Bisbee daily review., 1912-10-06
CHARITY WORK
 IMPORTANT NOW
Secretary of Charity Com mittee of Board of Trade Points to Increased
 Calls for Aid
THE WORK IN DETAIL

poor and unfortunate are always to
 be found In any community. Better
 times have been in evidence in the
 Warren district during the summer
 months but even so, despite the fact
 that happiness and content was more
 ia evidence and misery less apparent than heretofore there has been, 9s there must always be everywhere, l need of assistance in certain specific | Instances. This is shown in the semi
 annual report of Miss Esther Cum mings, secretary of the charity com
 mittee of the board of trade, which
 was rendered Friday. This commit.
 tee was originally formed to relieve the average business man of some of
 the many calls that are made upon
 him for assistance to the unfortunate,
 to investigate such cases as may be
 called to it's attention, personal appli-
 cations for aid and such instances as
 the secretary may come upon in the
 district
 In the past. when times were hard, especially this committee through it's secretary has done splendid work and that work is now being continued.
 There is constant need of such an or ganizatiOn as one can readily discoy- CT by a little investigation or can be convinced of by reading the reports of this committee.
 Aid Urgent in Winter The report of Miss Cummings states | that always in the summer there are | fewer calls for aid than in winter when more "transients" drift in, when
 fuel is needed, when warmer cloth | ing is indispensable. Despite this and
 despite the fact that times are more | prosperous the report for the half year ending September 30 shows that l the amount expended in groceries,
 meals, house rents, water rents, house | furnishings, fuel, feed transportation,
 care in cases of illness, telegTams, in | cidentals and other necessary expens-
 es amounted to S601.75.
 Since March 3l last, there were recorded in the office of the charity committee thirty four new cases where
 aid was rendered in various ways. On seventeen. occasions poor families Iwere assisted with clothing that hal been donated to the committee and in other ways. Where there was ll-
 ness substantial assistance was given
 when necessary and in some instances i groceries were supplied. In more than thirty instances work was obtained for applicants. There were eleven cases of accident or illness and in six instances transportation has been furnished, but these figures give but little idea of the good that is being done by this organizations f- Loans Made Returned
 i Services are often rendered of | greater benefit to the recipients than mere financial aid or supplying food or clothing. It is the effort of the committee and it's secretary to assist in all possible ways in making the families so given temporary aid seif Isupporting and this is frequently the case as is shown by the recipients of lsuch assistance in atterward return ling money advanced them which they Iconsider as loaned. In this way $50 has been returned to the committee in the past three months.
 1 IL is true that in many instances the need of assistance arises from 1 the dissipation or thTiftlessness of one of the parents but the committee
 does not believe that such conduct lon the part of the parents should be | permitted to cause needless suffering
 of the children when it can be re- liieved. Tn many cases children are given clothes when it would other
 wise be impossible for them to attend school.
 Mexicans Frequent Applicants It is further true that frequent de- mands. almost a majority, come from | Mexican families where a father IS shittless or has deserted his family, and in these cases as well as others needed relief must be extended. Oft
 en cases of parental neglect or aband-
 onment are the most appealing The report deals with number Of specific instances in which aid has | been given One that may be men | toned is that of a widow who for two years past has from time to time been | assisted. She has five children, the l oldest now twelve and would have had terrible struggle to elothe and feed | her family without some assistance.
 In every way she has striven to keep ! her family together and with her and 1 send the three eldest to school. The ] Icommiueed has seldom been called upon to furnish provisions but has lsupplied clothing to the children and at times purchased them shoes. Large Families Aided Another case cited is a family of eight. father, mother. six children. the loldest being now fourteen. The fath-
 CT had been a heavy dTinker and the
 family was without food or suitable clothes. Work was obtained for the oldest daughter as a nurse girl, for
 the mother and the father is work ling
 Another case relieved was that of
 mother and eight children, the moth
 CT being m and the children in con sequence neglected.
 In another instance aid was givep
 10 family of six after the father had left Bisbee and was unable to send
 the funds 10 his family 10 come to
 him. Numerous other cases are men.
 toned iR the report and all tend to
 show the splendid services tlfe com l'mittee is rendering to the community
 Deputy Assessor H. $. Ross and Deputy Treasurer Frank Demarest
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