Bridgeton pioneer., 1912-12-12
HOW ONE TITANIC
. FUND WAS SPENT
$4,000 Distributed In Aid Of
Nine Families.
SOME MONEY PUT IN TRUST.
Director Of the Red Cross Emergency
Relief Committee Reports on the Ex
pendture of Proceeds of MetropoIi-
tan Opera Benefit.

penditure of Proceeds of MetropoIi
tan Opera Benefit.
W. Frank Persons. director of the
Red Cross emergency relief committee.
has made his report us to the distribu-
ton of $4,000 raised at the benefit per-
formance at the Metropolitan Opera
House. New York. last April for the
families of victims of the Titanic dis
aster.
Ofr. Persons in his report states the
circumstances of nine families of vic
tins, to each Of whom $1,000 was Civ
en- from the contribution, and says
that each of these families has receiv-
ed or will receive gifts from other
sources sufficient to carry out an apprO
pirate plan for their permanent relief
An artist who was just coming into
career of great promise had gone TO
Europe to execute an important com
mission and was returning on the III
tanic. He was lost with his sketches
and left a widow and children. One
Of his children has shown marked ar
tistic ability. and the parents were
planning an education for her along
those lines. The younger children, too.
must be provided for. and Mr.. Persons
says that the support of the family will
require in addition to the modest prop
erty remaining to the widow a consid-
erable gift, which it is hoped can be
raised.
Help For Widows.
A newly married couple were com
ing to this country to make their per
manent home here. The husband was
lost in the wreck. A child has been
born to the wife. When she leaves the
hospital she will take place at serv
ice in the country, where she can have
her baby with her. 1t is planned to
give her small sum of money avail
able for emergencies and times when
she may not be able to earn anything
f4d to put a larger sum in trust for
her child
A widow forty-eight years old LOST
her nineteen-year-old daughter who
had been of help in supporting the
family. She had four children surviY
ing, all of whom are in delicate health,
and she has now the support of thc
entire family On her hands. She has
broken down under the strain and can
not work at her washing for six days
week. The plan is to provide a pen
sion for number of years to supple
ment the earnings of the woman and
her daughters and so tighten her wo:s
that she will be able to earn q livi0r
going out only three or four days
week.
The widow of an oil operator VIII
was lost and who left three children
one of whom is a cripple and the Othel
| an invalid threatened with tubercElo
| sis, is to be beiped at nursing, fcl
which she has natural Gift, and \
| pension for ten years is to be set aside
| for her until her daughters are able "a
| help her.
The widow of laborer who WIS
lost, leaving six children, will recei,'..
| the same assistance. An entire fau.i
ly. consisting of father, mother aai
| nine year-Old son. were coming to tli-
country when the father was lost a:!,
| with him all their money and proper
ty. The widow and child are nov
with her people, who give her home
| She has found employment in a fac
| tory and earns Sc Il week, which shr
| pays for board for herself and her
| child, as her relatives cannot board
| her without compensation. A pension
/ V.-sIf l,n
her son is educated and able to help
Other Gases Relieved.
| The widow of an American merchant
In moderate circumstances who went
down on the ship Is left unprovided fer
She has had a successful experience ia
running small dry goods business.
and she wants to establish another.
She will be helped in this.
| A South Dakota farmer who had gone
to Sweden to bring back his father was
lost with his father in the wreck Hn
had borrowed the money for the triE
and his farm and implements wers
mortgaged. He left widow and six
children, for whem emergent help has
been given, and 1T is hoped a large par,
of the debts can be paid
A mechanic who had gone to Eng
land with his wife and who during his
absence had been excused from pay
mept of dues in his union was lost, and
his wife is excluded from the usual
death benefit for widows Of the union
She is incapacitated for work by reasou
of Ill health. though she is a compe-
tent nurse, and if she has proper care
for few years she may be able to
support herself. She, too, has been
aided.