New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-23
4 DAY WITH THE POOR
WORK OF 4 CHARITY VISITOR
SEEN IN DETAIL.
KEW OCCUPATION FOR wOMEN-oUALI-
LEGATIONS REQUISITE FOR Sue
CEEDING IN IT
CEEDING IN IT.

orEanized charity in New-York City is grow
,zo,d as those felt who attended the twentieth
.,riverssrv Of the Charity Organization Socie-
=, in the assembly hall Of the United Charities
Tunding last Monday evening. Mayor Low was
the principal speaker on the special subject
THE Cooperation Of the Society with the City
Authorities" Addresses were made by heads
~ various city departments with which the So
cie-v is in active cooperation.
Many details Of the interesting development
of modern charity-a common sense charity
which does not believe in going IT blind" and
IN which the admonition not to let the left hand
know what the right doeth does not appIy-were
brought out. Among other things mentioned
was the work of the charity vistor-a new &C
cupation for women. The educated woman who
must work. he she college graduate or other
wise puts 2 question which is not easily an
swered in these crowded days when she asks:
Having fitted myself TO the best Of my ability
and feeling capable, what work shall I under
take?"
The list Of suitable callings has increased won
dsrfuIly since men began 70 recognize woman's
right and ability TO do for herself but the num-
Der Of women who want work. who must has
increased in an even greater degree. There was
a time when the women who had to face the
world turned 10 teaching. To-day there are
more teachers than schools So it Is with the
many other lines open 10 women. On this ac-
count the discovery of new calling is particu-
larry welcome.
The woman charity visitor has become a rec
oEnized factor in the machinery Of the Charity
Organization Society. Every one who applies
for assistance must stand searching investi-
CATION. and women visitors are best fitted for
the work. Il IS an occupation which requires
much ability, no end Of activity, and which. in
this city at least is worth $500 year to the
woman who succeeds.
The success with which the visitors of the So
ciery have carried out their delicate tasks leads
the Tenement House Commission to advertise
for women inspectors. This means another oc-
cuPatiOn for New-York women. Il can be
reached only through Civil Service examina-
zion, and the salary is 81. 200 year.
The working day Of a charity visitor begins
ct 9 o'clock, and If she has good luck in her
rounds Il is ended by 4:30. 1t surprises novice
10 see the amount of work that can be crowded
into those hours. the extent of territory which
can be covered. and the number of visits made
Il surprised q Tribune reporter who recently
spent day with one OF the visitors. and it tired
him out, though he is not lacking in endurance
And the little woman who made the visits and
IN addition CrOss-eXa mined a score Of men and
women-she appeared as fresh as she had been
On Starting out, and would not admit the least
fatigue.
IN the morning at 2 o'clock the visitors as
semble in the registration bureau at the head
quarters Of the Charity Organization Society in
East Twenty-second-st. The visitors SIT about
Z long table and work UP the reports Of the Wis
its made the day before. When they have
everything in hand the report is dictated 10 a