New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1922, Page 14

5 < and a return to a cut in wages, bt N. B, WELFARE ASS. GREAT AID T0 CITY Tales of Human Interest Told by] Charity Workers One of the most active organiza- tions among the eight in the United Community corporation which is con- ducting a drive for $40,000, is that of the Welfare assoclation, under the general direction of Miss Cora M Beale. This organization, which has relieved the sufferings of thousands of poverty stricken persons, has a steady stream of needy people who look to it for help all the time. Nearly 100 a Month, During the last three months there have been 287 applications to the Welfare association for clothing. It was supplied 234 times. Sometimes 1t was a single article or pair of shoes, sometimes a generous bundle for the entire family. A Few Examples, When asked to give examples of some of her ‘‘cases,” Miss Beale re- ports the following as a few ex- amples: Mr. 8, a single man, made big |wages two vears ago, spent it freely and still had a good bank balance. Last summer he was taken {ll and spent many weeks in the hospital, undergoing several severe operations. Room rent piled up, hospital bills and surgeons' fees meant a huge ex- pense. He had given away his old overcoat in the spring, expecting to purchase a new one in the fall. Win- ter came on. In his weakened con-| dition and with no overcoat he was unusually susceptible to the cold. The association purchased him a heavy overcoat. He secured a light job and is busy paying up his debts, Saved the Home. Mr. and Mrs. K. bought a little house on the edge of the city to make a home for their five children. Only a small payment was made when the slump in industries came. Father and oldest son were out of work for months and the mother's earnings be- ing but nine dollars a week, constant pinching and scrimping was necessary in order to live and pay for the house. Needless to say the family needed ex- tra food and the clothes had to be provided. Shoes and a generous amount of wearing apparel for all was forthcoming. Mrs. O., a shiftless, slack, although well-meaning woman, with her happy-go-lucky youngsters, . depends ‘on her father for a home and food. He cannot of course buy shoes and r.ecessary warm clothes, and the chil- dren must go to school. Over and again these articles have to be pro- vided because the mother knows noth- ing of sewing or mending, and the half worn garments soon go to pieces. Her 10 Children. Mrs. N, with her new tenth bady, is a hard worker, the main wage earner when physically able. Mr. N. is out of work except for a few months of the year. He is not over strong nor ambitious. The mother is effi- clent with her needle and many a bundle of clothing has helped out in that family. Mr. J., has been idle for over a year. His wife is dead and the two oldest children work at a. small wage. The family of nine require a large rent and much food. There is no money for clothes for the lively school children. Over and again they must be fitted out. The Cheerful Beggar. There is of course the ‘“cheerful beggar” who each time she comes neéar the association rooms on any .errand, stops a moment to ask if we have anything for her. Not often, but once in a while, a doleful father re- hearses his troubles and hardships and great need of warm underwear for the boys and new dresses for the girls, and after being duly supplied, is found to be missating his in- come. Mr. Z. and Mr. S, both in the last stage of tuberculosis, require extra or different food. A young son work- ing and a daughter getting odd jobs, even with help from the city, did not make an adequate income. Addi- tional groceries and repeated amounts of clothing went there. Coat for Jennic. Mr. L. has a wife and four children Not a large family, but after wee of short hours, a month of idlene his thirteen dollars a week, with even- teen dollar rent coal to buy and the ‘family always requiring seven days of food each week, the ends do not quite meet, and when Jennic outgrew her coat which she had worn for four years, there was not a cent extra with which to buy a new one. The Wel- fare association furnished a coat, just a fit and had a larger one remodeled for big sister going to Junior High school. | Mrs. G, whose husband was idle e R e T TR ST FOX’S—Thurs:, Fri., Sat. “GIRL FROM TOYLAND” A Beautiful Act Free Toys For Children At the Matinees T S R RER) BRING HOME THE OYSTERS FROM HONISS’S ALWAYS FRESH 20-30 State Street Hartford Telephone 3374—3375 ey | SPRING NEEDS SUPPLIED ‘We can supply you with the latest thing im strollers and baby carriages &t a very attractive price. A complete stock of linoleums and floor ‘~verings. A. LIPMAN New and Secondhand Furniture 84 LAFAYETTE ST. Tel. 1329-2 for months, except for odd jobs, could not have existed but for parents able out of their not too abundant store, to provide a home, rent free and some help with the food. The second haby arrived to find no suithble clothing ready, bedding for the mother scarce and thin, A complete layette for the baby made the anxious mother happy and thankful, New sheets and blank- ots were forthcoming also, Mr. G. struggled along on three days' work a week with his family of six children and could not even feed them adequately, much less clothe them. Lack of nourishment meant they nearly all had the grip, several quite seriously, the fath himself losing three valuable days one week and returning sooner than he ought Groceries were sent in, milk supplied and a doctor sum- moned. MOVE STARTED HERE Honse Shortage and High Rents Slated for Change “RBuild with the birds," is the slogan adopted by a group of local business- men who plan to start a building movement in this city this spring. A lively activity in building operations is shown by the interest being taken locally for more and better homes, Below Normal For the past soveral rs bui has been below normal, the popula- tion of the city has increased by a large number of families and the list of desirable and available homes has decreased materially us o result. Be- cause of this condition people were forced to move into anything that bhoasted of four walls and a roof. Rents went sky high becausc of the scarcity. Prices Come Down Now there is plenty of labor avail- able at reasonable pr prices of all sorts of commoditie © come down and are coming down, there is an in- dication of a drop in taxes and the banks are beginning to give a little more encouragement to prospective builders. This, with the added stimulus of the “Build with the birds" campaign, is expected to give this town a building boom it has never seen in years. General Campaign The "Ruild with the birds” cam- paign in New Britain is simply a part of a general campaign for more and better homes all over the country, with a view to relieving the shortage. Likes Slums of New York During the recent drive for funds for the City Mission and in talks on the New Britain Fresh Air Camp, Miss Caroline E. Bartlett has shown stereopticon slides of huts and hovels where many people are living in this city which she claims are not fit for house | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 19: human habitation, Herald repre LOCAL POLICE AID, | sentatives have heen shown other - - places by Sulvation Army workers | Sergeant Hart and Policeman O'Mara where families reside, which are Take Part in Raid, worse than many modern chicken [ gapgeant Willilam Hart and Police coops and cannot compare WIth &0 | man pPatrick O'Mara of the local po- up-to-date barn or garag Time Has © lice force, took part with State Polices | men Philip Flynn and Bdward Hickey Many people who were financially ! and Jolicemen Joseph McCabe and able to build and have heen holding | Thomas Murphy of Southington, in a off for a drop In prices, believe now | raid at the home of Adolph Bobock that most of the adjustants have| who conduets a farm near Shuttie | been made and that prices have | Meadow lake Saturday evening, T reached a stage where there no long- ! discovered two stills in operation, er 18 any rurther need for delay | barrels of mash, three harrels of su- Local dealers in building supplies gar and a five gallon jug, full of and home furnishing materials are | moonshine liquor lending their hearty support to this| At the same time, they placed Bo campaign, as are the factories manu- | bock and Albert S8imono who were in facturing builders' supplies, and are|the place under the influence of 1i- glad to assist with suggestions and|quor, under arrest, They were ar- advice anyone who plans to build this|raigned in the Southington town spring ¢ourt this morning. 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