The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-12
SONS NEGLECT
AGED PARENTS
Many Cases Of This Sort Con
tanned in Report by Asso-
ciated Charities.
CONSIDERATION Of RECORD
Glance at Some Of Work Done
by Organization During.
Past Quarter.
CONSIDERATION OF RECORD

liable association is the heaviest, the
quarterly report of Superintendent
4 Buchanan, of the Associated Charities,
presents many interesting features.
Among other things the report shows
that the association has twenty sewn
visitors constantly at work, the city
being districted so as to give each a
definite field to cover. These visitors
& during the quarter just passed issued
LIB relief orders, mainly orders for
4 groceries, and the records show that
371 families were assisted. The OK
Il pense of this work has been s1,294S9,
I. indicating the careful handling of the
funds in the hands OF the assoca-
ton.
Some of the Gases.
A record is made of the character
OF each case, the amount of relief and
the name OF the person by whom the
Investigation was made. Marginal
y notes besides the history of the case
sometimes tell pathetic story. Among
S8 the facts brought out by compiling d
record of cases, Is not only the large
proportion Of worthy charities, but the
percentage of applications, from old
people who have sons on others VINO
should support them. From among
the applications of the last few days
few are selected at RANDOM.
No 263. Woman, aged forty-thrcc'
two sons: all at work. Should not
need help.
E No. S2S. Young woman, thirty-tivc
years of age; deserted by her hus-
band. Three children, one at work.
No 1l2. Elderly widow; two sons,
and both at work. Should be able to
support the family.
No. 100. Young couple, with two
AZ children. Should not need help.
555 MOTH. Single young woman; very
5s5 delicate. Works when she can.
No. 80. 5aNd widow, aged seventy
8 one; has, -4lnmbcr of children, who
should support her.
No. 49, Old widow. seventy-tive
years old; lives with married son, who
has three children at work; sufficient
income in the family to live nicely,
and should not need help.
No. 1856. Old woman, sevcnty-two
years of age; lives alone. Worthy
case.
No. 276. Elderly widow, with four
grown children, who should support
their mother.
No 10. Good, Woodworking woman,
Stdelicatc; drinking husband.
No. 500. Young couple. Temporary
help on account of sickness.
No. sos. Sews for a living; cause Of
distress. sickness. The woman drinks;
man does not love work. Family now
Sat the Ballard House.
No. CD. Chronic beggars.
No. AL. Old woman, sixty years
OF age, in feeble health; sews when
able.
i No. 1885, Worthy old couple; live
with son, who should support them:
ne gives them their rent. Only need
q little help.
No. $50. Old woman, with two sons
at work, who should support their
mother. Married daughters husband
in jail for stealing.
No. 923. Good. hard working peo-
pie. who only ask help in emergency.
Old woman, seventy-two years old,
with invalid husband, seventy-scven.
A worthy old couple.
Old woman, seventy years of age:
strings bags for living: turned out
OF home BY drinking son. A worthy
old woman.
No. $50. Lives with daughter,
whose husband is an able-bodied man,
able 10 care for his family If he would