The New York Herald Newspaper, February 15, 1874, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1874.-QUADRUPLE SHEET. The Simple Annals of the Poor Told by Themselves. ————— {AN EXHIBIT OF CHARITY. \A Pathetic Story of the Poverty of a Leading Actress. music AND MISERY. eal \An Interview with Superintend- ent Barnard. The Brave Hearts of Sympathetic Citizens Still Responsive. In the active benevolence of the last few days, wcaused by the destitution of so large a number of jour population, there has been mani- Jest 8 slight discontent as to the mode of administering relief manifested \by a few professional philanthropists, Mr. \Superintendent Barnard is one of these, and his wiews are presented below in the lorm of an inter. view anda letter. The great, deep undertone of \Sorrow still, however, makes itself heard, and to ‘hose who have hearts to feel and heads that can @evise we commend the pictures of poverty. PICTURES OF POVERTY. Bnoidents at St. John’s Guild Yesterday— The Opera and the Garret—The Fam- fly of a Famous Composer in a State. of Destitution—The Fallen Fortanes of an Actress Who Proved “A Friend in Need”—The Two Biondes and # “Little Baretoot.” Yesterday motuing a lady, closely veiled and , ressed in a very plain dark suit, entered the ofice pf St. Jonn’s Guild, in Varick street, and inquired | Yor the Rey, Mr. Wiswall. Having waited in a mod- | yest manner for an opportunity to address him, she Mnailly approached, and, lifting her veil, exposed a | Yace of extreme beauty, on which were whe traces of recent weeping. In a voice wboked by emotion she then, as briefly as possible, related her sad story. She was the Biece of a famous composer who some time since prrived tn this country and who was now living in Breat poverty, in a distant city, while his wife and mine children were living in the upper part of New York ana were absolutely destitute of the barest mecessaries of life, She, herself, had come to this wountry a3 A LEADING ACTRESS and had some time since played an engagement in one of our first Class theatres. She was also mar- Fied and her husband was abroad. Her aunt had Bold, piece by piece, every article of her furniture except the beas and @ single quilt for each, and Bhe had in turn disposed of every article of her Professional and private warbrobe, with the ex- ception of the clothes she wore, in her efforts to aid her relatives. Finally, they were all living together on an upper floor ofa house high up town—her aunt with her nine children and | Bhe and her own two little ones, making thirteen persons in all. A visitor of the Guild was imme- | Giately despatched with means to render these © upfortunates instant relief, and a representative (Of the HERALD accompanied him: The building to ‘Which they were directed was on one of the prin- cipal avenues, and the ground ‘floor is used as a cigar store in the front and a tobacco manufactory tm the rear. The exterior of the building is pre- * possessing and the interior neat and orderly. Ascending to the top floor and pausing to knock At the door, the two visitors cast their eyes along the landing and saw @ cottage bed at the jurther end, where, under covering of @ thin quilt, three ‘of the chtidren nightly come to sleep. ‘hey were admitted by THE WIFE OF THE COMPOSER, nd created no littie consternation, till tue actress, recognizing one of the visitors, stepped lightly forth and tearfully bade them welcome. The soors ‘were bare and polished white, while the scanty surroundings were marvellousiy clean. Ggures. Their limbs and feet were bare, and one of the little ones wore a tragment of carpet around his loins, which, with @ shirt, constituted his jentire covering. Everything they wore, however, fwas of the neatest possibie description, and their Sbright eyes and iaces, their white, glistening limbs jana Jeet aud their deshaville gave them the appear- fance of having just emerged trom a bath. The ‘visitors Were conducted to tne front room, where, | sQs in each of the others, a bed and a common tabie | sonstituted the only furniture, save jour chairs, Several trunks (empty) were ranged about the room and served as seats, Perhaps eighteen or twenty years of age, were standing there as the visitors entered and re- | Mhained standing during the interview. ,, Tue elder lady related her story as follows: “My husband is a composer. As you doubtless ‘know, he wrote the opera of * * * * * * *, and as a long time enjoyed the friendship of Mile. jiisson and Mine. Lucea. ow with Mme, Lucca In Havana. She sings only fia the chorus, however, and receives but $15 per eek, which barely suffices lor her unavoidable expenses. My husvand ‘@ distant city SEARCHING FOR EMPLOYMENT “My daughters, who have pawued their clothes jto purchase food till only one of them can now G0 Into the street at a time (for want of sulficient apparel), were eudeavoring to earn enough to aud one of my sons are in eep the woil from vur door by performing, in a | Rasen une position, in ome of the theatres. tely 4 hew piece was put upon the stage which required sucu an indecent exposure of their per- us that we, without hesitation, determined to rve rather than they snould so appear. Our de- rmination was commended by the priest, who “told them he could not grant them absolution did ‘they appear in so indecent an attire. “Since the pittance tuey earned falied us and my miece has eXhausted her resources in our belall, ‘we have aii iad @ feariul Cally struggle to live. \But for the baker, a generous man, whom God ill remember for his kindness to us, we should Mave starved. We owe him $75 ior bread. “My boy is here—the oldest. He is a scenic ‘artist, and bas ) returned trom the South, ‘Where he wag lyitg sick lately wit yellow fever.” At this Moment a quiet, gentiemaniy looking qoase man entered and the representative of the ERALD 800N Convinced himself Of the truth of the entire story by relerence to letters in his own pocket from @ mutual triend, the manager of the ‘lheatre in which the artist had been employed. “My miece has paid our rent jor the last six ‘weeks, and Tnursaay SHE PAWNED HER WEDDING RING, all elise baving been pledged. Monday the land- lord, who demanded three weeks’ rent in advance, which we were of course unaole to pay, threatened to turn us out into the street. My piece saw the