The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
Care OF THE UNFORTUNATE
The National Conference of Chart
ties and Corrections.
An Organization the object of which
Is to InStIII Scientific Methods in
the Conduct of Prisons, Asy-
Iums. and Homes for the Poor.

ing charitable Institutions, the most eXpG- /
dent measures by which the INDECENT /
may be aided and the criminal class cor |
rected, viii be exemplIfieu during the an |
Rual meeting of the National Conference |
of Charities and Corrections which viii |
be held in this city commencing May 8.
Seven hundred delegates from all parts Of
the United States will be in attendance
upon the session, and among the num-
Der viii be many persons whose names
are household words wherever charity and
philanthropy are known.
The wealthy and generous benefactor
viii not be q part of the Conference, but
rather the individuals who have reduced
charity and the administration of corTec-
tire measures to an exact science Super
intendents OF schools for feeble-minGv5
of insane asyIums, reformatoriess, mana
gers OF the boards of charities q the
large cities and advocates of much de-
sired and more needed sociological re
forms viii discuss various subjects in the
meetings which Will be held every day
from May : until May Is. The sessions
viii be held at the Columbian University
and at Foundry NJ. E. Church. Those
which are scheduled on the programme
for morning and afternoon will be held at
the university The evening meetings viii
be held a Foundry Church.
Considerable time viii be spent In visit
ing the public charitable institutions Of
Washington Trips will be made by par
ties of delegates to St Elizabeth's, the
Soldiers Home. Gallaudet College, and
also to the National Junior Republic
Home at Annapolis Junction.
In 1888 the annual meeting of this or
ganization was held in Washington. At
that time The organization had not reach
z ~T5E1
not attract the general attention it now
does. Last year the meeting was held III
; Topeka, Kan The National Capital is
much better located for the meeting and
much larger attendance is expected a
large local committee has been appointed,
consisting of prominent citizens interest
ed in charitable work, TO make arrange
rneuts for the convention John W Doug
lass, Of the Board of Chldren's G3aTdi-
ans of the District, is the secretary Of this
committee and reports that quarters have
already been engaged for over 800 dele
gates
one interesting feature of the meeting
viii be the presence of a delegation CT
Cubans. who viii be brought to Wash
iRgtOn from their island home at the ex-
penSc Of the Boston delegates, in order
I to learn something OF the mcdus operandi
of modern philanthropy, 50 that the Gu
ba Is viii be able to bring about the 3dop-
ton Of the methods by their country Eicr-
The opening meeting VII be he'd at
Foundry NJ e Church, Thursday eye l.
iEg, May 9, when the Gstes;ates VIII be
welcomed 10 the city By Secretary Gage,
Of tie Treasury, Oh behalf of the Presi-
dent and by Commissioner MdCfarland,
on bt half of the DistT - Government
In addition toNhe sessions scheduled
/ there viii be q large number of special
meetings held each day. The following IS
/ the programme for the conference:
! Thursday evening, May 9-LectuTe by
! Jacob A Riis, of New York, author of
I How the Other Half Lives; addresses
| Of welcome by Hon Lyman j. Gage, rep
! resenting the President, and by Hon. H
/ B F MacfaTland, President of the Board
/ of District Commissioners; introduction Of
John n Glenn, President Of Conference;
/ address by Samuel G. Smith, Of St Paul,
/ MINI. on The Heart of the Matter.
Friday, May 1910 a m, section on
Juvenile reforrnatories; section on
! operation" by Miss Mary E. Richmond,
/ Secretary of the Philadelphia Society for
/ Organizing Charity. P. n, general ses-
/ sion, in charge of the committee on des
titute and neglected children; report by
| the chairman. Amos w Butler, Secretary
/ Indiana State Board of Charities, subject,
Saving the Children; address, Prof.
| Charles R Henderson, Department of So
GEOLOGY University of Chicago, subject,
| The Neglected Children OF the Neglected
Saturday, May II, 10 a. m.-General ses-
sion in charge of committee on legislation
concerning charities Committee report,
the chairman. William ". FOlweii, Pro
fessor Of Political Science University of
| Minnesota: discussion II a m--Section
on destitute and neglected children;
/ boards C Childrens Guardians, by
Alexander Johnson. ex-Secretary Indiana
State Board Of Charities: discussion by
Boards OF Guardians Of the District Of
Columbia, New Jersey, Indiana, etc 11-o0
a. m--Section on "Reformatories and In
dustriaI Schools Some Enquiries Con-
corning the mental Capacity of Juvenile
DeIiSquents. by Franklin n. Nibecker
Superintendent House of Refuge. G.iv1n
Mills. Pa. HOO a. m.-SeCtiOn Oh
vision Of Work Between Public and Fri
/ vate Charity" "A city Without Any
Public Charities" Francis H Mclean, Of
| Montreal. 500 p. n--General session in
| charge Of the committee on the insane
l. Public Policy in the Treatment of the
/ Insane During The Nineteenth Century,
/ by Committee Chairman George F keene,
NJ D, Superintendent Rhode Island State
( Hospital for the Insane. g What Should
! be the Legal Requirements for the Com
! mitment of Insane Persons TO Hospitals
! for the Treatment of the Disease by
Aionzo B. Richardson. N. D., superir-
tendent United States Hospital for the In
/ sane, Washington, D. G
/ Sunday, May y, 1890 a m--Conference
service at the Church Of the Epiphany, C
Street, near Fourteenth Street northwest
I Conference sermon. The Progress Of
Compa ssiOn.' by Rev George Hodges.
School Cambridge, Mass. The public in
vited- Other pulpits in Washington
/ VIII be filled by number OF the most
prominent ministers Of this country. who
! win preach on THE Application of Re
Iigion to the SOCIAL Problem 1880 p. n,
( at Foundry NJ. E. Church, Fourteenth and
! G Streets northwest Special symposium
on the principles and methods of asso-
/ ciated charities: fifteen minute addresses
/ by Mr.. Edward Deyins, Secretary New
York Charity Organization Society Mr..
E P BickneII. Superintendent Chica go
Bureau Of Charities; Hon. Robert Treat
Paine, President Boston Associated ChaTi-
ties: Miss Mary E Richmond. Secretary
Philadelphia Society for Organizing Char
ity-
Monday. May 12-I0 a m, general ses-
vision of work between public and pro-
! vate charities l. Committee report,
Public Subsidies to Private Charities,
| by the chairman, Prof. Frank A. Fetter,
| department Of political economy, Cornell
| University. 2 Address. Subsidies in New
York by Hon. Bird S Coler, Comp
trollev Of New York city II: 30 a 10. The
George Junior Republic" by Thomas N
| Osborne President of Directors of the Re-
public. (Joint meeting Of the two sec
tiOns on Juvenile reformatOrieS' and on
destitute and neglected chiIdren-') Dis
cuSsiOn- 1870 j. m Section on needy
| families in their homes Unusual Forms
Of Relief" by Lee K. Fraukel, Superin-
! tendent. United Hebrew Charities, New
York. discussion o. m, section on ill-
venile reformatOries and industrial
schools !. Alcohol as a Cause of De
generacy." by Mrs. OpheIia /. Amigh
| Juvenile Female Offenders. Geneva Ill
discussion. 6 p. m, general session III
| charge of committee on needy families II
! their homes Introduction bv the chair