Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-05-26

"AND GREATEST or ALL Il CHAR.
lTY."

"Now abide these ihrec-faith. hope and
charity. And greatest ~ al u charity"
Last week. The Herald had The privilege
Of publishing the financial report Of the
Charity Home and Hospital for the past
year. Incidenilv. the report impart- the
fact that within the short three years Of H.
existence. the Home has received over
10000 for the purposes of its work, and
this sum has been expended Nv 1t for the
relief Of the poor and suffering ones who
nave come TO its doors.
For . town of the size of Brownsville,
with such a large proportion Of a foreign
element that Is composed chiefly Of very
poor people this ~ y remarkable showing
Probably very few towns this size have de-
voted such a large sum. donated bv its own
people. for the benefit Of the needy ones
within their midst in 4 like period of time.
Therefore. II must be granted that the PEG
pie Of Brnwn-ville-and Of Cameron conn
~ also. he It said. for some substantial
donations TO the Home nave come from
outside the town-are 2 charitable and
philanthropic people. Throich their bene-
iicence. the Charity Home ha> been enabled
10 bring relief to MANY hundreds 1T pen
nIless ONES. Not only have hundreds 81
people who were sich and unable To com
mand the bare necessities found relief here
-car%ul fnrsine and medical attention.
with clean. comfortable beds and whole
some foods. given a~ freely as God gives
the blessed fresh air aud Suu~hinc-but
the number Of hungry ones That have been
fed could not he computed. the number of
bencfactIons given those who had not the
w~hcrewithal a. buv even food ~ shelter
or even to cloihc Ihrm-rlyr. properlv
probably never will hc known. Tor there has
becr a constant stream "f such case~ of
which no record was made.
And al tins gracious charity was he aif.
Jointly al the charitable people "a Browns
vile. che Cameron county government. the
city government Of Brownsville. ami "A few
Cameron county citizens DWELLING outside
Of Brownsville. The record ~ "a. winch
stands to the credit ~ those who have
made this uoble work possible.
The Herald feels. however. that inst now
u i timely that q word should be- sand To
urge our p~eoric--no. only those who hav.
given. but Those who have withheld their
charity from the lIomc-to stand ~ this
institution more ~tauuchly than they have
hitherto. Thank LARGELY 10 the activity of
the local Charities Association. several
hundred dollar have been added To the
fund for the maintenance II the home dnr-
ing the past winter. Nov. however. with
the cessation IF socIety'~ activities for the
summer. there appears n probability of a
considerable decrease m the amount that
Will be- available for the work II the Home.
for a time We least. The statement ~ u
The end ~ April showed not over SI3 II
cash n the treasury. This. with the amount
that may be depended upon from regular
subscrhers-ihosc who stand by the Home
through al seasons and through aIl kind.
oi we"ther-may cause 4 striugencv which
Will actually limit the operations Of the
Home.
Fer II must be- admitted that. while
society contributions through entertain
mentS gwen for the benefit Of the Home
have been considerable during the past sea
son. Vet ~ the same time there ha, been !
marked dlmInution IN the number at the
regular subscribers. which viii he painfully
ieit, with the loss Of the society contr.bu-
lions during the summer.
II = a Tact that the number of .ub-rrit-
ers on the il>t OF the Home now number.
only twenty-three. Think Of that, Doe.
brownsville realize that il pcopIe are al
loving the burden Of maintaining n. Cha
NY Home and Hospital "a rest npon sneb
sMaii number Of regular contributors ~
inns list should be- published. The Herald
feeis sure there woua DC some snrnr;Sa.
For many "A name which should H. an tho
list a a supporter Of this noble and uor,b,
work of charity. we are sorry 70 say
conspicuous for il absence.
II Is the hope Of the management of The
Home. however, that once the attention Of
our citizens Is called TO the fact that "a few
Of them are among the supporters al this
institution, and also that the Home j. now
actually in need of substantial, dependa-