Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-05

Northern Statea Mission OF tho Church
OF Jesus Christ OF l-atier-Day saints.
Each branch Is 0 Red Cross Auxiliary.
Throughout tbs Nation the game. condi-
tons pev0ll.
TIE present president. Or. rrameline
H. wells. lovingly called Aunt En-
by her associates. celebrated her
nInstleth birthday In salt Lake City.
cestfT. vita a rich heritage of courage.
rentlnrnt aud faith. the narrative Of
her useful life would afford incidents
"a interesting ns any romauce. At siN-
teen, sho opened q school and taught
sunday school In Nausoo, Ihneist and.
while phyficaIiY fran. Fite endured the
hardshipn and atruGRier connected Win
the migFNfseh - the ftvckies and the
pioneer life. sAe wears riug Of gold
presented 10 Ter by Susan y. Anthony
"A symbol II the sympathy Of two
great women for one great cause.
In recent edition or itis Journal of
EBnoaiion.' tBast0n. Maas) Dr.. A. p.
MfnsAIp, referring to tbs organization
aE zone OF tie most brilliant achieve
naeufs ia wemsBH work tor womsn
which has "nad all too little recoSni-
tlon" writes
I'VE refer 10 a women's organization
known a. the General Relief Society
with headquarters in Salt Lake city,
organized seventy five years ago IN
Illinois. r. ere are thousand local
brnnenrs scattered over various states
nef IN small groups of about twelve
families each. Two members In each
district are designated as visitors ana
every month Of thc year these two wo-
men make call together upon each OF
tie families Of tie group. The special
object OF these calls is 10 make sure
that no family ls ia need OF any ala
ia case Of 81 lkness or ndvefsity or Is
IN any trouble that cheer and assist
one OF tie weekly meetings each
month IL devoted TO hearing reports or
each family from the visitors. Absolute
want is thus impossible. as is neglect
ia case Of sickness. aud no one can feel
that aho personally Is friendlens in the
world. Relief Is always at hand.
This Womsn's Relief society ~ always
among the flfst organizations 10 came
- lie relief or the needy In case et
great catastrophe OF any kind They
have money In abundance and there Is
no annoying red tape TO hinder prompt
action In the Gaze OF san francisco
In 1896 OF the Galveston nood, of the
india napoIis Hood, the Belgian suffer
ers. ct al, this society was the brat- or
near the lrst, 10 supplying urgent
needs. The aid is a. abundant as IL II
prompt. In the case OF the San Fran
cisco confiagratiob their aid was liter
ally the nrst. and iB the case OF Bel
gium one little branch OF thirty Hem-
lers at Bear Lake promptly rsised Si39
for the relief fund
ed from 10000 members without a PEN
nv being taken therefrom for expenses.
s7e.12s- or this, s5s.ss7 was paid out
for genuine local relief. and sI5.l6s
was the surplus. TnIs relief went to
5,ei5 different families. and was always
paid out locally upon tie recommended
lion Of the local visitors and was re-
ported upon each month and reported
also to the general once at the end OF
the year. so that both the local book o
and headquarters show the exact sta
tua.
The local branches I'm looking after
their own sick last year made 1880
calls, of which 22,597 were fun days or
nights In attendance. watching by night
or nursing by day.
All administration expense II borne
from the Twenty-Five cent membership
fee and much OF this fee fund goes to
the charity fund or its surplus. which
In the seventy-nye years, mostly from
recent years, is now half a million doll
ars. What other Women's Relief So
ciety has any such record. either OF
service or OF accumulated surplus?
Such an achievement OF women for
women would ordinarily be heralded
far aud wide by a publicity agency OF
great efficiency. but so far as we know
this Is the first general recognition II
has. received"