Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-07
APPEAL TO CHARITY
THE RECENT COLD WAVE CAUSES
MUCH SUFFERING.
Gen. Sternberg's Statement Of Condi-
tons and Request for Funds
for Relief Association.

The recent cold wave has taxed the re-
sources of the Associated Charities and the
Citizens Relief Association to the utmost.
1t is conceded that these organizations.
that accomplish so much good for the
needy of the city every year. deserve the
tangible support of every person in the
District of Columbia who Is anxious that
no one shall suffer.
To meet the demands upon the organiza-
tons this appeal has been issued to the
people of the national capital:
1.-THE Citizens Relief Association finds 1t
necessary to appeal to the public for funds
for the relief of the poor Of this city.
Money contributed to this association Is ex-
pended solely for material rehef-food.
fuel clothing and shoes. All disburse-
ments are made through the agency of the
Associated Charities and without expense
so far as this association Is concerned.
Money should be sent to Mr.. John WllklnS'
treasurer. Washington Post building.
Gen. GEORGE M. STERNBERG,
President.
JAMES e. FITCH,
Chairman Finance Committee"
More money is needed this year than even
last year because of the development and
steady improvement Of the work Of the
Associated Charities.
Instances of Suffering.
In a two-room wooden dwelling no better
than a coal shed a widow and six children
were found by an agent of the Associated
Charities recently on one of the coolest
days. Half the panes of glass were gone
from the window In the front room. while
the entire sash was missing from the back
room window door with large cracks
between its boards, and its hinges broken
Off entirely, leaned up against the door
casing, as the only means OF keeping In the
IL 1ko
fire clustered the six children in ragged
garments, without any underclothing, over
coats or mittens while the mother herself
was actually barefooted in the cold room.
Within one block of this single house the
agent visited an entire wooden row OF two
room shacks. nearly every one Of which
duplicated the conditions described above
windows without glass. doors that cannot
keep out the cold and groups or Shaverlng
children with insufficient clothing.
Such extreme instances suggest how Sc
verely the agents and the resources OF the
Associated Charities, as well as the inade,
uuate relief funds Of the Citizens Relief
Association, are taxed by the 100 to 300 APP
plications that are now made daily to the
associations eight offices. The finance com
mittee makes appeal for immediate addi-
tional help.
Receipt of Funds.
Mr. John JOY Edison. treasurer of the
Associated Charities. has received the fol-
lowing subscriptions:
~" 81; Miss E. F. Chester, 81; Mrs.
William E. Chandler, $50; Mrs. Jane c..
Hitz, $40; Mrs. Mary M. Semmes. IS: Miss
Mary B. Ferry, IS: William F. Mattingly.
So Mrs ]. G. Benton, IS; George M.
Rcm:mel. $3.50; Eugene Brooks, 50: Robert
B. Warder. $40; "A Friend" through Col.
Hill, So; Miss Alkaline Rochefort. 81; II M
c." 81; James Laws, MD, 81; Richard &
Co, So: Mrs. Elvira L. de johnson. IS; c.
W Shoemaker. s.; Gen. Arson Mills, $50:
Rev. Walden Myer. $50: Mrs. Francis B.
Austin. $40; Admiral F. M. Ramsay,
SIG; Miss Mary W. Strong. $40; s. A.
Clarke. IS; Robert Reyburn. MD. IS:
Washington Heights Presbyterian Church.
s9.n; A. S: Gilbert, $; Mrs. E; Baker
Evans. 81; Frank L. Campbell. IS; Rev.
George o. Little, $40; Gen. William B. Ro-
chester, IS; Albert T. salter. $40: Mrs. T.
F. Bayard, $40: Rev. and Mrs. Joseph II.
F.elly, $40; Fred. G. Mexican. IS; Mrs. Rob
ert Magaw. $40: William P. Tulloch, IS;
Mrs. C. M. McCorkle. $40; Miss Mary e.
Let's, IS; Capt. G. J. Train, $40; Rev. J. G.
Ames, SO; c. w. Porter, $40: Miss Susan b.
Sipe, s.; Mrs. Peter Wainwright, $40; Mrs.
Richard c. Parker, IS: H. P. Gould, So; Mrs.
J. Mills Browne, SO; E. H. Droop IS; Judge
E. F. Bingham. $40; -. Q. c." $40.