The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 15, 1906, Page 38

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1966. % i 3 NEW TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS GIVEN AWAY Mercantile Houses of This City Are Set an Exampl- of Busi- ness Liberality. The City ADVERTISEMENTS. Brave Firemen and Policemen, Their Families and Worthy Institutions of San Francisco the Recipients. THE SAN FRANCISCO : FIRE DEPARTMENT The Thoroughness of Its Method and Work. the Fire De- ily takes pub- | the | | sata y milies of members who n the discharge of duty r ending on that date, I the following: committing the bravest len, Edwar net and . 'Engine Co. No. 6. eeting of the Board of department, which is efs and Battalion cases of meritor- T embers were duly idered, and it was determined that act of the three above named members, which was jointly executed, was the most commendable, and their names are thus submitted. The following are the names of widows of Firemen who were killed in the discharge of duty during the conduct of Mrs. Francis Dakin, Mrs. Nellis Hennessy, Mrs. Jennie Sullivan. In this connection the Board of Chlefs respectfully suggest that s Mrs. and Mrs. He ssy have, e generous public, been am- ded for, the na of Mrs. Jen- an only be c ered by yowu, onfident that such action will he approbation of the two 1ed Very respectfully, D. G. SULLIVAN, Chiet Engineer, S. F. F. D. e iR 1 THE SUN ROOM OF THE “LITTLE JIM” WARD ! * °- hours of the night, when danger lurks in every corner and when a strong arm, sharp eye, brave heart and gocd judgment are the most es- sential requirements of a guardian of the peace. Much is expected of a po- ! SPECTACULAR RUN TO THE POINT OF DANGER led the al- the brave e Depart- d g at Powell| ted by mo-| e general good derati of the| f our Fire Department; | i s members the hazard-| ves, and their| Wood & Co.| determined to present their check for| the fireman performing the| 1906, and an equal amount or families of members Fire Department killed in the arge of their duty covering the| Chief of the de-| unicated with and ion requested as to w om | itled to the amounts above The following letter was re- to carry out the sugges- made it was decided that Captain Cullen, Lieutenant - Edward Daunet and Hoseman Anton Swanberg of Engine Company No. 6, at 311 Sixth street, should each be forwarded a check for $100 in recog- nition of their feariessness and brav- ery in face of great danger: SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 1906. 8 N Wood & Co., - City. Gentlemen: In compliance with your request | of February 23, 1906, for the name of the member of this department who committed the bravest act during the year ending April 10, 1906, and also the | San Franc ring the year ending], THE LAST CALL A Fireman Injured While Respond- ing to an Alarm of Fire. On the night of August 27, 1905, Lieutenant Henry Sullivan of Engine Company No. 37 responded to an his district. Hur- 1ping on the truck, he en- to put on his coat while vored ¢ wagon gave a heavy lurch, caus- k to sway agamst the ladder force as to seriously injure i itating an cper- ts of which ke ran Jeft a wife ded for, and t on Messrs. S. N. Wood & Co donate $200 to Jennis Suilivan, 2954 Twenty-second street, thus complet- ing the amount of $500 originally in- tended to be donated by them 1o the cc Fire Department. OUR POLICE DEPARIMENT The Hardships of a Policeman’s Life. This department works on the same lines of protection tc life and prop- erty as does the Fire Department, with the additional duties of main- taining order and enforcing respect for and obedience to the law. Yet it| is but seldom brought into any spe- cial prominence, its mode of working lacking ostentation, although no less meritorious as to resufts. To the Mrs. rapidly driven to the fire, when| great unthinking public but little heed is given to the hardships and dangers of a policeman’s life, until some aw- ful fatality overtakes one of their number, as in.the case of the late Police Officer Robinson, who in the discharge of his duty as guardian ot the lives and property of our people, was assailed ard killed by a gang of murderous thugs. To ‘the everyday citizen, whose ideas of a policeman’s liceman. To many he must be a law- yer, judge and jury, to decide all dis- putes and a walking encyclopedia of information to others. Day by day they perform their round of duty, to question why,” un- , undaunted, and too often ted. neither seeking nor expecting public sympathy. Kealiz- ing ali this, Messrs. S. N. Wood & Co., after consultation with Chief of Police ]J. Dinan, and the other heads of the Police Department, are pleased to donate $500 to the relief fund for the widows and orphans of the de- ceased members of said department. This has been deemed the better pian, as the