The times., 1899-01-10
THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.
\ Few STRAIGHTFORWARD Questions
and Suggestions.

| 10 lIr f'litDt Or Inc tiinc>-
We thought that the columns OF The Times
closed upon the subject OF charity to everybody
| but the Jolly gentlemen who are known to the
Congress the Wolves OF Washington" but
that they still open To the cries OF the poor
and that recently you did kind turn, not for a
poor, lone woman only but for all the poor and
ali who feel interest in them. and the praise
worthy remarks that hear at every turn relaJ-
ing To in,rites the belief that the good people
OF Washington wouli not attempt To measure 10y
words tire gratitude they feel toward The Times
On account OF IT,
You sly that experience has shown that a Large
proportion of the bcnehciaries of charity become
pIuperized through it. l beg TO differ from YOU
on this point. Statistics from the books Of
charity organizations may show up what you say
As i TACT, but experience in relieving the InwIy
in q proper spirit will prove such records false.
Kindness toward fellow creatures i a cody iai-
pulse. and Las an cmobline and elevatiug infri-
cncc among the most hardened criminals
NJ lrttrr evidence this point could be pro-
duCed than the annual reports Of the ohio prisons
by the late Col Raymond Burr, through whose
noble, uutirins eflIt, the prison systems through
the United State, were completely revolution
lied by substituting Christian for semi-barbaruus
treatment. Cruel, iimiHating Investigations thar
lower persons in tine estimation OF neighbOrs
among whom thry irving TO hold their heads
mp under starving, conditions devli<h and have
q deha~lng effect that make the beughciarie~ OF
poor funds lo- >eii-rr-pert Ii i the inclination
on the pant "i sp-tsJlled charity organizations o.
withhold rather Jhln heStow charity that creates
Paupcr~.
In the OF NIrs. EvauS, Superintendent Lewis
said She had three chairs and that the floor,
lar he could wl> Carpeted. The distance
that Mr.. Lewis l. that distance from hi-
nose Necessary To- pat down crazy ideas and paper
theories relating the subject Of charity That
were exploded by tn, practical experience uf men
who died before the fLIl Of the Roman Empire
But even though she did have piece OF carpet
~ fLy ~ ne could see, and three Chairs, she
could not eat them. Now, the IDEA that wish
fu bring uUt - this organization habit uf gOld-
ing persons about putting themselves a level
with begEaFs who have few home comforts.
"a persistent effort to make persons in want dis
pose Of everything upon which they rdi>r
before atording them rcliet, i what creates
paupers from the hahr in the cradle UP 10 the
hoy old enough :" steal the girl Old enough
make herself pitilhle child OF shame The
humiliation caused hy persons known Is charity
agents g"ing around setting whole ueiEhborhcods
Igoe with gossip over some who has applied
for relief. for the sole purpose OF preventing
others nom applying through fear OF being STINT
arly dealt with. lessons the set-Te>i'cct Of such
while Others rum TO crime rather
than submit it, The overthrow of the police
system that WIS simple. quick, efficient. and al-
>"iritely without cost. was most unpopular S-en
Tor the honorable. Board Cf Commissioner. II,
take and coming A. 1t did after ths police had
found a soom iuIi "I provisions pgrlnIuei from
the Associated Charities wITeTgom. 1t reelected
di,,rrtt al least upon two C5mmi,,ioncr, Who
opposed Commissioner RG~- in his wish % r..Ii'-
tain tie police system in compliance with the
merchants protest against It's overthrow. flI It
looked To many good citizen though the
police, who had lIure,, through piercing
winds and >rpWdriit- heavenly messengers tu
the poor in distress. were in the VIv uf an
or.I uiZtiou that kicked cut it, secretary rirus,f
him ior everything that went wruu. washed ti,.i-
hands like Plate, thanked God that they wrr-.
clean and then sent to AiiHnc.otI for an honest
man, who turned out 10 he - stony hearted thIt
many iiHeued the change TO swapping the devil
Tor worse than his witch.
Since the Associated Charities rfarEauizcd thorr-
,aru~ 90 dollars. d. YOU say, have been contrib
Itrd lay petsontS who read the rosy rrtr--ent1-
lions N thcir annual reports which iuciut. Tia.
good work 81 nearly all the charitable societies
in the District. Such contributions nt doubt tr..
intended I" te distributed among the poor uul
'verN dollar i kept aS heing sent them tnr tl.-
n"irriel services rendered by >iN sluilss female.
istnt-. system that Faupcr~ Instead af
raising the poor tu higher plane ui life IS Il
menace to society instead uf a protection. 4 curs-
instead "i a blessing. dodge o. live without
NoFkiI%; something lor nothing was gisFu
for the poor. hut | have it, ''I.,,y ynl SEE. it
BOW yun don't see il Where, oh, where ils it
Sene3
whcrc did the s5oooo 90 that was r4f-,I the
a~t cold Winter We h;d. u few wears age. Their.
we're 3,nD families, ahvut g.nlJ persons. repre-
ented receiving aid. but after IN iny-tig,tiaIr
among several hundred OF the bcnchciIrirS wii0-.
l1n''S were procured from their own books aad
rom old hlcS Of erUCcrS and wood and coal deal
Is upon whom they gave orders, II developed thu,
act that tile amount given 20 each family during
he season did not average - while so might
ave been given and $1,000 be lett Tor expense.
he rest disappeared, but where ub. Whe., did il
'oy Perhaps there were some other .poor onr,.'
VhO got large slInsS and whose names Ne vert.
iot able 10 get; but 5000 families at 5: each il
"'oOJ Where. oh. where did yhr other 81 OOo
% to' A. NJ. RAYMOND,