article in the HeraLp this morning and resolved, boi haat consulting me, upon applying to Mr. Wis- all. us,” she said, the tears coming into her eyes, “but ‘had | been consuited I should not have consented, ‘as [had resolved to starve before I would take ‘Such @ step." During these trying days and weeks (for seven Montis the little ones have not gone ouside the doors tor Want of clothes) the eldest sister, Who Is an accomplished young lady, taughs by her fatuer, ‘Who has devoted much time to her education, bas gathered about her table the little barefooted ‘chil- ren aa eee, instructed them. No brighter, More intelligent ‘or interesting cuid) D found in our midst. wdbaprapias ods ‘The address of thts family is at the office of the Guild, where it can be obtained by those who have @ny special interest in wishing to Kuow it, THE TWO BLONDES. While the representative of the Heratn was Standing in the vestibule Of the Guild ome ne ‘beheld one of the most touching of pictures, A Jady, elegantly dressed and bearing 4 well filled Dasket, came into the office, and stood there Fadiant with smiles while it was emptied. At this Moment a figure appeared in the doorway vehind her, 80 like {pb some respects ag to cause a start of surprise. Both were viondes and both beantilal, The first was, however, bright and ha second was careworn, and her eyes were Hhiming over with tears. The contents of one basket was ptied into the other, and bots wept away with iter hearts. “LITTLE BARB FRET." As the Writer entered he observed a little child iE ' A troupe | sof litule children were issuing from @ second room FIVE PCINTS HOUSE OF INDUSTRY. ‘ and paused at the door to hide their scantily clad | Two young girls, or One of my daughters is | Dy; the | her basket resting upon the pavement. She bry leaning over anda sting the packages of ries i¢ contained, and im that sition ex- i her fect, which were naked. into he Guiid office, the attention of Mr. Wisw: called to the fact, and though ata iittie distance the chiid’s feet looked as though encased tn shoes, 80 discolored were they by the snow and mud | through which she had waded, was called back | and, the scenery being verified, abe was fur- nished with stockings and shoes—the first she had worn for many months, The above are selections at random trom she 200 cases that occupied the attention of the members of the Guild durtng all of yosterday. | WHAT SUPERINTENDENT BAR- NARD SAYS. In an interview with William F, Barnard, Super- intendent of the Five Points House of Industry, he | expressed himself as being strongly opposed to relieving the poor through the medium of soup | Nitchens, and said :— “Ldo not believe that the public soup kitchens will be productive of any good. They will foster | loaferism and paupertsm, and wil only be resorted | to by those who will And in them a ready method } to shirk the necessity of working for a livelihood.” “But do you not believe there ia a large class of people in the city at present who are respectable ana willing, bat can Gnd no work tO maintain | themselves and who will readily resort to a charity 0 general as this?” “Ido not think that guch a@ class will resort to the soup kitchens and incur the publicity of its | poverty in such @ manner. That there ia a great | deal of soffering in the gity—more than usual in | years gone by—l am hardly prepared todeny; but | this can be relieved by the already established charitable institutions whidh are in existence for specific purposes of relief to the neeiy. Togo out’ | side of these tnstitations to relieve the poor I believe to be unwise, for the reason that you will help a class which is not deserving of it.’’ “You would not, however, refuse to give food to | a human being who was starving, even though he | did not deserve it?” “No, I should not; but I should establish restric- tions. I would not allow sucha being to come three times a day and expect each time a bowl of soup. I should not continualiy help those whom I found would not help themselves. In this institu- tion we feed and lodge 267 chudren and some iorty- 4 | but we have a city missionary who visits all cases and first finds oat ifthey are really as they repre- sentthemseives to be, Without such a system we | Bhould find our charity going to those who were quite undeserving of it. We put no conditions and help all alike, no matter who they may be, so long as they are Not professional beggars. This class 1s large, and it is marvellous how little it takes to make tt larger. There are many who only require the slightest incentive to become beygars. As long as they ieel @ certain necessity oi doing something they do it; but the moment you open an avenue whereb: they will take advantage of it, no matter how m | aged by the establishment of public soup kitchens, ‘ and willtake all itcan gew 1 have the tendency to attract vagrants and beggars from all parts of the country, who will flock to New York as soon as they learn that here they can be | fed for nothing.” . | _ “What manner, then, would you think the most feasible in which to reach the deserving?” “Aby one having a vt at or small sum of money to give in charity L would advise to distribute it through the regular channels of charity—that is to say, the institutions which exist for the purpose at present. Such @ one as the Association for Im- proving the Condition of the Poor is an admiraole | one, and does an immense amount of good ona y periect system of visitation. They have tne city | Expended in actual relief. cut up into small districts and visitors (at no sal- ary) in each, whose duty it 1s to call upon any case of which they are notified and relieve by giving or- ders for what is Wanted on grocery stores. Any- body is at liberty to notify the visitor, and cards | are furnished for the purpose.’’ “But the workings of sach a society are limited, as is proved by the mtsery which exists in spite of it, and by the cases of actual starvation which | have occurred in the city, with all its charities, | and which would be made impossible by the estab- lishment of public soup kitchens,"” “I have great doubts of actual starvation in the city having occurred. I knew of one lately reported in the papers a8 a case of starvation, where a woman died of consumption. She bad food. To be sure, there are cases where, nad people been prop- erly nourished, they would not have died ol the disease which they may have had. But of actual cases of starvation, where the death was tue re- sult purely of want o! food without accompanying disease, | much doubt that there have been any."” “Possibly your means o1 enlightenment are lim- ited. We have come across many very sad cases where no charitable society had stepped in to lend a helping hand.”’ Charitable societies must have some help; they | yew york OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, THIRD canuot be expected to workealone. Let the person gine women (the latter do the work of the house) ; | 3 ——$16,752 33 Total expenditures. 18,089 41 Salaries. ee cevere . 50 Printing, water rents, Lasu 729 32 Repairs and turniture 597 16 $10,046 98 Leaving actually expended for relief.......... $8 | | and Asylum. they may live without work | iserable it maybe. Tunis class will be encour- | Recetyed from State These kitchens will | Value ot articles donated | | Outdoor pensioners 5 | Who comes across such cases nosily the institutions, | apd it will be attended to. ou will find that all men who have practical knowledge of public char- | jes are opposed to indiscriminate charity. believe in some return being made for help given. | Many people, I have found, who were the loudest in clamoring for work, when they get it are the | first to refuse it. I found work last week for a des- , Paid tituie man, who had been begging me for tt fora loug time. He remained at work three days, and then came back, saying it was too hard. 1 know of another case where our missionary gave a man bread, and he actually went and changed it for rum. There is nothing in which discretion and vigilance should ve so much exercised as in deal- ing out charity. To THE Eprror oF THE HERALD :— In your columns to-day, under the head of “A Model Charity,"’ we feel you have misapprehended pI | the cost of the workings of this institution, and | during the year was 454 and in the Almsiouse 184; | your statement that it costs $26,104 to expend | pean dita bead lnsreaicas eis $14,406 is liable to convey a wrong impression, which Iam sure the HERsLD, with its usual desire | for fair play, will allow us room tu explain. If tne | amount paid for fuel, lights and transportation be reckoned as @ part of the sum spent for the poor, | incidental house expenses which was as neces- sary? he house must be kept in repair to provide a shelter for our family of over 300 children and adults, and furniture must be had for the inmates, who could scarcely sit or lie on the floors. We should be very glad indeed if we had no taxes or asseSsments to pay, but we are compelled when assessed to settle with the city the same as any | private citizen, We take it that no prudent | property owner runs the risk of entire loss by fire, They | Received from other sources. why not the cost of repairs, furniture and | A™ount in clothing, &c. and we have but followed the dictates of ordinary | | prudence in insuring our buildings. It must be | | Temembered that. this Institution is designed mainly ior the shelter of poor children. As an | asylum, therefore, there must oe buildings. These | Paid for current expense: buildings have to be paid for, and it happens that | the year we have selected was an expensive one | tue reMaue city missto: to us, as bills amounting to $2,627 43 were paid, | being balance due for the erection of @ five story | brick building. It was also an exceptionally ex- | pensive one in the way Of assessments, we being | compelled to ed $3,435 54 for the extension | of Chureh and Worth streets aud for the paving of Worth street, also taxes on property. The interest on our indebtedness for that year was $2,946 72. We had no choice in the expenditure of the sums | above reierred to, the alternative being to have | the property sold for non-payment. We print 4,000 | } Received from State Nothing | | Received trom other’ sources. * g8ino0 af Paid for salaries, &c..... “$1,196 36 | Paid tor supplies, insurany 7,496 57 | Total expenditures. . $8,692 93 | COLORED HOME, IN SIXTY-FIFTH STREET, Rensselaer, D. Lydig Suydam ana G. H, Morgan. Respeowully, Spun Wat R, BARNARD, tendent. Five Points House ov InpustRY, Feb 14, 1874. THE CHARITABLE EXHIBIT. ————- Below will be found a financial exhibit of the operations of 4 number of the. charitable and be- nevolent institutions of the city, compiled from the Jast published reports in some instances and’ in other cases from special reports supplied to the HERALD by executive officers of the institutions, It will be observed that tn a few of the institutions more than fifty per cent of the receipts are eaten Up ip salaries :— WOREVILLE DISPRNSARY, 1,492 THIRD ENDING OOTOBER 31 Received from the city. Received trom other sources. Paid for salaries, &c. Fuel and tights. :... rf dance. Repairs $30 US, rent $379 93. Total dispursements..... i Number treated in dispensary Number of prescriptions. ; Number treated at hom Number visits made at b Number vaccinated. ROMAN CATH AVENUE, FOR YEAR 1873.4 ms $1,000 00 Nothing Ks Li0 MOUSK OF THR GOOD SHEPHERD, FOOT OF MIGHTY-NINTH STRERT KAST RIVER, UNDRR CHARGE OF TILE LADIES OF THE GOOD BURPAKRD, FOR YRAR ENDING OCTO- Bru 2, 1873, Receipts for the year.... Faid for salaries... Kxpenditures (including salaries) Number received during the year. Average number...0...0 0. cee... 965 Total remaining in the institution. . + 564 WORKING WOMEN'S PROTECTIVE UNION FOR YEAR ENDING sanuasr 1, 1874 Recsived from city... ........ . Nothing Received trom other sources, about... 53,000 00 Paid for salaries. . . oe . 1,350 00 | Bent to employment. 4 ae 2.447 00 Coilected in trom desaulting employers... 1,990 00 | LADIES’ PIVR POINTS MISSION SOCIETY FOR 1873 | "Received trom Board oi Educati ion From other sources. . 1,220 66 2,431 67 NKW YORK JUVENILE ASYLUM FOR 1876. Received from state 188.899 40 Received trom Hoard of Kducation,... 8,853 23 Lio I ++. $77,732 63 From other sources... BOATS 14 s+ $167,285 77 | Total recet id Paid for salaries, supplies, &c:. age is reek 5 SOTASE 0 for sai applies, or aid tor” salaries, supp pits } 40 Total expenditures... Sve MOIS 04 | Norr.