force collectively are inter- ested in their relief fund, and each in- dividual officer or his family is made a beneficiary in the amount above named. Each one will therefore rec- ognize the fact that this act stamps with approval the faithful perform- ance of duty of the department as a whole, and a just appreciation ot the services rendered the public. THE PRIZES GIVEN— MODE OF DISTRIBUTION It was but a step from pity for the dead and sympathy for the bereaved to a desire to assist. Who more worthy than our public servants? The next step was naturally from pub- lic servants to public institutions. They. tco, merited assistance. The decision as to which were to be re- membered was submitted to the judg- ment of the community. 8. N. Wood & Co. believe in taking the people into their confidence and that the amounts will then be awarded to the best possible advantage. Four prizes of $25 each were offered for the best suggestions. Hundreds of letters were received, many making similar suggestions, and those which con- tained the best explanations were awarded the prizes. They are: J. J. Sanguinetti, 25084 Bush st., duty are based upon casual observa-|S. tions of his work on his beat, but a slight estimate can be formed of the difficulties encountered and the hard- ships endured. Eternal vigilance is necessary, particularly in the small Mrs. L. W. Collins, 507 First st., Napa, Cal. M. M. Hawkins, 2737 Clay st., S. F. Miss Letta M. Collingford, 24 Post st, S. F. i THE “LITTLE JIM” WARD OF THE (HILDREN'S HOSPITAL The people of San Francisco can always be depended upon to do the right thing. Some twelve years ago “The Examiner” conceived the icea of a “Little Jim” ward for crippled children, as as¥ adjunct to the Chil- dren’s Hospital at 3700 California street. The 1esponse from the resi- dents of the gjty was quick and gen erous, resulting in the building and equipping of an addition to the nos- pital which has no superior, if equal, on this continent. It stands to-day as a grand monument of the spontaneous generosity of a big-hearted commun- ity and an evidence of the power of a great journal to touch the hearts of people when directed in charitable channels. Ideally located, arranged and equipped with a superabundance of light, sun and air, it possesses every advantage that could naturally be brought into play to brighten the lives and make the burden lighter of those poor little ones for whose par- ticular benefit it was organized and built. Nothing could be more appeal- ing than a visit to this ward. It causes you to long for money as yoa never longed before. You want to help. You feel like giving. For, while there are some whose relatives|. can afford to pay nécessary expenses, others are not turned away. Poor little, helpless ones, how their wistiul faces, aged beyond their years; their cramped limbs and deformed bodies haunt you. And yet some are almost content. While having nothing tc look forward to, they secem happy. Many who can return to their homes don’t care to. There is cleaniiness and attention, brightness and sun- shine here. Music and singing. toys 2nd amusements, evarything to call their attention away from the sorrow and misery of their condition. A certain number of children are taren, cared for and treated free. Twenty- sive beds have been set apart for in- curable cases. The “Little Jim” i5 a hospital, not a home for crippied children who are otherwise well. 1t is intended for those little unfortun- ates whose pain and suffering can be relieved by medical care and atten- tion. One finds here almost every ill that flesi is heir te in the nature of the deformity of the body. The boys’ and girls' wards are separate, but similarly arranged. Everything shows the care, attention and faith- ful service of the staff and the en- deavor to brighten the existence while administering to their physical ills. The “Little Jim” ward, from its incipiency, has been a success. Our people again suggest that it be re- membered. Therefore 5. N. Wood & Co. will donate $250 to the “Little Jim” ward. THE FOUNDLING ASYLUM A Deserving Institution and Its Care For the Young. Located at the corner of Twenty- ninth avenue and Point Lobos, mn a building but poorly cquipped, 1s the Foundiing Asylum, connected with the San Francisco - Lying-in Hos- pital. Incorporated in 1868, it has for its aim the care of aban- doned children, as well as of moth- trs nesding temporary assistance. If it be true that “the saving of the State must begin wizh the little chil- dren,” it would seem that to ac:om- plish this very destrable result, an ecarly beginning is of the utmost im- portance. It should not be delayed unti! the unfortunate surroundings of a boy o girl have already forced them into criminal pursuits or tamted their young minds. But to act beiore reform: is necessary and beforc