Needle Work Guild Disbands

    The section presidents of the Needle Work Guild, of Ann Arbor, were called together by the secretary, Mrs. Cushman, at her home on William st., on the afternoon of Oct. 20, to decide upon some course of action for the coming year. A free and exhaustive discussion on all phases of the work resulted in the unanimous opinion to disband the Needle Work Guild.

    Several reasons led to this decision, the most prominent perhaps was the fact that there are already too many societies doing a similar work, viz' looking after the interests of our own poor.

    It is very evident that we are far from doing our charitable work systematically, when the city spends about $2,000 a year for the poor, the Charitable Union, the various churches, the Salvation Army, the Masons, Women's Relief Corps, Hospital societies, and Brotherhood societies all cover practically the same ground. If we had an organization of Associated charities, such as is found in many places, much more efficient work could be done and the energy now many times duplicated, might be directed toward furnishing employment for both men and women who are now made beggars.

   In view of all these and other reasons, the 10 section presidents of the Needle Work Guild were quite united as to the wisdom of discontinuing the organization.