Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-11
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.
An Enthusiastic Reunion In th'
Presbyterian Church.

An Enthusia stic Reunion In th'
Presbyterian Church.
Nearly every scat in the First Pres
byteyian Church last night had :
charitahly inclined occupant, the re
sponse to the call for meeting OF tht
Associated Charities being very gen
eral. The question Of charity, organ
. lied and in the abstract, was dis
cussed on all sides. The speakers
represented the best ministerial
and secular talent in the city
and the speeches were listened
to with great attentiveness, and fire
quently applauded. Upon the whole
[ it was such an audience and such al
occasion as does the city great credit
and will undoubtedly result in doing
much good, not only for the alleviatior
OF poverty, but in bringing about cir
cumstances to reduce the causes Of
pauperism in this community to the
minimum. The latter sentiment
particularly seemed to be the animus
of majority of the speakers.
The programme carried out was enter
tanning as we'll as instructive, and
should the same arrangement be
adopted for future meetings, a
large attendance may always be ex,
pected.
The meeting was opened shortly
| after 8 o'clock by an organ solo by
Mr.. Wilde This was followed by
prayer by Rev. w. J. Chichester, and
Mayor Workman, the Chairman Of
the Association. then read his open
ing address, which was as follows:
"Ladies and Gentlemenl 1t is
with considerable pleasure and some
qualification that / bid you welcome
here tonight. Your presence is in
itself an indication of the deep inter-
est the exercise OF philanthropic mo-
tives. the giving of portion of their
plentiful store by the wellprovided
affiuent to the needy poor, has for the
well-intentioned Christian who lives
up to the tenets of his faith.
"Our city has now grown to a size
where this matter of undeserving per-
sons demanding relief at the hands of
the charitable, has assumed proper
tions which cannot be disregarded
longer, aud, in order to bring the
work of dispensing aims in this city
within bounds, and to control their
distribution, the organization known
as the Associated Charities" was
formed. "rhe purpose of ealing you
together is to ella 2orate this idea to you
and then to ask you to assist in this
work of sensible humanity, by con-
tributing as much as lays in your
power toward what in its
very nature will throttle the
germs of sinfulness and crime
in the ranks of society whence tine
greater portion of the demands for
help come. think it goes without
the saying, that the usefulness OF this
discriminating and careful work is
obvious, and that its title to pubic
sympathy and support is patent and
undenia ble."
Mrs. Book sang solo, "The Last
Chord" before Mr.. Slauson took the
rostrum. Mr.. Slauson then pro-
ceeded to say that he had been asked
to speak in the place of Lieut.. Cover
nor White, and although taken on
short notice, he felt that every one
shoul be able to say something for
sweet charity's sake. In referring to
the Object of the Associated Charities
he said: "This is day of cenlrali-
zation OF all the affairs of human life
we hear of the formation of "trusts"
in all forms of business; there is
tendency to centralize energy and
capital to bring about more economic
and efficient effects. Let us learn the
lesson from this that in union there is
siren 9Th. Let us all unite in this
work becau Sc there is reward richer
than Prince can bestow."
Chairman Workman read letter
| from Lieutenant Governor White, ex-
planning that on account Of other ap-
pointments it was impossible for him
to be present. He, however, sent his
assurance that the cause had his sane
ton and sympathy. Mr.. w. Haw-
thorne sang solo.
Rev. DR.. Hutchings was then
introduced as the next speaker.
The gentleman made very pithy
speech. He first called attention TO
the fact that this large audience had
not assembled on account of devotion
to any creed or party. All had come
in response to one magic word-Hu-
manity. He illustrated by the
parable of The Good Samaritan,
that the is no creed in HUI
manity. "We must in our char
tiles guard against the manu-
featuring of paupers. The old fash
ioned charities were administered
with waste and encouraged idleness
and beggary. 1t is to compare notes
that we may guard against i'm
position and single out the wor-
thy poor that we have formed"
He concluded with the illustration
that Christ show we'd how charity should
be Systematically administered when
he fed the five thousand with loaves
and fishes.
Mrs. Mamie Perry Davis then sup.
piled an interlude between this
speech and the next by singing solo,
at the conclusion of which she was
presented very beautiful floral trib-
ute.
Rev. DIR. Cantine was the next
speaker, and represented the financial
interests of the meeting. He showed
how necessary ammunition was to
win battle, and stated that the Off
GERS OF the institution must be pro-
vided with means in order to make
the Association q success. Ee de-
manded thousand dollars, and said
the treasurer could disburse three
times that amount to advantage.
A collection was taken, which netted
about $50. Mrs. Davis and Miss Flor
ence Perry sang a duet, and Rev. DR..
Fay then made a very original and
striking address. He alluded to the
gravity of the the question of how to
relieve most without fortifying the
habit that leads to it. Pauperism is
the great question which confronts
England, and notwithstanding the
fact that Eraat Rritain Xhere charity