Show DESERTED WIVES and widows with children in need of assistance chicago nov A le increase in the number of widows and deserted ches applying for assistance to the chicago relief and aid society during the last year over preceding years Is noted in the annual report 0 the society tho report states more than one fourth of the cases that come to the society are widows with little children more than one eighth deserted women with little children there is illness in the family in nearly every case in the relief of the poor the society spent A new feature of the work was tho iresa air station tor sick babies conducted in conjunction with the visiting nurses association next summer the society hopes to establish many more such stations in the small auks or in open spaces in the congested parts of the city |