Evening journal., 1901-01-28
CHARlTY'S WORK
IN COMMENDABLh
During 1900 the Association
Helped 264 Applicants
Number Smaller Than That Of Pre-
ViOuS Year Financial
Balance Shown

The annual report Of the Associated
Charities for the year ending October
i6 has just been issued 1t is the SIX
teenth report Of the society and like
former ones shows that a most COM
mendable work has been done by this
great charity.
The trustees report fewer requests
for assistance than during the pre-
Vious year. There we're 246 apph
uants, forty-five OF whom were gwen
employment and material relief, such
as food, fuel and clothing, was gwen
421 times to 129 people. Aid of other
kind, such as placing in institutions
sending physicians, nurses and other
helpers into homes during emergencies,
securing aid from private persons and
other societies. interesting persons in
special cases and in granting loans,
was given to slxty-eight more. Eighty
two were sent to the country through
she "E'resh Air Fund" and 500 families
were visited by the society superin
tendent.
Respecting the Country Week work
Of the association, the report says:
The generous response to our ap
peal for funds for Country Week wOrl
enabled your committee to give some
measure of relief from the excessiv,
heat and the daily grind of a life 0.
poverty to many mothers, as well as
life-giving air and wholesome food to
their sick children. In all, eighty-twO
adults and children were reached ana
benefited by your committee In al
most every case there was sickness or
the mother or child was cOnvalesc.ng
and needed a change of air to complete
the return to health. In one case
.lether was taken directly from the
hospital, carriage being sent to take
her 70 the railroad station. Her chill
drol were gathered ca the way from
the Day Nursery. Tne TWO weeks
spent by her in comfortable farm
house, with the good nourishment fur
nished, was just what was needed to
give this woman the physical strength
td take up the burden Of her life
again. In all cases the appearance CT
our guests, upon their return to thu
city testified to the benefits derived
from the change
In some cases transportation was
provided for persons who could sit
friends or relatives in the country, bu.
who had not the means to reach them.
In one special case. where a week wa
snent at the seashore, the recipient
said it did her more good than any
thing in her life had ever done be
fore and she felt better able 10 take
up her duties again. In another cgse,
where the recipient-a girl upon whose
labors the comfort of a family depend
ed--cOuld not leave her work for moro
than a day at a time Short trips Of a
day or two were provided for her. thus
giving her a rest and change which
she otherwise would not have had.
In these and a number Of other
cases the persons helped were self-re-
specting and self-suppOrting. but be-
cause OF the dependence of others
upon their exertions they were unable
to spend any money for their own
benefit"
ASSOCIATION FINANCES
According to the report of the treas
urer the receipts for the year We're
S3.56179, of which amount S2O7 was
for the Country Week Fund; $4,000
Christmas fund, and $500 for vacant
lot cultivation fund. The expenditure
were $3,52423, leaving a balance on
hand of s3756
Concerning the Penny PrOvidend
Fund the managers regret that the idea
hid to be abandoned because Of a lack
of interest ON the part of the people
but il is hoped that in the near future
the conditions in Wilmington viii
change sufficiently to warrant takin'
up the work again on az
enlarged scale. which viii
make it both self-supporting and OIL
great value to the community. Under
such an arrangement, the establish
ment of fifteen to twenty stations a
the best points around the city ant
funds to compensate parties conduct
ing such stations a reasonable amount
for their labor. would warrant
such persons in actively carrying OF
the work in their respective districts
and would permit the establishment
of an organization both permanent anC
valuable