The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-19
, In Moman's Realm

THE FINANCES Of the Home for the
Friendlsss, as everybody knows. are
at a low ebb. There are now eighty
or more inmates and many applicants for
admission. II the debt of $4,000 could be
lowered the interest now kept up could
90 to tho support Of the institution and
the great strain upon the board would
be relieved. For some time the annual
outgo Of ST. so merely for interest alone
with no income whatever from the Adams
avenue property has been a source Of
continuous worriment.
1t would he economy In the long run
for the public to come to the front now
and help raise this debt, as then the con-
tinual demands made upon the generous
people of the city would be arrested. 1t
is that horrible incubus of interest that
Is making the days and nights OF the
Home manager a burden to herself and
everybody who knows her. for she isn't
likely to talk about anything else, just
as she hasn't talked about anything else
for the past three years.
Dear me!' said woman on Saturday
to a prominent citizen whom she was
asking for n Home subscription. II Just
know what every man thinks when he
sees me coming. He says to himself:
There's that awful Home for the Friend
less woman! She's got tickets or somc-
thing and they'll cose me more money.
I'm going in this saloon, or my private
Office where I won't be seen by anybody
and he will proceed to do the same with
amazing alacrity. I don't blame him
but IL only you good people would help
us out now you wouldn't be so tormented
in tho future. for just as long as that
debt is on the Home you'll simply be
chased from one lair to another"
THE PROPOSED fair means most
j tremendous amount of work. 1t
makes ones head swim to anticipate
the enormous undertaking. 1t means that
every merchant, every wholesale dealer,
all buyers and sellers who are In con-
| tact with Scranton must be besieged for
donations. 1t means that every portion
| Of the city and its suburbs must be in
terested. 1t means the publication of a
daily paper during the fair, the selection
| of popular contestants for articles of
value. 1t means unintermittent labor,
patience and long suffering, and there
| are people who are willing to take up the
task for the sake of the little children
who are thus kept from becoming crim-
| inals and for the poor old women whose
last days must be spent in a charitable
| institution.
M IRIS. l.. X. TORBET. whose husband
Vk Is at the head Of the plan for locat'
|
soon to leave the city for her home in
Chicago, having spent several months
here. Mrs. Torbet is a niece of Hon
Benjamin Butterworth, and Is a native
of Cincinnati. where her husbands family
Is one of the oldest and most prominent
in Ohio. She is a lady Of great beauty
and intellectually and 1t is hoped will
become a permanent resident Of this city
Mrs. Torbet is a member of the IA
nous Woman's club Of Chicago whose
exclusiveness and record In advanced
thought and public improvement outrani
any other womans club in the country II
not in the world.
| n ISIS KATE l.. SMITH, of the Schoo
| M of Domestic Science, will give lee
| ture on Lenten dishes tomorrow
afternoon at the Young Women's Christ
ian association which will be of great in
| terest.