Evening star., 1901-05-11

tedcierS. VISITORS, SnennerQS the
wayward and tempted, and enforces pa
rental obligations.
In recent years friendly visiting and
residence in settlements have directed
thought toward Fairgrounds. vacation
schools. public sanitation and improved
housing as essential means of redeeming
whole districts from depressing and de-
moralizlng tendencies.
Building on Quicksand.
Most neglected children must remain
where they are. To rely on placing out is
to build on quicksand The child of the
crowded city ward lives in a dreary habi-
tation. His father earns s. a week. and
out of that pittance must be paid the cost
of rent. fuel, food. clothing, books and often
parochial school. The rich have parks,
boulevards and country clubs and resi-
denceS; the poor have a dirty alley or gut
ter for play room.
No one measure is panacea. The
primary necessity is higher income for the
family; but this will not come without
higher standards of life more intelligent
cooperation of wage-earners, more refined
wants, greater industrial efficiency through
technical education and artistic develop
ment Those who are giving their lives to
the selective and transplanting process,
and who have become conscious of the
utter helplessness Of this method taken
alone. must awaken and enlighten the pub
lie mind with illustrations drawn from the
battle scenes of life
mo less money and labor is necessary
for reformatories, asylums for defective
and home-fnding agencies; but more social
cooperation in the very complex and yet
more hopeful task of raising the whole
working class to a higher line of economies,
well being and to the educational and
moral plane where orphanage. desertton
and crime will become less frequent. Child
saving must not be regarded as the rocrea-
ton of the world weary and sentimental,
nor as a separate profession of certain
and officials a of the
organic movement of all society upward.
Juvenile Courts.
Brief discussions on the part of delegates
followed Prof. Henderson's address. Mr..
Ernest ?. Bicknell, superintendent Of chari-
ties of Chicago, spoke of the manner of
conducting juvenile courts in Chicago.
These courts were held in one of the rooms
of the county court house. and the child
placed on trial was questioned in a kindly
manner by the judge. This method was
regarded as highly successful in securing
the facts and in reaching wise decision,
and the danger of contact with hardened
criminals was done away with.
Mr. jerome B. Clarke, who has been SUI
pcrintendent of the work of caring for de-
pendent children in Cuba for the last two
years. spoke of the difficulties encountered
on that island. He spoke of the surprise
of natives when orphan homes were eStab-
lished and children were taken from pub
lie aSylums and placed in them.
Members and Visitors in Town.
Members and visitors in attendance on
the national conference of charities and
correction, together with their addresses
while in the city, follow:
Alabama-C. D. Griffin, Anacostia.
Observation-Disclosures Blake Brown, Cairo.
Colorado-Mrs. Seraphine Bisko, Ebbtt;
Rev. f Evans Darlington. Mrs. s. Izetta
George Ebbtt; c. l.. Stonaker, Ebbitt-
Conncctcut-Edwin A. Down, Ebbtt;
VIM. W. Fairbank, Ehhitt; Mrs W; g.
Chas p Kellogg, Ebbitt; Lieutenant Ed
ward Payne, Ebbltt; George F. Spencer,
Ebbitt.
Delaware-Henry NJ. Jackson, Ebbtt;
Emma S Jackson. Ebbitt; A. 5. Meserve,
Ardmore; Mrs A. S. Meserve, Ardmore.
District of Columba-Mrs. Eva X. An
derson, Kate Waller Barrett, Miss Florence
A. Chase, DR.. W. A. Croffut. John W.
Douelass VIM B. Goddard. Jose r. Godoy.
B. F. Janney, Major Wallace Neff, Charles
Neil, Mann B. Pickman. Cuno H. Rudolph,
J. B. T. Tupper Ana Moreno Nalarina.
Chas. T. Weller. George s. Wilson. Fred
erick H. Wines, Mrs. Frederick II. Wines.
The West.
IIlinois-Miss Margaret Apgar, Ebbitt:
Ernest p. Bckneii, Ebbitt; Amos w. But
ler. Ebbtt; Walter L. Cosper, Cos 18th
street northwest; Mrs. Martha Falconer,
EDbltt, Hastings II. f1dIlS, T-pplAt, -hloo
Wilma NJ. Hensey, Ebbitt; Timothy u.
