The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-11

THE BEST WAY OF DISPENSING IT CONSIDERED
By THE STATE CHARITIES AID ASSOCIATION
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE RELIEF. Oh THE
POORER CLASSES. -.
The State Charities Aid Association resumed It's
sessions yesterday. About dozen gentlemen and q
hundred OF the charitable ladies OF New York and ad-
jacent points gathered In The sman room OF the
ASSOCIATION at No. East Fourteenth street. Two
sessions were hsd-one IN the morning and another
MORNING SESSION.
During tho morning session Rev. W. II. Bellows
presided. and paper read BY Dr. stephen Smith
ON sHospitals'' He advocated tor rural unities
cottage village hospitals the best plans OF sup
pressing pauperism, and called attention to the fact
that village hospitals had already done much good in
England and would probably do the same here In
sucn hospital there should be a bed 10 100 in
habitants OF the village. DR.. Smith recommended
separation oil hospitals from aimshouses
tar as possible.
A discussion followed, in which Mr.. W. H. Crosby,
OF Duchess county, stated that the county amshouso
and hospital disgraceiul, and that there no
willingness tho part Of the Supervisors to make
necessary reforms Mrs, Lowell and others particle
pa.ed, and the charge made that changes or
improvements had been effected Bellevue Hospital
except such had been forced upon the Commission
ers OF Charities Political jobbery defeated efforts at
genuine reform. However, the nurses were OF u su-
psr,Or character TO those formerly employed. ana
there much crowding together OF PATENTS
and particularly OF lyng-in women.
AFTERNOON sKsSJon.
During the afternoon session Rev. H. G. Potter pre-.
sided ana read paper by Miss Louise E. schuyler
the President OF The association on the Elevation OF
the Poor IN their Homes" MISS Schuyler Is strongly
opposed the system OF doing out occasional aims
and prefers such charity as Will permanently improve
the condition Of the poor and AID them 70 help them
selves. Instead Of doing out few pennies TO some
poor woman let her be given q chance TO do some
washing some other work Dy which she can
urges cooperative volunteer work IN behalf OF the
poor, aud recommends that each city BIO divided into
districts where volunteer visitors may combine Tor
msnts and artisans dwellings such as had been intro
aucsd In Brooklyn.
Mr. Brace, Superintendent Of the Childrens Aid SO.
ciety, said that in the last twenty-five years he did
remember one successful effort TO elevate tho
homes OF the poor this city The only successful
solution OF the problem give each workman
small cheap cottage and his BIT Of ground in the
place OF housing them together in great tenements
which become tho centres oil poverty crime.
Ultimately he believed that cheap colonies OF working
men would be founaed IN East New York and kindred
localities, each workingman 10 possess his little
homestead and his own piece Of ground, aud 10 be
carried IN cheap workingmens trains 10 the city, thus
house districts which had such amentabie results in
the condition Of the lower classes.
MAKING APPLICANTS SAW WOOD.
Mr.. White, OF Brooklyn, was IN favor OF dropping
all relief applicants Tor charity who, IN inetyn,ne
hundred. were unworthy. The St Vincent
Paul Socioly had adopted tee good rule " look up
by its visitors those that worthy OF charity
and rule 70 send two visitors, who could
not be SO easily duped In Brooklyn the
Union issued last winter tickets which
enttled bearer TWEEN yhve cents worm OF wood
certain wood yards with winch the Union had made
arrang ements. Hence, II the applicant for charity
got 1--we Genus, there at least the sasfac-
ton that he had TO work Tor IL Some men had even
sawed wood whole day tor twenty-five cents
Mrs. Cohen, of Hartford, said the wood saving had
tried Hartford, but the great trouble there
sawing-so much that the lady superintendent Of
the aid association mad to show them how 70 saw.
(Laughtcr)
Mr.. John Bovine said The remark made BY Mr..
Brace that for the last twentyhve years effort mad
succeeded to elevate the homes OF the poor IN New
York needed correction. Mrs. Miles HAD undertaken
TO I'm prove house in PARK street occupied
by twenty iamilies or 100 souls In all Through The
application VI certain rules tho condition or the
tenants, who were oil the poorest Glass; had been
church, their children mad been baptized anu inten-
perance had been driven away. young man and
woman living IN a lawless way IN an empty cellar had
room 10 the tenement houss and the other DAY tho
woman exhibited TO Mrs. Miles, with lace lit up with
prde dishes OF crockery which were the results
OF u recent purchase.
THE LOAN PRINCIPLE
Miss Sands spoke OF the good accomplished by the
application oil the loan principle Ia the Sixteenth
ward she aud other ladies mud arduousiy worked TO
relieve sick people ny lending them beds, pillows and
other necessities and IN nearly all cases they paid
them back when they got we'll One child had been
found WINCH though IT had boon sick Tor three years,
had nevertheless never had q bed 70 sleep upon. Tho
faIher Of the child, seeing that was saved by Chris
tian ladies, converted from confirmed drunKard,
without religion, to sooriety and 10 the Church.
DR.. Potter that light be shed into the
darkness OF the tenement house classes by
illustrating to them their own state oil degradation
fough picture payers and the press generally the
Bible society astriDuted 1000 900 Bibles Lust year.
Why could not somebody write tract ventilation,
on washing clothes, on cooking or on other Kindred
subjectsf
Mrs. Follows, OF Newburg. pointed at the vast
amount oil destitution caused by intsmperance, and
the meeting then, with some congratolatory remarks
by DR.. Potter, was brought 70 u close.