Ladies' Charitable Uuion

The ladies of the charitablc union desire lo csll attention of their friends to the fact that they aoproach tlie beginning of a long, culd winter, wllh almost an cnipty treasury. There luis been an unusii.il amount of illness nmong the poor duriiijr the summer, nuil the requirements huve heen largely in the form of money. There is also an empty clothing box ftwaltlng the generous impulses of the well-to-ilo house wives of our city. The disringuishcd strangers, who recently lionored us with tlieir presence, inquired : "Wliere are the poor of Ann Arbor?" and it is cause for ruuch gratitude, that we have not in niany instances the extreme wretchedness to deal with, that those wlio reside in largc c-ities hare, but to those who ure interested, many cases of want among the worthy poor are constantly beiiifi [ireseuteil. They are not lroier ub}eotl of public cliarity, but eau liv il Hule judiciou assistance, rendered at the ri;ht time, help themselves througli tlie rigrirs of tlie coming winter. Is it too iiHieli to ;isk that every lady in Ann Aun Arbor shoukl constitute herself a inenil)er of the Charitnble Union by the payinent of oue dollar annually. Of c. u i-, it s desirable that all should attL-inl ilie nionthly incetings, but it is not obligatovy, and those who cannot tind time to wolk, shoukl not he prevented by this plea, I'i om ollV-riiiff tho assistanee whicli thcir nanics and nioney, would glv. IJonatious of elothiDg will be called tor f the donors will send their address to Box '2,705.