Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13

rooms at headquarters), t2a5: interest on
account in bank, s26.95: total, Sc Ta2s2-
Dfsbursements-Salary Of general secre-
tary. 81 500; salary Of stenographer. clerks
quarters. 81 G street northwest, S6Do:
amount paid Columbia National Bank.
$50a.75; printing, stationery and supplies.
$209.99; janitor's service. sl75.J0: rent. d.
vision Offices. Sill: coal and gas, $9l.0I:
postage. $s4.61; telephone. 81: car fare.
S1S2: A.; miscellaneous, $l4l.24: total. S.
5000.
Balance in bank. October 30. 1897. ss2s.s3.
Mr.. Edison remarked that the money
spent In the past year could show more re-
suits liz the good that had been accomplish
ed by 1t than ever before.
The Work I'm New York.
Mr.. Devine then told OF the work of char
liable organizations in New York city. He
spoke especially of the professional charity
promoters in New York, men VINO get up
entertainments for a stipulated part of the
profits, and then get young ladies to go
about the business part of the city TO sell
tickets for the profit of the man arranging
the entertainments. The New York society
had done what it could to prevent such
frauds. He was in favor of keeping agents
In the field throughout the year, as much
good could be done in the summer to pre-
vent pauperism during the following win
ter.
He preferred the plan of having funds for
relief raised as cases of distress come up
rather than that they shall be secured In
advance of such need. In New York they
had adopted plan of raising only enough
money to pay the administration expenses
or the society. When a case of distress
worthy of relief was found they inserted an
advertisement saying they wanted from so
TO 900 for the case in hand, and they had
Fever failed to get prompt responses. The
FUNDS needed for the administration en-
penses there were raised by addressing a
letter to about 5000 of the leading cfti-
zens. who responded with sufficient money.
Writers of Begging Letters.
Mr.. Woodward, who was In the audience,
inquired of Mr.. Devine what had been
done in New York to prevent fraudulent
begging letters, saying that this evil was
very great in this city.
Mr.. Devine said his society had a drawer
full of such letters sent out by single
writer. There were perhaps rot more
than one in hundred or a thousand which
had been sent. The society had to exer-
else great care in publishing such persons
for fear of libel suits, but their state
merts TO members were exempt from such
oanger. they employed an agent TO in
vestigate the true character of people
writing begging letters when members re-
ferred them for investigation. Last year
they had published caIticnary list of 800
professional begging letter writer's in Nev
York.
DIR: Whitman was on the program to
speak. but the hour being late he deferred
his remarks until some other time.
officers Elected.
The following officers were unanimously
elected: President, b. l.. Whitman: vice
presidents, Chas b. Church. A. B. Hagner
Rev. S. NJ. Newman, DID,; Rev W. Z.
Parson. DID,; Mrs. 7. b. Hood. General
S. S. Yoder; honorary secretary. Dr. Chas
r. Neill; treasurer, John Joy Edison; board
OF directors Miss K. Z. Hosmer Mrs F.
L. Moore, Thos. w. Smith, Colonel George
Truesdell, DR.. Chas. F. Neill.