The times., 1901-05-13
HOLDING FINAL SESSIONS.
The Charity Workers VIII Then
Have Some Excursions.

/ Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church last
night. The merits and principles of Asso-
| ciated Charities were cxpounded by
workers prominent in this efficient form
| Of public philanthropy. The keynote of
| the addresses, which were all short. was
that organization should come before
| anything else. One point which each
| speaker evidently tried to impress clearly
| on the minds of those present was that
| wherever the Associated Charities eX-
| listed as the official form of charitable
| administration, all help intended for the
| unfortunate should be deferred until the
agent of that organization could make an
| investigation.
| The speakers were Edward I. DeVlne'
| Secretary of the New York Charity Or
| ganization Society; e. p Bicknell, Super
intendent of the Chicago Bureau OF Chart
ties; Mary F. Richmond, Secretary of the
| Philadelphia Society for Organizing
| Charity, and Robert Treat Paine, Prest-
| dent of the Boston Associated Charities.
| Mr. Devine upon being called to the
| platform by John NJ. Glenn, of Baltimore.
| the President of the conference, said that
| the principle of associated charities was
evolved when the task to be performed
became too large for private charity, but
! that it was governed by the same spirit
| of courtesy and human kindness to the
| unfortunate. He said that a careful in
vestigation to ascertain causes, in order
| to prevent their recurrence. lessened the
| growth OF pauperism and chronic depend
| ence.
L. p. BickneH opened his address by
( telling of a family which had been re-
duced to a state of depravity by a series
of misfortunes. The causes were so COM
plex that the only preventive which
| could have been applied would have been
| through the Associated Charities, with its
combined departments. This illustrated,
! he said. that the remedies for destitution
are seldom immediate. but took to cure
at least part of the time that the cases
! did TO develop.
Miss MARI E. Richmond, who was for
merly connected with the Associated
Charities of Baltimore, and is now Sec
retary of the Philadelphia Society for Or
ganizing Charity, has intimate knowl-
! edge of conditions in both cities. She
said that the Associated Charities came
! into the field of phIlanthropic labor be-
cause there were already so many char
! liable enterprises there that they needed
some kind of organization and guidance
She said it was not desired that any
! cases should be neglected or that any
delay should ensue about providing aid
of a temporary nature. But the churches
often worked harm to the cause of chari-
ties. she said. by promiscuous assistance
to unfortunate, or alleged unfortunate,
persons She said she had a message
from the Associated Charities to the peo-
pie Of Washington, and that they should
cooperate with the Associated Charities
| In this city, and do their charitable work
through that Orga auization She paid a
I hfph rfh n
George ). Wilson, the General Secretary
of the local Associated Charities.
The address of Robert Treat Paine dealt
with what he considered the invaluable
/ assistance of the friendly visitor in
the work of the Associated Charities. He
cited a number of cases in which he said
no results could have been obtained in
any other way. The friendly visitor
system is the one in vogue in Boston,
/ where il has met with great success. Dis
( tricts are allotted to certain persons, who
! look after the poor and destitute in that
district
/ Mr.. Paine said that there were at the
present time fully 1000 friendly visitors
/ in Boston. New York had partially
/ adopted the system, he said, and was get
/ ting along nicely with about 100 visitors
! Ia closing he predicted added success for
! the Washington Associated Charities.
The general session at 10 O'Clock this
/ morning will be under the direction Of
! the section on Division of Work Between
! Public and Private Charities. The prin-
! Clpai address OF the DAY VIII De OeIlNeFtu
! by Bird s. Coler, Comptroller of New
/ York whose subject viii be The Subsidy
Problem in New York City The report
/ of the committee Of this section will be
submitted by Prof. Frank A. Fetter, of
| Cornell University. Discussion Will fol-
/ low the report and Mr.. Coler's address.
The sections on Destitute and Neglected
/ Children and on juvenile keformatOTieS
I will hold a joint session, at which Thomas
| s. Osborne, President of the George
! Junior Republic, viii tell of the methods
and teachings Of that institution.
Lee x. F'rankel, Superintendent of the
1 United Hebrew Charities Of New York,
will deliver an address on the subject Of
! Unusual Forms of Relief at the meet
/ ing Of the section on Needy Families in
/ Their Homes. The usual discussion Will
! follow.
At . O'Clock this afternoon, at the meet
! ing OF the section On Juvenile Reforma-
tories. Mrs. Opbelia l.. Amigh viii talk
/ on Alcohol as a Cause OF Degeneracy." ."
| Mrs. Amigh is the Superintendent of the
State Home for Juvenile Female Offend
| ers at Geneva, III. Discussion on this
! problem viii be opened by Miss Eliza
beth Clohan, Superintendent of the State
I Industrial School for Girls at Salem, W.
Va.
The meeting tonight at Foundry Church
! viii be the general session set aside for the
| section on Needy Families in Their
! Homes" Miss Zilapha d. Smith Of Boston,
viii act al chairman. Present Opportuni-
| ties for Training in Charitable Work viii
I De the subject Of an address by Jeffrey Z.
( Bra ackett. President of the Department of
| Charities and Corrections of Baltimore,
| Md. Prof John Graham Brooks, of Har-
ward. Will talk on Some Problems in the
! Family"
a large number Of delegates will visit
| the National Junior Republic at Annapo-
| lis Junction, Wednesday afternoon. Ar
| rangements for their transportation have
| been effected with the Baltimore and Ohio
/ Railroad and tickets may be obtained at
! the headquarters i'm the Ebbitt House
| An excursion to Arlington and AleXan-
| dTia by electric cars has been ARA nged
! for this afternoon. All the points of gen
| eral and historical interest along the route
| will be visited and luncheon will be serv-
! cd in Alexandria by the citizens OF that
| city.
| Tomorrow afternoon the most generally
| will be the snad bake at River View. A
| that point. Tickets may be obtained from
the general secretary, the Rev. Hastings
/ Hart.
Funeral of Mrs. Vincent.
The funeral Of Mrs. Laura L. Vincent,
wife of Brig. Gen. Thomas II. Vincent,
L. S. A.. who died suddenly last Friday
at her home in this city. Will take place
| this morning from St. Matthew's Church
on Rhode Island Avenue. at 1915 o'clock.
/ The Rev. c. NJ. Bart Will conduct the
! funeral services. and interment will be
| made at Arlington The pallbearers will
| be: Lieut. Gen. John N. Schofeld Gen.
| David S Stanley, Gen. John Moore Gen.