Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-15
MEMPHIS POOR ARE
 MADE HAPPY
One Thousand Dresses of Excellent Quality HiSiIibuttd By Noted Phil anthrGpist in Memphis, Recently.

Never before perhaps. in tAc his toy of Memphis has anything in ti"l way of public charity crclied sueA widespread interes! as was manifest ed recently when the on thousanl ,000) dresses. donated to charity through the generosity of Mr l.. IT, Cooper. were distributed at 206 south Main street. 10 the Chisca Hotel building.
 Ladies p:omineni in A mHhis so- cial life. leading relief workers heads of local charitable institutions aad many prominent citizens were on hand early in the afternoon 10 as- sist and cooperate with Alr. Coop IFS rep: esentativcs in this worthy cause The scene was 9 most interestnG one; passers-by stopped in wonder nent 10 inquire what was going Oil and il was a tribute 10 the chari1-| able spirit of M mI his 10 note ,hc enthusiasm with which MT Goopar's timely gift was received.
 Not only were the poor Women. girls and 0 phans Of the various in- stitHtions remembered. as had been previously planned but sev ral hun Gred other poor and needy women and girls from all parts O tho citJ came to seek MT. f0oEer's bounty, and none were denied
 Long befo e tae appoint d hour a large number were oA hand waitin" for the doors 10 open. and formed Il line which ext nded for more than half a block Before the dstribu- ion was completed q large crowd had !, tee into the spirit of the Occasion Practically every charitable insti- tuition in the city. both white and col ored, were provided for. the heads of the various institutions being present in person 10 participate in the distri- 1 button and to sze that all tae neeor were p'z operly taken care Of.
 The charitable institutions repre- sented included the following: Home for 'ncurables, PortcH Home and I4eath orphan Asylum, St. Peters Orphanage, W: slcy House. the Indus trial Settlement Home for Neg. oes. Through the Mary B. West Circle. Kings Daughters, children of the Juvenile Court we're provided .or | Settlement School. $ cond Presbyte- rion Gnu, ch. by Mrs. Van Lewis and Mrs. Armstrong;: Guthrie School, by Mrs. ". T. OuJten; linden School. b1 Miss Dixie Sample. Riverside School. by Mss BeaucAamp; pupils of g.. Ma y's School tC5thoicN. by the sis ters, and many others.
 Among the ladies who gave the dis l tributon their personal att, ntlon were l the following:
 Ag g. Myrtle Stevens, Mrs B. r.. l Henderson. Mrs. B. R. Henderson. .|r.. Mrs. A. J. Heyward, Mrs. A. (. Floyd. Mrs. Hugh Hayley. Mrs. Van Lewis.
 Mrs. N. Myers of the Juvenile Coir;, and Misses Yeager of the Salvation
 Army. E ssie simon. colo. ed, repre- sented members of her race and ren-
 dered valuable assistance in provid 1 ing for them. These good w0mea spent the entire afternoon to make the distribution the great success it was. AdiGant Wager, of the Saliva
 tion Army, wo ked untiringly in or-
 der that those of greatest need mighJ
 receive the charity. He saw perscn-
 ally to the distribution of four hun
 dred tickets to people whom he kn V to he worthy and gave his services
 for the better part of tn. ee days 10
 this end.
 In referring to :he occasion, MT q.
 F. Willis, Mr. Cooper's Southern rep
 r sentative. said: Ny only regret is that N... Cooper could not have been present 10 witness this scene. He
 was once 3 poor man himself and Is
 never happier than when helping others'
 I When asked i' Mr. Co0per would
 make any further contributions, MT Willis said: "AIr. Cooper is one of
 the most magnanimcus of men and
 will. l am e, do something moHc
 to show his sympathy for the pool
 and unfortunate in your city; in fact
 I shall make 2 special request Of him
 on his arrival here 10 do so. as haC
 not myself fully r;alized until this afternoon the great opportunity fol
 this work in this city.