Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-14
HUNDREDS APPLY TO
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.
During tho Past wei. 400 People
u Called for Aid, 848 Eeing
Heads Of Families.
200 BASKETS OF GROCERIES
Purity Bakery Gives 5000 Loaves Of
Bread for Immediate Relief of
Those In Need-Rent Paid for
Men Out Of Work.

Those In Need--Rent Paid for
Men Out Of Work.
Men and women to the number of
466 made application for help at the
Associated Charities last week, which
evil times upon which many people
Rave. fallen. or the number 34S were
heads of families asking for aid boz
cause they had no work; 11S were
transients. men who had been disap-
pointed In their search for employ
ment, and who had been forced to APP
peal to tho Associated Charities It
was busy week with DR.. Buchanan;
one OF the busiest weeks in all his ex-
perience. and had 1t not been for do
nations given him and outside help af-
| forded to the Associated Charities. he
would have been hard put to meet
| tho demand.
Aside from the personal applications
for help, the Associated Charities was
called upon to furnish 7o4 meals. to
: to give to the hungry 200 baskets Of
groceries.
FOOD PROVIDED FOR
HUNGRY MEN AND WOMEN
When the call for food became
urgent, and, when tho supplies OF the
Associated Charities were becoming es,
hausted. the Purity Bakery donated
5000 leaves OF bread. following the
example OF the Nolde Brothers, who
Last year gave $4,000 losyes to aid In
the dispensation. Frames OF chickens,
ham bones and other things of the kind
are given daily by Miller & Rhoads,
and from those supplies is made a
satisfying stew for the transients and
others who come to the Associated
CHARITIES empty OF packet and full Of
hunger. 1t is fine stew, made from
msaty bones. potatoes. onions and to-
matoes. and 1t is served in dish that
contains quart And when came one
Gay last week man who had tramped
days and days In the search for en-
ployment. the stew was SO good and
hlliug that he called for four helpings.
II may be said that he was very hun
Cry. that he was six feet two inches
tail, gaunt of frame and figure, and
that his was an appetite that had been
fed. only by many days OF anticipation
After his meal he sawed wood, glad
enough to pay In such manner as he
could for his meal
FORTY MEN, OUT OF WORK,
APPLY FOR SHELTER
In the central building last night
Lore housed forty men who otherwise
would have been without shelter or
forded during the day. And these men
ws|e not ordinary mendicants They
We're men whom the lack of employ
ment had forced to go to charity They
we're without funds. They had no.
where TO sleep. and they had had moth
ing TO eat What pride they had they
stuffed Into their pockets. and they
vent to the only place where their
need would have been met. and VIXEN
he night came down they had roof
"boHe their heads and a mattress to
1leep on, and those who had. learned
ii their childhood to pray and had not
forgotten, thanked God that they had
rot to sleep on empty stomachs. They
ILL have to be cared FOR until work
an be found for them 10 do, and when
tnat will be no man knows.
..PEND FUND USED TO
keep FAMILIES TOGETHER
Not only has the Associated Chart
Les been called on to furnish food and
fuel; II has also been called on to pay
tont and to pay for medicine and for
medical attention From the proyi-
i,veen December and December IL
i54i.4o, made out In checks running
i.om No. sc to No. l6I, inclusive. The
n,oney expended In this way does not
include groceries or fuel. 1t was ex-
iSnded for other relief. relief from the
Ell estate agent and threat OF the
W. The statutes do not contemplate
man, his wife and his child may
1--we They provide only for his pay
art for the right to live and for
his cross OF puni1hment II he fail to
pay what existence demands OF him.
so the Associated Charities has had
20 pay rent, SO that families may be
kept together. and SO that the law
may not levy on the few possessions
which the poor man has and drive him
from his humble Preside and his home
To the man with family. home means
everything. Without a home he is as
the vagabond of the streets, seeking
food and fuel and comfort where and
how he may find it, outcast from So
ciety and as Indifferent to society as
II is to him. And In saving the home
the Associated Charities( believes that
It's chief mission lies here, for the man
who has place that he may call home
has something to live and work for,
and in It he finds his inspiration TO
continue In the battle. The Associated
Charities has saved many honest it
Will save more Father and mother
and children will be kept together SO
that when better times come again
there will have been no loss in the
family relationship and still some one
to sit q the head and at the foot of
The table. But more money will be
needed II the Associated Charities Is
to continue In it's labor of relief, and
The s-Dispatoh Is open to more
contributions. all of which will be &C.
knowledged and be properly dishursed