Arizona republican., 1909-12-25
BIG STOCKING THAT
 NEEDS TO BE FILLED
A Thought for the Unfortunate on
 Christmas Morning.

ne ASSoCiatcu NndritleS WILL LOOK into it's stocking this morning with pleasurable anticipation. and it is sincerely hoped there will be no disap- pointment. If there is it will only mean that the sock goes up again to- night and stays there until there is something in it. It has got to be | filled by somebody and it is a long one. From it's depths come the perpetual moaning of the distressed and the yearnng of the sick at heart, echoes that can only be silenced by the filling of it, with that which assures provi- sion against the constant recurrence of human necessities.
 The Associated Charities is doing great work; doing it not alone with the cash already contributed and with the tenderest of human sympathy, but doing much of it on borrowed capital. the credit of the organization. It has had liberal contributions from many sources and is fully appreciative, but it needs more of them. and its work is done by self lf-sacrificing persons whose greatest reward is a Knowledge of service rendered.
 To be more direct, the society needs and will welcome any donation that can be nsed for the comfort of the sick, but most of all it needs cash for money to enable the management to do a great many things of pressing importance that only money can procure. Its treas ury is empty. That is to say its lia- bilities are greater than its present resources though it is one of those organizations that has no notion of going into insolvency whateer betide. Some who have subscribed have for gotten to pay. but more have forgotten to subscribe. and it keeps the manage ment busy to hold it's head above wa ter B. A. Fowler. the president, Rob ert Burmister. the treasurer at the Phoenix National bank, or Miss Gil christ, who has direct charge of the relief work. will any of them be ready to receive donations and report them for proper use by the society. There is no financial statement available for publication. but the reader may know that The Republican speaks advisedly when it says the Associated Charities needs money.
 Neither is there available at this time a complete report of the benefactions of the Associated Charities. but few figures were secured last night that will give the interested reader some proof of the important work it is do- ing the present season, or has done since September 1, when it's activs year began. IL is impossible for statis- tics to show all the good work Of the organization. for much of 1t is CO., operative with the churches. the lodges and other societies that care for cer- tain patients to the limit of their pos abilities and are then helped Dy the Associated Charities.
 But on the books of the organiza- ton it is shown that thus far this sea- son. aid has been extended U thirty families and to sixty individuals who are living alone in the city. or alto gether 102 persons. In addition to these the society has a working interest in the management of the tuberculosis ward of the county hospital. where thirty-five unfortunates have been giv- en attention since September l. mak- ing total of 137. Many other organi- cations have helped in the care of some of these cases. but when their limits have been reached they have been dependent in large measure on the Associated Charities.
 These figures are given to show something of the measure of good that is being done in the community by this organized method of relief. For req sons too well known to repeat. Phoe- nix. though a prosperous place has mere than her normal proportion of t'e worlds unfortunates and it is recog- nized by all close observers that the people of this community are d liberal sort, constantly responding to the constant demand. Nevertheless. 1t is duty, and by the real philanthropis; it may be considered a privilege, to demonstrate that Phoenix IS willing to do more than her share in this re- spect So once again attention is callel to the stocking of the Associated Charities in the hope that it's agoniZ ing echoes may be transformed this day into harmonious paeans of grati-