New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-23
C4NCERoUS POOR AssISEr"
RECORD OF MRS. LATHROP'S WORK FOR
OVER THREE YEARS.
KEW PATIENTS TO BE ADDED TO THE HOME
DEVOTION OF THE sIsTERs-PLEA
FOR FUNDS

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir VIII you be SO kind to print the
panying list Of donations and the statement of the
Eok done by the charity for cancerous poor, which
has been carried On for over three years by my
self and my companions? The list of donations is
from September 10 November Is and does not in
cude beQuest of s., coo made privately for the
purchase Of the house at No. 42s Cherry-st, where
cur work is established: Miss Ogden has contrib
uted 81; J. Warren Greene, s25 Mrs. David B. In
En. SO: Mrs Mary Lee, s.; Miss NJ. Augusta
Rehda, 81; Miss Mary Eleanor Miller, 81; friend
Chicago, 500; David c. Townsend. s.; Mrs. Emma
Ltnahan, So Charles G. IRISH $40; John lines Kane
q; c. A Starbuck s1O0; J. A. C, 81; Mrs. Eliza A
Bulky. $50: Miss Elizabeth Harper so: I'm His
Name" SO; Il. A. s.; H. J. Douglas So Mrs. F. A.
ACulton So; Mrs. NJ r. Greenleaf. s.; ]. Warren
Greene SIS; Christian Herald" readers, SO Is;
anonymous, 81; r. Tyson White, SO: anonymous
u Mrs. Charles B. Camp s.; Miss E. Griffths, 81;
Mrs Kate McC-ea, s.: Mrs q. N. Cortis $40; Miss
Burke s.; Miss Gillen 81; Miss Goddard 80 cents;
Ms Lsrhrop 81; Mrs. German, 81 Mrs. Townsend,
.; Mrs. Rohda, 81; Miss r c. Riordon, s.: anony-
!: Warren Greene, SIS: Mrs. Mary T. Molloy, 81;
Srs Henry Often, sac: Miss Florence e. Miles. 81;
Mss Shields. 81. and II. T. Regliter. s..
This record deals with the three years and three
months since the charity was begun, and is as cor
reei as my active labors would permit. in which
ltt that the sick should be considered before
everything else. and sometimes the day and even
hg we're TOO short for the letters and books OF
Cancer cases resident in the Home. 20; cancer
cases undertaken outside, &C. cases of ulcers IN re
trl room. 80 dangerous cuts treated always
eessfuliy) s. other sores, 4G children with nip
disease and spinal trouble taken to hospitals ana
PROVIDED with appla noes, >; sick and poor persons
VISITED constantly. 30; persons wholly supported Tor
over year in tenements g. different persons com
ING Tor various aid 30; persons carrying on the
charity without pay except in board. lodging and
Nolnes =. devoted to purchase Of house sll,9U;
Nseo for repairs and Improvements in mousse aiter
taxing possession. 81 00 spent in daily ACTIVITY OF
ne charity average Of S,2oo year for three years
siio inTee months. SIC 800. -,
Among the neigh5ors assisted when in great dis
HeAs, well at distance, are lhose
VINO received from groceries, meats, fuel, Tehss
our Doctors prescriptions, tonics, prepared iooos
aided IN relief room by our dressings, etc. oIteL
tgning many times, aggregate 3lZ; money gwen ~
hInsH sums in December, SO; jars of salVe gwen
ehsy (of expensive materials. but made Dy tue
gwen q; baskets of food and groceries, Al; Chrls
las dinners sent IL; bundles Of old linen Tor scTes
- hJmbers Of persons receiving pills, plasteIs'
yaes, cough mixtures, linan1ents, ETC., for SICK
.eses. 80; OF coal sent TO famEles z aVeIase
q patients in Home at time for first two years
. average Of patients 4n Home during last year ~
patents in home. y; number OF patents III
tenement houses, always being cared Tor, from hHe
ingee at time.
We expect four new members In few weeks, and
We tnplore that donations Of money may be sent 70
s Ior the encouragement Of our undertaking, SO
s.et the need which exists among the canceIous
SoOr may be met instead or merely pointed out Dy
= small Charity attending 10 so small a humpef
=. rooms may be adjunct OF continued tTiel9Iy
Sssstance to the distress which we can SO eASIy
s.-osfstsDd from our position among the poor. W g
e most grateful for the donations sent US tnfough
las. appeal IN The Tribune, amounting W
3DOst $3.50 Yours truly, - ,,,,,r,
6. ROSE HAWTHORNE LATHRoP;
FL Roses Free Home for Incurable Cancers NO
70 Cherry-st., New-YOrk. Feb. 20, 1900