Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-05
ASKS AID FOR
CHARITY WORK
BETHLEHEM INSTITUTIONS
MUST HAVE MONEY
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AT
LEAST REQUIRED
Rev. Dana Bartlett Appeals for Assist
ance and Formulates Plans Which
Receive Official lndorse-
ment of Merchants

Unless immediate financial assistance
is forthcoming, the noble work for So
cial betterment in the Eighth ward
that has been successfully advanced
for the past twelve years under the
superintendent Of Rev. Dana Bart
lett, head of the Bethlehem Institu-
tions, will suffer a serious setback; in
fact, much of it will have to be aban-
doned. The directors of the Bethlehem
benevolent board feel confident, how
ever, that the people of Los Angeles
and vicinity will not stand unheeding
by and allow such a dire misfortune
to befall a movement in which the vel
fare of the whole city is concerned.
To raise the funds necessary to re-
move the indebtedness on the property
of the Bethlehem Institutions and to
pay the salaries, now in arrears, of the
different helpers, the plan has been
formulated to make the days interVen-
ing between now and Thanksgiving a
time for a thorough canvass of Los
Angeles and nearby towns for money.
Ten thousand dollars is needed; moth
ing less will be enough to meet the
bare requirements of the institutions.
Anything over and above that amount
that may come in will be applied in
carrying on the human salvage work.
The means always have been made
quate to cover more than a small part
of what should be done.
What the Bethlehem Institutions
have done for the city on that drab
little dusty Vignes street, lying in the
shadow of a big brewery, fighting for
social and moral cleanliness in an at
mosphere physically unhealthy, will
never be computed in dollars and cents,
though these services have an un-
doubted cash value in the saving of the
respondent and desperate from crime:
1t costs money to oil the machinery of
jails and courts, and such work as
Bethlehem is doing saves a great ex-
pense in these departments.
Thousands of colonistS coming to the
city now on the cheap rates from the
east have in their number many who
will be down on Vignes street In a few
weeks. Each winter shows that among
the home seekers with money enough
to make an independent start in new
country are hundreds who come with
nothing in their pockets. Many OF
these are bound to become public
charges of one kind or another. and
the Bethlehem idea is to reach them
and help them to self-support and self
respect before the evil forces of the
city start them on the downward path.
"Star Day" Indorsed
The great event of the campaign will
be Star day, Saturday, November Fl,
when 100000 Bethlehem star badges
will be for sale on the streets at 10
cents each. The Merchants and Manu-
facturers' association has lndorSed the
scheme in the following letter.
Los Angeles, Cal, Oct 23, 1908:
"To Whom 1t May Concern: At a
meeting of the board of directors of the
Merchants and Manufacturers associ-
alton held yesterday the movement to
pay the Indebtedness Of the Bethlehem
benevolent board was approved
1T is the intention of said board to
make Saturday, November 21, a Star
day. and public spirited citizens of Los
Angeles are urged to support this wor-
thy institution to the best of their
ability.
by order of the board of directors,
"F. j. ZEEHANDELAAR,
Secretary"
These stars will be on sale also in
Pasadena and in all the towns on the
kite-shaped track The cooperation
of the churches and of the woman's
clubs and other civic bodies augurs a
successful day. Mrs. L. M Culver,
chairman of the central committee,
with Mrs. H. K. W. Bent and Mrs. A.
I. Bradley, are working out a plan to
cover all the wards of the city with
sellers of Star day badges The Bethle-
hem idea also will be exploited during
Prosperity week, as a worthy home
product, and arrangements are being
made for a booth in the exposition.