Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-12
IS IN GOOD SHAPE
Bethany Home Removed From
Immediate Want at Be-
ginning of Winter.
MONEY LEFT JAN. !
Reports Made at Meeting of Protect
i've Association Cheerful-3S
Children Under Care.

At the monthly meeting of Bethany
Home Protective association at the
Manufacturers hotel, Moline, Mr..
Wenger reported that the home was
never in such good condition on the
approach of winter. I'VE will proba-
bly, reach the end of the year with
money in the bank" said he. After
the holidays, he added, the old prob
lem of providing support for the insti-
tuition will again come to the front.
Never before has Bethaug home and
its cause been presentcI before The
people of this county as this year. The
Farmers picnic, Joslin fair, Young d
McCombs' fair, tag day, steamboat ok
cursion, coffees, sales, and the numer-
GUS trips of Superintendent Jahns IN
placing children in homes and looking
after them. have made this charity
well known throughout the county and
counties adjoining.
The Rock Island ladies were natural
ly ju6ilant over their large receipts Of
tag day. S1,15G.25, which far exceeded
the Moline receipts. 1T shows how
Rock Island people regard Bethany
home" said one of the ladies, and
Milan came in for share of the
praise when $21 was reported from
tags sold in that little city.
workers Bought Tags.
The success of tag day proves that
these cities can support the home with
very small contributions. Someone
had suggested that it would be IN
wise to stop the humble workman
with his dinner pail on his way to
work and ask him for money. This
was met with the counter proposition
that the man with the dinner pail WAS
receiving good wages; his wife AMI
children lived we'll and even he could
afford to purchase tags, and as early
as $50 in the morning the ladies were
getting TO their respective fields Of
pperatiou to meet the man with the
Inner pail He proved himself a true
gentleman and-invested
superintendent Jahns reported that
he fall crop of children was coming
on as the weather began 10 be cold,
and that he was looking for private
homes where children might be board
ed at the expense of the parents. Ia
all such cases. the parents will look
after the children after being placed
in such homes, if they are able to do
50. otherwise Bethany home authoIi-
ties will inspect and report regarding
them.
The Fats and Leans played second
game of baseball, and though the Fats
were this time the winners, the Ta
ceipts of the game we're much leaner
than those of their first game.
Charles Kerns has proven himself
4 most valuable member of the board
in hustling after funds.
Are - Children in Home.
The house report shows 2l boys and
If girls at the home; of these % are
BOARDING; the average age of the IS
is years: two were placed in homes.
there was no sickness and no doctors
visits during the month.
Donations were as follows:
Mrs. Elm of Rock Island, clothing;
Mrs. G. NJ. Reddig. Rock Island,
grapes: Calvin Reddig and family IF
South Rock Island, grapes, Mrs. =.
Larson. Rock Island, grapes; Mrs.
Kann. Rock Island, green tomatoes:
Mrs Thompson, Rock Island, bed mat
tress; Miss Denk-nann, one bolt ging
ham; Mrs. H. B. Sudlow, jelIies and
new shoes: Mrs. ]. l.. Oakleaf, Mo
line. new shoes; Mrs. Gus RohweddeT
Rock Island, bedding; Mrs. Gregory
Rock Island clothing; Mrs. w. II.
Marshall, Rock Island. clothing; the
ladies of Spencer Memorial church
gave one day to sewing fcs tle home
and 81 garments were made; the fai"
at Young & McCombs besides yieli-
ing $116.S5 in cash, brought also 2G
quarts of canned fruits and 81 glasses
of jellies, besides pumpkins, squash,