The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-06-05

...,-. .f the New York state Board OF
fbarlfle. places the value OF properly "c' V'0.
- charitable purposes Wllllh me Hld't an
s.r,.+ltrr over niiy-'oGr milioh uo"ai9' Vi
,,bI.t SYO00U.0 ls held by regularly lhcoi-
t.rafel benevolent ASSOCIATIONS Inc INCOME
+..-r institutions was si4,b1''Vv1. Nb0ut
....f0ur thousand persons received medical
and surgical care I'm the lhsuluHohs' ana
.~.Uil outdoor patients were treated. SlA
hundred thousand dollars iu money was do
fr.hufpI tO 5N. 0U1 outdoor poor, ana IN Io"ht
plumbers. ii half million persons. OK one
tsyt.Nn of the entire population OF the Nla-t,
-ar.Ned public and in some form. inns siaif-
rrnt takes mo- account of tte cAdftaDie Wol
d.. churches. individuals aud minor a-socia-
f0n- which ls very extensive. and Whlcl
..ss bp left 90 Offset the duplication Ot cases
.n tae reports OF diaerent institutions, ana
.repeateIs' an the same INSTITUTION. lDeIe
.. no city lu the world where money is more
D4.lv and uncrudlugly bestowed for relief
and rescue work than In New ORR, WhDe me
unic charities OF both the city and the stare
FIJI. established on q most liberal scale ana
cover almost every form OF suffering ana need.
Set The call for AIMS is ncessanl and 10 is
increasing at q greater rate tlan the increase
0f fouulHtiOn. The subject Is OF the grdNesi
0ffauce. Mrs. Emily Glade Ellis, in me
Westminster Review. about year ago, TOOK
f.p ground that good people are making a
.r-l0f charity" and Duo their sentimental or
f.eIr ui0u- zeal are rotardng cNll/allOn. III
r.ar be- regarded as settled ihat lndiscrmi-
fatealmsgiyugis direct cause OF paulensm
and be-gary. The Charity organization
Societies have demonstrated that fact ana
al. eudeayOrng 20 meet 1t, IN many ways.
Int even when Inc 1Tst need Of temporary
assistance is genuine, it is probable that ths
ease and certainty with which such help can
Dbl. obtained is "A suggestion That sinks deep
IrrU inc mind of the beneficiary, and dlSp09es
Iu t.fIY it again on less pr0f0caton' Al
anl rate. fine time is close at hand when a
r.t departure $50 benevolent work Will be
necessity. Already the great city hospitals
a.. taking stringent measures 10 eAcluue lue
multitude of welltO-do persons VINO seek free
advice aud medicines. In great many M
stances thls sort OF "sp0Dging' upon charity
funds and facilities may be- attributed 10
t0uehtlessuess or m.scOnceptl0n. There are
doubtless those who go TO hospital for a
prescription and 10 a dlspensafl To nave III
SUI mn. very much as they would take the
time Of day from the City Hall clock, regard
nt both ar public cOnNeniences. some hucA
..r-on- have ur0les-ed 40 least great surprise
ID modification ON being n0tlhed OF Inc true
s g. of the case. and tlat they were putting
themselves ON the list OF charity patients
It in the majority OF cases no such eAplana-
t0n VIII stand.
The selfmlerest of the medical men, who
I'D only give their services TO the cause OF
charity. bat also lose the fees which they
0Irnt 10 receive from sucn patients, may be
t.nended upon 10 and q remedy for this par
ocular abuse of charity. But this is only one
illustration OF The many ways IN which aims
me perverted 20 nourish selushness and mao.
lsnce and So 60 pauperi1e ia heart and mind
many whose poverty Is Tar removed lIOm
lesntutl0u.-NcW " rk Churchman.