The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-11
MANY YOUNG WIDOWS
WITH CHILDREN ARE
WITHOUT SUPPORT
THIS Feature Of Relief Work CONSTITUTED
Bulk Of Associated Charities
Burden for April. ~

The regular monthly meeting Of th.
board Of directors OF the Associated
Charities was held Monday afternoon In
their rooms In tho Board Of TrSia
building
Col. ]. Sumner Jones presided. Other
, members present were: Mr. J. A. Blum.
Mr.. Otto Schenk. Mrs. E. Z Ewing, Mr..
r. Il Naylcr, Miss Alma Hubbard
Rabbi l. A. Mischkind. Attorney p.
MEG nley. Mrs. Leo Wolfe, Mrs. T. Z.
Burke and Mrs. Julius Hcrkhcimcr
Tho feature Of the months relief Work
was the large number of families with
out earning power. consisting usually
OF widows with children In need OF
help from the association. The exist
ing high wages only make II harder loI
Ing up of wages means forcing up ol
, prices. Most OF the relief work or ths
, Associated Charities is for families y:
this kind.
, The secretary also read an authorita,,
tive report by the National lndustrial
conference board just completed. snow,
ing the changes In the cost of living
which falls heaviest upon those with
very limited or no carnipG power
Child Welfare. work entered Largely
! into the discussions and plans VIII
shortly be advanced for carrying on spe-
cial work along this line. 80.
Report OF Secretary for April, 1sSU.
A total of 81 families were helped IN
the Family Relief Department duri2s
| April. as compared with 81 during the
preceding month
! The outstanding feature of the
! months relief work was the increase III
| the number Of families consisting OF
widows with young children. There were
! 20 families OF this kind in April, rs
| compared with 33 during the preceding
month. and % In February.
| The cause OF this Is the continuous
prohibitive costs OF the necessities OF
life to families or very ihp niaS W or ~
only make harder the living conditions
i Of the family that has no wage Garner,
, and II Ia principally with such families
! that the Associated Charities has -
| deal. .,, r.,
dustrial Conference hoard. which has
just completed It's survey OF tho cnang,
a, es in the cost OF living In the L nltco
! States. report that this cost mas M NJ
| creased g5 percent since July. 1914. me
| Increase within the last twelve months
10 reported as u percent. These reports
| arc based uDon extensive information
obtained from retail quotations on ciota-
| inc and fuel. reports from persons IN
close touch with the real estate situa-
ton and food prices as obtained IRON
the United States Bureau OF LanoT
| Statistics.
The Waiting Nurse during April took
! care Of - cnses. OF which "a were nov
and IS carried over from March. leo
| profess !onal visits beng required dur.
/ ;nS 40 month Tho number of cases Of
| sickness was slightly lower than during
the preceding month. 4 satisfactory
| detail of the report is that influenza
| and pneumonia have almost di"appcareo
| cases or tuberculosis were under cara
Certified milk was regularly furnished
| rs patients and drugs and medical sup
piles for IS. Hospital arrangements were
made for patients mt the Ohio valley
| General hospital Dlspensar!, 70 eye
| snccialists ard ; to the Associated Char
! ities Dental Clinic.
Tho Chlldrcns Dental Clinic was OPP
Grated 90 half days during the month
! With a total number of 275 operations.
| The total classified expenditures 70:
ApriI were sl.Tg3.s7 rs compaI cd with
| 81 4Xo1 for March.