Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-14
GASES MET BY
RELIEF SOCIETY
stories Told BY Workers Who
Labor Among the Sick
And Needy.
WORTHY ONES AND GRAFTERs
rnc,dent Of the Old Lady with the Sick
sister and the Woman Who
Made Loan.

MT racent story OF first aid to the
nd destitute, furnished by the
,,ca, RELIEF societies and their band
% charity nurses, gave rise to much
,,terested public comment and 70
.nr re,niniscences on the part Of
,,ose who are actively interested in
the work. From beginning to end Of
,,< ,nceptlon the society has stood to
,,ee+ these oases without regard to
osov color or creed" and the result
has heen "a heap Of experience"
which in many instances would make
Interesting history.
PATHETIC CASE.
The ward Relief society presidents
have their hands full of poverty cases,
mud are the first to be called for those
,cnllring material help In the way of
fo9d, clothing, fuel, etc. one of
these an especially touching one,
came under the supervision of Mrs c.
/ Thomas. president of the Thir-
teenth ward Relief society. Her at
Ssrtion was called to a family of three,
father. mother, and little girl, LIVING
I'm one room, a ground room, with
damn floor AMI walls, and hardly furn-
iture enough 10 meet even the humDle
necessities OF their lives. They were
rom tennessee. and had come from
ono of the wealthiest and most prom
inent families of the state. A great
fortune left by a father, had become
Involved in tedious law suit which
had taken every dollar of the sons
Uresent means to prosecute. Disease
look hold upon him, and he was adj
Nised II he would preserve his life,
10 come out west. Getting together
barely enough means fer the journey.
they came 10 Salt Lake. They had
been too proud to ask charity--daily
expecting remitunces from home
and Affairs had gone from bad 30
worse, and 1t was only upon the no.
tlce of one who knew their actual
plight that their case came to the So
ciety's attention. Mrs. Thomas with her
counselor called at the house and found
the family in almost absolute destitu-
ton 1t was winter. and though poor
stove stood in the room, there was no
fuel and Mrs. Thomas was told they
had been two days without fire, They
had felt that humiliation too keenly to
amply anywhere for aid, and as they
were not members of the l.. ID. ).
Church, no report had been handed in
tn kindly neighbors CHANGED to drop
IN. guessed the situation and informed
the Relief officers, who at once volun-
tened their help. Fuel was provided,
and other necessarics, which were sadly
/ needed and the family left in compare
lively comfortable circumstances. When
last heard from they were still awaiting
the settlement of their law suit, but
now With the added anxiety that the
attorney to whom they had trusted their
case. an old college mate of the destitute
man. had been bought" by the other
side. and was helping to throw the
suit the other way.
4 SICKNESS AND MISERY.
IT Is only one of the many cases OF
Il trouble. and need that come to o. r no.
Y tre every day." said Mrs. Thotlas. Il
vas called to aid poor family W: o had
come here from Colorado. with ~ hope
getting work. We found In OF DOM
4 & mother, daughter and As:'e. the
laughter with three childre~ oh'