The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-06

of New York, leading speaker yesterday.
mond. and emphasized the fact that
Richmond was. the birthplace of the
organizations that had been aiding in
the charitable work carried on by the
Society of st. Vincent de Paul. iis
concluded by putting forward DIR. Kir-
By of the university in Washington.
Describes Work.
The newly elected Officers of tho
federation having taken seats fronting
the audicucesb Mrs. O.Donohoe began thu
woman's part OF the program of ex-
ercises By reading n paneG which adj
mirabiy and concisely described tho
work doneby the Woinan,s Auxiliary
of the Associated CathoiiGsCharities az
New York. of which sheds president
She dweit on the neeessitSdf organize
ed work TO meet the requirements of
great city Hike New YORK; where tho
lines OF demarcatipn between jastlca
and charity have been swept away by
tine ineoning rush ,of a great waNe OF
humanitariahism that sentitleu the maf
tropolis. 70 the Nuns. iof ;.sthe city OF
charities
she gave an sceount Of different
committees one corarosed of six
ladies' OF means. leisure and oppor-
thititS Sc titli NitlS t4Gii
to the cliidreTi,s court. of a prison
committee of tItfrty members who Wis
tied unfortunate in prison. saw to
1t that they had proper counsel, and
helped them after their discharge to
begin their home and business life
over again of committee tha.
brought cheer and comfort to the siei,
IL. hospitals. and OF committees for
settlement work. auxiliaries TO chart
ties begun when the French nuns were
expelled from their homes and de-
barred from their work in their ma
tive land.
She believed that the meeting here
was for mutual benefit through an In
tcrchange of views. AS REPRESENTING
the New York Auxiliary she was here
TO learn and not to exploit,
Other Societies.
Mrs. Davis, of Washington, repre-
senting the work of the Christ Child
Society of Washington. with branches
in seven other cities came next. She
explained the origin Sof the society in
December Of 1890, when Miss Mary
Merrick persuaded some needy tiitt.s
children to write letters to the Christ
Child for desired gifts, and then SCI
cured the help of generous charity in
securing responses TO the letters.
q
Christ Child Society includes ot7only
Christmas gifts but outfits of cloth
ing for infants sent to destitute nioth-
ers; farm house saratorium in Mary
land, where children are sent for out
ings; settlement work, with statue
}of the Christ child erected in room
and children invited to visit the home
of the Christ child where classes ara
held and instruction on the life of
Christ given; night schools and man
ual training schools, especially among
the Italian immigrants; sewing classes
and clubs. where girls We're taughtgto
be self-supporting.
The Rev Father Waters, at the re-
quest of DR. Kirby gave a condensed
account OF the Ladies' Aid Society of
Washington Then Miss Leech read a
most interesting paper on tho Brooklyn
Woman's AuXiliary TO st. Vincent de
Paul. its different branches and com
mittees. She was followed by the
Rev. William j. White of BROOKLYN,
introduced by DIR, Kirby, who wasavery
happy In a short but pertinent address
on the usefulness and scope of wo-
mans auxiliary work
Mrs Thomas Muldowpey, secretarS
of st. Anne's Benevolent Society n
Richmond, made an Interesting report:
saint Glnnbeti, Onion.
Others making addresses along. lines
ALREADY indicated Mere the REV, Father.
Monnihan, Of BaItimore MIS- rwa,t-
ishing soeiety known as Dhughtafrs ,ol
sthe Queen of Heaven, and MISS NetiS'
of New Totll,
Before tho Meeting adjourned. Dr.
AIcNIaiion suggested IN appgogriataa
name for. the federation HilS si,
beth JJninn--aDd aqGgesteti tttaf Wy