New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-26
VING IN EW-TORK.
THAT AND OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED AT THE
NATIONAL CHARITIES CONFERENCE.

THAT AND OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED AT THE
NATIONAL CHARITIES CONFERENCE.
New-Haven May 25-About 200 delegates to the
twenty-second annual meeting Of the National Con-
ference OF Charities and Corrections assembled at
Yale this morning. Beginning at $50. an hour was
occupied with reports from States Sheldon Jackson
gave the Alaska report recountng the lack OF char
liable work there, the loose liquor laws and the
poverty OF the inhabitants.
THE Problems OF Child-saving in New-York CITY
the subject of the opening paper this afternoon
1t WAS by G. Loring Brace, secretary OF the Chill
dren's Aid Society. NewYork. lie said;
certain acre Essex and Stanton stsr having
e22 people living on it, IS the most crowded pIace
of any city In the world. but TINS maximum Is
nearly main ;aned for whole square mile. includ-
ing parts Of wards. numbered Seven, Ten, Thirieen;
Eleven Fourteen and seventeen. II us SQUIRE
mile there are gathered toSether 1foWJ peorlc,
mostly aliens They I've IN sT5 housc rco Of W each
house. though very many tenemenis nave more
than aoPs nat b nusr % peS ehr tne nne q
years sc 81 O0o From the census returns CIV
from 'f I've 10 fourieen ~elrs estimated
number in this square mile is $500. Fifty tnou-
are in this whole square mile but 1900 sttincs in
the primary schools. that there are some zo'eo
children more than can be received III 'he SCHOOLS OIL
The chidren's Aid Society has twenty-one day
tendance of 600 children. These schools are svcn
b private and are supp9 y paGS
OF charitable people and cost the society TO main
tain during the year $4,000 The children are taught
cooking household work sewing, paper ioieihg.
drawing. modelling and woodworking. only tnose
children are allowed 10 attend who are SO poor ana
ragged and neglected that they cannot go 10 the
public schools, or where there Is no room Tor them
In the public schools
This work has been in operation for forty years
More h hdn 1899 c ocey nsys @ad arsh
life. Owing to the fact that the tenement po1ula-
ton OF New-York is always moving on we cannot
tell what the subsequent careers or many cDlihIeH
are. Those We do know OF have got on wei. mostly
In the better kinds OF trades and manufacturing
work and the girls have married better than they
years we have known OF but very Few lapses into
crlrnina, life among these boys and girls
the city has Increased from 10000 10 10000 One
million people In large part formed OF the poor
and ignorant emigrants from Europe. have been
added to population. and yet tho ponce RECORDS
prove that. emitting the terrible year OF 1884, the
crime OF the city has actually diminished The year
1894 breaks good record as crime Increased 20
fairs have returned 10 their normal condiion.
The Chldren's Aid Society is an important agency
in bringing about this condition o. affairs among
the poor. The boys and girls lodging houses give
shelter TO thousands each year Here the girls re-,
cclvc domestic instruction. and at the farm school
the boys are taught farming 10 rain mem Inc LOT
OF trained. experienced and careful agents. mus
good homes In the country for nese homeless ones
women now living honest. prosperous lives In
Western and Southern States who would otherwise
nave remained 10 drift about NeN-York.
The people OF the tenements as a rule. are honest
and vlriuous and all they need is a 'air chance 70
train their children-a chance TO rise. The spirit
OF progress is as strong there as elsewhere Give
the future with confidence. no matter what its I'M
m,fr a msy Penney of Brooklyn. opened the
charity organization section with an address on
aids TO Friendly Visitors"