the seeds are sown ‘that lead to both moral.and intellectual decay. This the Foundling Asylum does. Here are gathered half a hundred babies, many of them attractive, as solic¢itous- ly watched over and cared for as are the majority of children in their own homes. To assist an institution of this kind is truly philanthropy of the right kind. Prevention is certainly better than cure and if you can begin with the infant and so mold it, men- tally and physically, against the pos- sible evil results of its abandonment and enable it to grow up to honored citizenship you are performing a noble act and one demanding and de- serving the world’s thanks. Such an institution is the “Found- ling Asylum,” and being in need of a better equipped building, larger quarters and more financial assistance the suggestions made as to its worthi- ness will be acted upon and $250 sent to the secretary of the association by S. N. Wood & Co. THE SALVATION ARMY Its Noble Work; Its Progress and the Good Accomplished. A quarter of a century ago the Sal- vation Army was an object of ridicule «nd scorn. They were few in number and of scant means. To-day they form a mighty army, rich in faith and good deeds, as weli as in the more material things of life. Then despised and re- jected of men, it has become a won- derful power for good, tending to the world's redemption. For years hooted, insulted and attacked, now re- spected and admired. They have manifested unfaltering faith in God; a never-ceasing desire to rescue the fallen; tenacity of pur- pose which could not be rebuffed. znd an intense earnestness in the up- hiting of poor humanity. They strug-| gled against fearful odds. Theirs has bedrn the accomplishment of wonders, the end of which is not yet. Appealing to the classes most in need of help and encouragement, their Indirectly Benefited. vation Army has been selected 1s an organization meriting the liberality of S. N. Wood & Co., and they will ac- cordingly donate to the Army $236. SAN FRANCISCO READING ROOM AND LIBRARY * fOR THE BLID Investigations into the conditions and requirements of the blind of our city present the astonishing fact that though no cause is more worthy, and no necessity for help more urgent, yet only a small proportion of the in- habitants of San Francisco are aware that on the northeast corner of Fourth and Clara streets is located a most laudable and deserving institu- tion, the San Francisco Reading-room and Library for the Blind. Its ob- jects and good works are but little known, as little understood, and un- fertunately meet with corresponding- iy small support. Its nceds, however, CAPT. CHAS. CULLEN. Have been so fully brought out through letters in answer to Messrs. S. N. Wood & Co.'s offer that they have appealed to that firm as worthy of being met and assisted. To no better use can money or ef- iort be put than to alleviate the con- dition of the unhappy blind. to divert their thoughts from their B ; great misfortune, to bring some gleams of comfort to their cheerless lives, to afford them opportunities of living in touch with the present, and to foster in them that spirit of resig- nation experienced by blind John Miiton when he wrote: “Doth God exact day labor, light denied?” g I fondly ask. But patience to prevent That murmur soen replles, “God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best Bear His mild yoke, they serve Him best. His state Is kingly. Thousands at his bldding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest, They also serve who only stand and wait.” . It is stamped with the approval of ali those who are interested in the bet- terment of mankind. Starting out a feeble band of men and women, imbued with tiie earnest- ness, sincerity, faith and unflagging work has been most meritorious. zeal characteristic of their founder, William Booth, they have overcome apparently insurmountable obstacles and attained glorious results. They are now an established agency of use- tulpess in almost every community where the Engiish language is spok-: en. None so fallen that the Salvation Army wil. not endeavor to raise; no sorrow it will not try to assuage; no cendition_so abandoned that it will desert. The homes made happy, the relief afforded the destitute, the num- bers rescued from drink and evil, are too well known and appreciated to be further dwelt upon. To such an extent has their credit been advanced that they form a per- fect exemplar of a thoroughly organ- jzed well-disciplined institution. Illus- trating their work may be mentioned social and rescue branches, homes and orphanages and development work along industrial and colonization lines. Their Christmas dinners for the noor, enjoyed by thousands of destitute ones, are worthy of special mention. So well managed and perfectly sys- tematized an organization must in the