The Republican journal., 1922-05-11
Letter from Mrs. H. III. Hilton
Read at the North Church Round Tabls.

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Following are extracts from a letter
from Mrs. II II. Hilton of Chicago, writ
ten to the North Church Round Table:
"Across the street from our home lives
the president of the Infant Welfare So
ciety. This gives medical care and advice
to expectant mothers and milk and medi-
cine and personal care to their babies. 1t
has 81 stations in various parts OF the city
and in 1921 cared for 10, 1913 babies, 1, 100
children between two and SIX years of
age, and ,2o8 expectsnt mothers. Only
three babies were lost. =
Zone OF the first meetings of the Wo
mans Auxiliary of this Society was held
in our home and my husband and have
always been deeply interested in its work,
though not now in active connection with
its management.
Our next door neighbor is president of
the Chicago Red Cross Association and
has by personal labor and influence made
it big and efficient organization during
the war and during these difficult post
war years. Every autumn we have a
membership drive covering the whole
city Next fall this is to be one of my
channels of special effort.
Last year the Chicago Red Cross help
ed each month an average of 5, 126 disab-
led ex-service men; served each day at a
figure below cost, hot plate-dinner to
500 ex- service men who are receiving vo
cational training; besides its care of fami-
lies of the men who died in service and its
many home visits to sick soldiers.
During the year it has also graduated
1,046 pupils from it's first aid classes and
2.4l3 from its classes in home hygiene and
the care of the sick. 1t has rendered IN
fluenza epidemic aid and life saving corps
aid and conducted swimming classes for
boys and girls and rendered various ser
vices of other kinds.
"The Red Cross Juniors in domestic
science classes baked $4,000 cookies last
Christmas to carry Christmas cheer to
the hospitals. Nearly Sl3, 600 was collec-
ted in 25 cent Junior membership fees.
Last year about l00 900 persons were aid
ed by the Chicago Red Cross Chapter.
''In any great city the Associated
Charities are a great burden in manage
ment and a great blessing in result. My
husband has given unsparing effort and
unstinted time to this work IN Chicago,
especially in the neghborhood of the
stock yards.
"Another large Y NJ. C. A. building is
soon to be erected in our section of the
city, 100000 having already been raised
for this building. The women's commit
tee of this organization with its living in
terest, it's committee meetings, various
labors, hospitalities, is a really helpful
group of women from all denomina tions
To this group | am glad to belong.
have recently persuaded l8 fine women to
go on the board and join their efforts to
ours
"The yearly dues will help on the fur
nishings of the new buildings which is to
be given over chiefly to the younger boys
at the age when they are just budding
into rowdylsm on our city streets. They
need outlets for their energy nd they
have no hills for sliding in this flat city
of ours, and too few places to play. Every
book, every game, every bit of gymnasium
apparatus in our building is used and en-
ioyed to the full by these boys.
''The Chicago Theological Seminary is
very near our home and my husband is
one of the board of directors Dr. C. A.
Beckwith, formerly of Bangor, is one of
the most honored of its faculty. We plan
soon to have in our own house a social
for the whole seminary.
"Of course one could talk on Indefinite
ly about the opportunities for service in
any large city, opportunities which pres
ent themselves most appealngly to any
one who is neither blind nor hearted
/ should like to 60 on and tell you of the
Civil Scout parlors opened recently near
our house for the neglected little girls of
the streets; of the country week enter
prises for children; of the settlement work
and all it means; of a nearby summer
hospital for mothers and babies, where,
on breezy point of land overlooking
Lake Michigan, they may escape from
the city's bistering heat when special |
need arises.
81 should like to tell you too of Chica-
go's 12l parks and Fairgrounds; of the
storytelling hour there to little future
citizens who gather gladly and listen
eagerly. Already, however, this letter is
far too long and will simply add that we
are trying to do some good in our corner
of the world, just as you are in your cor
ner, and it is very easy to see on every
side places in which to work for God and
ones fellow men and fellow women"