New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1917, Page 9

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1917. " CHRISTHAS FROM CHARITY VIEWPOINT 7 December Report of Organization Deals With Holiday At the monthly meeting of the di- rectors of the New Britain Charity Organization held last evening Miss Osborn’s report dealt largely with the Christmas spirit. Since the Saturday before Christmas until the day end- ing with Russian Christmas approxi- mately 700 children have visited the rooms on. West Main street _ to see ‘the. beautiful Christmas tree and: to hear about Santa Claus. Dur- ing the month there were 321 appli- ‘cations for services and outside of the Christmas giving forty-two families received aid which called for the ex- penditure of $139.58. Miss Osborn's complete report follows: To the directors of the New Britain Charity Organization: Do you believe in Santa Claus? If "y¥ou don’t happen fo we know plenty otipeople who do. No one who might have been in our place these past few * weeks- could fail to recognize the | kindly, genial, Santa: Claus spirit. And Wwe have had approximately 700 small visitors. nearly all of whom know Santa Claus well and can tell you all about him if you are hazy on any particular point. You see we have been keeping open house since the Saturday before Christmas, and day after day, ending with Russian Christmas, we have doz- ens and scores of happy faced chil- dren coming to visit our Christmas tree and exchange greetings with us. So many grim, hard things have to be talked over in our office day after .day, that it has been a delight to Jentertain a lot of cheerful youngsters. Christmas Visitors Number 700. Our Christmas tree was just as at- tractive as we could make it. One friend gave us the tree, another do- nated the electrically lighted little figures, another paid for new bulbs, thers popped the corn which we nned to the tips of the branches, pthers furnished the ornaments and sl other individuals and clubs filled everal hundred bags and stockings vith .Christmas candies and gave us f oranges by the dozen, credit at the store for such purchases, or gifts to bestow for Santa Claus. We were Yery popular hostesses .indeed, al- though a souvenir orange or candy was given on first visits, according to the children’s own ruling. Repeaters id not count. Ifor holiday entertain- s our offices are' not adequate. Tt | Was' impossible to count all our visit- " | Of§ excepting by grours, although we know each child. Our rough figures total about 700. We had planned story telling and . attractions of that sort for various lays, but neither space nor inclina- tion warranted this. The tree was the center of attraction. All the | Cliristmas tree information we gradu- ally gave forth was passed on to flewcomers with astounding accuracy, from the meaning of the star at the top down to the particular merits of our style of tree holder. One game fie children evolved consisted in wodming off while blind-folded, all the | “faaments they could remember, Some describing twenty or thirty, -There is always something mystic and fascinating about a lightened ever- | green tree in a darkened room, and yet even we, who are quite matter- | 8f-fact and entirely acquainted with glrcumstances, were touched over and over again by the children’s craving for beauty. There is nothing more fare and sweet than a little child’s mile and to watch these youngsters guite at home and completely off their guard, exzmining every orna- ment, was a jov. The only way to really enjoy a tree is to handle and squeeze everything on it. Of course | people, down to the little child who i 'ea i | I Don’t Rub It On Bruises or Sore Muscles loan’s Liniment quickly pene- trates and soothes without rubbing. Cleaner than mussy plasters or ointments, does not stain the skin. Have a bottle handy for emergency, theumatic aches and pains, neuralgia, lum- bago, gout, strains, sprains and lame back, yield to Sloan’s Liniment. At all druggists, 25c. 50c. end $1.00. Liniment HILLS PAIN this is extremely disastrous to the ornaments but we have serenely sup- | plied more, through our friends’ gen- erosity. The Saturday before Christmas we had a doll party. The invitations were for 2 o’clock hut the guests began to arrive before 12. It is unthinkable for a little girl to grow up without a doll to love, so for two months wethad been noting while on our visits, the. little girls who had only a stick of ‘wood, a dressed clothespin or a stuffed stocking for a doll. The ladies of the W. C. T. U. furnished twenty dolls, the H. H. club and a neighborhood club furnished as many more, and in- dividual friends brought us more,— lovely ones, all of them, whose clothes really take off and put on again! The Elks also kindly danated several dozen dolls when they found we were