Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-14

,'''" "h at: surroundings The other type
d'V"t''s itSei. Cn.eiiy to organization to the
REFORMATION of abuses and waite and Of bad
iti>it inI To III" Systehat Wis ting of inst n
Toms AID the ludnn. up Of needed industries.
'dihil- SCHOOLS Tor Cookery kitchen and land
sct''" ard 'Urr. and Cul, walton OF skill ald
ta,te among tie. poor. AZ bath typ-s of work
gr-'a j. Heed to b done they should come to-
get ''r. ecu i-'l and adopt racl others best
P".H'- Philadelphia reports Ambition Of nuh!Ic
'n1-'i""i reIi"' or official almS-iyin~ Buffalo
ha~ as" abolished. IT. ard further rr,ortc ah,i-
tiGH o. lottery and win" roo rs TIL. soc ETY. i'll
vF~'I''.t"'- ind v.JuIi> accept sociptys Counsel
ahi watch OVER the nris.',bur WITH a view 10
ht III u hin up instead " Io.;.;Inc h'm down
"''h n'"hn'd comforts The Buffalo Cr.cht.
cures ia " iOT 40 poor clllstrrn white frp hers
are 1T wpIk T..e wood v:,ri was est aIi~iad N
l,ol The fitcil Int tut'. dies gn-,i for train M
tI'' poor II >sit-hr!p. Cost 80 o "a v-t. a;d
lf"i'"t l"Fr-t.Hcnt Oy a wealthy ct,Itn OF Buff
1T o. III. nCht have g:vrl It IN aims and left
al army II !ir-,'i ptup'rS in tap streets of
B'if''''" ~ the ~! it''ria. harvest This SOCIETY
answers II" attack r..tl. npun Il ~ PREJUDICE
l';'!'J! = Iid Ignorance. Tiey keen on uori>ing
anu VI t'' "t''c' i'IS q 'Nn. A. facts are the
StIth rSt argument. fnr ETY. shows that
"Hel t,itr Worr h '.rtn. " 1871 th.. uvpr4rcr OF
tiie Nr"r HXiend.. IT,. 1l.i in out ,iu r r Of: in
1877. -o-':is III 1871 II, 6S, i'll 1850. 500 600;
~ 1851. tis.b'i- Then abolished It entirely as
plea tI'f II V:t.Ftlb,,ri,ia e
IN ciCpur- cenr1T< and acknowledgements
Foiii III" ViIuliS cities sti!,it;,y Ike. the
Cp'I;non I'M t';tl nature with which th,.y have 10
d u! Rcl.ar,i IL Eliot. of Adrian. Mich said
1hey lou III legislatures AMI o1liG ais more willing
T." give money 10 be haa.!ci on. to the Door
than I" apptupr ate 1t to training the poor to
Stii-irip- That is they wcr., more willing to
foster inupsriS!n than to suppress, it, Easy Civ
IN. is tine lIit OF tir,.ir lives
4 'iHcnnat! Gentle :an reported that their
experience dur III the flood OF 1879 led to their
adoption ot the plan Of organization They
I"tn" mat by Mt iIZin~ the snail Gu lren and
rr;at YES one family conia ret % blankets per
day; another. more worthy and conscientious
and suffering. not one.
BI>hOp robertson, OH behalf Of St Louis. in
4uif"d how much 1t cost Ia support Il charity
organ Zatlor society. st. Louis proposes to try
h. Nar",uS answers from different directions
superintendent. stD a month: registrar $40 q
month; anu. with rent. printing and current eX-
itnStS. central office needs. to do its work we'll
as a ciearin" house ut charitable information for
the CITY. about 81 100 per ailrrm. 1t saves iifty
tn"s that amount in one city only. The sub
DIVISION offices employ each an aIent at an aver
are OF 700 month. who also serves as regis
trH lounT ladies in churches interested in
charitable work make tine most etIIc emit con-
sc,entIouS and devoted agents and erStrars
Robert Treat Pane said that for a city of
2oO.NO inhabitants the fair cost OF the entire
system. inclnding central and Subiivis Oh Offices
~ 9iSUD Under its operations no. one needs
to b" Out of employment. no SUFFERING need be
unaeyiafrd.