—This soctety declines to give a of salaries separate from other expens ROMAN CATHOLIC PROTECTORY FOR 1871 Received from State.. wigs ai" Received trom other sources. Total ...s00-....se-0 tase Paid tor salaries, teachers, &e Amount ior relict ee HOMM FOR AGED AND INFIRM 1h 8REWS, 822 LEXINGTON avR- UX, FOR L874. Received ivom other sources Salary of physician. Receipts over expenses... Disbursed last year. Permaneut inmates in Home. Parues relieved during accouchment SOCIRTY FOR THX RELIRF OF WIDOWS WITH SMALL cnIL- DREN, ETC. | Received from State... . Noting, Received from other sour $23,172 85, .172 95 | Expended in salaries. Nothing. | 9,131 59—9,131 59 Nore.—The relief ts disbursed through @ board of torty-two lady managers, who serve gratui- tously. The receipts given above include a $10,000 legacy. The total given is about $5 per month to each widow during December, January, February and March, WOMAN'S HOSPITAL, FORTY-NINTH STREET, NEAR LEXINGTON AVENUK, FOR Ii Receivea from State Received trom other sour Total receipts + Paid for interest, in-urance ai Expenses of instituuon..... Total expended for relief, Paid investments and loans on United States | Donations for free beds during the yea! FEMALE CHRISTIAN HOMN, 314 RAST FIFTRENTH STREET, YOR YEAR KNDING JANUARY, 1574. nd coal, VENUR AND TWENTY-THIKD STREET, FOR YEAR’ ENDING SurTEMER 30, 1873. Received for glasses : resi ‘ e1ved trom Abram's estate Total receipts... Paid incidental expens Ne 1 63 | anitor’s and nurses’ salaries. . 21.206 64 | Paid board tor patients. + 1,933 12 Total (Note. ire is utterly impossible to learn whether the: 3 any leakage, It appears that 2,325 persons were treated during the year.) YOR YEAR ENDING | $15,693 82 7,983 UT MAY, 187%, Recelved from State. . .... Received trom other sources. $22,681 39 Total receipts. 4 ! Salaries for physirian, chap jain, steward an ARERON caja sebiassieaSoat Si cans 775 50 Actual amount expeuied in reiie 20,792 66 Total expenditures for the ye: «$23,563 16 The number treated in the hospital department IK STREET, FOR Nothin | $8501 BF Ykak ENDING DECEMBKK 21, From State......... ee From donation: Value of arucle: Total .. Amount in 2,000 00 sh expendea. Total. SABLTER FOR RESPECTABLE GIKLS AND CONVALESCENTS’ Home, 332 SIXTH AVENUE, TOR YKAR ENDING BASTAE, | a s Received from State.. Received donations and Keceived trom board of giris Received from laates empl Received trom als box... Received from collections in Church thing 772 60 Not 3: Holy COMMUNION......20.e00006 7 Total receints «$3,681 Paid tor salaries, sing! eh pent supplies, & 187 97 | HURCH OF HOLY COMMUN! HOME FOR AGED Wi NUK, FOR YEAR ENDING May, 137. ) SIXTH AV! 0X, Received trom State. + Nothing. Received trom other sources “$5,530 15 8,866 16 Paid interest, taxes, repairs, ” floating debt, mortgage 5.251 46 050 75 Total disbursements. + 7,902 21 (0. 60 BIBLE HOUSE, FoR MBER 8, 1873, ott ENDING DEI Received from Sta. Received trom other sources... Puid salaries of missionary women Paid tor colportage........ Total expenditures, deveave vies The money raised by this society is to - $3.374 00 support Missionary women; the incidental reliet distri: | buted by them is reported through the branch go- | ciety—the New York Uity Mission. | to whica $300 were subscribed. | 20,000 meal tickets, each good for one meal of | | or to Mayor Havemeyer, City Hall; ©. V. GORE BO bees iediccieces | 878") eo total for the two months ending February 18, Ls74:— | Namber of meals furnished... 31,752 Number of lodgings turnished..... eocee, 18,018 CHAPIN HOME FOR THE RELIEF OF THY AGED AND INFIRM, FOR YEAR ENDING 1373, os Received from city........ 1,500 00 | } to 5,000 copies monthiy of @ publication called the | peo hgh ++ $1,000 00 | | Record, designed to keep our friends informed of Paid in salaricn tee ees : Sagas our work, and ine gee gree ‘ah found | Actual amount expended 13,732 0D to be @ necessity, In regar 0 salaries :— . ¥ | | Our children range in ages from 2 to 16 | MOVs OF Sus von Conmturnyns yon yuan ExpiNG NO | years, aud to care for 270 children and | Received from city or state Nothing | 45 homele: women who live here requires Becelvod from other sources. 12,099 7 acorps of employés, who must be paid for their eon ict weiss he we | services. We have to support a hospital for the There were a tres boas, 0,289 76 care of oar own sick, Which is also open to invalid children from the outside, requiring a resident physician and two nurses; a nursery also for our little ones umaer four years of age, of whom we bave some twenty-fve requiring a special nurse; | overseer of the boys, One lor the girls, house- keeper, shoemaker, cooks, &c.—in all numver- ing twenty people, exclusive of school department, Our school includes ali the children abie to go, who live inthe house, and from 100 to 150 who you quote, The sum of $318 which you call at- tention to only represents the cash expended and hot the entire relief rendered, on, all | Moneys spent are passed | Trustees, all bills are audited by @ committee of the Board, ail checks are countersigned py the troasurer, and vouchers are taken and tue Board of Trustees, Whose names tollow, invites the fuilest | and closest serutiny into the affairs of the Insttu- tion by any authorized party. The treasurer's re- fata] are always itemized, so that our donors may now where every cent goes, ‘Trustee Jesup, urer; George Marshall Le (who are also incorporators) —Morris ‘esident; ug! |. Camp, Tre: F, Betts, Secret ary; Charles Ely, eta, Erederick G. {am very thankful jor what has been seat | in addition to which we have @ superintendent, an | 1 me in irom the outside, for whose education we | Received trom the city $41,999 71 em loy eight teachers—making a total of twenty. | Received trom other so 40,853 94 eight persons, among whom the salaries referred | qotay —— to by you are divided. The Superintendent re- | paid tor salurion teachers servants, eo San sie 6 Ceives $2,000, the next 1m Ce a OTS | Paid tor other expenses... sports SOVAT 91 | 0Oks a onth. " “0 , Hom cidthe Nana’ teed ‘the ‘outside. children, | NOUS OF MEFUGK RANDALL'S 1814xD, ro YEAR ENDING and in addition give bread. tea, sugar, | Received trom State... i | | potatoes and coal to the Jamilies rere. | Received irom other source: | |sented, some — of ee aie annie, He | Total wan and shoes, with all 0! : | pasa tor salaries amie Pee " given Us aud not therefore included in the figures | Amount