run- ning short. Child placing is a spec- ialty of charitabe institutions, so that although we had a huge family of orphan dolls we found a kind and loving little mother for every one. Some of the little girls danced up and down, some cried, and some hardly dared take their dolls. Many dolls were named at once, and one was called ‘“Mary Christmas” in honor of the occasion. Space will not permit us to tell in detail all the kind and generous things that we have witnessed this holiday season. So far as we possibly could we have sent receipts and letters of acknowledgment to all the thought- ful people who helped to make Christmas happier for our friends. Satisfactory Holiday. To us this has seemed the satisfactory sort of Christmas. In the first place, prosperous times have enabled more of the parents to pro- vide their own holiday cheer than in other years, and secogdly where out- side giving has been necessary, it has all been done quietly and thoughttully and exactly where it was most needed. Probably next to Santa Claus himself we have a more complete knowledge than anyone else of what has been done in this city, from the generous provision of churches and lodges on threvgh the long list of those who pro- vided little parties, helped Santa with special families, filleda stocking for mother to hang in place, sent pos- tals at our suggestion to lonesome most brought us three oranges to give away. While the New Britain Lodge of Elks found it unnecessary to give their usual large Christmas party, no one has better knowledge than we of all the happiness they brought this vear with their donation to New Britain boys at the Meriden school, and the AGENT “MAKES GO | small town OD" AND STARTS A NEW FIELD FOR FAIR SEX | MISS EDNA _FLYNN The first woman traveling bassenger agent is Miss Edna Flynn, on the staff of .one of the great transcontinental railroads. Miss Flynn was discovered by a high official of the system in a in Washington, and he was 80 impressed with her ability that he brought into Seattle and created the new position for her. She proved so successful in this new line of work, selling tickets exclusively to women and handling women and chil- dren,. both in the local office and on the road, that the road decided to carry out the innovation at all of its principal offices, and a flock of girls were brought to Seattle and trained by Miss Flynn for their new duties. They will now attend annual meetings of passenger agents of the opposite sex on an equality. her splendid Christmas dinners, the mit- tens, the stockings, the clothing, and the well planned gifts of underwear which they' distributed so quietly and unostentatiously. One of our friends said that the Elks provided her with the happiest Christmas she had ever known, both by what they save and the way they gave it. In past years we have always tried to remember at Christmas, childten in any of the institutions of corrective schools of the state. This has meant much effort for the workers and volunteers in securing, wrapping, and mailing these gifts. Last yvear we tried a tentative scheme which de- veloped this vear into a worth while plan. To various clubs we gave quiet- 1y a list of names of such children— one child for each member. These ladies selected suitable gifts, wrapped them daintily, and saw to'it that they reached their destination. The ladies told us they enjoved the personal touch of such giving. We realized that the children were better provided for, and certainly judging from the letters ‘since received from superin- tendents and children themselves, the effort was fully appreciated by the re- cipients. Our chief concern in Christmas planning was for the little children Appeal to Reason | Ask any of the great army of Postum users what influenced them to try this beverage, and the reply nine times out of ten will be that they were convinced the caffeine and tannin in tea and coffee were harmful to health. I Some imagine it is hard to give up coffee and tea. But it isn’t, with the delightful aroma and flavor of Postum-at hand. This flavor somewhat re- sembles that of a high-grade Java coffee, but there is no coffee in Postum —only the nourishing goodness of wheat, skilfully processed with a2 small per cent. of wholesome molasses. | Postum comes in two forms: Postum Cereal, which has to be boiled; Instant Postum—soluble—made in the cup, instantly. Some prefer one, some the other. Made right, they are alike delicious, and the cost per cup is about the same. There’s better health, comfort and efficieficy in POSTUM ““There’s a Reason” GAVE EVIDENCE THAT PROVED Stanley St., Tells New Britain Residents Start- ling Facts That Will Interest Many Pcople. Well, said Mr., Martin the Lax-a- Tone expert at the Economy New England Drug Co., 365 Main St., I am pleased to say that the New Year 1917 is