The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-10-16
ASSOCIATED
CHARITIES.

Ahc associated cnarltleG at Its annual
meeting last evening elected the folloMs
N'ce-pres Mrs. VIM. II. Hill; sscroi
ny CHARLES Warner: treasurer John s..
rotary, Mrs. NJ. A. 4. Clark. Board r
mAnagers-J. Frank Ball, j. S. Rossejl.
A. d.. Warner, A. q. Thatcher. r. 3.
FORD, L. H'Savery, Jr. H. A. Morris
thnrlss earrer. George A. Rhosds, o.
=. lsza,j, Emily r. Bisse;l NJ. T. HilE
n"y, y. Sissnn, Annie BisselI, Eiizsbstk
beu eutienkoDh, s. E johnson, E.izaI,etf
;, TAYLOR. H. A. Bringharss, EiixabetA
q. Eobin.on. Sarah Dure, NJ. A. Bare
Elnaiea =. Warner. H-s
The report of Mrs. A. 4. Clark, IL
s"lrr'ntendent. was as follows:
Number OF new families registered
n,cn iine 10 non-residents, ll2; mum bar
ol lecur,cnt families lS2: total numUts
of families. registered, 2ga: snnsrintsnd-
rhts visits. oy6; frauds and ialse uddre 1.
rS' IL; asking for work or sewing, ~.
heiped through the self Supportipa.
rahu' .; net reGuiling action, 81; up.
.i'svrvingrei +, 3; lequiring teniporar =
reiiei, Ibl; as: ing ;.!vicu only, 1; refusvI
ihDor test. :; employed at wondpiie, lan .s
ory ana odd job, 70; secured temporar M
enlargement =; obtained sewing, ~
p'"fluenl socities 90: procured transpor8 Z
Ia ion to uih.r citlea Tor 10; sent pbysl.
Z ans TO six familie'; procured aid from 4
otnef socltics and church for "a; proc ured Z
iiu from Individuals for 5; In terested n
uiViuuals IN speciaI aases; aid 3 by loans &
secured advertisements fp j; gave mater. Y
al relief i6l lines to I6o Persons. Uuf
ing tho year ii have beco,or self sUppore
ing aud have died The cause OF need
IN he it5 fani les who received material
re!'et was 2.36 psr cont by sickness; 70
yer cent lack uf thrift; IS Ler cent II i
temperance tnnd II per cent other cAuspe
mus showing nearly one :hnlf OF tho nuiH
hcr OF persons wIo could or saouid u
ssIf supporting. HI
"l he number OF coal orders distributed a
during tho year was PAT. which ino,udoa 4
:. paid into The S. ;. Fund and 2xu11k3
for by work. or Tho los grocery ofasrS !
Issued Is OF them were paid for work. s
1herd were 80 sick diet ordO,s given 10 11S4
persons. MILK was served from to ek2
weeks AS the need demanded. Beef 81. 4;
tract, lamb. ami beef for broth were givea4 h
in some cases, besides 50 glasses of frui6sE
Mnd jelly. There were 30 prescrirti0nsss! A!
filled and clothing and shoes given to l95
persons. ~
'rho year,s work shows a slight in.a
crease over the Inst report, but this inkS4z
liable to occur or to be vcn versa not q *
mnch from natural change Of general n
conditions, As because there is always u
class among the poor. lluctuating in mum $
Dor who never succeed in earning q our hi
for hbls living and feel thnt the m orc tor 9s
'unate owe them share of their sub "
stance, and the tendency Is 10 Ceass LOOK
Ing for WAYS OF sclimAintainnnce; thus
ihcy drlit into aims seeking. Until this ~
Inoblom Is permanently settled all rslisf Il
agencies viii be moro or less effected by IA
THIS type OF people. 4'
no report fine chairman of County sts
Week branch Of the work was as follows:. LII
"A report Of tho work of the Countrg 81
" eek committee may very properly boz
gin wi'h an Acknowledgement Of our in-s]ii,5l
'sbtGhno to the daily papers cf Wil.k
llng on, for it was very largely through M
.ieir eifors that the money for the work II
VAS secured %j
One huadrrl and ons persons wcre
!c'red by the Country Weok work during VA
nv summer. They represented forty- s31
isht families, As each family had to be II 4
listed, IN many case, more than once
be work Tor the superintendent wA9s
"n,idorabe. In addition to thosu 1h3ys
we're sent away, eighty five pthsr persons IA
'ero visited, but hay could not or dt6
'ot care to accept our offer Of q vacation ,.3aa;
II II very lew cases those visited wore NOD 3y
onsidarel suitable us vi itors t, tue III
;, Hntry Week home u
II he home to which our parties wefo
eHt - EIeu hGtis SITUATED III Ches0fs ~
ounlv. Pa. IN old fashioned, ram bliuR
arnhonS', close to an apple orchard
where the children played. The interioe ~
b! The house was clran, neat anL home.
Ike, AMI 'ho hostess was whole ,0ulsd. ss
lothcrly woman. who took an intervty
u all of her visitors. Each re urpiuR y
nrty sroke Of the kindness of the hostess
nd invariably referred to the good "
hings to Cnt,' On5 woman remarked: B
No limit you could eat all you want.
A. hl$u
'To the tired mo hcri tho rclisf from
10 cver-recurrlng round OF household
ntes--to be abs to sit under the trees
ths sunlight. and to have plenty o1
ood food provided must indeed havt
sen rs,t; and In every "a 90 their Iooks
pom retu' Mag TO tho city, testified to tll
,neflts received
The children came bnck toIiba oit
ith regrot: but, There wa, tho
cam cars, which was
them, and some OF Tho child
,vcr be.n on u train before. They
ought with hem little Of tho
u bag OF apples. some tlowdrs bitss
rsS or Few fresh egg the parting gtfC
their hO ie's Ono No 10 glrl " she sho N
uld have stayed year. Tho COMMITTEES
rowing to whao soma OF them were 70 q
rning wished they :could have stayed
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