Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-12-17
AN APPEAL TO THE HEARTS OF
MEN AND WOMEN.
COMMENCEMENT

With tamales as a humble foundation.
charitable ladies of Brownsville have op-
ened a p%o0rhOuSe. on a small scale, in
lieu of nothing more pretenti0us. Here
the starving and aged can find warm.
nourishing soup and coffee. and a cheer
full fire, and there are also clean beds
for a few. The ladies also receive re-
ports concerning destitute families. their
cases are investigated and if found to be
deserving aid is given.
Many CAGES needing medical attention
arise, and for these medical attention is
secured. A local physician sent word
to the charity house Of a family in pit
iful circumstances. with the warning
that a child sick with pneumonia would
surely die that night unless blankets
were provided. One of the charitable la
dies promptly carried blankets and com-
forts to the needy family. a distance Of
our blocks through mad and mir. As
a result of this action, according to the
physician. the child'S life was saved.
Six small children and their mother
were found i'll. one child with 4 fear
full ulcer, another with inflammable dyS-
entry, a ten-year old boy desperately
cold. hungry and miSerable-the house
a mere hull of a home. An offer was
made to take the sick mother and the
three sick children to the charity house,
but the mother begged assistance at her
home for the sake Of the other three
children. All she asked was fifty cents
in Mexican money on which to exist.
This was given her and the sick were
warmed and nOuriShed.
Cases similar to these might be cited
again and again, all deserving. all to be
Ipitied for their miserable conditions.
Their homes are pcryadcd by hunger, i'll
ness and cold. Cheerfulness they know
not. and so they exist, barely exist, day
in and day out, without hope and with
out comfort.
These details and facts are to ask
THAT any persons who feel that this
Charity house is a worthy work, if they
care to help il along by sending in a
Christmas offering. to the end that the
fortunes which some are enduring may
be alleviatcd. Could YOU spend a portion
of your Christmas money to a better
purpose? Nine dollars means a dozen
comforts at the prices made TO the char
Iitv house. One hundred dollars would
home through several cold, dreary weeks.
Hasn't some one a hundred dollars they
wish to give to a noble charity?
But any donation is acceptable. One
good lady sent a mattres and some bed
clothes, a chair, a table, a lamp, old rugs
bed clothes would be welcomed. It's
true cash il needed for the rent. n
for the warm soup and coffee and bread
and woodland the funds derived from
the sale Of tamales are running low.
Those who have worked with us feel
joyful that they have been even able
to open this humble refuge Oh tamale
funds alone. but somehow the ladies
seem slow to assist, and two or three
cannot shoulder the burden all the time.
"A corps Of clean women. are ready 70
make excellent tamaIes every Saturday,
in a spOtless houSe-Of best pork and
other materialS-if the people would
only phone their orders when they see
notices in the papers. and help along this
great and worthy work. If it Is only
$40 cleared every Saturday that means,
oh. so much comfort to pitful. Shivering-
shiny clad children, hungering often for
Ieyen a crust of bread.
Unless YOU have driven to the out
skirts OF town and investigated condi-
ltions. YOU can have no idea of the mis-
cry. the real suffering and starvation
that exists Immediately around you
deaths actually occurring from 4 lack Of
bedclothcS.
Let's let our hearts awaken and throb
with human emotions during this beau
ltiful Yulctide. A little less tinScl and
ribbon and cut glass for friends. and
send a few dollars to The Hrcald for
these pitifuI sufferers. Just 90 out and
hunt for them and see what they bear.
aud then you'll gladly put your hands
down into yOur pockets and share with
them your Christmas cheer.
Let's make this a Christmas wcIthy
to be remembered. keeI ne in mind what
Christmas really means.
What Will You send the charity house
in His name?
Coat and Coat Suit Sale. Everything
in ready to wear goes this week. The Hat
shop. 129tf