New Britain herald., 1916-10-12

the mother who brought her baby
from the middle west, following a
false clue, so that we had to send
her back home again.
We would like to tell you in detail
about the former citizen who has
started in with a clean slate in anoth-
er city through our arrangements; of
the old people whose relatives rallied
to their support when they learned
the real need; of the man arriving at
our office penniless for us to carry
through an illness, who proved to
have the doubtful distinction of run
ming through $4,000 In half a dozen
years because of alcoholism; or the
man for whom we made a loan and
found employment at which he
worked a long time in this city, who
proved to be a college man, highly
connected a drug fiend who was d.
vorced, REMARKED and again divorced
from the same long suffering wife,
who is now a social worker.
Block Marriage Of Child.
Space will not permit us to tell in
detail of the child marriage of an or
phan girl of thirteen which we pre-
vented from taking place, entertaining
with picture books; or Of the old man
who deserved increase in pension far
more than aims and on receiving the
increase through our efforts became
independent of our aid; of the old lady
living in this city whose relatives in
other places, responding to our diplo
matte request, now relieve us of the
duty of caring for her by sending a
weekly pension direct to her; of the
young man who feared his fiancee in
another city wos not faithful to him
and left it for us to determine by en-
listing help from the charity organi-
zation worker Of that city, SO that the
engagement could be recommended; or
the attractive gentlewoman whom we
found to be a fugitive from justice;
or the gypsies with whom we had
thrilling experiences.
Probably we could tell twenty or
thirty stories which would each be
alive with human interest to us who
know the people, but would all sound
about like this to you:-"John Blank
was i'll for weeks with rheumatism,
while his thrifty wife did her best
to make their small savings last and
the doctor and landlord patiently
withheld their bills. But there were
four small children to be fed ana
cared for, and finally pride gave way
to motherly solicitude and Mrs. Blank
came to us for help. Fuel, clothing,
and food were provided and later after
the charity organization agent had
called in ympathetic conference with
pastor and relatives, a plan was de-
vised and the family pulled through
the crisis secretly until Mr.. Blank was
able to return to work. The Blank
children now often stop to visit us or
bring us flower from their garden"
Efforts Outside of City.
We could give you dozens of stories
like these showing that our efforts
often go beyond the city's boundaries:
"A much embarrassed country lad of
nineteen, lonesome, penniless, told us
diffidently of quarreling with his faith
er, and of a dramatic leave-taktng with
the noble resolve Of returning nome
some day in great affluence to make
his father retract such unjust cr1t1-
cism. Successive hard luck expert
ences due to his ignorance had great
ly changed his viewpoint, so that now
he was humbly asking for work This
would have been easy to provide, but
as he told of his good mother who
begged MIN not W ~, e1Iu ~ vivian LIZ
sent many postals to assure her Of his
well-being, and the factory boss who
promised to take him back at any
time. it seemed wiser to send him
back home at once before hearty
meals and regular employment should
overcome his inconsistencies. After as
certaining the truth of his statements
we gave him a hurried fitting and
equipped him in a suit recently do
mated, with hat and shoes and SO
forth to match, and after providing
him with an old suitcase we'll night
empty (simply because pride forbade
him to return empty handed) he was
rushed off to the railroad station, a
sandwich in hand, just in the nick Of
time for train for his home, pant
ing out his thanks to the agent as
they ran along the street together.
Hungry, penniless and crippled, a
bright young Polish lad appealed to
us to send him back to his family in
Brooklyn. He had answered an ad-
vertisement for canvassers in New
York paper and was brought to this
city to work on a commission basis.
When he failed to make good in
taking orders for crayon portraits he
was turned adrift without food or
carfare. AS soon as it was ascertained
that his friends in Brooklyn would
harbor him again he was given food
and sent to his home. letter came
next day announcing his safe arrival
and expressing sincere thanks for our
assistance.
Help for Cava1ryman.
A reticent, young ex--cavalryman,
en- route to another city by walking
the railroad ties. told us in hating
terms of his need for work. His
right hand, injured some time before,
was so badly infected that it appeared
impossible to save it. Work was out
of the question. He was sent to
surgeon who gave dressings for sew
eral days and in the meantime we ar