New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-10-06
NEW ULM BROWN COUNTY. MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY, OCT

CHeaC SAISIS III NEW YIN. Whlle IN st,
Paul it is different: every thing must
be paid for. If you are helpless, they
do not care, for ought to know; to prove
this l am enclosing an article I had to
publish as an appeal to the hearts of the
people for help for my baby and myself.
/ have not stood on my feet for almost
ten years and you will find some of nv
painting in New Ulm. This man Mr..
c.. c. Stillman told every person that
was willing to help me, that was I'M
worthy and inferred that from being un-
moral I had become afflicted. I can
prove that this is untrue: they will not
even help my poor little baby girl. But
/ do not let her want with the help of
my friends, and the money earn from
my art, I pay her way. I have had to
do without food and care many, many
times; at the present time I am alone,
without help for I have no money to pay
for help. l must depend on those that
come here, because they know I am
alone and uncared for. This is the way
the St. Paul Charities let the poor, help
less and innocent work out their own
problems, in the heart Of big city, like
St. Paul. I wish you would publish this
in the New Ulm paper and I stand ready
at any time to prove what have written.
You may refer to my lawyer Mr.. Charles
Brewer, Attorney at law, 400 Court
block, St. Paul. for reference and if there
is anything you wish to ask me, write
and I will give you the names of many
respectable well known people who are
personal friends of mine and they will
vouch for me, for it hurt to know my
home town was being criticized, when
conditions are so much better and
cleaner in New Ulm then they are in
St. Paul.
Sincerely Mrs. Anna Zentz.
420 North Exchange.
P. S. You may write to Mrs. Augusta
Butler, 1853 Laurel Ave, Mrs. William
A. Null, Bald Eagle for reference.
The following is the letter Mrs. Zentz
wrote to the newspapers when she could
get no help elsewhere:
''Aug. 2, 1915.
To tie Editor of the Dispatch:
Il am in distress for am an invalid
and crippled and have 19-months-old
baby girl to support. My husband
promised to give me $50 month sup
port but he has disappeared and left me
ss.s
II wrote to the Wilder charity for aid
and they said they could not assist me
until my husband had been gone one year.
The United Charities refused absolutely
to assist me and the State Board of Con-
troll referred me to the city board Of con-
troll and they gave me an order for 81 a
month fol groceries. I have to move and
have no money but am willing to paint
with ny crippled hands, but find cannot
support myself and baby. l have been
without food many, many times within
the past three months. Now I want to
know if there is charitable organization
in St. Paul that will assist deserted
mother and baby or must we starve for
will not give up my baby. Kindly pub
fish this for am in distress.
MRS. JACOB ZENTZ,
$50 Main Avenue"
The final talk on the Charities pro-
gram in New Ulm was made by DR..
Bracken, State Health Board man,
well known in New Ulm. He talked on
The Economies of Preventive Medi-
cine.'
'"The only persons who have a perfect
right to die are those who have lived to
good old age" he said.
Minnesota suffers a great loss every
year from deaths from disease not yet
conquered and from preventable diseases.
There is total annual loss of $24,-
600, 900 in Minnesota from tuberculosis"
Most of the delegates left Wednesday
for Rochester to attend the annual meet
ing of the Minnesota Public Health
association.