ac tually tapembes Bp ase fer ants, basic sy 8 | in. copclus on by the Board Of | Received trom ¢ ter, A, Van | To anuual duce of members . THK MEOREW BENKVOLENT SOCIETY, FOR THE YeAR ENDING april 2, 17% Received from city From other sources... Value of articles contributed FORM orbs oces Paid tor salaries Nothing 5.00 WD Actually expended in rellef. NEW YORK INSTITUTE YOK THX NEW YORK CITY MISSION AND TRACT SocInTY, FOR YRAR ENDING DECEMBER 10, L573, Recelved from ci ‘ ty i . sglita ah nations. HL,asd 4d Paid for sitlaries of missionaries afd expenses ut missions pendacag’ sestecesseeves 48/622 99 Due the treasurer 7.192 SL The work of the society is to sustain salaried missionaries, aud the charitable Work is incidental and Hot shown in the treasurer's report. ‘The | society has, however, aided in cash, fuel, food, clothing and medicines 2,822 families, THE NEW YORK GERMAN SOCIETY, TOR YEAR ENDING DE | responded to at the downtown branch of the Chil- | hi 4 Desember ian $11,708 65 To balance on han mber, ISTE. r o Wart W) 2 gan to decline the auery “More bread?" bpoug! To donations ‘to inierest and dividends. rent....... oftles expel a Mle otis ns and medicine: Balance on hand December 31. 87. RLIZARKTH’S HOSPITAL, FOR 1 uxa, LST, CONDUCTED BY THE SISTERS OF THIRD ORDER Ow St. PHAN Received pA ALAS 1,009 00 Received {rou other sources. othing Part for salaries, novhing (ail w Acwal ex: enditure tor relief. . ‘The sisters, the surgeon-in-chief reports, do all the work—vursing, cleaning, washing, cooking, &c.—and Messrs, Tilden & Co, supply the medicines tree. he sisters feed a dozen eonyd persons daily, and have in the hospital a number unable to pay. UERN DISPENSAKY, FOR Tak ENDING JaxUARy 1,174, Recei me x $770 00 Received from city A Received from other sours 4707 93 Total ve + $4,457 93 Salaries of phy: 339 96 Actual amount expended in relief.......... » $5,207 BS WKST SIDR GERMAN DISPENSARY, FOR YEAR BNDING 1873, Received from city........... cereseees Nothing Received from other source: 200 00 Value af articles (coai) contributed 2) 00 Paid for salaries 2 «Gratuitous Number of patients treated in 167% 3027 THE RELIEF FUND. erate Yonations received by the Henatp for the relief of the suffering poor not previously ackuowl- edged:— Leonora Fair, for the Howard Relief Associa- tion. Perr 5 00 A Mother id Son, Hef Assoctation,........... 10 00 Victor, ior the Howard Relies Association 200 B. A., for tae Howard Reliet Association. 3 00 | A Mother's Invalid Son, for St. John's Guild.. 10 00 Anna Maria, Litchfield, Conn., tor St. John’s Guild, . +» 1000 Warren. stenesseeeseseesssees «» 500 E. C, Bird, F. Perraaell, 3. Marganum, F. Per- son and Mathias Engel, hands on a mate- rie) train, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, $1 each. . se eeseenscensesensens » 509 Edward L, Anderson, Treuton, N. J., from his savings bank. 85 D. M., @ little boy. 50 Ww on 00 Fisher & Co., No. 540 ‘Broa 5 0 way, lor the poor of Filth aud Eighth waras. coo Ol 0 00 The Gold Exchange. The members of the Gold Exchange yesterday opened a subscription list for the poor of New York, Soup Tickets. The Bowery Branch of the Young Men’s Chfis- tiam Association (No. 134 Bowery) bas issued | bread and soup or coffee, which it offers at the rate of ten for $1. In November and December 30,708 meals were dispensed—some paid for by the men, some by tickets already sold, many free. At present 700 meals are issued daily, The kitchen has been in operation since February, 1873. The Branch has never requested donations trom the public, and does not at this time. Tickets may be procured at Association Hall, Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue; from W. W. Hoppim, Chairman, 69 William street, and at the Branch, or they will be delivered at any ad- dress on receipt of order, John’s Guild and the Downtown Poor. The following additional contributions were re- ceived yesterday by Rev. Alvah Wiswall for the | poor of the Fifth and Eighth wards, and handed to | the Almoner of the Guild, Mr. Henry ©. De Witt:— {Those desiring to visit the office of the Guild will remember that it is in the school buildings attached to St, John’s chapel, Varick street, be- tween Laight and Beach.) THROUGH REY. 8. 1. WESTON, D. D. St. Rev, S. H. Weston, D. D $100 00 A Lady, for the poor 30 00 Mulvina Ketelras.. . 50 00 THROUGH C, Y. B. OSTRANDER, $100 00 500 25 00 10 00 | 200 | 50 00 | | 5 00 3 00 Mrs, Pfender . 100 Mrs. D. V. o 100 THROUGH MISS 3. E. ALLISON. Proverbs, Ill, 27 (Ravenswoods).... * 10 00 ‘The following was sent to tae oflice of the Guild, Rey. Alvah Wiswall:— S. H. $1 00 W. M. Morgan...... 10 00 | » A. Fosse. 5 00 | D. M. (Evening Express) 10 v0 A Fnend 500 G. M. Baker, 100 | Lady at Woodside . 100 | | ae . 5 00 | M. F. P . 40 00 | From a Friend.. 5 00 B.G., Ir......., 25 00 For the starving poo! 50 . 5 00 5 00 5 00 500) 5 00 . 5 00 George May. 5 00 Total ....... Previously acknowledged. Grand total............. Contributions may be sent to the HERALD office, B Ostrander, President of the Merchants’ Fire In- surance Company, No. 149 Broadway; Andrew W. Leggat, Collector of Assessments, New Court House; 0. K. Lansing, Eari’s Hotel; G. J. N. Zabriskie, Cashier of People’s Bank, corner of Canal aud Thompson streets; J. L. Davis, Sueidon & Co., No. 677 Broadway, aud Rey. S. H. Weston, D. D., No. 3 East Forty-tith street, or to the Rev. Alvah Wiswall, Master of St. John’s Guild, St. Joan's chape}, Varick street. Packages Of clothing, groceries, &c., anould be sent to St. John’s chapel, Varick street, between Laight and Beach streets, or if an order ix sent @ messenger will call fr any packages. Work of the Howard Relief. To THE EpitoR oF Tae HERALD:— New York, Feb. 13, 1874. We, the undersigned, have great pleasure in re- | porting the following as the result of our labor from January 13, 1874, to February 13, 1874, with | grand total of meais served and lodgings furnished since December 13, 1873, to February 13, 1874:— Number of meais turnisned during month | ending February 13, 187: see 22,584 | Number of iodgings..... be 5 + 8,087 Number of families relieved outside with rooms, with bread, soup, coffee, clothing, ‘The lollowing are the trades and nationalities of those Who have been assisted :— many answorsia the shape of eagerly ontstretchea A m an