The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-19
FOR ORGANIZED CHARITY.
WORK OF THE SEATTLE nFyEyo.
LENT CLEARING House
Many Csses Of Csdeservin1 Poor
Made TO Earn Their Bremd-Ths
New plan to Catch Frand.-Emer-
EcHcy Fund to BE EstanIished

According % the books ot thu Charity
Organization Society. which Is tAe Clear
ing aoGSe o. all beaevolen, institutions N
THIS caty. Including the county aid dis
grt>ated. there are ssl families, numbering
aoo0i SO people. men. women. children
AID babes. sick ard vel. how a the city
being cared for n whole or In part ~
charity. while the emergency cases. thai
Is. cases OF people who GENE or are sent
here from other places average about
thirty . month.
''It must not - understood TIA; al Of
Ire 10 people on our books are supported
wholly ny charity. That number Includes
al Nao receive little help now and then.
as well as those who are helped 81 tia
ZINE said Secretary BSer. If me society.
We are fast stopping TIE i73iscrt1anAte
giving ey merchants and charitable peo-
Pc ~ distributing these cards"
The cards are large white sheets Of
heavy beard, and IN large black letters
are The words. NO charity gwen heTa>
Gail Of the Charity Organization Society"
BasE. "hAag tnesa cargAs TYP anc refuse TO
give to individuals They give to ia. how
evsr and deserving poor can get from as
as much or even more than they would
set from the merchant, because we have
all sorts Of necesSaries to give. This plan
stops duplicate giving Before THIS otftce
"as opened certain families were drawing
supplies from the county and from 81 h<
dozen other sources. and they simply
would not try TO help themselves They
had found way 20 live without work
They can't do IL asw. We have Est %
every FAMILY being helped in the city. II
The county Is helping family We notify
ali other Charitable societies not 20 give
20 that family.
III there are asis-bodge1 men or women
in the family we find work FOR them, ana
II they went work we notify all societies
TO cease aiding them. You would tie sur
priSd 10 know how many people are now
earning their living who two years ago
~ef. HV-nE or charity. II every one u 70
20 individuals. but put their donations IN
ouy hands. and send those who apply 10
them FOR aid TO us there will - less need
FOR charity next year than there - thIS
When the Wndeserving are weSded out
the deserving poor can he easily cared
for
But emergency cases, those which re-
euire instant attention and cannot walt
for vestigatlon. must 70 cared for by
=" sad Nr rsaeT ana 10 Sc ,hsS we
must have a fund. This office costs moth
churches in the city. but doctors. nedi-
CiBes. nurses. food, etc. 90 cost ard SO
we have sent Miss NJ. l.. Foster out as
our solicitor for the emergency fund So
FAR she has been very successful. but We
need good deal.
For Instance take the emergency case
: yoIl ean1" in remarked Mr.. Basr to
the Post -Tntelligencer reporter THAT
woman. who is In delicate condition
has been deserted here by her husband
who has gone 10 the Klonaike. She needs
and must have immediate attent0n-doc
tor nurse food ard bed. But she has
friends hack East and wants IN reach
them. saying they will care for her Now
out OF the emergency fund I care for this
wcman's Immediate needs telegraph 10
all her friends and II they respond. as
soon IS she is able 20 travel they Will
send for her ana ray the society for her
care SO we Will probably re out nothing
But we must have money TO End her
friends as well 20 care for her in her
dire distress. SO hope Miss Foster VIII
ae kindly received and hope people will
use care in giving unless they know the
neopie Send them TO us. Wa viii care
fnr them X they deserve - GuoFEaniz@d
charity makes paupers. organized charity
feeds the really poor and needy"