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PLANS TO AID TEE NEEDY
A Discussion Before the Conference
of Charities and Corrections.


The active work Of the National Con-
ference Of Charities and Corrections be
gan at 9:39 O'clock this morning, when the
| body convened in a general session at Co
lumbian University. More Tran so
representatives from ali parts of
the country are in attendance, and
| many Washington people are show
ing an interest in the proceedings
by their presence. The work Of the local
committee had been well performed. and
the opening of the conference was quite
auspicious.
Tn general session was presided over by
john NJ Glenn. Of Baltimore. and was
held in the main hall of the law building
Of the University. The committee to rec
ommend the time and place for the confer
ence in 1852 was announced. and some mi
nor matters Of business were disposed Of.
The section meetings followed. The only
one of general and popular interest was
that on Needy Families in Their Homes "
at which Miss ZiIpha D. Smith, General
Secretary of the Associated Charities Of
Boston, presided
The other section meetings were under
the Division of Juvenile Reformatories.
and were attended by the superintendents
of such institutions There were no pa
pors. but a general discussion of the tech
nicalities of the care Of boys and girls in
reformatories was INDUCED in. The meet
ing for superintendents of male reform
schools was presided over by L D Drake,
Superintendent of the Reform School for
Boys, at Bonneville, No, and that for su-
perintendents Of female reform SCHOOLS by
Mrs. l. U. De Bolt. Superintendent of the
Girls Reform School, at ChiIIicothe, No
'Co-Operation." was the subject OF an
address delivered by Miss Mary z. Rich
mond, General Secretary of the Society
for Organized Charities Of Philadelphia,
at the section meeting on Needy Fami-
lies in Their Homes The meeting was
largely attended. Needy families. it was
contended, constitute the centre toward
which all general charity is directed. Miss
Riehmond's talk was brief. and dealt with
TIE general plan Of organized charity. CO.
operation, she held was the basic prinei-
pie She Illustrated her arguments with
chart and strongly advocated the Dis
trfct plan of reaching the needy family.
The District plan makes use Of all the
influences and surroundings of the object
OF the charitable Efforts Miss Rich
mond said First Of all the personal and
neighborhood forces which surround the
unfortunate should be worked upon.
These are the relatives; the doctor; such
clubs for the poor as may be located IN
the neighborhood, the friends and the So
ciaI settlement" Next, she pointed out,
came the civic forces. which taciuded the
public officers. police, court officials.
health officer. and others.
One point made by Miss Richmond was
that many persons engaged in phiIan-
thropic work often made themselves the
centre Of their operations. gave most OF
their attention to pet charities with the
result that deserving subjects were neg
Iected She closed her address with the
statement that the chief end and aim of
charitable work should be to get the
needy family back into its normal place
in society, amid friends, and the best per-
sonaI influences, and that assistance
would come easily
That Miss Rfchmonds talk. brief
though it was, contained many good
points and plenty Of food for thought
was evidenced IN the discussion which
Each speaker was allowed FIVE
minutes Many set forth their Individual
opinion and frequently elaborated on
certain Of The points made by Miss Rich
mond-
e. P Bicknell. Superintendent Of the
Chicago Bureau OF Charities, was one OF
the first to speak He took slight excep-
ton to Miss Rfchmond's remarks about
pet Charities He seid that his expert
ence had taught him that the best way
to get people interested in charitable en-
in this day Of specialization was
through small enterprises.
Miss FIenor BvIrk. Of Boston, said that
in her work nothing had returned such
results as the work carried on among
relatives of those to be helped
R H. Humphreys. treasurer of the over
seers of the Poor Of Boston. said that or
ganization was a most potent factor IN
the success of modern charitable enter
prises. The effects Of a lack Of organIza-
ton he said. was often shown in the
eases of churches, The promIscUous char
ity of which sometimes did more harm
than good. Notwithsts rldins this fact,
however. he said it was found generally
difficult tc gain the cooperation OF
churches.
/. H Jacobs. Superintendent of Public
Charities of Richmond expressed the opin-
ion that the great thing was TO gain the
OF the needy ] h Duffy, of
said he thought employment
should be made the basis of relief work
The stimulation of the individual to aid
himself ne considered valuable Among
others who spoke were Homer Folks,
Secretary of the State Charities Aid
Association OF New York; Frank
Tucker, Of the New York Association for
the Improvement Of the Poor; Edward T..
Devine, Secretary of the New York Char
.ty Organization Society; Dr. Lee x.
FrankeI. Manager of the United Hebrew
Charities OF New York; Frederic Amy
and Miss Marie Love, of the Charity Or
ganization Society Of Buffalo; James
Jackson, of Minneapolis. and the Rev
Samuel c. Smith, Of St. Paul
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