Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-12-19
ENGAGED IN. GOOD WORK
Alexandria Branch of Noble Charity
Established Nineteen Years Ago
Originated in England

The Alexandria branch OF the
Necdlework Guild of America mas
collected and distributed four nun
dred and twenty new garments %
v.r;ous institutions in the city so far
this year. Miss Carter, superlnteA-
dent was given 103 for the Alex
andria hospital; Mrs. Whatley re-
ceived sc for the Children's Home;
Miss schotts, district nurse, 112; Miss
Mary Monroe, school nurse, 32 ano;
4hc Cooperative Charities AZ.
Some Facts About the Needlework
Guild.
How many in Alexandria kno"
vhan. where or how the Needlcwork
Child was first established? Pes
hans the information here given may
he of interest to those who do net
know.
The Needlework Guild owes it's orr
gin to an English woman of the NO.
bilitv. who was foster-mother 20
hundreds of orphans in an institution
which she had founded, and who con-
ceiyed this unique, and practical way
of providing for her wards.
'slf only little bridge could lie
thrown from the Island of Waste to
the Island of Want, how both would
benefit said Lady Wolverton, when
confronted, by the pressing need OF
her aphorism, she proceeded to bui'd
the bridge of-needlcwork. This was
in 1888, ut Twerne, sDersetshire, Eng
lard. Since that time many branches
of the organization have unltcf
waste and want, with great and in
spring results.
In 1885, lady travelling in Eng
land learned of this charity, which
had then grown to great strength,
and brought the idea home to Phila-
delphia.e Her niece, Mrs, John Wood
Stewart Of Glen Ridge, n. j., the
founder of the America1 organic"
ton, interested few young women
of her acquaintance, and from TINS
little band the work has grown un-
til now there is a national body
governing the hundreds of branches
throughout the United States.
There are now four hundred
branches in America. The national
honorary president is Mrs. Levi P.
Morton, of New York City and the
National President is Mrs. Truman
Handy Newberry, of Detroit. Mich.
The Alexandria brancn
The Alexandria branch was start
cd in Christ Church Parish hall IN
1897 by the late Mrs. Robert 5.
Jones who had been a very efficient
member of the Philadelphia Guild
For nineteen years the good work
started by Mrs. Jones has gone or
and the directors feel each year more
and more encouraged, but still re-
oret their two hundred members
know so little of the Guild.
The Guild is non-sectarian, ana
there is room in it for everyone
the annual contribution of two or
raorc new articles of wearing apparel
yf
or household linen or donatlon ol
money, entities person to member
ship. The object is to collect ana ols-
tribute new, plain, suitable garments
10 meet the need of hospitals, homes
and other charities. There is an an
nual collection and the clothing IS
given out in accordance with tine
votes of the directors.
Too much cannot be said in praise
of the work that has been done IN
the past and is still being carried on
bv the members of the Guild in the
civ of Alexandria in rendering aid
to those in need.
As has been truly said "The great
est thing a person can do for his
Heavenly Father is to be kind to
some of His other children"