Hurley. Ebbtt; Minnie F. Low Ebbtt;
Rev F. Emory Lyon. Nendome: Mrs. John
E Woodhead, Bancroft; Miss Nellie NJ
Woodhead, Bancroft.
Indiana-NIiss Annie a. Barr, EismeTe;
Thos +. Ellison. Ebbtt; Mrs. Hannah Hall
Ellison, Ebbitt; A. II. Graham, Elsmere;
Mrs. a. II. Graham. Elsmere; Jas, L
Greer, Willard; $. ". Hale, Nation
al: Miss Clara Hale National; Alexander
Tnh h
bitt; A. G.. Ogborn. National; Miss Alice
T Ogborn. National: Chas. Ringleben. St. |
Louis; VIM. B~Streeter, Ebbitt; Miss Alma
Thompson, Elsmere; Mrs. NJ. NJ. Wah, Els
mere; Mrs. Julia f. Work, Elsmere; Josh |
Zimmerman. Willard
Kentucky-P. Caldwell, Ebbitt; ]. ". |
Ill., jr., Ebbitt: Leon l. Solomon, La Fet- !
ids.
MARYLAND Elizabeth Brown. 17G1 street |
northwest; Mary Wilcox Brown. E,bbitt
Mrs Carl Casey Ebbitt: w. f. Gardner i
Miss Kate NJ. NcLane, Ebbitt; Miss Annie |
f. Rutherford. Ebbitt; Chas. c. Shtppen |
New England.
Massa achusetts-Mrs. l.. NJ. Ayres, Eb- |
bitt; Mrs Chas. a. Baldwin, Ebbitt; Miss |
S. r Berry, A24 East Capitol street; Mary !
l.. Birtwell, Ebbitt; Miss Mary I. Breed, |
Ebbitt; Eleanor II. Bush, Ebbitt; Rev. |
Clark Carter, Ebbitt; Miss Alice G. Clark, |
12j 9th street northwest, MISS NJ. "A. COe, |
Ebbitt: Geo. Collins. Ebbitt VIM. It. Der |
by, Shoreham: Jas. Lawrence Dudley. los |
l1th street; Miss Elizabeth p Durham, Eb |
bitt: Mrs. ]. ]. Durham, Ebbitt; Charlotte !
Emerson, Ebbitt: Francis NJ. Groves, La |
Fetra; Mrs. C. H. Hale Miss Alice L. Hig- |
gins. Ebbitt; Richard r. Humphreys. Ar |
lington; Mrs. r. c. Humphreys, Arlington; |
Miss Lois f. Keene, La Fetra: Sherman c. |
Kingsley, La Fetra; Miss Martha l.. Lathe !
St. Louis, DR.. J. r. Lewis, Shoreham; Mad |
elene S. Lewis, Shoreham Ellen f. Mason, !
La Fetra: Mrs. Jennie A. Maxim, F,bbitt; |
John H. Nichols, MD. Shoreham; Benja- |
min Pettee, Hamilton; Laban Pratt. Ar |
lington; Miss May L. Shepherd, VIM. c. |
Smallwood Ebbitt; Miss Zilpha D. Smith, |
Ebbitt; Miss Flora NJ. Whpple, F,bbitt; |
Miss Addie Williams, La Fetra: Miriam f. |
Ebbitt; Laura G. Woodberry, |
Ebbitt.
The Northwest.
Michigan-Alfred o. Crozier Ebbitt; Mrs. |
A. o. CroZier Ebbitt: Mrs. Theron F. Gid |
dings, Vendome; Miss Bessie Giddings |
Vendome; Thos. A. Hilton. Ebbitt Mrs |
May Stocking Knaggs, Ebbitt; Mrs. j. b. |
Ebbitt; c. d. Randall. Eb- |
bitt; Mrs. ]. L. St. John, Ebbitt; F. p |
Sayre, Ebbtt; Mrs. Frank Sayre Ebbitt: |
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