The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-21
SYSTEM In GIVING AID
ERNEST p. BICKNELI., OF CHICAGO.
DISCUSSES COMMON SENSE
IN CHARITY
THE TREATMENT OF POVERTY
Eighth Annual Public Meeting of
the Associated Charities--An In
teresting Address ON the Subject
for Which the Organization Elk
ists-Pressing Need for Funds to
Carry on the Work In ST. Paul.


for Which the Organization Ex-
ists-Pressing Need for Funds to
Carry on the Work In st. Paul.
The eighth annual public meeting of the
Associated Charities last evening at Peo-
pies church was fairly well attended
On the platform were seated Ernest +.
Bicknell, of Chicago; Rev. Samuel G.
Smith, Rev, A. Schradel, DR.. I. L. Rypins,
w. L. Wilson. D. r. Noyes, James F.
jackson, A. w. Guttridge, E. w. Peet.
The choir of st Johns Episcopal church
rendered a number of selections.
DR.. Smith, president of the Associated
Charities, introduced the speaker of the
evening, e. P. Ricknell, superintendent of
the Chicago Bureau of Charities. The
subject Of Mr.. BieknelPs address was
Common Sense in Charity" and he took
occasion to score severely the disciples Of
indiscriminate giving. He said in part:
THE object of organization in charity
Is to bring to every need, in so far as pos
stble, adequate relief. 1t Is seldom that
a person CT family suffers from a single
need alone. Life is too complicated for
that. Students Of poverty and distress
find study of causes most intricate and
puzzling. But every step we may take to-
wards discovering fundamental needs and
| bringing the proper relief to them is net
profit
"A cooperation among all manner Of
charitable agencies which will make it
possible to focus irresistible forces for
good upon any unwbolesome conditions
which may be found is an end towards
which organized charity is striving. Pow
erty and its accompanying misfortunes
are not simple matters to be cured by
dealing out aims.
AS the skillful physician administers
an anaesthetic, SO the giving of aims
| deadens the pain of restitution, but does
not cure. The aim of organized charity
Is to restore the self respect of those in
need of aid. In every case some measure
of relief Is possible through the agency
| OF organized charity with proper study
| and inquiry into the conditions surround
ing the cases. There are no unworthy
! poor from the standpoint of scientific
charity" ~
In concluding the speaker cited a num-
Der Of instances where the Associated
| Charities have brought about a regenera a
| ton in families
At the conclusion Of Mr. BieknelTs ad-
dress Rev. S. G. Smith called attention
| to the pressing need of funds in ST. Paul
| for the Associated Charities to carry on
its work. Particularly he spoke of the
| work accomplished by Agent Hutchins in
depressing street begging.
Peoples church choir did not sing and
| the cathedral choir, which had been ex-
! pected, was not present, probably due to
| the conflicting attraction of the cathedra
| parish bazaar, SO the supplied choir OF
the Church of st. John the Evangelist
! sang three numbers. They rendered 1.-THE
Radiant Morn Hath Passed Away" Wood.
ward; "Hallelujah," Beethoven, and
"Hark! Hank! My SOUL Shelley The
alto soloist was Park Learned and So
! prano soloists were Waiter Mallory anC
| Wallace Cole
George H. Normington, the chorister
| acted as organist.