The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-13
REVIEWS WORK OF
AIDING THE NEEDY
Associated Charities Hold It's
Annual Session and Dis
CuSseS Future Plans.

Churches should consider whether
4 it is right for them to try to earn
! money by entering into competition
4 with the poor sewing women or the
/ Abbott, in an address before the annual
/ meeting of the Associated Charities at
| the Commercial club rooms yesterday
| afternoon. Il have recently had my
| attention called to a case where a poor
| sewing woman and her large family
were starving because of lack of work.
| Near her home is a church, where an
organization of women are trying to
make some money for the church by
| doing sewing. Now is this right? Is
| it charity? Why should the churches
| deprive the poor woman of her work by
competing with her?
Again, we often find churches Civ
ing suppers. Many Of these suppers
are in competition with the little res
| taurantS we find in various parts of the
| city. Where old Or crippled or poor
people are trying to make an honor
able living for themselves The women
should also not think SO much about
the bargain counter. Buy your little
notions at the little store in your neigh
borhcod where the aged woman or man
| Is trying to exc out small livelihood.
| There are many of these little stores
| in the city and these people ought to
| be aided in their honorable purpose.
/ Now, if you have money to give to
| church, don't demand a piece of cold
! turkey in return, but instead give it
| to the church freely and the little res
taurant and the poor sewing woman,
have clear field.''
The attendance at the annual meet
| Ing of the association was the largest
| in its history. The reports of the Of
n re- 1C hot l.AA IL "a
| tiles is doing much charitable work in
many branches
Relief Work of the Year.
The report of the general secretary
showed that 807 cases had come up for
Investigation during the year, of which
| 5ll were new ones. Of these cases
| seventy-one We're caused by drunk
eness and fifty-nine by lack of thrift.
Aid has been furnished during the
year to Lip families and individuals,
and of these 206 families were receive
| ing aid eleven years ago when the AS
| ISOLATED Charities was organized. Ex-
| Guiding those aided by the state
| soldiers relief not over forty-five fam
| lilies have received continuous aid from
public and private agencies during the
| past year, which is considered very,
creditable record for the city.
In discussing the work of the associ-
auon, the general secretary says in his
! report: Our aid is seldom sought in
| the case of the wife Of the workingman
! left suddenly a widow with small
j family. Her economic character is
generally good. And this is true in the
case of sudden destruction of prop
erty. Those who appear in the charity
1 records are poor because of defective
| character"
Scarcity of Small Housess.tss
The scarcity of houses to be secured
at moderate rental in ST. Paul was
also commented on by the secretary.
| He said:
The appropriation of a tract of
| land in lower town for rail-
| way purposes, upon which was To-
| Gated some forty houses, many of; them
containing several families, introduced
! definitely the housing question here.
| We made an effort to induce real.
estate men to meet the demand While
| some of them saw the need andISaHfeW.
were quite interested. yet the under -
taking. they thought. presented some.
features new to this city, and more time
| was needed to mature the project!' osIS9
During the past year the association
has also taken some steps towards se4
| curing public Fairgrounds, and they
aided IN the reorganization of the So
| c1al settlement on the West side, which
! centerS about the NeighborhoOd house
The report of the treasurer showed
the organization to be in good financial
condition. The receipts for the past
year have amounted to $5,16966 and
| the disbursements $5,135.82
Need of Truant Officer.
! The report of the Ramsey County
| Child-Saving association showed the
| necessity of the immediate appoint
ment of truant officer. The associa-
| ton has looked after 587 cases during
the year, and of this number 116 have
been hayward girls. Twelve of the
children were committed to the state
public school and eight boys have been
sent to the state training school.
The reports of the friendly visiting
department We're favorable The Wis
itors have made over 1000 calls during
| the year. The only obstacle to their
work, the members of the department
| reported. was the scarcity of visitors.
A resolution was passed calling upon
the State Federation of Women's
clubs, which goes into annual conyen-
/ ton at Mankato today, to do all in
| their power to secure a reform school
for girls. The members were unani-
nous in the opinion that a separate
school for girls with large grounds
and proper buildings is one of the
pressing needs of the state.
The old officers were re- elected. They
| are: President, Rev. S. G. Smith:
vice president, Rev. j. J. Lawler: sec
rotary, Theo. F. Smith; treasurer
| William P. Peet; trustees, F. w.
| Bergemeier, Mrs. c. J. Higbee, Rev. A.
| McNulty, Daniel r. Moves, Rev. /. L.
| Ryplns. DR.. Olof Sohlberg and Mrs. A.