The herald., 1895-01-01
! AlSly .I1HE POOP AND SICK,
nteresting Facts About the
Associated Charities.
AT Has nBsea Accomplished by
That Organization.
0pe % shs Managers Complains That
xa4afnoisnt support IL Extended In
This city and Asks for Aid.


The Associated Charities, or the Char
~ Organization society, az it is called
A aome cities, was first organized in
Qndon. England. about 20 years ago.
~ Vas the outgrowth of much thought
cng charity workers after seeing the
- amount Of wasted energy. as we'll
- money, and the demorslizlng effect
q hdiscriminate alms-giving.
Although The work is unappreciatsd
md misuRderstood by many, still it has
ehe hearty isympsthy as we'll az earnest
quppoTt of . great majority of charity
Qbxkors- of the civilized world. 1t is the
o1(ablished raethod OF relief in all the
4 WI Of Europe and the United
56t9s and Canada.
IL object and aim is to prevent fraud
ind dimposition, to ferret out the deserv-
Ing and needy and either assist them or
tolcf their casea to the proper channel
With . Recommendation for help.
The organization is founded on the
9ne principle OF investigation, but only
&ok the benefit of the needy and worthy
tDoQf. and never, except in cases OF fraud
then it should bs done with Judgment
and great Chriatian charity. Only the
al wise Father. the God of love, knows,
or Gan know, all the trials and tempta-
Hons that tempQ- the human heart. or
1ho reason why 'Ao many poor mortals
DRIFT downward and still downward un-
Hf there iByscsfcely q semblsnce OF one
q 4Fod's children left.
No hops, no ambition, apd oftentimes
- oNlkappearances, little or no self re-
apeCA and yet they are our fellow crea-
fnr69vv hom We must only judge with
The &TAateat tenderness. knowing moth
izng@ot fths inner workings of heart-
1ffo, Mdden to all the world.
6tfllVdt 10 not charity to help them ON
}tktif downward road by at all times
asGIontil,g theiI requests. They need to
1bo shaken out OF their commandment
6ondition and made to feel their respon-
ability In life. to realize, as doee the
jbuay bee,. that there must be no drone
IN the hive: that all must work. and
work for . purpose, and that we are all
dependent upon our own exsrtionH for
livelihood.
There has been, AZ is, too much senti~
mentality ia charity work. and it was to
correct (this in q measure that the
y Associated Charities were founded.
Some p6yople have an opinion that
their m6thod is cold and unfeeling, that
there is no heart or sympathy in it, but
auch is not tive case in any respect. The
A workers want. to know, and must know
the history al the case presented, to
guard against overlapping and fraud.
AN worthy needy cases are assisted as
Yar as possible and according to the best
Judgment Of this aociety TO whom the
matter is referred,
In Judging the SForthiness of the case
ID BiErply an1erGta q the 4u7-.i7- as to
bether 1hsg a1e pr3io sicr d tDggars
us csbgftiss, VbeiH8g e Tsfl not
gse stsr Oh IS be s4iIes tht9 10 give.
We ava nc fEal 10 ~ses paipers,
neitber nave ~ 2 Vigat q i7e o the
andaserF ng sAAs which tsiouga % the
Fpaiiy needy pocf
qtas AaCrlsssa Charities loi sit in
suterasnt % ar cus.
7zaa uRiis0si instisutisn s3 every
orq6nizatlar lbEougasnt era United
f3sasss ia ,n cor inunlcaiiCn Na every
other aimiRg aoQiaiys i7oa ere, in
Aca apBeieN ssepi Teiid 0a prised
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aeas bSFs bY sha ui2spiza. 'n va the
f8lloN3rls inias atirn; "faAaz 1eiated
siha5i m 81 ifsiea WISE VI anlzed
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AstIs a4sE o1s ag8 a. into
sKSa ,eNec g. -as mag, criaa ire for
81 wrrE 81 l4 Di1 7Fy 1i Ig city
tius sel rsf Ell tna 'ourage
a sie0 sr = gift of
..AyesoSo maxi { possible to do the
work snd'y hallway meet the requires
ments Of q akeptical public. Skeptical
because it WAS something new and not
understood. But the public was kind,
and although'the support given was not
Whatit should have been, still it was fair
endthe work accomplished was mighty.
Az vet the people of Los Angeles iail
TO realize that,this is work that ought
60 be paid for. In small town or viii
lsge. such a. this city was when the La
dies Benevolent society was organized,
nearly twenty years ago, it was not nee
essery. Today the situation is very diff
ferent. It is the duty of no one person
or : dozen persons to do the work
erAtuitouHly that belongs to every resi-
dent OF this whole city and every person
thet willingly imposes this duty upon
the.few that will do it simply becsuse it
"a 4 work that must be done and their
beert and sympsthy goes out to suffer-
ing humanity, is So much a mendicant
a fhe.person asking for aims.
The San Francisco association, which
ves the smallest force of paid employees
~ any aseociation of which we eye in
formed. have six on their pay roll. The
Toe Angeles association have just one,
Who draws small salary which COM
bined with the pay for doing the county
relief work makes 1t possible for him
to attend to these duties. He does
about three mems work every day wear
inc out brain and body in an effort to
sccomplish in small degree what the
public expect Of him and being
thwarted at every turn by the very
mesqer support that is given him. He
is ex pected to respond promptly to every
csll and blamed when it is utterly inn
poesible 40 to do. In other cities the
minimum membership is slwsys small
bnt in nearly all societies 1t ranges from
one dollar to one hundred dollars with
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