with @ basin of soup went up and down the long table supp! the demands of those rel nger oo appeased by the first there were distributed 200 pounds of i, 125 pounds o1 iresn beef, 260 loaves of id, 6 barrels of potatoes, 1 barrel of flour and ions of soup, des the above enumerated articles of food some clothes were distributed, but not a large number of articles, The society intend to convert he wd ye steve: the’ one ner bed souphouse into dormitories for the needy and deservi men and women, bread they receive is insufficient to supply the demand, and the society is in hope that some charitable persons will come orwei S cistbest aor id COPA ETAAETADE, 5 Dene, » potatoes, Nour, vegetables an bee! will be thankfully received, no matter from wane rane: 'he soup house will not be open to-day, but those who applied yesterday got four corned beet sandwiches on which to | row morning at seven o'clock they can bave all the shg aes want, provided some one Png meantime e some bread and beef, aie EIGHTH WARD. Work of the Central Relicf Committee. This committee not having established its cen- tral depot, the oMces of the various members of the committee, as published in the HERALD of yea terday, were filled with applicants most of the day. The door bell of Rev. Mr. Goss’ house was rung by seventy-two pesons, many of whom sought relief for others, One, a delicate looking female, once in amMuence in England, held in her hand six pawn tickets, which she had been trying to sell. She had three small children, one sickly, and had nothing more from which é@he conld realize any- thing at the pawnshop. Another was a paper hanger, who had not had work {or four months, and had six small cutldren, He was three months behind with his rent and for days had lived on one scanty meal Many letters were received solicit- ing aid, the pith of some of which 16 as follow: ‘Can you aid a lady with three children, who is struvgling with these terrible times? She has disposed of all her valuables ior the necessaries of lite, She would bardiy come to you hersel!. She has seen days much better than those, having come Irom @ very respectable jamily. Do please come to her assistance immediately, as she is in Great distress.” “From the notice in the HeRaup I nave resolved to ask assistance for a family at No. 21 First street, who will not ask tor themselves, although in sul- fering need, They are all out of employment, and 1 know that they must either starve or beg unless: some one aid them. I have done something for them, but am not able to continue it." “Lam sorry to be compelled to say that I have parned ail my things that were worth anything to ep mny family from starving and to keep up my rent, which is now behind, What I shail do I do not know. ‘The future isdark Can you make up my rent so as to keep me in dreary room ’’ “{ nave a wile and three little chilaren, one of whom is an invalid. Ihave been idle most oi the winter, although seeking lor work daily. I have not a cent in the house, and should have gone under long ago had it not been for a kind neighbor who has been lucky enough to have work. To- morrow is the Savbath, and unless God sends re- liet it will be a dreary day tome. It hurts me so to look on the little ones and see them needing read.” The committee did for these cases all they could with the means they had. The responses irom their appeal did not meet one in ten of vhe cases that demanded immediate reiief, ‘the work is growing upon their bands. Already applications are pouring in from all parts of the city. The com- mittee will meet the wants of the most destitute, no mnatter in wnat part ot the city they may reside. As arule, they will aid none who come themselves; only those whose cases are presented by pastors and other visitors. C. C. Goss, No. 97 Varick street; John A. Terry, Union square; McKillop, Sprague & Co., No. 106 Worth street; Lucius Hart and Charles Fanning, No. 10 Burling slip, and H. Griffin & Sons, No. 56 Duane street, will receive contributions of money or articles for the poor. NINTH WARD. A Liberal Donation of Coal. New York, Feb. 14, 1874, To THE EpiToR OF THE HERALD;— I will cheeriully give one ton of coal a week for four weeks to any soup house established for the benefit of the poor of the Ninth ward. Yours, with respect, EUGENE UNDERHILL, bbe 752 and 754 Washington street, corner Be- une. ve to-day, and to-mor- THIRTEENTH WARD. Five Hundred Loaves pf Bread tor Dis- tribution, New York, Feb, 14, 1874. To THE EDITOR OF. THE HERALD:— Knowing that any donations for charity reovived by the HERALD will be properly alstributed, en- closed please find ten orders of filty loaves of bread each, to be distributed in the Seventh and ‘Thirteenth waras on presentation of order to 8. B, CLARK, 496 Grand street, opposite East Broadway. FIFTEENTH WARD. Opening of the Mercer Street Soup House. FirtgentaH Warp Soup Hovusg, } 219 MERCER STREET, Feb. 14, 1874. following num- To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— We respectfully report the ber of poor people fed on our opening night, as follows:—Americans, 17; Irish, 33; Germans, 11; Italians, 15; French, 9. Total, 85. We wish to thank our neighbors, the butchers, grocers and bakers, who contributed their mite towards making the thing @ success; also we beg leave to mention the kind donation of Commodore Vanderbilt and many others. Reece uy, yours, JAMES M. HEATHERTON, Chairman. THoMAS HasTINGs, Treasurer. NINETEENTH WARD. Help for the Poor at the Church of the Disciples. The Church of the Disciples, corner of Forty-fifth street and Madison avenue, has commenced a good work in providing for the poor in the neighbor- hood, A society called the Helping Hand Associa- tion has been organized by the ladies of the con- gregation, and clothing of all kindsis made and given to the needy. Rev. Mr. Hepworth, the pas- tor, has interested his people in this movement, aud toey assist the worthy, alter visitation among them, to pay their rent, get coal for them, provide for the sick, and the wants of all are attended to as far as possible. Large donations have been re- ceived from many in the congregation and our large business houses. Yesterday over 100 gar- ments were given out. ask for donations of any kind from the pulpit. If other churches would follow a similar plan very many worthy cases could be met and provided tor. ‘The Nineteenth Ward Relief Committee. “the office and depot of this committee is at No. 800 Third aventie, near Fiftieth street, The com- Clerks... + 1,193 Sailors. Bookkeeper: aes | Bookbinders: 80 Waiters... so9 | Carpenters. 