New-York tribune., 1903-05-18


- q detailed report could be published Of all the
good cheer work done by the Manhattan branches
of the T S. S, it would show record uhsur-
passed in kindly deeds.
The Home Garden branch is situated In con
yestad district in the heart of Little Italy,. No
41e East One-hundred- and-ffteenth-st. Miss Annie
c. Ruddy the president, reported at tne seiiii-
annual meeting, in part, as follows
The neghborhood is not one that mas ever f be
made bright by kindly yId dgeqS in f need Of sunshine
The object of the branch is tWoIoiu, iord insting
go Tho hearts of the children sense OF the Joy EI
giving During the half yeal Just cosnG rtIioUg oUs
9Tl5ige biyna dinner was provided for eighty-nv
children, many Of whom w91id cbTisfmas thirty
Eve neglected children of the tenementS' wa WIZ ade
bo10y With special gifts. and nine famlIes Eere S
supplied with Christmas dinners. Qn "a hrighten as
tr9ry homes. seventy-fve pictures OF me ib9ed
recton and as many Fancy eggs eggggstantiaI aid have
hen gilen out to several poor families An He oe
cared for until he could be placed in an ola men Wb9
home; board was paid 1or al, adsssperate through
noyartv and misfortune has been made 1 sflI-5uP
or4}S }S aRd os haPPS of PSfee Children is learning smile
again, while working with US 70 @ D rnsn5bers are
Children of the tenements who are elioel' ''i"s
to live unseIfsh lives full Of heipfulnesS-
The Chelsea branch, Mrs Pierrepoht 1Iee,ie
,raefdent is interested in working girls provides
1ar+ a,,ori,e- meetings for them and passes on
all sorts of clothing; if not new it is mended anu
sent out in good order. About seven hunoreo gar
nents were distributed in six months ana Inasa
zines sent regularly to the South. One copy Is reao
nv eleven families. Hester White Menorldl Oi
Ms LYMAN president is dev oted wholly to making
sunshine in the lives Of the aged The Frlenaly
Aid branch Mrs. Seth Abrams president pays 'iie
rent for a worthy family and does postofhce mis-
sion work sending magazines and weekly papers
to Alabama, Kansas, Nebraska and ONO ana Is III
to,,cb with he Derry On. HI Dr4ncn
Mrs. F. H. Jerome reported the work OF tle MI
nah Circle done at Bellevue Hospital anu tue SUN
shine days given colored children. casn girls ana
Inmates of the Old Ladies' Home through the aid
~ tho II G q The Beresford branch. Mrs. Edward
Morse Cutler president. will aid the once Dy oOlhg
special work where most needed EIzaoeth wy
man Memorial branch, Mrs. Bates Wyman, presi-
dent reported Of its special gifts OF money at
Easter and of its intention devote its work prin-
cipally to helping little children
Pascal Institute branch Miss NJ P. Pascal, presl-
dent is specially interested in cheering two ohnd
members, and inmates Of the Blind Home were IN
vfted as guests to a musical evening" and the
branch members assisted at an entertainment for
an East Side mission. In return the institute has
been the recipient Of much cheer by interested
friends, in the way Of entertainments. an account
Of which with new names enrolled, will be given
later At the snow festival. held at the Waldorf
Astoria the table placed there for sunshine offer
ings received gifts to the value of $50. which were
passed on TO the Little Mothers Aid Association.
The Sunny Side Day Nursery and Union Settle
ment on the East Side: the Bloomingdale Day
Nursery and the West Side Extension OF the Uni
versity Settlement, on the West Side of the city.
give sunshine to hundreds of poor children daily.
and they receive from the general Office boxes OF
clothing books. toys, dolls and games
Public School No So branch Miss Sarah Osborne.
president has 700 members. and while doing local
work on the East Side contributes helpfuly to the
general Office. The Crippled Children's branch
Miss K. Rea Stackpole president, numbers ninety,
a4aC TU1Ir oh
cheer they also taught to give 10 others, and
many pretty specimens Of their handiwork are
passed on
The Walton branch, Mrs. L Weygandt prest-
dent is composed several hundred Italian chill
dren, boys and girls, and the werk among them Is
educative and all are taught some kind OF manual
training domestic science. The cooking class
OF this branch furnished a sunshine table at the
recent exhibition of their work at the Charities
Building.
1t would not be possible to report the work Of
the Little Missionary branch Miss Sara Curry.
president. a day nursery, mothers club. a COOK
ing class and a religious meeting for men are ali
held In the Settlement house at No SO East Eighth
St Hundreds of visits made the bedsides Of
the sick dying and every conceivable form OF
cheer distributed to the poor and the infirm.
Mrs Henry Parsons. president of the Plant
branch who is also on the LEGAL school board OF
the Eleventh School District, claims the ten thou
sand children Of the district her sunshine men,
| bers Her work among them and its beneficial
results were recently published in THE Outlook. -
The Sunshine Club of Little Mothers Mrs. Green
! leaf. president. for themselves and tenement
house children ana make scrapbooks for the sick
| and crippled ones The Mott Avenue Juniors. Verna
| WiIkens president contribute their cheer to the
general office. The Boys PatFta Club helps to pay
| the rent and has supplied coal to aged soldier
| and his wife The "Spinstess." Miss Prudence
| Murdoch president IS pledged to look after dumb
animals, and see that they are not abused .,o,,
! arr looks "a
| A branch Branch No 4. Mrs. e. E Cooley Presi-
dent. looks after poor WIDOWS secures & %9rS @ iG n
cents each to these self-Supporting women that
@aSa 5sq 81 ah9se o5 cnq5 ar55s a. banch Mrs Frank
Lewis Nugeut president. is financially able to re-
Sectiy SeSy through sH pug the + s S. president
| No. 6, Mrs S. S. Frost. president, secures from
eTiIdren OF RAT sde settlement two boxes We're
| tions went to the Crippled Children,s Home: the
seventyfve children Of the Mission Nursery were Were
| branch to needy families and nifty articles of
| clothing given to women who support their fami-
! lies by days work, and groceries for weeks 70
| two families where the husbands were out OF
| work No Z Mrs George Eason. president, does
its sunshine work in Harlem and gives regular aid
Bins president has adults and juniors among her
members who make i pSint 70 reSREnd E% to Zap aR
| dent does correspondence work
| d. cstIi@{ Forth words Of coInmendation and
applause for the good Samaritan work done; s5 Inc
! obliged to do their own work, and yet one sat
by yI iHe pgaSaGe F, % W. w dstyeh7er the wage
s996e s5f 5f nobnr eSber washed the clothes
! of a family where the mother was dying with con
sumption personal service in other ways 10 the SICK
and suffering were numerous and assistance given
made for door children in Hrookyn and a mother
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