The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-16
UNITED CHARITIES
BOARD IN SESSION
Directors Met Yesterday and Tran
sacted Routine Business Con-
nected With the
Work.
FINANCE BODY REPORTS
Secretary D. A. Giasscoff Submits His
Report for December and
January to the
Board.

OF directors Of the United Charities
was held yesterday afternoon in the
Y. w. c. A. rooms. The finance COM
mittee made report at this meeting,
and the directors considered the re-
port. Routine business was trans
acted by the board members
The report OF activities In De-
cember and January was read by the
secretary, D. A. GLASGOW as follows:
By far the greater part of the work
in the field Of social endeavor does
not admit of tabulation or recording In
black and white. For these reasons
this report can not give fair idea
of what has been accomplished dur
ing December and January If the fig
ures Indicate something of the vol
ume of work and the means used in
putting into active operation the prfn-
ciples of organized love, they have ac-
complished their mission. They are
not accurate, for 1t has been impos-
sible to note every little detail, and
had this been done, we should no
doubt have been subjected to criticism
of being mechanical. The true spirit
of the work def1es tabulatfon and can
only be seen by those interested
enough to keep in close touch with it
from day to day.
During the period covered by this
report there were one hundred and
eighty-two applications recorded, nine
ty-four of which were from the needy
themselves, and in their own behalf;
ten were for work only. l am very
certain there we're more than that
number applying for work but that
was the number recorded. These
hundred and eighty-two applications
We're related to seventy-eight fam
lilies, numbering two hundred and
fifty-six individuals. OF the thirty-sev-
en- new families totaling one hundred
and sixteen persons, but three were
colored.
investigations Are Made.
To secure the knowledge of real
conditions upon which to base various
appeals for material help, it was nee
essary to make two hundred and elev-
en- visits and use the telephone TIRES
hundred and thirty times. Four tele-
grams were sent.
Aid was secured from the following
sources, the indicated number Of
times: Relatives, seven; Golden
Book fund, thirty: Good Fellow fund,
three; business firms, five; church
societies and officers, ten; fraternal
and benevolent societies, flve priv
ate individuals, ten; superintendent Of
| poor, once: new clothing was given
| four; old, four; new shoes. seven; old
/ four. Temporary work was secured
i for two; permanent Jobs for two more.
| Transportation was secured for four
families, eight individuals. Legal aid
was secured for three who had money
| due them for labor but could not col
lect it. Thirteen families were re-
| ferred to other organizations. What
action they took in these matters, we
do not know. for there has been no
report from them.
Many families have asked for ma
terial aid during these two months
because OF sickness and lack of en-
ployment. Much Of the financial aid
given has been only to tide the family
over tight place. There are some
places where a pension could be used
to the great betterment of the family.