398 7 i 67 72 > 133 . 1s : 284 | ers + 38 Harness makers....... 61 | Moulders ers} | insmiths . 5 | Blacksmith: 12 338 “ 105 32 77 159 139 ; Cigarmakers. ~ Mason woes 120 Scandinavians. | THIRD WARD. | Operations of the Dey Street Soup House. | “More soup,” the memorable words of Oliver | Twist, were yesterday oiten repeated and as often | dren's Ald Society, No. 14 Dey streey This soup | house, which has been open for three days, has | given about 1,500 people comiortable meals, Yes- | terday, its existence having been made known throughout the lower part of the city, hundreds flocked to get a bowl of soup. All those who came had to register their names and get tickets, which purported to be “good for one bowl of soup; but those who got tickets got all the soup they could drink and all the bread they could cat. M» ny poor fellows after they had devoured the first allowance of bread and soup looked wistfully at the counter on which was heaped @ mountuin of bread, When the floor mai r saw this he invariably invited them to help themselves, which they did, never taking more | from their mittee was organized at a meeting in the Windsor House January 17. General elected Chairman, General Conway Secretary, and F. T. Smith Treasurer. There are no salaries paid to any of the officers or members of the committee, The funds of the committee are procured own contributions and those of their friends in the ward. The employment of @ keeper of the depot and of two visitors, who go to all points in the ward as they are directed, constitutes the pay roll of persons connected with the work of the committee. One of these, the keeper, receives $70 per month, the two visitors $50 euch. The number of heads of families on the books of the committee 1s near 900, of whom about 700 have already been reported to the Bureau of Charities, These represent about 6,000 souls in one ward alone! mittee in this ward:— pts Franz Sigel, Chairman, Register, City fall. General Thomas W. Conway, Secretary, Presi- dent American Land Company, Bennett Building. E. T, Smith, Treasurer, manufacturer, corner Houston street and Bowery. and Thira avenue, J.J. Post, Chairman Executive Committee Erie Railroad, oifices West street. Emile Sauer, President German American Bank, Broadway. William Juck, butlder, No, 411 East Fifty-second street. Leander Stone, lumber, East Fifty-fourtn street. 'W. R. Nichois, No. 7 Beekman street. Isaac Sommers, Assistant Alderman. Thomas McManus, contractor, No. 709 Lexington avenue. G. G, Gregory, builder, No, 148 East Forty-ninth street. A. Sinshetmer, otl refiner, Mai Z. 8, Oppenheimer, coal aealer, No. teth street, John B, Wettereau, No, 325 East Fiftieth street. S. awk, proprietor Windsor House. i ers ghee Nie? aN fod Third avenue. Sigmund Konn, coal, No, 802 TI Jp fetes ©. Ponié, manufacturer, No. 120 Kast Pifty- sixth street. sudge J. McGuire, Fifty-eighth street, near Lex- iden lane. a 402 East Fif- than they needed, When the demand for pread be- re] ‘The amount of sudering in ington avenue. ‘THR SUFFRRING IN THE WARD. the ward id (ndeserib- Mr. Hepworth’s plan is to | Franz Sigel was | The following gentlemen constitute the com- | Schmitt & Kochne, brewers, Fifty-ninth street | | speak able. Here a very iarge proportion of honest mechanios and laborers live, because of the pro: imity of the Park ana the progress of new build- ings upward through the isiand, The books of the col ttee show cases like the iollowing:— Alderman Sommers—A disabled street ——, residing No. — —— ; ib, soa, ttm: potatoon ibe: breed. 7 Cone © By Br. Jones—Mre No itd tying in house dead; no food, ho tuel; no means whatever [or burial expenses. ; ti longer on of potatoes, cabbage, bread, B: v. Ir. Stee y Ml s the Methodist Episcopal Church—Mrs, —, No,’ — —— street; husband dead im Se hones n na cold. Ro food ; 3 money for Dual x — sugar, potatoes, city ior. burial ea; Polussde Pelt’ Cor cette eu hearse, digging gra carriages, &c., $30, ‘This committee’s district embraces from Fortiett fo Pian eae seoek 82 Ps Fy avenue to ‘. e! renders in their houses, td Shit aaeee LANDLORDS HELPING, To the credit of aap of the property holders ta the Nineteenth ward it may be said that many of them have acted with great leniency towuré their ronsaly, $p6 are waiting very patiently for the return of better days before asking for rents. Some have greatly reduced their rents and are satisfed, while others have declared themselves ready to give the occupation of tenements em- Seb Sree st Agr 1 In tre a8 in other ways, is committee are giving ready help to the poor of their ward. ae TWENTIETH WARD, Tender of Building for Soup Kitchen. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— Noticing your propostion to establish seup houses in the city, we respectfully tender to you the basement of our building, No, 135 West Tntr- tieth street, for this purpose, free of charge, until May 1. The room is well adapted to the purpose, but we bave not money enough to estabiish the kitchen, Such a phariey is very much needed just in that locality, especially for colored persons. For the New York Colored Mission. AUGUSTUS TABER, 741 Water street. New York, Feb, 14, 1874, The Herald and the Poor—Need of New Charitable Agenci To THE EDITOR OF THE HERAL! Permit me to thank you for the timely and stir~ ring editorial in your paper to-day on the “Cond tion of the Poor.” It frankly recognizes the desti- tution of the suffering classes as a fact quite toe serious in these times to be accepted as a fable. It 1s refreshing to see how satisfactorily tt cen- fates the sentiment that the ordinary organize- tions are quite sufficient to meet the present exi- gency. If it be true that our benevolent agencies only fairly supply the needy tn ordinary times, 1t is very clear that they will prove quite inefficient under the pressure of extraordi- nary demands. The unfortunate families so re- cently involved in want are to be pitied, if they must suffer and wait until systematic and salaried beneficence comes to their relief. The charity de- veloped in this trying crisis 1s a fresh, warm out- burst of sympathy, longing to go at once and im any form to answer the tearful pleadings of the destitute. Let the HRRaLD’s love and logic (or the poor still glow in every line, UBSERVER, New YouK, Feb, 13, 1874, The Lay Society of St. Vincent de Paul= Is It Pursuing Its Usual Good Work? To THE Eprror o¥ THE HBRALD:— Our city is justly famous for its charities, but tm the list pubitshed tn your valnable journal I seek im vain for the titie of an organization which S had supposed to be one of the most important in the country. 