surely going to hold great favors for many people I know in New Britain, I have in mind many many people that were great sufferers in 1916 that are now so well on their way to complete recovery that they cannot contain themselves much longer and are anxious to tell their friends the good news and also tell the story of how they returned ta health and happiness after many months or vears of sickness, I am going to tell you said Mr. Martin in these people’s own words of how they struggled, of how they despaired, and how they haped against hope, of how sickness depleted their earnings and also’ how after all these troubles. and sorrows they . found that road to health through Lax-a-Tone the remedy that has set the whole United States afire with enthusiasm. Among the many people that have found that road to health in New Britain I take pleasure in quoting Mr. Marth who is a well knawn young man, he says: It is nothing more than right that I should come to the front and tell of the wonders that Lax-a-Tone has done for me as I am sure that my statement may convince my friends and ac- quaintances that this remedy must have the merit or it would not have accomplished what it did for me. Fora long time I have suffered with head- aches and severe backaches, felt sore and lame all over, I seemed to have a celd that I could not break up, I was getting very much discouraged be- cause I could get no relief and as you are aware that this' dragging kind of sickness makes vou feel bad all over. Well to make a long story short I began to use Lax-a-Tone and now I can say that I am entirely well, T am Just feeling fine and am only too glad to tell about it. Now, dear reader do not discourage yourself needlessly if you are a suf- ferer from constipation, indigestion, dyspepsia, sour acid stomach, with gas and bloat, feel tired out, nervous and run.down, have thin blood and get chilly and clammy, catch cold easily and feel that you can not stand it wny longer just go down to the Econ- omy New England Drug Store, 365 Main street and see the Lax-a-Tone man, He will sell you a bottle of this wonderful remedy, tell you how to take it and just what it will do and will also be frank enough to tell you what it won’t do. Mr. Martin will be there till 10 o’clock Saturday nights for those who are unable to see him during the week also till 9 p. m. on Monday. ———————— e whose fathers are dead, or incapaci- tated for work through illness at home or in hospital, or possibly sojourning in jail. Thanks to the promptness of many donors we were able on Christ- mas Eve to think over our lists of such families and reflect that so far as we knew, all of these children would have a full stocking on Christmas morning. . The gifts were either de- livered by us or sent by mail anony- mously, or entrusted to mothers or big brothers and sisters, to carry home quietly and place in the children's stockings. Golden Rule Giving. That sort of giving is real Golden Rule giving—the sort we'd like to have done for us! A gay lot of people, possibly in costume, noisily distribu- ting gifts about town to the peor, may have a beautiful time, but though un- fortunately there are always some who are looking for all they can get, there must be in every city as there are here, many sensitive mothers who shrink from doles of this sort. For two weeks from nine until six, unbroken hours, we have kept open house for the children and their mothers. This in addition tp our usual work has resulted in long hours for the workers, but has seemed well worth while in its results. It has also enabled us to fill in many a gap where Santa for some unexpected reason had been very forgetful and stingy. One tiny lad of six trudged in at 5:30 one day, dripping with rain, to see our tree. During his solemn inspec- tion he vouchsafed the information that while he plainly saw Santa Claus downtown in a store, the old saint totally forgot to visit him and his mother said that it was probably be- cause he was such a little boy that Santa could not find him. His solemn cause was completely transforined and and his faith renewed when we told him that was exactly the reason that Santa Claus left Johnny’s gifts by our tree,—a pair of mittens, stockings, and a blue wheel-barrow, with a little fat, white dog for the baby! This was typical of dozens of little visitors, Many Quaint Tales Heard. Such quaint Christmas tales as we have heard and such a. medley of Christmas carols, sung on every key! Having knowledge of the homes of most of these children come from, and watching them enjov the tree, made us realize more keenly than ever, their craving for beauty, which only the church dignity, the school room pictures, the occasional visits to park and library now help to satisfyx If we could have our own way and plenty of money to spend, we'd place fifty