The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-10

work from sense Of duty alone for the
good of others. There must be the
innate sense Of love for Others No
philanthropic work will ever succeed
without this great corner stone. The
manner of doing good is very important.
Have you never received such a delicate
courteous kindness that you felt as if you
were doing favor in accepting it?
Promptness is another essential of do
ing good. This may be a bitter pill fol-
many, but never put off till tomorrow
what can be done today is especially good
| ad vice in doing good. Patience and per-
severance are of course very essential.
Practical sympathy, not sentimental,
will often open doors when every thing
else would fail.
Sacrifice and self forgetfulness are very
potent. Little self denials, little silent
acts of kindness are the tiny threads of
gold that together make the strong cards
of human sympathy.
DIR. ALICE AVERY.
DR.. Alice A very was introduced as one
who would give the medical side of the
question. DIR. Avery spoke Of the special
need of ministering to the unfortunate
by sickness and the constant improve
ment all over the civilized world of all
manner of charities for the special relief
of the sick, especially in the large cities,
where poor children are sent out into the
country in the summer and trained
nurses are sent to homes of poverty and
sickness.
She spoke of the great prevalence of
disease among the poor Of great cities,
and declared that preventives are better
than curative measures to relieve this
unfortunate situation. Such preventive
measures in the nature of sanitary i'm
provemennt, etc., were mentioned. Also
in the free kindergartens little children
are learning healthful habits of living
and In the free cooking schools young
girls are learning how to cook.
MISS ALICE NJ. LORD.
The educativo side was discussed by
Miss Alice NJ. Lord, q teacher in the
Portland schools. She maintained that
the educational opportunity Of doing
good is the best. 1t Is more far reaching
in its effects. The better the educational
facilities, the better the community. She
discussed the education received inside
and that received outside Of schools, the
former fitting in a general way for suit
able citizenship and the latter in spec
ial sway for the life work Of the individ :
ual. While it is not the business of COM
mon schools to make specialists, yet it
is the business of the common schools to
teach the elements of technical knowl-
edge
Outside the schools, education is receiv-
ed from the home, the church, the public
libraries, the art exhibitions and enter
tainments. lectures, musicals, readings,
etc.
The subject from religion sta nd
point was discussed by Mrs. John Carter.
She said that this problem of how to
wisely help the poor was indeed a gigan-
tic one. Whoever would grapple with it
needs large supply of faith in God and
ture of the work Of the Salvation Army
is the prominence of religion. We all
know how terrible is the temptation Of
the poor, and how impossible it is for
them to rise of themselves out of their
moral degradation.
Organized charity may feed and olothe
them, yet it labors in vain if the aid of
religion is not given with it.
Spiritual and material help must 60
together. Organized charity has been at
work in New York for forty years, yet
has never reached the extremes of power
ty, while the Salvation Army has sue
ceeded in doing SO. Righteousness and
holiness must enter into our work in
dealing with the poor.
Mrs. Carter spoke of the ideas of right
and wrong that prevail among the poor,
OF rather that do not prevail. How car
they know what Is right ana wrong if
they have never been taught it at home
in childhood or anywhere else in later
life. In Europe they are realizing that
only religion can give this necessary
perception Of right and wrong. They
have tried everything else over there and
failed and now they are trying religion
and are beginning to see results.
The programme closed with another de-
lightful song by Mrs l.. A. Cloudy.
Mrs. Coyle sal d that the plea had come
to her to present at this meeting the pro-
ject of a lecture or entertainment to be
given by the ". L. u, the proceeds to
be expended in purchasing picture or
some form of decoration for the schools.
The matter was discussed.
Young Woman's Christian Association,
The Young Women's Christian Associ-
alton have received SO new members dur
ing January. There have been 615 cal
lers; 451 at the gospel services; 4S at the
Bible Glasses; 1874 at the educational
CLASSES; 81 at the receptions; 50 at the
Junior meetings. and 90 at the noon rest
The total number of callers at the rooms
is 1897. The depot matron assisted a
young girl who came to Portland for
work and was taken to questionable
| house by man. She knew nothing of
this until after two weeks service. She
| had pOt an0uOh ynonav to rot,,r,,i L an, -