The times., 1899-01-08

ceded him and left He thought the wo-
man an impostor. He HIS not been to
the house since. nor have any OF the agents
OF the so-called Associated Charities
shown enough interest to trouble them
selves with a visit. Hundreds of other
more sympathetic aud tender hearted,
persons in better circumstances have
called at the humble household and con-
tributed TO her imperative needs Coal
was given by some. Articles OF food
were left by others. Within four days
half ton of coal was sent to the home.
Since then the fire has been lighted, and
heat furnished the once bleak rooms.
Mrs. Evans has now the names and ad-
dresses of nearly a hundred persons who
called and told her 10 notify them Of any
needs she may experience.
Offers of Aid Continue.
A lady of means yesterday drove to the
isolated row OF houses in which the Evans
home is included and personally investi-
gated her condition. She found that the
immediate wants of tn" aged woman and
her son had been provided for by other
sympathetic persons. She was impressed
by the worthiness of the case and left
her name and address. with the injunction
that a call be made upon her for any
assistance that may be desired in the
future The stranger asked that her
/ name be withheld, and apparently felt
a very deep interest in the deserving
woman.
Mrs Evans is very grateful for all that
+ has been done To tide over her misfortune
and desires The Times 10 thank everyone
who has rendered her aid. Had it not
been for the timely assistance that was
given. she says. she breads the thought o!
what would have happened AT her time
OF life it would have been difficult to OBJ
tain employment OF any kind either witt
firm or III a kitchen. Several years age
she tried to get employment al the mail
bag repair shop in c Street, but vas ua
, successful. She went to the Distric
Z Building and secured letter of introduc
tion to the p0stoffice authorities from
Commissioner Ross With this, she en-
tered application for employment as
saamstress in the sewing department o
the mail bag repair shop, but was unsuc
cessful.
The Power 10 Investigate.
According to District Commissioner Ros
there is only man in the city Of Washing
ton who has the power TO investigate tn
official acts Of Superintendent Of Chariiie
Herbert ". Lewis.
That man is President Mckinley.
Although Mr Lewis has an Office in III
District Building and the character OF hi
official work is purely local, he is not an
sweTable TO the District Commissioner!
: Once year he prepares an Official repor
He seTds this report 10 the Commits ,IoncI
and they, in turn, transmit ii 10 the Pres
dent Aside from this brief and formt
proceeding. the dealings between the 81
l perintendent and the official heads OF II
District government are Of an unoflicii
nature
s When the Commissioners want 10 tai
10 the superintendent Of charities thoy sen
for him. II Mr.. Lewis is in the mood, an
. he generally is he accepts the invitatiC
and spends a pleasant half hour with Il
Commissioners. But there is no law
b compel Mr.. Lewis to accept these occ.
s sional invitations. AS matter of fac
z there Is no law to compel him to obey Il
Y official requests OF any man but the Pres
e dent.
d Commissioner Ross Talks.
- - Commissioner Ross talked about Mr.
: Evans's case and the superintendent
2. charities last night. This is what he SAT-
d Yes, | have read the article In TT
T Times in reference TO the case of Nj
"a Jane Evans, the aged woman. who, a
/, cording tc the published accounts, W
d discovered In a starving condition. b
~ ! am not familiar with the details of t
case. have been very busy OF late, an
E. as matter of fact. it IS not a thing (
re the Commissioners 10 consider n
le Lewis, the superintendent of charities, h
of entire charge of cases of that charact,
i and the Commissioners have no jurisdi
al ton over his Office
= do you mean TO say. Mr.. Comm!ssio