Christmas trees in various tenement homes next vear, and have on hand cheap phonographs, music hoxes, good pictures, globes of gold fish, pretty plants or games to loan to our friends, There is an increasingly large number of wise people who real- ize the preciousness of the home as a basis for all things. Their slogan is “the home as a social center” and their aim to have outside recreation, but if the sacroviness of the real home is to be malatuined, we need to stay there once in a while to do something wore than eat and sleep. Naturaily I a household that s toa poor to provide anything more than shelter, does not serve as a sirong magnet to hold the children. ail the year” is a much #»Th. With us of late every + been a Christmas sort of day with the special emphasis on Christ- :as Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's, elfth Night, and Russian Christmas, But after two weeks’ pleasant experi- ence we heg to differ with the origina- tar.of that statemcnt. Christmas all the year would be like wearing one's best clothes every cay;—it would be- come 80 commonplace that its signifi- vance as a special cceasion would be lost; its zest would be gone. It is better for us to get back again to the regular work nnd say as most of our small gneste I've very prettily said: “We wish you a Happy New Year.” 321 Applications. During the month of December, 1916, there were 321 applications for our services; seventeen from public officials, sixteen from private so- cieties, thirteen from churches, six from schools, two from other cities, 150 from interested individuals, and the remainder from applicants them- selves. There were eighteen new cases due to desertion, non-support, illness, vagrancy, intemperance, and physical and mental handicaps. Per- maneiit work was secured for one and many day’s work for six Wwomen. Clothing was given to twenty, dental care to three, emérgency ald to twenty-nine, and temparary weekly ald to thirteen. Two widow’s families received pensions, ninety-eight visits were made and 341 telephone inter- views . conducted. Five calls were made for us by friendly visitors and eighteen and three quarter hours of volunteer helj were given to us in the office.’ 247 consultants and 127 ap- plicants called at the office and in ad- dition to these 384 children came to see ‘our Christmas tree before New Year’s Day. There have been altogether during the Christmas and New Year's holidays nearly 700 'children at our office. Outside the Christmas giving fOl‘tv—z two families received aid—$105.43 @ i this coming from the treasurer's fund, and $34.15 from the special funds. Fifteen school children were provided with shoes at the experse of $23.32. Much ald was organized from churches, societies, and individuals, the bills for this aid being sent di- rectly to the donors to pay. $223.43 can be definitely accounted for in this| way, although there was much more | glven which we cannot accurately es- timate, Altogether we can account for $386.33 given thraugh Charity Or- ganization channels. Respectfully submitted, ELSTE C. OSBORX Agent. | Monthly Report. For month ending December 1916: > Applications for service—From pub- Jic officials 17, private societies 16, churches 13, interested individuals 140, other cities 2, schools 6, appl- cants themselves 127; for advice 19, | aid 40, clothing 23, loans 0, friendly | service 40, transportation 0, work 5, Total 321, 2 Treatment—Families receiving pen- ! sions 2 months or over 2, families re- ceiving: temporary aid 13, emergency | aid 29, clothing 20, institutional care 0, given legal aid 0, given medical aid | 1, given dental aid 3, given optical | aid 0; work secured: permanent 1, temporary 6, transportation Applicants—New cases 18, includ- ing: families 13, trancients 4, appli- cants for work only (no!record kept) 315 Causes of Poverty in New Cases— Unemployment 0, widowhood 0, sick- ness or accident 1, drunkenne: physical or mental handicaps sufficient income 1, old age 0, shift- lessness 0, vagrancy 4, Miscellaneous 3, immorality or crime 4, desertion or non support 2. Total 18. | Personal Service—Calls at office 758, consultants 247, applicants 1 children 384; visits by agents to or in behalf of families 98, calls by friendly visitors 5, business calls 5, telephone calls 341, volunteer office wark, hours 18 3-4. Material Relief—Number receiving aid during month 42, amount of aid from treasury fund $105.43, amount of aid from special fund $34.15, total amount of aid from C..O. $189.58, | number far whom aid was organized from churches, individuals, societies, etc 2, amount organized (nat other- wise accounted for) $223.45, loans 0, special shoe fund for schaol children: amount $23.32, number aided thereby 15; total amount of aid expended through C. 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