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Show POVERTTCOMES J TRAIL OF anr Charity Organization Society So-ciety Reports Many Families Fami-lies in Distress. The Charity Organization society reports that the influenza has brought poverty to many homes. Relief has been furnished In every case, however, and any case reported to the society I has been promptly handled. Miss Kate j Williams, secretary of the organisation, organisa-tion, says that as a result of the epl- demic the report of the organisation ; for the past month would be. a record ' breaker. Miss Wlihams found one needy family fam-ily which It appeared would have no Thanksgiving. The breadwinner was dead and a mother was struggling to sujtport three children. Shortly after the case was reported anJ Miss Williams Wil-liams was wondering just how to furnish fur-nish relief in the most speedy manner, a certain prosperous merchant called her to the telephone. At once her perplexity vanished. The man had asked for the name and ad-dresa ad-dresa of some family which needed a Thankvgiving feast. His request was granted without delay. |