Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-04
CHRISTMAS AND CHARITY.
fContributed.)

near. fortunately for the poor and suffer
ing, most hearts are Illuminated with the
Christmas spirit. and al over the country
We hear already the promise n Christmas
cheer work.
Brownsville must not bc without her
Christmas cheer. for also >he D. not with
out her very poor. Today the humble
Charity home j. simply overlooking with
sick inmates. They come-whcther you
are in arrears or not.
70 the collector, some subscribers to the
fund for the home have said: I'VE sub
scribcd for only'one year."
This may be- true. bat the Brownsville
sick and starving enlisted for longer.
Can't you!
N you gre IA arrears on Your subscrlp-
tiou tp iha me. won't YOU lct your Christ
mas gIil hr cheek ~ cover the same!
Yes. We know times are hard-hut for
that very reason hearts must not b.. III
times are hard for You. times are harder
Tor the poor and sick ones. and we tremble
to think OF their abicct misery, If the Char
Ity home should close it, doors. Expenses
are hcavy-cVery day some new crying
need. One business man ot the town re-
marked that he felt ashamed to think how
he had sent poor people ont there. and
hadn't given 4 cent for ~ many months.
An of you must ~ sending them out. The
twenty comfortable little rooms are filled
t. overlooking. and il take, the lardcr ~
keep three meals a day going for - many.
as not only the inmates. but many others
who are IN dire povcrty-many who have
been wont 10 beg on the Strcet~-are fed
daily M the home. II j. true that Thanks
liylng day brought u muniiiccnt gift from
one sanity Woman. vi $1,000. but IL ~ the
desire oI thc home IN leave thi~ Tor "a nest
egg towards u fund which shall one day
purchase " permanent Charity home for
these permanent u~ntortuHatc-. III more
>uch gifts were forthcoming. u site would
bc given and q substantial home for our
poor and suffering ones would b. erected.
80, help IA to keep this thousand Tor
that purpose by paying up your arrears.
Christmas, j. the time for giving. IT. the
time hearts feel the stir 81 charity and love
Tor suffering humunity-whcn your own
table ~ well provided with rich food III
plenty, and warm blankets and fires shield.
NnIr family from these cold blasts.
Few people visit the home t0 know the
good II III doing. Americans. w. well III
MrNlcan-, have their su~ncring- allcviated
there Why don't Won come and seq Two
days ago, q very young, poor wife under
went a delicate and dangerous operation
there, end lies m grave danger VET. She
i> lonely and has no friends here. An
American gentleman stricken with almost
blindness welcomes the shelter and II being
treated free hN " famous local specialist.
after seventeen months under other eye
specialists. who did him no good. IT, /,
now almost restored ~ perfect health. and
keeps = vegetable garden going for the in
nate, 81 the home.
People have a way of forgetting poor I'M
fortunate sufferers. leaving them To Others.
Well, the Others are there. with willing
hands, but they need ca-h-they need your
arrears-badly-morc than YOU a.. They
need blankets and beds. towels. medicines
and foods. Although the management
keeps n weather eve out fur economy. and
with the Doctor doing 4 noble charity
work. still the need for cash y, keen. III
wouldn't bc. if YOU paid up.
The home did well. when an the kind
hearted subscribers kept up their sub~crip-
tion> every month-but TIA, j, falling be-
hind deadly-when the expenses out there
keep right on, whether YOU do your part or
not. You have perhaps planned to give
Jack an expensive bicycle, Mary 4 large.
handsome doll, Your wife \ costly level. for
Christmas. Not one ~ them would suffer.
n you gave them something Ir---hut. III.
-u many poor win suffer. III YOU don't helm
the Charity home.
Teach yuur children generosity while
they are small. Visit the Charity home
some cold. cherries, afternoon. aud see the
sufferers thereof variou races and
crecd>-Amcricans aud Mexican~-hound
~ the bond, ~ povcrty-hitiug. pitilp~-
poNcriy-poor souls who glory III thi-
shelter a- something better than they eyer
knew before. And your monthly donation
would help. would relieve NV much misery
Ont there typhoid patients are nur.cd
back % strength. pneumonia ~ given thu
fresh AR treatment, delicate operations. arc
performed on those who otherwise vould
perhaps be left To- die neglected in timer
homes-and thus poor victims OF disease
are saved much comfort and iov
bought tur . lutte.
There y corps ~ earnest workers m
ways at the home-a good. experienced