The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-30
CONTRIBUTIONS
IDASSl.CAIRIIES
.B|||ELOIIAa ! YEAR
Total So Ear Received Less
Than Half the Sum
Needed
| SOME If TYPICAL ! Il CASES
1t Takes More Patience and
Intelligence &c Than
l-s'- Money
A. IA = StSt rJ. & .5s.
SOME { !. TYPICAL ! CASES

|; Donations to the Associated Chart
ties have reached the amount OF s754.
Last year ON the fifth day of the cam
paign the amonnt or money donated
reache da higher figure than today.
Are there not q number yet who
would like, to donate to the Associat-
ed Charities in this city at once SO
that the leeessary funds to take care
sof this citys poor may be made up at
once? While the charities here Is
very grateful for the .$754. on hand,
1t Will require at least double this
sum to properly keep cold, sickness
and hunger form the door of the poor
the next twelve months. Will those
who have not made reply to the letter
setn them by the Associated Charities
take this matter under serious con-
Esideration at once and send in a con-
stribution today? Sc, far, the names
of contributors and the amounts have
been published each day In this pa
per. IL you wish, your name omitted,
q line in your letter with donation 20
that effect will be respected. Send
in dollar or two at least. A!dollar
from everyone will amount altogether
to q more than sufficient sum SO that
the campaign may reach a most sat
isfactory elimination.
There Is NO story OF sadness known
which has not been lived right here in
Fairmont among helpless persons.
Miss Margaret Mckinney, secretary
OF the Assoc ociated Charitie les; has calls
daily from all classes, ID s..5 4,
Sometime ago two young ladies ap-
epared early in the morning to ask
for help, in reaching another city; say
ing they lieyd near Pittsbu-gtl and
had run away rom an uneie - abus-
ed them, compelling them 10 work IN
% factory and using for his personal
pleastres all the money they earned.
TheSwere dressed In the extreme Of
shat bbiness, one OF them with shoes
almost sentirely worn from her feet
and wearing "a mans faded oyercoat.
The other avs equally threadbare,
wearing clothes several sizes too big.
Neither had been washed or. combed
for several days. They told such q
pathetic story that Miss Mckinney
spent an unusual amount OF time
looking Into their case, giving them
food and better shoes at once from
her store. 1t wasa1earned, however,
that the girls had drawn somewhat
upon their imaginations and did not
come from anywhere around Pitts
burgh and did not possess such an
acquisition as an uncle. Instead they
had run away from a mother near
Fairmont, .withlwhom they had quar-
relied. Even in this case charity was
kind and supplied, the girls with bet
ter cloths, from those on hand in Miss
Mel Kinneys Office for that purpose,
and after giving some sound advice,
she sent them. back home, The case
is one which shows Fairmontefs that
charity funds are carefully expended
and no money distributed on unwor-
thy cases.
r A small, quiet girl stepped into the
office oneafternoon wearing clothes
Of teh cheapest quality, but neatly
fashioned, into garments which stamp
ed the wearer's character. The girl
broke into sobs almost before she sat
downiin the chair beside Miss McKin-
ney's desk. Alter, a long interview it
was learned that she had no father
and that her mother seemed to care
little about her. She possessed a
great longing to make something out
lof herself, and said she had tried in
every way that she knew but could,
not go further without help as she
had no money. She said she did not
know how her mother earned her
living, but. that she worked nights,
sometimes not coming home at all for
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