The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-01

that man had accompanied her here.
At first he was her uncle, then step
uncle, but inststent questioning made
1t plain that he was not related to her
at all. The children were all girls,
3, and z very attractive and quite
we'll dressed She was finally told that
arrangements couldn't possibly be
made TO get her Off on the morning
train which was then due. And we
would telegraph her sister in Hunting
ION before sending her there, asking II
she would be welcome. This did not
seem to be pleasant news and about
That time the train whistled She called
the children and picked up her suit
case and started out OF the waiting
room. Asked how she expected to
travel without tickets or money she
said she had sufficient money to take
her to Moundsville. There was no
reason for holding here here, so no
one could do a thing but let her 20.
AS she stepped on the tram she looked
back and said Cant you even give
Ime dollar?" The answer was en-
,phattcally no and she went on. Many
more stories might be told of this par
ucuJar class OF people. some OF whom
'are going to send the money back the
next day. But not one cent has ever
peen received by our organization for
paying back transportation expenses.
When the influenza epidemic broke
out, our funds were very low, and 1t
was fortunate for US that the Red
Cross organized its emergency relief
committee. That committee did splen
did work during the ep.demic-but the
burden of the aftermath has fallen on
bls. Continued illness and INABILITY to
work ate up the savings. They were
Obliged finally to turn to us. In 40 of
our families Illness was the underlying
cause for their applications to us, and
in 81. influenza was the disease from
which they were suffering. We are
still helping or rather keeping two fam
lilies IN which the bread wilmer has not
recovered sufficiently from the influ.
enza to go back to work. Both cases
may terminate in tuberculosis.
One Of our worst difficulties at the
present time is trying to find houses
for people who have to move and VIII.
can only pay low rents. AS a matter
OF TACT there are no such houses any
more, and one Of our women, widow
with several children has had to send
the young ones to brother and she
and the two older ones move into one
room. Some people think She should
be able TO find houses without any
trouble and one old woman was ex-
.tremely angry because we couldn't
find one for her IN day. She seemed
TO think, indeed, that we ought to car
ry them around with us, all ready for
occupancy
AS the population Of the town grows
larger, our work increases and there
VIII soon have to be an assistant in
lthe office for one person cannot posi-
l6ly do all the investigating and visit.
ing necessary and stay nj the office
too. Bat we expect growth and can
only try to keep pace with 1t.
At Thanksgiving time we sent out
30 baskets from the donations of the
public schools. Owing to the scarcity
OF some foods. we thought the donation
this year would be smaller. But we
were agreeably surprised to find we
received more than ever before. Tho
surplus potatoes TASTED until the mid.
die OF March and some canned goods
and jellies are stsll on our shelves3Mr