VI iwaukcr reported that their society had put
be9"afS to work. TAUGHT the ct;Z.n~ that .iy ing
soup Hnd Old Clothes Was not Charity aud had
from the start pa j the workin. officers far
salary. Was not prepared to state the amount
Dr. James w. Walk. OF Philadelphia said
there We're 80 charitable institutions in that
city and about 4oD relief societies. Far too many
oi both They overlap in nlanv directions ana
do not meet in others. The society tor orraniz-
!n1 charity addressed itself to the task of stem
ming the tide of paurcrism and vaorancv bear
III. unWh upon population of 100000 souls
This great array OF institutions and societ e.
We're Inn"c"Gtiy swelling the army day by day
ana year by YEAR, until in IS10 Ia 1880 alarm
selZrd til" people Under the operations of or
gan zr'i charity the names of rauptrlsrn vice
ana CRIME are r"cr'iur. This society prints leaf
,',s, tracts pamphlets; maps. Charts, books
reports in great abundance. These arr
the rays of truth and light that drive
away i"noranc". darkness. despair. TIs,lr
CENTRAL oil a ryrpn l. 80 DO annu ,llv and the
SUBDIVISION "ficrS $4,000. making ii cost OF
80 U'0 per amman to sustain the system, but
they nave ahn>hrd outdoor relief. saving
hundreds of thousands per annuln: Turned
trahlp- INTO worhluen and turned the face. oi
the people t0War,! the rising sun ofsa!y:.tiGn
for the people 1t was inluos she to r-timate
even u" cash va'ur. Tor no one could tell how
mli'il ha ben previously >qua,n,itrc,l in foster
iH- pi'i'''ri~l \ Ct"I vi IL n- i:tcll.n.l Dues
ton from Barbour of Mich. How dc YOU -et
your m"n'H:" An-wrr. BY personal work.
'HdHiN OH III" part .! Ut Ia tN tittter, IL Dldn-
thrrrc citizen ofphadclph.a
Quest OH from Or. Haley of Missouri GLOW
many applicants tor charity are church MEN,
bcrs"
Answer. Not one In 800 is respectable
church member, hut one woman belonged to the
Hebrew. Catholic. Methodist and Baptist
churches, AMI drew relief O. from them all
Socrty pays one general agent 500, subs $50
more.
DIR. Chas. Il. Putnam. of Boston. said the
churches ought to AID the Associated Charities
financially.
One ben.v tent society in Boston had been 80
much benefited: 10y the Associated Charities that
they now subscribe 800 a Year to their sup
port.
Hon. Chas. s. Fa1rciuild, ex-attorney general
OF the state OF >ew York and president of state
charities ;h assoc alton OF New York CITY said
their society grew from top downwsrtls which
accounted for Their peculiar financial system
The state board oi charities alarmed at the i'll
crriSin2 expenditures for panpersm and
charity in New York C " ap Ointru a gentleman
t" "r.anZe the society q have Rot time to state
details HE m"inharsh.p fee is 80 per annuin
They have met with no opposition. They
use the card system instead of registration
books. Entire history Of each case re-
corded Il card. duplicate OF this
Carl SEM to central Office. All cards which
central Office has iHatngto this case and fam Nv
axe pu; together and names arranged alpliabeti-
caly Information sent to al! persons relieving.
NJ WI any "tS ihpoNti upon. bN the same case.
n.NH families arr registered at central office
including reports from churches and inst .tutIons
winch generally and promptly cooperate. The
New York society has this advantage: that,
being called into existence by and with author
ltS from the state board of charities the institu-
lions must. ana the churches do cheerfully ac-
qu esce The work of the society in that CITY ia
h"rcuisan In weight and dimensions The
world pours It's paupers aud dependents into
that metropolis One street is six times as lonr
as Central Park Yet they have prepar.J
a directory showing, by maps Of squares. where
every family that obtains relief from private or
public sources. resides. One street alone had
l25 paunef families. Pauperism il catching.
(IhS statement reminded me that last winter.
upon furnishing One-quarter OF u ton OF coal to
ali AGED widow. seven families on that block
applied TO me for coal within week also
learned that the aged widow was relieved by
her church and two benevolent sOcieties) The
New York society aScertained that one family
Who had been persiStently relieved by charity
for years. upon examination of the address
they gave must have resided in the middle of
East river. Another, an applicant tor coal,
lived at 100 east 18th street. Now 100 east 18th
street Is a coal yard. They expect money.
Upon being asked Their residence give the first
number that occurs to them.
Young girls living at home do most of the
WORK oil registration. examination, and making
maps and charts Of the city.
(in my own busy life, took time to sketch
.uI n nffr 4, a