Show ator old mn nd women A chort ago th bangh ferB of the shepherd a society organized in about faix months ago and abow fifty bembera mem bera con the idea of providing spectacles for the aged inmates of the almshouse alms honse As soon as the daughters made their wants known donations of spectacles suited to all sights conred into the headquarters of the daughters the ladies resolved that as soon as they had pairs of glasses they would make their first visit for distribution the first visit was made recently A committee of seven representing the order of the daughters of the good shepherd started from the haight street entrance to golden gate park thence out over the hills to the friendly inn as ard weaver the matron prefers to call the almshouse when the ladies arrived atthe institution they asked at once that the old women most in need of spectacles should be sent to the office the sight which followed was novel and touching about fifty old ladies many of whom had evidently seen better days filed in and tried on the glasses offered them one of the committee had brought an opticians test card with her so that few if any mistakes were made and many were the expressions of gratitude that came from the old ladies who were thus enabled to enjoy the pleasure of reading the daughters nest visited the mens quarters where a similar scene was enacted one old man fervently exclaimed the best set of ladies I 1 ever the daughters only regret was that their supply was so far short of the demand san francisco chronicle |