Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-27
HAPPINESS
FOR WAITS
Associated Charities Christmas
Tree Tomorrow.
SUCCOR FOR THE POOR
Necessities of Life Provided For the
Observation-Disclosures In
cidentS.

Several hundred little waits to whose
homes came no Christmas cheer, will be
made happy tomorrow afternoon when
the Associated Charities Christmas tree
entertainment, an annual function, will
be given at the Auditorium. Mrs. ]. M.
White. Mrs. John Noyes, ST., and other
members of the association have been
very busy today arranging for the en-
t%ertainment of their little charges, and
the affair promises to surpass all former
efforts. Merchants and business men of
the city have responded literally to the
request Of the ladies for toys and con-
fections, and a large number of volun-
tary contributions have been received.
The distribution of presents will COM
mence at $3.50 o'clock. Mayor Mccarthy
has promised to be present. and all who
are interested in the work of the associa-
ton are invited to attend.
There are not many people in Butte
who realize the good that has been done,
and is now being lone by this organiza-
ton of charitably disposed ladies'. On
Christmas day the association distrib-
uted food for Christmas dinner among
300 persons, and through the efforts of
the ladies there was not a deserving poor
family in the city where there was a
lack of food and fuel.
Mrs. White told an Inter Mountain re-
porter of a distressing Christmas Incl
dent. A husband and wife arrived in the
city a few weeks ago and accepted posi-
tons. A few days after their arrival the
husband became Ill of typhoid pneu-
monia. They had no money and no ac-
quaintances in the city. The proprietor
of the place where the husband had been
employed refused to aid them. The land
lad of the lodging house in which the
were stopping turned off the steam to
force them to Vacate the room. The
poor Wolnan almost craZed with grief
because of her inability to do anything
to relieve the situation. saw her hus-
band die, knowing that the warmth and
proper food and medical care would have
saved him. A few hours after the hus-
bands death the Associated Charities
learned of the circumstance The unfor-
tunate wife was cared for, and later.
through the good offices of the organiza-
ton. she was sent to her home in Kan
sas City. her husbands remains being
shipped to the same place for interment,
Mrs. Moves told of another case re-
Gently called to the attention of the as
ISOLATION. A poor woman, the mother of
a large family of children, was found i'll
and helpless in a hovel. She was so sick
that she could help neither herself nor
ner children. The glass was broken cut
OF the windows and the little ones We're
nuddled together in a corner of a mis-
erably cold room. A nurse and medical
speedily brought the woman
back to health and strength. The place
was repaired and made comfortable at
the expense of two charitably disposed
gentlemen, food and fuel were supplied.
and through the efforts of the members
or the Charities employment was secured
for the woman, and she is now earning a
comfortable living for her little ones. -
lhe association is providing the neces-
stiles OF life for two old ladies, each of
whom is S5 years of age, and a number
of widows, who have families depending
upon them. In every case a thorough in
Vestlgation is made and help is forth
coming only to the deserving.
The pupils of the Industrial school. a
department of the Associated Charities.
are taking much interest in their work.
and are progressing nicely. At a recent
meeting the children voted to sew on the
regular work, rather than make CANDY
bags for the Christmas tree. so interes;e ed
We're they in learning to sew.
Marcus Days gift of 200 tons of coal
mas prevented much suffering among Inn
poverlshed families this winter. With tha
poorer CLASSES fuel is scarce, when food
rs o~bta1nable, and through Mr.. Daly,s do
nation, there has been warmth in eva,v
impoverished home in the city.
LOCATED At 40 South Main street,
C.. r. Fischer's Tailor