New-York tribune., 1901-11-22
SEWING FOR THE POOR.
HOW THE NEEDLEWORK GUILD HELPS
THE DESTITUTE OF THE CITY.

so dark was the kitchen that could hardly see
step beyond but followed the direction or the
voice and dimly the outline Of door. through
which passed into room OF aoSoIu'e eai hhess'
where the voice was" Such was the description
Of home the West Side. as given yesterday at
the tenth annual meeting of the NeW-fork Clts
branch of the Needlework Guild OF America Inc
speaker Miss Jessie c. Sleet uahieu hais
in the employ Of the Charity Organization society
who works among the colored people OF the west
Side
Il gave her a cup of broth in the darkness sne
continued but could see to do nothing more The
next dav l went again and introduced a lamp.
so seeing my patient for the first time. II was
horrible sight. Emaciated, dying she lay OH ie"
filthy rags with a ragged piece OF peu'ichiis oNei
her 1t was enough make ones heart SINK. out
a vision of a clean bed, freshly made caHie oeioie
me, and / hastened away to get sheets ana olnef
comforts. She was taken from those uuhse'ii,Ae
and put in room with sunilsh' e's
In and placed in clean bed.
going put a shade at the "iiu0"' D"'
the poor creature said Oh. no! Please doh snu'
out the light; I've been in the dark so ioi's on
enjoyed that bed for three weeks before 'ie oieu
and almost her last words were: Cant you give
my bed 20 some other poor woman VINO - NSii'e
1t feels goodr'
Miss Sieet made appeal for kindness 10 hei
race, saying they forgotten by the "o'i0 VI
philanthropy.
Mrs Arthur Dodge president of the New-fork
Needework Guild. said that it gave hel sfea'
pleasure announce that day nursery LOT col
ored children is soon to be established
Homer Folks. of the State Charities Ala Asso-
citation, was the next speaker. and oeGan py eH-
planning that that organization is purely private
and that its name refers fact that its char
tiles extend all over the State He referred 10 the
various departments to which the Needie"ofk
Guild had contributed. and while thanking them
for what has been given, emphasized 'he great
need for
Three departments he explained, deal almost
wholly with children. One cares for the ihIah's
born on Randalrs Island and procures situations
for the mothers, who deserted wives or uh-
married. in places where they can keep their
babies In such the infants neeo everything
and the mother usually has little.
Mr.. Folks stated that for several years oeioie
the association took charge of these children inc
mortality among them IS per cent only those
living who taken away almost inlInealately
centage was reduced to 50 per cent, and last year
it was 10 per cent, which is only per GEM nooEe
the normal death among children IN oIuIHdrS
The other departments are the foundlings for
serted children, from two to fourteen years or
age for whom permanent homes are found, I'm, Inc
association provides in this way for about nun.
dred foundlings every year, ana nearly MS many
Clothing he said was needed for all these as the the
society makes it point to take them s 20 atractive
possible to insure a favorable hrs' ii'p'es
Miss Agnes Curtis of the East Eighty-eighthi,std
school Of the Childrens Aid Society 9r Cgippled nd
weather approaches and Miss Atchison OF the
Ministering Guild told of the great help the ma ma
tsenis Neediswork onsS Guild qho nave been
large array OF g garments besn st 0 WORK through the
year although Mrs. Dodge said that there snou,d
a4ces see we're as on the shelves and Of the hall
in Kennedy BUILDING & No Ss 9 orsns of the
ssoeaton Honorary PTs5dTn, TTs Dodge see
Charles fSlark F. E'e Clark. R No 81 Madison-ave.