The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-02-28
IMPRESSIONS.
Continued from First Page.
apon the spread Of the infection.

No subject appeals more strongly
to public sympathy than the subject
Of child-caring. This matter was
fully treated at the conference. Hugh
B. Fox, President of the Board Of
Children's Guardians. read an in
teresting paper on child-work in New
Jersey. The work is one that the.state
may well glory in. The Board .-has
most successfully adopted the plac-
ing OUT system as the one that
brings the best results. The dependent
child is placed in family selected
after thorough Investigation. The
foster parents receive $1.2o per week.
The.hcme is.regnlarly inspected under
the direction Of the Board and reports
are frequently sent in to the Board
| by the. foster parents and teachers 4
| Mrs. e. e. Williamson spoke with
pride Of New Jerseys splendid record
in the philanthropic field. She said
that this state had always stood for
what was highest and best in chart
table and correctional work.
The Rev .Amory H. Bradford spoke
a few hopeful and stimulating words,
heartily commencing the work Of
the Conference
Rev. DR.. Albert Erdman read a short
paper which is given in full in an
other column.
i Mayor Fox who was present, took
part in several Of the open discus
sions. superintendent Ironside, Of
the Market ST. Mission, was also
there IS delegate from the Morris
County Branch.
It is hard to restrain my pen. !
should like to dwell at more length
on the child-caring work, I should
like to give some account of the
papers ION truancy, Legislation andEon
religious instruction Of prisoners, on
the aims houses and state homes. ]
should Like speak of the n-sec-
| tarianism of the conference and all
that it represents, as emphasized by
the able paper on the Catholic factor
in New Jersey Charities, read BY the
Rev. f. A. Foy, of the Roman Catho-
lie Church in Jersey City. I should
like to echo the plea fora State re
formatory for women, brought for
ward so convincingly by the Rev. ".
R. Hunt, / should like to give an
account of the charitable field for
trained nursing, even giving the Esta-
tistics showinggthe number Of nurses
married before the completion of their
courses-data (which might be useful,
in computing chances to those who
contemplate entering upon the train
ing.
! But it is impossible to attempt here
detailed report Of the Conference
proceedings. / would rather under
takeIto convey some impression Of the
great sweep and inspiration of them.
The Conference was liberal educa-
tion-liberal in the best sense, for
there are few problems vital to hui
mainly which are not in some way
linked to those with which the Com
ference grappled We felt the breadth
and depth and height of these prob
lens as many Of us had never felt
them before, and we gloried in the
dignity of the position to whichIchari-
table and correctional work has at.
| tanned in our state. 1t is safe to say that
everyone found in abundance facts
for which he was looking and heard
much that will be of use to him along
the lines of his special interest. But
the general effect of the Conference
was, / think, impressionistic We felt
that we had been splashing at a ten
| league canvass with brushes OF
comets hair. = I do not doubt
that the greatest good that will grow
out of the Conference will be the re-
suit of the Capitalization effected
there We shall realize henceforth
that we are not working, apart and
alone, for one particular almshouse
or Jail, one special insane asylum OF
children's home only, but that in our
labors we are part of great whole
and that behind us we have the best
trained minds and the noblest hearts
in the State. Truly with this realiza-
tion we cannot fail to feel that the
Master Of all good workmen has called
us to work anew M. s. L.
Letter to JamesE, Elliott.