The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-19
THEWoRLD'S FAIR.
Institutions of Charity and Their Work to
Be Exemplifed-Marshal Famous Gold
Nugget Boats and Boating Famous
Musicians from Abroad-Art and Nature
Relics of Famous Men.

CHICAGO, Aug ia very notable ex
hibit at the Worlds Fair will be that re-
lating to public institutions of charity
and their work. This will be made I'M
der the auspices and direction of the Bu-
reau of Charities and Corrections, which
was created for this purpose some time
ago by the Exposition authorities. Ma
thaniel S. Rosenau, the superintendent
of this Bureau, estimates that in the
United States the annual expenditure for
public charitable institutions is fully
$125, O00, 900, and that not less than $780,
900, 900 is invested in buildings and equip
ments for carrying on the work of these
institutions. In this estimate no account
is taken of penitentiaries and iails. In
speaking of the exhibit which the Bureau
will make at the Fair, Mr.. Rosenau
said:
''One of the chief objects sought to be
attained is the collection of statistics
will show exactly what is being done all
over the world by these institutions
what the work costs in each country.
how it is done and what the result of it
all is. Isolated efforts have been made
on several occasions to show what the
world is doing for unfortunates who are
not able to take care of themselves, but
| it has remained for the Columbian Expo
sition to produce in comprehensive Blu
reau an exhibit that will represent the
effort now being made and illustrate the
| present facilities for dealing with unfor-
| Inmates who cannot take care of them
selves. Philanthropists divide the indi-
viduals with whom they deal into three
| classes-defectives dependents and delin-
quents The detectives are subdivided
into those temporarily disabled and
those permanently disabled. The
temporarily disabled include the sick,
| the injured and the acute insane. The
permanently disabled include deaf mutes
blind, epileptics, idiots and the chronic
insane. The class of dependents includes
| those who are not wage earners, and
therefore obliged to subsist on the bounty
| of others-for instance, paupers and or
phans up to the time they become self
supporting. Delinquent is the soft word
used to designate the criminal element.
s'At first thought it might appear that
an exhibit which will be an adequate
representation of the system of charities
and corrections was an impossibility, for
there is so much that is intangible and
| invisible in
| Philanthropic Work.
l believe, however, that with the assist
ance of all who are interested in matters
charitable and pathological, whether be-
cause Of official position or individual in
formation, an exhibit will be collected
that will stimulate and instruct those
already in the work and prove of great
interest to the general public. The enor-
nous amount that is spent annually to
maintain our public institutions OF this
character would alone make the subject
an interesting one. At the Centennial
an attempt was made to show what was
being done in this line, but the effort
was not satisfactory. A number of for
eign countries were interested in the sec
ton devoted to charities, and sent docu-
ments and charts to show what they
were doing, but the very statistics we
wanted, the ones showing how the great
army of paupers and criminals of this
| country are being cared for, were miss
ing. AS | remember it, but one institu-
| ton in this country was represented.
That was the great catholic protectory
of New York city. We expect to get ex-
hibits at the Worlds Fair from all the
State boards of charities, State prison
commissioners and other organizations
having similar official function. We
will also receive assistance from individ-
ual institutions and societies and from
| colleges in which scientific philanthropy
| and penal science are included in the
course of study. This will be supple
| mented by exhibits from manufacturers
| who make speciality of goods for these
| institutions.
snow take the section devoted to in
sanity for instance. We will show every
| thing connected with an asylum for the