natural drder of things Icok after the material as well as the spiritual. In both the Salvation Army is a pro- nounced success. They mow own many pieces of real property, the in- ccme from which is devoted to the carrying out of the original ideas of aiding the destitute. Greater means only mean greater demands, greater privileges and greater opportunities. Because of the good work accom-|with th plished and still being done the Sal- To this end it is proposed by S. N. Wood & Co. to present to this aux- liary $230 for the purpose of purchas- irg books of raised type, as used by the blind—works best adapted for use in a public library. At present the subjects in the library are limited; there are a very few books of fiction, the majority of the volumes being text books, and these so much abbre- viated' in their composition as to al- most destroy their interest, notwith- standing which they have been read over and over again. The new vol- umes will be such as will entertain and educate, literature being the only link that binds these unfortunates to their more happy past. N It has been said that vision given to human organism is a blessing un- measured and untold. What, then, is vision denied? Those with all their faculties fully preserved, with every sense alert, can have but a slight con- ception of the awful sense of desola- tion, solitude and despair to which the blind are subject. The opportunity to learn from the greatest of all teachers—Nature—de- nied them; the glorious sunlight for- cver eclipsed; the beautiful landscape forever obscured; there’s not hing but the blackness of darkness until theend. To make this condition of the blind less irksome and to lighten theéir bur- dens is in itself praiseworthy and charity of the highest order. Charity of necessity is brought into contact with sorrow and ing; with tales that tug at the heart, fill the eyes, and, fortunately, arouses the finer feelings; iver i i LIEUT. EDW. DAUNET. FIRE DESIROYS fRAME BUILDING Heroic Work of Fireman in Saving Lives of Two Elderly Women. A disastrous fire in a four-story building at 1ro-112 Converse street, near Ninth, in this city, on the night of November 7th last, resuited in the total annihilation of the building and the destruction of a large stable ad- joining. Two women, Mrs. Ellem Mulligan and Miss Mary Molloy, were rescued from the fourth story of the building, whither they had been drive en by the snffocating smoke and the intensity of the fire. They owe their lives to the prompt and heroic actwons of Captain Charles Cullen, Lieutenant Edward Dannet and Hoseman Anton Swanberg of Engine Company No. & located at 311 Sixth street. The wom- en’s escape by the stairway was cuf off and the building at any moment i ANTUN SWANBERG. danger of falling in, when the firemen, at the risk of their lives, climbed to the third story, prevented the women from jumping to the street delow and carried them tc safety. For this very nreritorious conduct they were highly commended by Battalion Chief T. M. Fernandez in his report to the Board of Chiefs, and upon the recomimenda- tion of Chief Sullivan these men wi!l be presented with $100 each from the $500 set aside by S. N. Wood & Cuoe for the Fire Department. A POLICY OF LIBERALITY EXPLAINED S. N. Wood & Co. Set Up a New Standard in the Mercantile Worid. The policy of this firm is, “to be public-spirited, ' broad and gen- erous, to merit the friendship and good will of their many customers by deserving it” It will be hailed as the pioneer movement in a direction tending to similar commendable ac- tions—all tending to the same end— the betterment of the public serviceg ur institutions; the reward of faithe ul servants and incidentally through these the real advancement of the city. The example is set and the city and public service are benefited. Distribution of this $2.000 will be an effective factor in relieving what- cver doubt a public servant may have as to the aftereffect of his action in performing hazardous duty upon those whom he leaves behind. This will be ail the more pronounced if the initiative thus formed by S. N. Wood & Co. is but followed by other merchants. It is worthy of note, this giving away of $2,000 out of the pro- ceeds of a business; worthy of all that has been here said of it. Too many merchants fail to grasp the op~ portunities of doing good to others and building up an enviable repuata- tion in the community. Intent only on sordid gain, they fail to see any necessity for any other procedure. There is no hecessity. There was none in the case under consideration. Only the humane and philanthropic are concerned in the welfare of others. Their broad-mindedness and public: spirit is shown in every detail of their connection with the public. Hence it is easy to account for that com- moral. With the i It it3 slogan of S. N.