St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-27
TO CENTER CHARITY.
No Plan Of Organization Has
Yet Been Determined
Upon.
All Of the Existing Bodies
Claim to Have Done Eff
fective Service.
Yesterdays Run Of Minor
Events About the Courts
and Capitol.
Happenings Of a Day That
Make Up the Local Story
of st. Paul.

The philanthropy of st. Paufs citi-
zens is proverbial. They give to the
needy with a generous hand. But, I'M
like other metropolitan cities, there is
lack of system among the scores of
charitable organizations that relieve
want, and aid and comfort the sick. A
fortnight ago a general meeting of the
charitable institutions of ST. Paul was
held for the purpose of formulating
some sort of plan whereby all char
tiles shall be brought within-the con-
troll of a certain method-to prevent i'm
position and to insure relief in all de-
serving instances. Reports were sub
mitted from many of the local or
ganitops. but they were lengthy
and the conclusion was not reached at
that time. Consequently an adjourn
ment was had until yesterday to finish
that phase of the preliminary work. 1t
was the purpose first TO get clear an
derstanding Of The work effected by
each separate society. Moreover a mis-
understanding had been had concerning
the methods and salutary work effected
by the Babies Home. TO be specific.
President Wright, of the city board of
control, had stated that he had been in
formed that DIR. Ancker. city physician,
had little faith III the efficacy OF this
home, and that the doctor held that the
work effected by it should properly be
done blythe city hospital DR.. Ancker
was pleased to set himself Alright by
dlsabusing Mr.. Wright of this idea. He
is a warm advocate of the Babies
Home and disapproves of giving Its
mission to the city hospital or any
other institution.
There were some twenty-eight sOcie-
ties represented at this meeting, and
Rev. S. q. Smith presided. The report
from the Babies home seOwed that 152
infants had been cared for there the
past two years, and that many of the
mothers had been provided with com
Portable homes. 1t was also reported
that the receipts and disbursements for
this period had amounted to about So,
coo, and this statement elected a num-
Der ofglOwing encOmiumS from the rep
reseDtatiVeS of the other societies.
The representatives of the Woman's
Christian home reported that its organ
iZation was effected in 1873, and it had
admitted $40 women. 1t was shown that
164 infants were born i'll the home since
its institution. Is of whom have been
legally adopted by citizens and given
excellent homes. OF the inmates 81
have been recopciled to their parents;
8 TO their husbands; Is were married at
the home and 81 have married since
leaving it, while 100 have profpssed
virtue. Of the number 249 were Prot
eStantS. So Catholics and 1S3 had no re-
ligious faith.
Reports were also read from the
Kings Daughters and the ST. Paul
Bethel. Rev. Pierce, the secretary of
the latter institution, gave an exposition
of the plan in vogue to-eIcourage at
tendance upon the Sunday school. and
ut the same time TO distribute charities.
A ticket is given the pupil for each at
tendance, ard the bethel gives, in eX-
change for certain stated numbers of
tickets. wearing apparel of different
kinds. The question was raised whether
this is not iHdiscriminate charity, and
would not tend to induce children to
leave other Sunday schools for the sake
of the premium. Mr.. Pierce replied
that it is the generally accepted mode
in all bethels, and he bad never realized
any injurious effects, and he saw no
reason Tor making Il change.
The society for the prevention of
cruelty reported POS cases the past year,
of which 50 were cruelty to children.
and l49 cruelty to animals. There have
been four prosecutions and there were
also nine cases OIL cruelty 10 wives. i HIS
was followed by careful and compre-
hensive paper by Fl. Ii. Hart, secretary
of the state board of correction and
charities. 1t was an elaboration of a
plan for unifying the work in the city
and he advocated a central board of
managers, composed of representatives
from all the other charitable OrganiZa-
tons in St. Paul. and carrying out the
theory to its practical end. He would have
every application for relief received by
any one of the institutions or societies
at once referred to this central board
to be passed upon. A record would
be kept of the same, and
1t would therefore be impossible for de-
signing beggarS to impose on any of
the organizations by securing aid from
several at the same time. This is
system that has been successfully tested
in other cities, and Mr.. Hart thought it
the best plan of syStematiZiug the work.
He would have frequent conferences of
the board at some general headquarters,
SO there need be no delays in distribut-
Ing charity. AT the conclusion of the
reading of this paper it was decided to
appoint committee of one from each
of the organizations represented at the
meeting to confer. with view to deter
mining upon the idea of closer COOP
GRAFTON of all the societies. DR.. Smith
was named as chairman of the commit
tee, and the others will be selected. by
the organizations.