Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-16

| and trying to support herself and he
eight year old girl. She Is a per
manently deserted woman, her hus
band long since leaving the family
Two brothers and sister are suppos
ed to be in Colorado. There has beer
understanding and separation ant
1t is to find out about them that the
letter Is written In the message the
secretary asks that the charity organ
iszation society interview the relatives
asking them to send directly to the
clerk or to the secretary for her use
the amount OF $40 month for five
months.
AS result of this letter the brother
and sister in the west were located
and Immediately sent the money tc
their sister. More than that they re
esta blished those family relationships
which count in many cases Tor faI
more than all the money which could
be given. .,g.
Arrange Hospital Care.
One task for immediate attention
was to provide care In maternity
hospital for an unmarried mother. The
law had failed to bring her any help
or justice A long distance call from
the office to the charity organization
society in Des Moines was given. ask
ing them to arrange with hospital
approved by them, for all details. Later
they phoned all arrangements were
completed and patient could be admit
ted at once. Also, that when patient
is ready to leave the hospital, the mat
keep her child The expenses incurr:
in private family where she could
ron will assist In securing employment
ed to be borne partly by the board OF
control and the remainder from the
Associated Charities fund.
Can't Get Insurance.
No sooner has the receiver on the
Des Moines call been replaced than
the phone rings. A woman says that
her husband has not received his
workmen's compensation, to which he
Is entitled, and the grocer has cut off
credit.
The secretary phoned the superin
tendent of the plant where the hus-
band was employed and found that the
matter had been properly reported and
would be adjusted in few days. The
secretary then phoned the grocer and
credit to the family on account of the
large bill.
Later she visited the family and ar
ranged with the man of the house to
establish credit for groceries for one
week, he agreeing to pay the same as
soon as he received his back compen.
sation. This enabled him to remain
independent of relief
Request From New York.
With the coming of the second mail
was a letter from the New York soci-
ETY. asking the local office to help To-
cate the brother of woman under
their care. The brother was supposed
to live here and the sister had not
heard from him for many years. With
the aid Of the directory the man was
found to be living in this city. He had
not heard from his sister for fifteen
years. Only few weeks before he
had received letter from a son Of the
woman, who was In Washington and
who had not heard from his mother
for ten, years. The man In the west
was trying to establish relationship
with the uncle here and was at the
same time attempting to locate his
mother. AS a result the family was
reunited.
Funny Things Happen.
Everything which comes up during
day at the Associated Charities Of
fee Is not an insight to the bitter side
of life and the heart aches which hui
mainly endures. There is humor
there and the secretary, her assistant
and visitors can appreciate it.
A widow came in for her regular
pension order She took her order,
talked little about the weather, how
much the pension helped her and 9TH
er things. But it was plainly seen that
she was a bit nervous and seemed a
trifle downhearted As she turned 20
go out she said: well, guess this is
the last order I'll need" The secre-
tary asked her how that happened. She
did not answer but sighed and turned
to co. She seemed so downcast and
looked so teary that the secretary was
on the point Of running after her but
the group awaiting attention at that
time prevented It.
All the rest Of the day the secretary
and her assistant were worried. May.
be she was discouraged. maybe some
VI Cul1uI GIL WC4c olCh uuIO OCdIu,
they ventured but could reach no So
luton. 1t came when the evening pa.
per was thrown In at the door. There
it was in cold type, plainly visible to
anyone. Not a large item but it told
everything they wanted to know: "the
wedding was at noon and the bride
wore gray silk and carried pink car.
nations"
War An Educator.
Things were a little quieter and the
writer aching for more excitebent,
when in it came. A woman rushed
through the door all excited and out
of breath She poured out her terrible
tale of woe between gasps. Her hus
band was worthless creature, he
would not support her and the chill
dren, and she climaxed her story by
screaming out to the secretary: Cant
you make him go to war to learn him
some sense?" Some information was
taken on the family and an 1nvestiga.
ton came later but nothing much was
gained that day with a hysterical
woman who would send her husband
off to war just because she did not