El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-10

city yet if We can believe the press
reports. already $25 a month of the
citys portion has been given to the
rescue home.
Find Homes For Children.
'Now it is a question whether the
operation of orphan asylums is the
modern way Of taking care of orphans,
believe IT is becoming recognized that
the better way is to find homes for
children. If this organization could
De Llee OF political organizations ii
would De far better. for there is no
assurance that the next set Of Off
Gals VIII be as generous in the matter
of contributions" Rabbi Zielonka raised
the question as to whether the women
of the former charity association who
are expected to contribute. would have
a vote i'm the organization. 1t was
pointed out that tho bylaws of the as
ISOLATION provided that they viii have
a vote.
Women to Vote.
There was considerable discussion
relative TO interesting the women in
the new association. Mrs. Olga Kohl
berg stated that, at a recent meeting OF
the executive and finance committees.
she had been authorized to interest
the women in the work and had made
some progress. The discussion result
ed in a motion, which prevailed, maxi
inE the women members of the board
Of directors committee to organize a
wOman's auxiliary.
$500 Raised.
During the discussion on the ques-
ton Of finances, Robert krakauer, vice
president who presided in the absence
of president r. +. Burgess, reported that
he had secured $1,000 in subscriptions.
L. :. Stewart reported that he had So
cured a subscription Of $500 from the
Clearing House association. \ $4,000
budget was decided upon.
Baby SanatOrium.
Mrs. B. f. jenkins, of the Equal
Franchise league, appeared before the
board She spoke of the coming Bet
ter Babies Week and stated that funds
secured would be donated to the Cloud
croft baby sanatOrium. She desired to
know if ii was the intention Of the
Associated Charities to take over the
operation Of this sanatOrium during the
summer. H. Il. stevens reported on
the condition of the sanatorium stat
ing that there are facilities for taking
care of 20 babies. The cost of the in
stitution is about $1,000 for three
months. he stated. and there is a de-
ficit of from $500 to 500 each year,
which is taken care Of by private SUBJ
scriptions. He stated that there is
needed a nurses house and place for
mothers Of children TO stay. He un-
derstoOd that these were to be provid-
ed. The directors decided to defer ac-
ton in the matter of whether the as
ISOLATION should take over the sana-
torium until it is known what finances
viii be available.
Nurse For Schools.
Mrs Jenkins brought to the atten-
ton Of the board the need Of a visit
ing nurse for the schools. She declared
that fully so per cent of the work OF
the school physicians was wasted be- |
cause there is no followup work, which |
could be done by visiting nurse. She
thought that much preventive work /
could also be done by nurse by dis
covering and isolating diseases that
develop among school children Mrs. |
J. L. Mcdonald president Of the 81 |
PasO Nurses association, made a short |
talk showing what work was being !
done along these lines in other places.
No action was taken at the time, but |
near the close Of the session 1t was /
decided that the work did not come |
within the scope Of the association and 1
the matter was referred TO the school !
board.
Giving Groceries
The financial report showed total /
revenues Of S1959.39 and expenses Of ]
S1922.4L 1t was pointed out that the
expenses Of January were heavier than !
they would likely be later. During q /
discussion of the finances, secretary /
Gwin spoke Of the work of distriout-
ing groceries. He stated that those |
who apply or are found to be in need |
Of groceries are given order blanks
on which are checked the goods or /
dered The back of the blank, he stat
ed. contains a list of goods that can !
be ordered and anything ordered not IN
cluded i'm the list is refused by the gro
Ger. Mr.. Gwin stated that he beheNeu
reduction of from five TO ten per
cent can be secured from the ErocerS
on goods ordered through the assocla-
ton.
stop "PanhnndlinE."
Rabbi Zielonka expressed the belief
that something should be done at once
towards stopping begging on the
streets Secretary Gwin reported that
much had been accomplished already
and cited numerous instances where
beggars had been referred to the asso-
citation. He also spoke Of several cases
of assistance that had been rendered
and stated that SIS applicants had been
OWNS Report.
Secretary Gwins report showed that.
during January, 81 visits had been made
to adults and 81 to children. There
were 81 new cases and 23O cases con-
tinued from the previous year, making
a total of 327 cases. He showed that
there had been assisted at clinics 36f
patients.
Secretary Gwin called attention to
the need Of donations of shoes and |
clothing. All donations mad been dis I
tributed. he stated, and in addition
clothing and shoes had been purchased
An donations of this character, he said {
would be welcomed.
The following directors were present:
Mrs. II. w. Broaddus, DR. W. L. Brown 4
Rev. Henry Easter. Mrs. W. L. Fox
worth. A. A. Kline. Dr. W C.. Kluttz,
Mrs Olga kohlberg, Robert Krakauer.
Mrs. r w Lanier Rabbi Martin Zielon- !
l1a. DR.. j. A. Rawlings. II. B. Stevens
and T. s. Stewart Present also were
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