The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-18
TO AID StATTLE'S POOR.
New Departure Of the Charity
Organization Society.
SOLICITOR IN THE FIELD.
WiM Ala IN the work - Securing
These who Are Destieute-Secse-
taPy DaiP Makes Hts Annual ne
Past Years AcooADlishnents.

Reading matter for the poor 10 . new de-
parture taken UP by the Charity organi-
well AZ to maintain the regular charitable
.aticn Society TO be started shortly. In or
der TO make II Of the highest efficiency. a.
work Of furnishing provisions. clothing and
hooking out fer renis for deserving poor.
solicitor will also be named to canvass
city for funds and donations q articles
that may be useful Since last September
the headquarters OF the society have been
~ the old Jefferson theAser building. where
Secretary A. J. Bair has his office.
II IL believed that this matter Of fur
nishing the poor with magazines. books
and such newspapers a. may be gotten will
% great aid In lessenins the immoral in
nuenees that are more frequent In the
localities Of poverty than in any other
portions OF the city. with the exception of
the diarepusable quarters. X ind u to be
quite general among the poor people that
found" says Mt Bair They have no
way Of amusing themselves, nor Of eiu-
fore more apt to frequent the streets ana
get into bad habits, with crime possibly
resulting. II there were magazines. even
though old. in the houses. or few picture
the children at home"
The executive council at q recent meeting
sanctioned the scheme already adopted, or
having u solicitor In the field. The duties
o. this man. besides those Of getting funds
and supplies, will be TO arouse. IL possible,
general public interest In the work Of the
society, 50 that there viii &c = large at
tendance at the annual public meeting 10
be held in the next three or four weeks
Clarence Thwing formerly Of the Presby-
terian mission at Fort Wrangel Alaska,
has bsen elected assistant secretary and
will do the soliciting.
aAMpAAnrvs> R>~neN
The secretary's annual report for the
year ending November / shows that during
that period a46 applications were received
by the society. OF which lss were recurrent
cases. II must be noted that these app.i-
cations for relief came from famillea. and
that the individuals represented were fully
five times that number or l.7Se persona In
all. No mention II made In this total Of
the almost innumerabie cases OF trAmps,
hohoes and single men. In outside work
n.i7o was expended for the relief Of thu
destitute
Considerable OF the financial outlay was
for transportation. iol persons being sent
to their homes by the society Most of
were for Tacoma. Portland and other
places on the Coast Three were sent 10
Cleveland. o., two To New York. two TO
psnmn ,us, one 70 r M.ssschu.csi:, enc
to Z .cago ana other places betWeoa thero
and the Rocky mountains.
Another matter that win come up FOR
consideration VIM be ths proposal 20 change
the name OF the body to the Bureau OF Az
ISOLATED Charities. II 10 believed that tho
change to this name. which II was the
opinion would be help, has had the ef-
organization had gone out OF existence.
and therefore perhaps been the means OF
keeping back numerous subscriptions
which would otherwise have found their
way TO the aociety's headQuarters
Calls fer Relief.
Mr.. Bair has had three calls for relief
this week. One OF them was from a
woman living on jefferson street. whose
husband has gene 20 Manila on the trans
port Port Stephens. The man II said to
have left his family. including = number
Of small children. without . thing to eat.
no fuel the rent unpaid and with no pro-
vision for relief. Mr.. Bair guaranteed the
landlord his rent and IL taking meaares
u otherwise help tho deserted family. He
win endeavor 20 obtain some of the mans
wages from Manila
Another Of the cases 10 that OK \ woman
on sixth avenue north. whose daughter,
her sole support. has overworked herself
and In I'm consequences bedr1dden. They
are refined people and m,sch avcrs~ to ac-
cepting charity. but their CASE il no dea-
perase that they have been forced 10. A
clerk In one o. tho large store, herr owes
trying TO collect. This would give them
temporary relief
A wife who has been beaten and other
wise cruelty misused by her husband II
the other case The woman has two chil-
dren. lives on Western avenue and 10 %
III she can do nothing toward their sup
port. The husband and father has de-
serted
A physician recently arrived from Aus
fraiia in hope Of getting something 20 do
In his profession. He got here without q
cent. and went TO living snsa gsrres The
man 10 educated and competent bu, he
lacks force Of character to hustle for work
Ms. Datv's First Call.
- we'll remember my mrs, call. four
years ago. saii Mr.. Hais. Ia talking OF
charitable experiences yesterday. 1T was
a woman. the picture Of destitution-rax~
ged clothes, psnched expression and all I
was naturally struck and named a day
and hour when should cali. found theie
rude home a. ragged as the mother, ard
a ios OF hunwry-iocking children hanging
ahous--ccai gone. nothing In The hossse 10
est. and clothes 30 ragged that they gave
them airnoN no protection. ! was unable
and when ] happened tn he in the neigh
borhood a few days later called TO how
~ we're getting on Imagine my sur
prise "a ind cupboard and table ioadesi
with provisions and the inmates wearing
the warmest kind nf clothing. The woman
had simply sried TO work rns. Since then
I never tell people what hour To expect me
There 10 no getting around II. there -
q year ago" continued Mr. fatY THE
prosperity ard work for everybody do not
seem to have struck all poor people
large share Of the destitute families pc
Tong 20 men who have gone 10 the klon-
dixie, scgne 0f them With the intention os
never returning, others killed ard others
dlsagpeartns To tsAs care OF all these
people we must have means and thai 10
Why we are going 20 have q seiieitov
"But / md the people that know about
us quite synSs'hetic. and Whenever there
Ia special appeal many are IN. con,rthsy-
l.nns that come in The article Ia the Foss-
Ints.sSeEcsF a while ago. for instance
vas the means Of Bringing us several DO
nations One man Gem fneng Ell Gpdn 10 Ia a
letter AM. snctoset note for & -
Mr. Hair wants IL definitely understood
that the lodgings maintained ~ the JEFF
ssFsar hall ARE In no way connected ~fih
fss work 81 the Charity OrganigAsion So
cs@sy They are kept 10 by tne MEMS
League Of The Westminster Presbyterian
church