deal about
@a VIZ nd we believe that the efforts TO re-
a,stress will result in creating much
FV .,-..oss ond although Il is too late now
n'' IA the evils we dePrecate we hope that a
".:,,i,ion Of the conduct leading TO them may
rspe''.,ed when il is understood that the
.rences are cruel to those whom 1t was
"soa 70 help. our prayer to the charitably
~'.a &c that. whether in times OF supposed
esPVes or from day TO day they will in the
~ ., Miss Octavia Hill OF London. not rest
W., with benevolent feelings, but assure
N"''' ,os that their actions are benehcent as
psnseves '""'
sell .-..,,o, tro,,, .h,
' generosity with which money has been
81 ont 10 meet the present emergency is
Wv ~,.r,nathv ought to be continuous. ana
p' 49,. money which can be spared so readily
uS' 50 given YEAR by year TO the hundreds
ST." s,.,,es which are always working TO pre-
:. &C well rs 10 relieve the suherinss OF 'ne
w." - mart Of the population of the city.
pow &c always necessary. not only for re
So, FOR the education Of the rising genera
~ % develop their character and their
w" 60 that they will not have 10 turn to
P"' for help even in much more serious
'.rencies than those Of the last week
-. far more than money men and women
b0' .esory who will give time and thought
constant caily needs. material ana spir-
81. that part OF the population upon whom
Au', -,or NJ lie rests very heavily. because
TX ,o no, the strength and ability to carry
A.. 10Y. extraordinary weather we have
.n,,,ld have caused much suffering of va
.'a, kinds was inevitable. All men whose pusi-
'"-' ..,,,,rs6 them 70 face the severe cold-the
,,..-osn the mctormen. cab-drivers hremeh'
..rs, have suffered intensely and In many
w, ,De,r health may have been permanently
- hv exposure No sympathy for them ana
% mitigate their suferings could nave
,,isnlaced ~ mistaken. or would nave
~. r.s,v 20 iniure them. That men. women
,Auaren who did not have TO leaNe 'nei'
g. suffered. too. must also be true nut 50
- they kept under shelter ana were pro-
- r,tb some food and fuel their distress
ne o. vii, extreme. Among the Things
,...de5 for the poorest people among us
.,o,birg WAS necessarily not Of suflcieht
'....,or against the cold and snow and wet
-. ias, they should be tempted out OF '"V
-. a,a exp,ss themselves 10 the increment
weather
c,,,p1rv THAT WAS MISPLACED.
1911 ,os, Monday this was avoided. The
.,.,,ors and agents = the charitable socle''eS
e,. food the cold themselves TO carry heip
49,. ,aonls who they feared might De !"
va ,r, ,sey found no exceptional distress In
deed IT is usually found mat people ]" 'ne
80. Ao,ses are no, allowed by their neighhors
&C. Toy those who have food and fuei snare
d., ,bos4 who have none. especially WIZ"
, .r,ergaDcies arise as we have Just eHpeiI-
,5 and many Of the landlords ana sHlah
,.,.,ssnsrs are also most charitable O"'h
-. them this natural sympathy and neleh-
,..sr..s eu,nlerented by the usual ef-
,,,s n, churches and charitable societies sur
feed 10 meet whatever special need there was
IRE heavy snowstorm following upon the seNeie
r,J however. appealed forcibly to the sym
s,tvapd IMAGINATION Il persons not themselves
o.c,s,r,ad with the uncnding charity OF poor
,so-.s tor each other. and large sums OF money
vsrs deposited here and there TO furnish re-
,oa,1 rho fact was widely advertised
Tho natural consequences have followed. POOR
raople especially women and children lhoush
,n.r-ensred 10 face either the snow or the rain
we're attracted 10y the newspaper accounts OF
l,rge SUMS 20 be spent in charity ana nave lo'
,bs last four DAYS been tramping through the
snov the rain and The sush. and standing OF
sitting for hours IN the places where they nave
b.sn told they would get orders for 1000 an"
49,, Tho conseouences must be great suHer-
49, I'D ,robab1v Illness and death, in not
few instances.
n. course q, Is natural TO argue that those VINO
Ala m, need relief very badly would not go "
.ssk +, through such difficulties, but we are SURE
,s.. &, they ana need 1t they would have got H.
.,hsr from their neighbors or from others who
I,sr ,Aaro aud their needs. had they been ieit
-. 80 ~.caiv4 il from what may be called
a.fr natural sources Of help. TAKE. ior III
r,ros ~ NJ the individual cases when We
.,-. ohsarvad ON Monday morning III IHe
rowstorr. woman walked from fIllY -Il l.li
T. n Twenty seCOnd-st TO ASK IoI H''P, ~ -
hs from tv.o 10 three hours in the journey DC
ranss ae che said she had seen IN the paper
TIA, hey were giving relief there. ohe khe"
he Charity Organization Society at SiXty thi! -,
81. and would undoubtedly have gone mere ioi
hslp and have received 1t there, had she hot u.
fortunately seen this statement IN the papei
On "Wednesday an old woman l"ho WIN nei
Daughter and grandchildren has been Tor year
under the care OF the Charity OrgahlzauOh %
cey Committee. whose office is IN broom 81 81
and who constantly comes 10 the soclety N"ei
they need anything) walked from NaIer-sI. I,
Twenty sixth-st 10 get coal ticket. the aseh
Of the society. calling on her Thursday I OunI
the family with the coal ticket. put Wltnou
coal or food and in five minutes provldeu lheI
with both as she would have done the gay pe
fore had the woman come. as she usuaiiy uoes
to the Office instead Of walking three mics III
vain search for help. When asked why she hd'
not come She answered. You nave zone =
much for me did not like 10, and sa" th's II
the paper"
AID SHOULD BE GIVEN QUIETLY.
Our contention is that 1t is cruei to temp
poor people by offers Of help TO leave 'hen
homes to seek it-that what II needed beyoh'
what their own relations. friends and neighDor'
can supply. should be taken to them quietly
az even secretly IL possible. by those Wh'