New Britain herald., 1915-01-14
THOUSAND DOLLAR
 GIFT FOR CHARITY
j. s. Douglass Makes Generous Be-
 quest to Charity 0rQa1 1zaIion.

the New Britain Charity organiza- tion treasury has been enriched to the extent of $1,000. Announcement of this benevolent gift was made at the monthly meeting of the directors held last evening by Treasurer Frank G. Nibberts of the New Britain Trust company. Under the terms of the donation the principal will be used as a fund and the interest therefrom will be used towards the carrying out of the work of the organization. This delightful surprise was accepted by the directors and President F. C. Hungerford was instructed to convey words of thanks to the philanthro- piSt.
 Report of Charity Agent.
 The report presented to the direc- tors by Miss Elsie Osborn, agent of the organization, is herewith given in part:
 Statistics for the month of Decem Der show that in the matter of of flee calls against the number of 296 a year ago and 1S1 in December 1912 this year we had SIS calls at our office. Two hundred and sixty-three Of these calls were from applicants and 255 were from interested individ uals. This nearly balance is unusual, but quite as it should be. The C. o. $. is not an arbitrary institution in which one invests dollar and draws the consciousness of a dollars worth of charity done sometime, somewhere. It is one of the city's channels for relief giving through private contributions medium be- tween those who can give and those who need to receive-a vital per sonal affair and it's work is dead if the personal part is overlooked. Therefore We are delighted to feel that during this month there was nearly an equal division between those who used us as medium for giving and those who used us as a medium for receiving help.
 Ninetey- five visits were made by the agents, and there were 349. tele- phone interviews in behalf of our families. Six calls were made by friendly visitors and we were aided by volunteer officework amounting to nineteen hours There were twenty four applicants for service from pub lie officials, seventeen interested in dividuals, six out-of-town inquiries, and 263 from applicants themselves twenty for advice, fortyfive for aid, five for loans. twenty for work eighty seven for clothing, inc for transporta- ton and sixty-five for friendly ser vice.
 With eighty-seven applications for clothing, and sixty supplied with over coats, suits. underwear, etc, it is quite apparent that we have gone into the secondhand clothing business exten- siyely this winter-more extensively than our limited space really war rants. However there is a great need for. warm clothing this winter, and so we must fill the need as we'll as We can for the present.
 The number receiving material aid during the month, (not including Christmas expenses of course) thirty beneficiaries.
 Amount of aid from treasury
 1und ............$ 55. 1l Amount of aid from agents
 special fund. ........ 65.53 Total amount of aid from c. o.
 funds s12o.7o Amount of aid organized
 from benevolent individuals,
 churches, societies. etc. .... s3S.45 Special shoe fund expenditure 1875 Loans made three times
 amounting to ........ 7-5 Loans refunded ............ TAO
 Regarding Christmas Tme
 As a result of the donation party given by the New Britain Christian Endeavor society for the citys poor, we had bushels of potatoes, also turn ips, apples, onions and carrots to dis tribute to the needy when they would be most useful. One of the society's representatives gave us permission to order two quarter tons of coal and send the bill to them, and another so- ciety made the timely gift of thirty pairs of children's stockings
 Many parents called at our office and carried home the toys for the children's Christmas, the rest we de- livered personally on the morning of the twentyfourth, using an automo- bile that was kindly loaned for tha. purpose. In several instances we l were given credit by benevolent indi- l viduals in certain stores for the order l ing of Christmas dinners or selection l of useful gifts.
 Work in the Charity Organiza tion 1 at Christmas time gave us knowledge. l direct or indirect of many a thought | lul ueed or klnulN act. One lady l asked us for the names of half dozen children whom she could gather up in her auto and carry to her home for a jolly Christmas party Another lGdy offered to give a trimmed Christ mas tree wherever we might suggest. Two girls clubs carried all the neces- saries for a Christmas party, including q tree, to homes we suggested where they made a happy time for the little children.
 Many other clubs and Sunday school l laSses and private individuals car l