The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-09-26
Home Charity Association.


was organized three years ago
as the result of conference
held between number of per-
sons in Lafayette actuated by
feelings of philanthropy to pro
, vide some ready and permanent
means of relieving poverty and
suffering among deserving menu
bers of the community over
taken by misfortune.
The association is supported
by small monthly dues of 25
cents paid by it's members,
which creates a regular fund for
carrying on the work of the as
ISOLATION systematically and un-
obtrusively. The treasury of
the association is augmented
from time to time by cOntribu
tons made by charitably inclined
persons outside of it's member
ship, who desire to extend a
helping hand to their fellow-be-
ings through the medium of the
association.
There is great deal of we'll
in this world, and it is in pre-
venting waste and misapplicatiOn
of means of relief that organized
charity has found field Of great
practical usefulness. Individual
charity is not to be discouraged,
but it is true that much of the
good that is intended by the ex-
erciSe of this form of charity is
lost, and often proves harmful
to those it seeks to benefit by
encouraging idleness and pau
perism among a class who have
no rightfui claim on the sym
pathy and consideration of their
fellOw-men. And it is for this
reason that many persons pre-
fer to extend help to suffering
humanity through the agency of
established organizations, which
carry on the work of relief with
sys TEN, intelligence and fidelity:
for such societies do not dis
pense charity blindly, taking no
thought Of what will become of
the recipients when the coal or
clothing or food received now is
gone, but will visit needy indivl
duals and families next week
and the week after-and long
after present popular interest in
these cases have subsidized Or
gained charity will still remem-
Der and see that the family in
trusted to it during the winter
storm is steadily helped to Il
better prosperity. Organized
cha rity in it's holy mission OF al
leviating human suffering takes
into careful account the differ
ence between poverty and pau
perism, showing every consider
alton for the former and very
properly discouraging the latter,
and exerting all it's philanthro-
pic effort in the direction of up
lifting and ennobling human
nature.
Remem bering that of all yir-
tues charity is the greatest, The
Home Charity Association was
founded in Lafayette to serve as
a convenient and ready medium
for relieving want and suffering
among worthy but destitu tie
members of the community, and
throughout the three years of
it's existence the association has
been the means of bringing re-
lief in not few homes in the
tolls of sickness and hunger and
| helplessness. To be able to have
a share in this noble work is
truly to be regarded as a privi
lege, and the association is in
every way entitled to the gener-
our support of our people.
The present official staff of
The Home Charity Association
is composed of the following
we'll known persons: DR.. N. p.
Moss, president; Mrs. F. Dema-
made, vice-president; Mrs. J. O.
Mouton, treasurer; Miss Marie
TOSSo Sacreta1v The On1v con-