The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-11
MORE FUNDS ARE NECESSARY
SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES HELD
YESTERDAY
Work of the Past Six Months Re-
yiewed--MOre Money Is Needed
to Garry on the Work of. the So
ciety. ..,..-srs

Inc thirteenth Semi-annual meeting OF
the Associated Charities of st. Paul was
held yesterday afternoon in the mayor s
ONCE, the attendance being large. and Rev.
3. u. Smith, the president, in the chair.
In opening. the latter addressed the meet
Ing. in which he gave a review of the
work of the society and outlined it's aims
laying especial stress upon the necessity
or more concerted and vigorous action.
particularly In the matter of raising funds
to carry on the work as 1t should be done.
The report of General Secretary Gut
ridge was then read, and it showed that
during the six months ending March 81,
the society had made 720 Investigations
of which 283 were new, showing a gain
all around
He described the method of investiga-
ton and registration, and cited several
instances where attempts had been made
to impose upon the society. showing that
the utmost care and Judgment must be
exercised In order that the greatest good
may be accomplished. He alluded to the
establishment of district nurses and
strongly commended the practice. also
urging that nurses in the hospitals and
training schools should be called upon in
cases of necessity. The society, he said,
had already done good in securing work
for the unemployed, over forty men with
families having been provided with en-
L.
The report of the treasurer showed the
receipts to have been $500, and the ex-
penditures about $1,000.
The report of T. A Abbott of the board
of trustees. made a gratifying showing,
containing much information regarding
the workings of the society He then
says:
been some slight grow tn in the number
OF members from organized bodies and
some small advance made in the amount
CT cash actually collected; but this Is,
to some extent, offset by decreased
amount outstanding and by additional
expenses for the next six months over
those reported one year ago. So that in
the main we may report to you progress
all along the line, with continued interest
on the part of the citizens in the work
that we are seeking to accomplish. 1t
may be to the point, however to repeat
again what has been so often said, that
there is still need to properly place before
the citizens of st. Paul the fact that we
do not distribute aims, but by all means
IN our power seek to create such con-
d1tfon that aims giving will be needed to
less and less extent as time goes on. AS
we have so often said before, we now re-
peat. for the benefit of those who do
not seem to have apprehended the aims
OF our organization, that charity, as we
apply 1t. Is not aims giving.
The report Of the provident fund was
read by Miss Nellie Hanson, and she
demonstrated that this form of phil
anthrophy has met with general approval
The great value of the work was shown
and the hope expressed that 1t would
socn be possible to maintain stations in
FL parts of the city
The report of Mrs. J. NJ Parker on the
work of friendly visiting was most en-
couraging. 1t was shown that seventy
four families had been visited and the
value Of this branch of the work cannot
be overestimated.