El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12

housekeeper to go through her fam
lly's belongings and prepare in bun
dies all such clothing, shoes, underwear,
etc, IS has been discarded These bun
! dies will be collected by the Charity
association on Feb. 49, All the minis
ters of the city have been requested to
announce the purpose of the day from
their church pulpltS next Sunday and
all the wOmen's organizations of the
city will be requested to announce the
| Give a Bundle" day.
Mrs. V. e. RaggiO is the chairman of
/ the bundle committee to arrange about
the collection of the bundles and the
members of her committee are Mrs.
Charles B. Stevens, Mrs. W. Z. Race and
! Mrs. James II. Parker. The holding Of
| the Give a Bundle" day was decided
! upon at the general meeting of the
/ Woman's Charity association meeting
! Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
James A. Dick, on Montana street, after
an urgent appeal for clothing and sup
plies had been made by the president,
Mrs. T W. Lanier. The plan was pre-
scented by Mrs. Charles B. Stevens from
the plan successfully adopted by New
| York city. Mrs. Lanier in her report
said that the past month had brought
I a greater amount of calls upon the
Charity association than ever before.
There had been 2S4 cases, many cases
involving five or six individuals, apply
ing for help during the month and that
Of these 22S were English speaking
cases and only 81 Mexican cases.
The demand for nights lodgings by
unemployed American men had become
so great that the association had been
compelled to establish a rule limiting
an able bodied man to three nights
lodging. 1t also had been compelled to
! stop the giving of meals to unemployed
men. in order to be able to supply the
needs Of the women and children who
were dependent upon the Charity asso-
citation for temporary relief
During the month $50 nights lOdg-
fvnH Hau Lr,Tf
and 1881 meals. The donations for the
month amounted to S175.75; with 10
firms and Is individuals contributing.
Employment was found for IS APPLICANTS
and five were returned to their homes
in other parts Of the country.
Mrs. Lanier reported that the city
had made arrangements to temporarily
employ some of the men out Of work, at
Washington park, Mrs James R.~Har-
per read the minutes Of the previous
meeting.
Mrs. ". l. Foxworth. chairman Of
the relief committee reported a very
large amount of relief work done dur
ing the month, 264 cases being handled.
Many Of these were families in which
. the bread winner was i'll with tuber
culosis. Mrs. Lanier reported that fur
nishing for the tents for the tubercu-
lar patients had been donated The tents
will be put in the grounds of the county
hospital for the care Of the tubercular
poor who have not lived in FL Paso
county. Mrs. Lanier reported the
project of equipping the model tene-
ment at one of the Mexican schools as
! a part of the Charity association uplift
work, to train the Mexican girls to be
efficient domestic workers.
/ Mrs. T. NJ. Waller was appointed the
chairman Of the membership committee
for March. The March meeting Will be
held at the home of Mrs Chas Davis, on
/ West Boulevard. While the reports
were being presented, the members
made warm garments for the poor chill
I dren. Following the work. tea was
/ served by Mrs. Dick, assisted by Mrs.
( Y. r. stiles and Mrs. Charles H. Lea
/ veil, Miss NJ. McMurtrey and Miss Kath-
arine Dick.
Among the members present were:
Mesdames I. W. Lanier Charles B.
! Stevens, W. /. Foxworth, C. H. Fin
: ley. PeytOn Brown, W. Z. Race, o. II.
I Baum, ". J. Freeman, I. J. Bush, J. r.
! Harper. c. A. Cox. T. NJ Waller. z. Cor
/ don Perry, V. r. Stiles. j. H Parker. W.
| n Pence. V. Z. Raggio. J. NJ. Lewis, e.
/ F. J. Mccarthy, Frederick George Bill
! ings, y r. Gamble. Ben Lewis. of Dali
/ las; Ed White, NJ. j. Gamble. Elizabeth
Fleninker, W. c. Mccormick, Charles
Davis and Miss N. McNurtrey.
The following members of the board
of directors were announced for the
coming year. Mesdames A P Averiu. s.
ArOnstein, W. H. Burgess, H T. Bowie,
( Q. H. Baum, A. p. Coles. James A. Dick,
a. t.
J. NJ. Lewis, Olga Kohlberg, S. c. Nc
| Curdy, A. Matthias, J. H. Nations, Henry
Pfaff, Burt OrndOrff, W. Z. Race, Chas.
3; Stevens, H. B. stevens ST.. Frank J.
! White. Van c. Wilson and Miss Mary
Belle Keefer
The following committees were an
{ nounced for the year: Mrs. C. B. Stew
4 ems. chairman Of the house committee
with Mrs. 5. ArOnstein and George r.
LeBarOn on the committee. Mrs. j. Lewis
{ chairman of the relief committee with
Mesdames II. B. Stevens, ST.. 7. NJ Wal
Ter. V. +. RaggiO, Burt Orndorff, Paul
Glnther and Miss Mary Belle Keefer as
members. Mrs. S. c. McCurdy. chairman
Of the tubercular work committee, with
Mesdames L. S. Stewart. Alfred Kerr
A p. Coles James G. McNary and o. H.
Baum as committee members Mrs. w
H. BroaGduS. chairman OF the baby de-
partment; Mrs. Olga KOhlberg chair
man of the social service COMMITTEES in
charge Of the starting Of the model
tenement school, with Mrs. A. p. Averfl
as her assistant; Mrs. H. W. Broaddus
chairman Of the general meeting com
mltuee, assisted by Mrs. G. Adams Mrs
CharIes Bryan was chairman of the
membership committee for February. .
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The Ell Paso Equal Franchise league
met Thursday afternoon in the parIors
OF Hotel Orndorff. Mrs. Charles De
GFot1 president presided. FoIlouine-
the reading Of the minutes and roll call
Dy the secretary. Mrs. B. +. Jenkins. a
number OF interesting talks were given
by the members. Mrs. L. X UnderhiIl.
Of san Francisco, talked on the wav by
winch the California women in favor Of
suffrage overcame the opposition
against it, Among the good thIsgs ac-
ompHshed by the California women
since they were given the franchise
was the raising Of the age Of consent
from IA years to Is years. she said
Mrs NJ A. Wells, who has spent some
time IN California, talked en- the tech
hlcaIties of voting. Dr. Anna G. Reun1
READ paper on the objections raised
against giving women the right to vote
Alter stating these, she answered the
arguments. The next meeting of the
league viii be held Thursday after
noon at o'clock, in the parloTs Of Ho-
teI Orndortf. Mrs. NJ. w. Stanton win
talk on the commission form of gov
eminent and Mrs. T. a. Pitt will faIt-
Oh Inc projection of women and girls
Inc following new members were
dhnounced on the charter memberships
Toll which now numbers IO5 names.
-41esdames W. W. Fink. James G. No
nary Joshua S. Reynolds. C. b. KELLOGG
>. r. kilburn. Parvin Witte, A. II. Sic.
Ners' Mary Williams /. X. Underbi1
- A rawlings, Martha A. Wells, NJ w.
stanton, Eugenia Seldom. T. BROOKE