The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-11-28
BeuevoIent Work.

but for the benefit of the public
who have helped us we deem 1t
just to say that we have done just
as fairly as we could uuder exist
ing circumstances.
1t has been said that we helped
the unworthy and let the worthy
suffer. If we have let any one
suffer whom we could have helped
we are sorry.
There is lot one of the active
members who would have taken
the widows OK for pledge" or
turned the needy out of the
way"
We have often braved wind aud
cold to hunt up and relieve the
distressed and dressed ourselves
plainly that we might have the
time and money that it would have
taken to have ornamented our per
sons to devote to the needy.
What do the members of the
Benevolent society get for their
services7 How much do those
who criticise their methods, their
natives and their judgment pay to
maiatafh these women who are
giving lime, MONEY, food and
clothes TO this cause?
/ have in mind gray haired
mother in Israrel" whose hand
was always open to the needy and
whose ears could always hear a cry
of distress. She had an invalid
husband who weighed as heavily
upon her hands as your little
babe ever did on yours. The lit
tie time that she could spare from
his side was spent in devoted SER
vice to God.
In one instance she went into a
filthy sinking basement and min
istered to an old mother who was
crippled and sick. She carried
dainties, she said soothing words,
she bathed the face and hands that
had become to feeble to perform
this service for herself.
One day she went and the life
had fled from the thin old form
and she lay peaceful, pale and al
rest upon her dirty old bed in hel
foul smelling basement.
This mother was told that a lit
tie clothing was necessary for hel
burial and burial expenses would
have to be seen to. She walked
and rode in the heat and dust tt
see to these things In company
with another younger member sh,
purchased the two articles ot
clothing that had been asked o.
her. White cotton stockings were
selected as corresponding with the
apparel she already had. A rib
: bon, just what everyone was wear
ing at that time for collars, wa:
selected for her neck.
These things were placed on tn,
poor, old lady that had suffered 81
much. by the hands of those whC
had purchased them from tht
treasury of the Benevolent socie
ty; but they were taken off and
thrown away and the ones who
had performed the service ma
tligned.
What would you have done
Would you have bought with th'
money gathered in dimes, sill
stockings and satin slippers anC
fichee worth two or three dollars
If you had you'd have been al
severely criticised for being toe
free with tnat which was not you
own. We are sorry to have dis
pleased in this matter, but to thi,
day we do not see how we coulC
have doLe batter, and we shal
keep on doE,h the best we can ant
) if we laeisrisdom we will ask oul
critics toppray that God, who mad,
US will.enIarge our brain that oul
: mental calibre may be sufficient tC
please not only reasonable being
but even those who make of u.
, unreasonable demands. We ar,
planning to take care of the sicl
this winter in a much better way
than we have done. and believe
we will have the hearty co-opera
, tion of every good citizen in Ard
| more. A WORKER.
New folding aud iron beds at A
c. Young. lit
Go to the big concert at Ear