Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-03-21

ton, received ssventy-two children dur
ing the year as q result of the joint action
of this association, the Connecticut HUI
name society and the city court
The Home for the Friendless has also |
kindly co-operated by the reception of II |
cases that came to our notice.
Of tho 80 insane cases brought to our |
attention five were sent to the asylum at
Middletown and the remainder to aims
house, as not needing special treatment,
but only restraint. Some of these were
cured and are now at their homes. OF
the "a who were aided to reach friends,
many were simply runaways, but there
were several specially interesting cases.
The 80 turned over to police, fined or
sent to Jail, were cases of drunkenness,
breaches of the peace, non-support of fam
lily, etc. The facts coming to our notice,
they were brought to the attention of the
city attorneys or the police, and the neoes-
sary action taken.
There were sent to Industrial school 10;
in almost every case the product of bad
home influences.
Fer disobedience and general miscon-
duct nine boys were sent to the reform
school, there being no other alternative.
The appointment Of guardians has also
been secured, sometimes to exercise needed
co1trol over undisciplined children, some
times to protect inherited property from
expenditure by vicious parents.
There were thirty-three frauds exposed,
sometimes through the press, whose help
fulness is gratefully acknowledged, oftener
| by message to interested parties.
Seventy-two little children were found
wandering about the city by police or citi-
zens and sent here and kept until called
| for. One of these, unfortunate by birth,
l vuoo ont cd nd in
the county home.
| In all, list of 3,443 cases, embracing
| nearly all forms of human misery, and
oftentimes proving that truth is stranger
than fiction.
| But to return to the question, Is our
brotherhood with those needing charity,
the weak, the crippled, the helpless, the
poor, the aged and the little children het-
ter acknowledged than beforel Yes, but
not adequately. What shall we dot
First-Give personal sympathy and as
sistance. Go among the poor, not as a
"Lady Bountiful," but as genuine friend
| ready to advise and assist in the household
economies, if need be ready to nurse the
sick child, to tighten the burden of the
feeble woman, to encourage the weakest
endeavor towards right.
Secondly-Strengthen and sustain our
local charities, our asylums, our homes,
our Day nurseries, our associations and
societies, and all that has been found eff
cient in the past. Give them financial
aid surely, but, more than that, give them
our hearty Endorsement, our best thought
toward working out their purposes, which
however formulated, are the "best for my
brotherhood"
| Lastly-By every means in our power
and undeterred by the clamor of unthink
ing sentimentalists, in the language of Dr.
McCulloch, "We must get hold of the
children" for they are to make the future
of this nation.
We believe that New Haven charities
were never SO strongly in harmony as now
and our poor never so we'll cared for. Thit
does not necessarily mean that more alml
are given, for our people have learned thai
indiscriminate charity is cruel and pro
life cause of pauperism. 1t means tina
there is more careful thought for the IN
fortunate and closer personal acquaintance
| with their needs. This does not by any
means indicate perfection, yet it ia great J
encouraging in its promise of future devel
Iopment Closer cooperation would produc.
better results, and define more accurately
the peculiar work of each society. TIL,
special province of the Organized Charities
association is not yet fully Understood
The fact that it is not mainly a relief dis
bursting agency, in the sense of almsgiving
but primarily clearing house for chart
ties, must be constantly reiterated, ant
the employment departments considered a.
tests of genuineness and character, rattle
than as commercial enterprises.