Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-09
AIDS DISTRIBUTE
$1,000 TO POOR
Old Officers of Associated Or
ganiZationS Reelected at
Annual Meeting

More than $1,000 was handled by
the Associated Aid societies in helping
the poor and needy during the past
year according to the report submit
ted last evening at the annual session
of the Aids by Vance c. Mccormick,
treasurer. Receipts from all sources
totaled S11,16S.S1 and the expendi-
lures were just 11,065.92.
In addition to hearing an interest
ing report on the finances of the or
ganization, the big assemblage of So
cial workers and others interested in
the social uplift, charitable and phil
anthropic work of the city, also heard
la splendid talk by DR.. Riley NJ. Little,
general secretary for the society for
organizing charity Philadelphia, on
How to Make Benevolences Con-
structive."
All the old officers were reelected
which included the following: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Lyman d. Gilbert; vice.
presidents, Mrs George Kunkel, Ed
win S. Herman; secretary, Mrs.
Mercer B. Tate; treasurer, Vance c..
Mccormick; assistant treasurer, DON
aid c. Mccormick; these officers to-
gether with the following form the
executive committee:
Jordan Hall, Mrs William Henderson,
Miss Mary C. Hiester, Morris E.
Jacobson, William b. McCaleb, Mrs.
Marlin +. Olmsted, DIR. G. r. Phillips
and Miss Mary f. Reilly.
How Money Was Spent
The 11,065.92 expenditures did not
include money which was expended
for relief on families and children in
whose cause the social workers had
interested. philanthropically inclined
folks and which; did not appear on
the Aids books. The Aids spent ST.
S06.59 for the Harrisburg Benevolent
Association, and S1,S3S.10 for the anti
tuberculosis society. About $4,000
was spent for clothing and supplies
for the storeroom which was not in
,cluded in the report proper Some $50
individuals, churches and organiza-
tions contributed $4,916.S6; charity
ball contributions, S2,250.S5; directors
of the poor, $1,S00; relatives and
friends of families aided, $1,039.O1.
Miscellaneous funds disbursed by the
Aids included boys camp" special
care for families and children, $6S9.S4
while special work cost $1,162.56.
n Letter From One Girl
DR.. Little was presented by Edwin
5. Herman and his talk was given an
especial touch of local color, when he
enlarged upon the lesson suggested
ny IeJIef, Wnlcn JOnn 4ateS, Secre-
tary of the Aids, had received from
a girl, the organization had once
helped.
The girl, who has since been maxi
ing success of her life in every way,
following the boost upward, which
was offered by the Aids, enclosed a
check to Mr.. Yates ito help some
other girl" Mr.. Yates thanked her
for the money as a "gift" whereupon
the girl wrote in which she referred
to the money not as a "gift" but as
a debit that had been paid"
DR.. Little considered this the best
possible example of the work on
charitable and cooperative lines up
on which he had based his theme.
Life has six primary requisites, ac-
cording to DR.. Little = health, wealth
(distributed) knowledge, friendship.
taste or esthetics, and righteousness.
10Th individual and social.
Every family" said he. mo mat
ter how humble, should have enough
income to insure the decencies of life:
should be able to possess a little home
of its own and have plenty of air,
light, fuel privacy, sanitary arrange
ments, food, clothing and recrea-
ton"