El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-08
WILL SUPPORT
RESCUE HOME
Commerce Chamber Gives
$3.50 Worth Of Lumber;
VIII Raise Fund.

Directors OF the chamber Of COM
.aar-e at an informal meeting held
tuesday evening voted 10 get be-
hind" and lend their support 10 the
salvation Army Rescue home. APP
proximately $3.50 worth Of lumber
was contributed 20 the home for the
purpose OF building a dormitor- this
fail TO care fer additional children who
are being received each day. A commit
tee consisting OF G.. A. Martin and W..
r. Shelton was appointed by John ".
Wyatt, president. to address the con
EreEatious OF various churches in FL
Paso for the purpose Of explaining
the work being carried on at the home
and at the same time TO ask the
churches TO lend their financial sup
port TO the movement
Failing TO secure a quorum the di-
rectors postponed the special called
meeting and held a conference with
enzfrn Kate AIa-ek. matron OF the
home and Mrs. Lottie SChell, finau-
cial representative Several OF the
directors at the meeting have in
s1ecred the Rescue home and they
told their fellow members in a graphic
manner the good work that is being
carried ont by the women in charge.
Tell OF Work At Home
The two representatives OF the home
pictured the work that the salvation
army is doing and appealed for more
funds. They stated that it was aoso-
lurely necessary TO erect n dOru-- tory
or addition 10 the present home be-
fore winter weather TO care for the
additional children they are receiving
They suggested a dOrmitOrv of IS 10y
20 feet which will accommodate about
90 additional beds such doruitcry
was finally agreed 70 by the directors
who voted 10 give the home the $3.50
worth of lumber.
In speaking OF the Inadequate &C
Communications at the home and the
necessity for additional dormitorles
ensign MareE said
Our present home was originally
built 10 house Is persons and now
that we have &c girls II is not ade-
quate- OF our charges there are g
who are under 10 years Of age At
present we have but 80 beds for the
children and grown girls. With win
ter approaching 10 IS absolutely es-
seutial that we have another lOrmlrorv
or addition 10 the home to care for
the children and girls. We are re-
ceivinE q large number each week
and have not the accommodations 20
care for them"
Needs $500 More.
The speaker then gave a number .
Of suggestions how the home could be /
improved and made larger Adj /.
ti0nal bathrooms and sleeping quar- 4
rerS are necessary. she said T. was .
estimated that the contemplated I'M .
proponents would cost about S+,1p /
and Of this amount the home has .
about $1,000 available, but when two
thirds Of the amount necessary is
"a Used. ensign Narek said the ma
tional headquarters Of the home for
the western territory located ar CHI
cz-o viii present $500 10 the fund
The speaker explained that there
will be class OF about 81 children In
the school OF the home this fail and
winter and that additional provisions
viii have TO Toe made for caring for
them
Praises HeraId's Cooperation.
ct cannot say too much about the
assistance given the home by the El
Paea Herald" the speaker said. The
work and cooperation OF The Herald
has produced wonderful results FOR
instance many Of the boys and girls
re receive have no ClOrnIu-. that is
executing Few little RAGS they have
We then telephone Mr.. Martin AT Tho
Herald office and he authorizes Us ~
bu- the necessary clothing for the
children II is simply wonderful the
Eeip snd assistance given US hv the
p1uer-
directors that subscribers OF The
Herald had contributed nearly $1,000
for assisting the women behind the
Re=cue home He said Of this amount +
nearly 5000 yet remains in The funa
and that the money IS largely being
expended iu clothing children taken
10 the home who are practically
naked
WORTHY Charitable Institution.
The speaker told the directors %
the wonderful Work BENG done ~
the home He told o. making several
visits TO the home and Of the impress
son received Of the unlift work be-
ing done there. He said II was one OF
the finest charitable institutions TO
be found a0vWle-e-
An incident Of some Of the work
being carried on at the home was
cited by ensign Marcel She told Of q
mother once in good circumS Iancea
-ho is now poverty stricken who al
though unable 20 care for her children
hid them iu q cellar because she
feared they were 10 be taken from
save Women and Children.
This woman" the speaker said,
had the Authorization that her chill
oven were 10 be torn from her and
that she would never see them again
Many OF her friends. also in ordinary
circuu stances and social UnllftWoEk-
eTs urged her 20 send the c1ildren 10
some home but she persisted in keep
ing them and hiding them in her
home
"Tinally the strange actions Of the
mother caused her arrest She was
LaDAELN 10 DE insane NN IllH .'.a--.'
who took her I'm custody and she was
slowly going insane over the halluri-
nation that her children were 10 be
taken from her. When visited tEe
police station shortly after the woman
was taken in custody captain Of de
tectives Tom Avaunt told me the
woman had been transferred 70 the
county isil and asked me 10 ascertain
Il possible IL she was sane With
Mrs. Emma Webster, probation off
u visited the aud armed
her story She was not insane and
roId me her children were starving 60 ID
death but THAT she hated 70 part with
them Finally we learned where she
had them confined in the basement
OF her hOVel and we took them 20 the
home. wish YOU could have seen Z
the ragged little urchins we took
20 the home and could have seen
them after we bathed and clothed
them II was a wonderful transfer
nation when properly cleaned they