1 refer to the Lay Society of St. Vin- cent de Paul, which in former years I know had a branch or “conference” connected with every Romen Catholic church tn the city. The duty of its members was to seek out the de- serving poor, without distinction of creed, at their homes, and assist them according to thelr neces- sities, Without any of the Costly mechanism usually attending public charities: for these Obristian gen- tiemen, instead of substracting from the funds any compensation for their services, increased them by weekly contributions. Has this society ceased to exist? Have its labors diminished now when they are most needed ? Or does the modesty of tts members keep it so much in the backgrouna that even the HERALD finds no trace of its former vigor- ous existence? If, as I jancy is the case, that its ‘light is hid under bushel,” I beg vou to uncover it, for although never having had the happiness of mem- bership I know from practical experience what good the “COnfraterpities” have done in times past; and I think the cause of charity will be well served by bringing this moat deserving society more beiore the public gaze, FEBRUARY 15, 1874, OFFERS AND SUGGESTIONS. w .. Charity Organ Concerts Called For, To THe EpIToR OF THE HERAL! What has become of our “‘Organ Concerts," once 80 popular? With the nost of talent and our numer- ous noble instruments it seems much might be done in the way of raising funds for benevolent purposes. Often have 1 attended the “Plymouta church organ concerts’ on Saturday afternoons at four o'clock (a very convenient hour by the way) and found the immense _ building tairly packed, After such a long dearth they surely would pay, especially if the proceeds were devoted to charity. Why cannot we hear more of that noble old instrument in Trinity church (the fnest organ in this vicinity)? A rehearsal once a week, at three to four P. M., by some of Our resident talent—properly advertised, would crowd the grand old church, and boxes could be placed in the vestibule or a collection taken up, Wich would certainly help along tae great cause. Can you not putin a word or two in your Cole umns on this subject? If anything could appeal to our better natures and draw the stamps from our pockets in the cause of suffering humanity tt ts the grand, subliie, thrilling music 0 easy to be obtained and 89 much neglected. TUFTS, of No. 58 Liberty street. New York, Feb. 14, 1874, Music Offered for Charity Entertain- ments. New York, Feb. 14, 1874. To THE EDITOR OF THR HERALD :— I offer tue services ot myself, and the orchestra under my direction, freeto any dramatic company, amateur or otherwise, that will give an entertain- ment on @ Saturday afternoon or evening, the net proceeds of which shall begiven to the poor of tae city. ELIAS SCHILLING, No. 481 Broadway. Give Men a Chance to Work in Clean- ing the Streets, New York, Feb. 13, 1874 To THE EDITOR OF THR HERALD:— It is really heartrending to reai the articles an@ accounts of poverty and suffering among the poor People now existing 1n this city, vhile those who are more fortunate are called on ‘or charity and respond with open heart and pocket to relieve the wants of our suffering poor. Now, I ask, Where are our worthy Street Commissioners? why do not they come forward in time of need and give hun- dreds of men a chance to make an honest dollar who are willing to work? Why do not they pus men to work to clear our streets, especially our down- town streets, which are so obstructed and in such @ condition of slush as to endanger the life limbs of every bare ee and poor animal cross- ing the same’ In no city in Europe would such @ state as ourthoroughfares are in at present be tolerated for one day, Dor the commission who have charge of the same, By publisning thia yi will or might help ri! @ poor man to earn ® dollar. J. B., Citizen and Taxpayer. Five Dollars’ Worth of Charity. MOTTO OF THE POOR—“IN GOD WE TRUST.” Five dollars’ worth of Christian sympathy, cash, from one that has felt the effects of the panic. The HeRALD has done glorious work this winter tm advocating the cause of the poor, At its call charities have sprung up that have awakened to life and action many of the good hearts of New York. Theatrical mauagers five done their full share and are ready to do far more. Dao | Bryant “piushies?” ‘olten for the poor. But why ‘8 {t that our eloquent preachers and their societies have let these ‘men of the world” take the lead in Christian work? Many eyes— ay, sutfering ones—are looking in the direction in’ which they have @ sacred right to look (to the churches), and shail we hope in vain to see them clasp hands in @ grand co-operation that will in the grandest eloquence of the truths pro. fessed? 1am confident that several ol our ablest Christian generals can Wheel their battalions inte line, and, all together, construct one of the grand- est practical sermons and the holiest worsntp New York has ever seen, Christians, on to victoryt Let the sunshine of love stream in, Christ's spirit must not be crucified by the Church, New You«, Feb, 14, 1874. Mrs. Edward Knox Explain: Mrs. Edward Knox begs respectfully to state to the Editor of the Henatp, inreply to the letter signed “Une Dollar,” which appeared in his paper of yesterday, that the gentleman will find that his dollar has been weil employed, and that as soom as Mr. Wiswali, of St. John's Guild, and the com- mitvees of other benevolent associations to whom the tiekets were given for disposal, have made u| their accounts, the returns will be duly pabitshe for his satisfaction and that of others interested tm the late charity concert arranged by her at Steia- way Hall, in woich she had such amuent volunteer professional assistance aa “One Dollar” may have observed.