Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-22
MAMA WORE SILK;
LEAGUE WOULDN' 7
GIVE BOY SHOES
When Secretary Weir Goes 10
Home, From Which Call for
Aid Had Come, He Decides
Billy Can Wait a While,

4 call for three pairs of shoes
came 90 the civic Bettermcnt leagues
iofflce in the city hail one day last
week from q family in the south
part Of the city Three narrow strips
lof paper of varying lengths accom-
panied the cali They were 10 show
the azeg NODDED hy the children.
/ Secretary l.. H. Weir went to the
place whence tho call came and ex-
4 umined the footwear of the three lit
Tie ones lie decided to ret only one
pair seeing the other two would not
have to suffer If they waited while
longer.
( when he returned with the box
under his arm he found the mother
dressed for the movies She wore
1 a Six waist and one OF the little
girls had on a gold ornament Mr..
Weir took another look at little Dil.
ily's shoes and believed they would
last while, 80 he went back 20 his
office. taking the box with him. The
box rat on his desk Saturday after
non waiting for q messenger from
the shoe store.
"Sob stun" Tabulatcd.
Mr.. Weir has In his little Office q
Gle Of reports Of eases he has ipycs-
tlgotcd. It is "fob stun on tap. The
stun however. is mostly between the
lines. The reports are crisp and
busineeslike and seldom tell any
more than that smith. John, mar
tiod, eight IN family, sick; inycstigat-
ed. deserving. There is gloom in
that, of course, especially il the
leagues limited funds have not per
mtted giving Smith relief but per
hapa not nearly as gloomy az facts
that the atereotyped report does not
tell
Mr. Weir's work Is not all tlnged
with gloom, or he might resort 70
Mr. jugs oxpedient of having the
police throw out some Of the unfor-
Inmates whose tale il so sad that II
lleving merchants of this, though.
Placards have been placed in mem
hcrs offices, stating the fact that
they are members and referring per-
sons who seek help 10 the secretary
Pat the city hall
case like that of young man
who called upon him one day Iast
week, makes MI Weir feel tho good
that the league Is able to DO IN this
case the young mans initiative saved
The league the necessity of helping
him. II made the Young NAH thinlSl
better Of himself tic had come here
for his health, bit his was one Of the
eases the climate doesn't seem to
help. lie wanted to go home, 70 on
taro. lie had only $50 and II was
mot nearly enough to buy railroad
ticket .,I
Hustled Ills own Fare. ~
Mr. Weir gave him an order for
half fare as far as Trinidad. Colo
he cannot issue an application for the
rate any farther than that point Mr..
Weir told him Of the limited resources
of the organization ana asked him
IL there was no way he could help
himself
'1f can, I'll return this" said
the young man. III you don't hear
from me again. youll know ! had 20
use It," He brought the order back
the next day. lie had raised the
money "a pay his way home. He was
Just about as happy over 1t as a man
Igolng home possibly to die, could be.
expected to be.
League Needs More Members.
Tho incident Of little Billy, who
didn't get his shoes, shows the sys-
TEN Of the league. II it had ample
funds nilly probably would have got
ten the new shoes IL his old ones were
good for few days longer with
only a "shoestring" to work vith,
however, little expenditures have TO
he guarded closely
The league needs more members
before It can do all the work it should
II takes great many members to
help as The fee is only 81 year. SO
the backers of the league wan, every
one who can give that much fer 'ak-
ing care OF those for whose provision
there Is sem official aid.
Rabbi Noise bergman is cha.rman
OF the membership committee Any
one who wants % Join should send hts
application TO him at 123 IL South
seventh street Here is blank ap-
phcatlon:
/ hereby agree to become a mem
Der of the Civic Betterment LoWJe
Of Albuquerque Dues, 81 per an
mum,
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