The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-12
WILL HOLD GREAT
CHARITY CONFERENCE
Workers to Assemble in
Portland, Me.
PROGRAM IS NOTEWORTHY
Jane adams, of Hull House, in Charge
of Discussion Of Neighbor-
hood Improvements.
PROGRAM IS NOTEWORTHY

Corrections will be in session there
and social workers from all parts Of the
country viii be in attendance.
"A year ago the national conference was
held IN Atlanta, Ca As a result. the city
stockade at Atlanta has gone the way Of
all such relics of the past. Juvenile
court has been instituted there. new
vim has been infused into the institu-
tons and organized charities of the
South and a national child labor com
mittee has come into existence.
Great Results Anticipated.
That the Portland program ought to
mean as much for New England is the
opinion expressed by charity workers.
settlement residents. prison reformers
institutional men and women, alienists.
and public officials Those who are
graphing with the tasks Of caring for
the delinquent and the dependent. and
those who are pushing some of the most
notable social movements of the Gay
Will carry down East with them the
message OF years work in hundred
different sections Of the country.
The Hon. Joshua L. Chamberlain for
mer governor of Maine. will give the ad-
dress Of welcome at the opening meet
Ing. He viii be followed by the presi-
dent Of the conference, DR.. jeffrey r
Bracket, who was head Of the mayors
committee which carried on the remark
able relief work following the BaIti-
more fire
Neighborhood Improvements.
The conference is divided into seven
sections. The newest of these is under
the Craftsmanship OF Jane Adams. of
HUH House. Chicago. who has i'm the
past week been made doctor Of laws
BY the University Of Wisconsin. Her
section Is that OF ''Neighborhood I'm
piovement" Under il there will be ad-
dresses bv such social workers as Prof
Graham Taylor, Of Chicago Commons.
who viii speak on recent DEVELOPMENTS
IN municipal activities in this field; by
Mrs Mary kingsbury Smkhovitch OF
Greenwich. New York who will urge
The enlarged use Of the public school
plant.
This idea viii be carried further bv
Joseph Lee, Of Boston. millionaire and
Thilanthropist. who has made the do
Ve'opment Of Fairgrounds and OF boys
on Fairgrounds life work Another
81 eaker IN this section is Robert Hun
lcf' whose marriage TO the daughter OF
one Of New Yo-k's Oldest and wealth
lest families at the time that he was
a. East Side Settlement worker created
much comment.
The section on the Treatment OF
Na'i-i4iitttr - ul0eI the ciGilrmanShlI
OF Frederick w Wines OF New J1r-
Eey. Mr- Wines was assistant Director
o. the Census Of $780, and l. one Of tn,
veterans In correctional reform 4
SPEAKER OF the same generation whe
VIII take part is T. r. Brockway. who's,
name was I'm every newspaper in ths
6 country I'm the years when. rs super
intendent OF Elmira reformatory. hs
was subjected 10 fierce and unfounde(
Of Il rfraf zfras
ton.
Death of Dr.. Lewis.
Since the program was made I'D. death
mas called one OF this group Of remark
able men Identified with the advances
O. the iast twenty-five years i'm Tn,
treatment Of the criminal. DR.. CharI
ton T. Lewis. Of Morristown. n J.
president Of the National Prison Asso
cation and the former exponent in thi,
country Of the principles OF probation
ana the indeterminate sentence.
The section on Children" under tn
Craftsmanship OF Amos w Butler, VIII
has probably done more for the small
fry Of the Hocsier State than any othe
man IA Indiana. viii be Of interest 10
ct least two reasons. Manual trainin
as an educational lever IN dealing wit
all sorts and conditions Of children vll
be taken up.
The head Of a Massachusetts, schoo
for bad boys and girls viii tell wha
it means in work with white children
The superintendent Of Kowaiiga Inst
tute viii tell what It means TO the negr
boys and girls OF Alabama. The Unite
States Commissioner of Indian Affair
viii show how the present day papOOs
grows UP 10 the full stature Of a
, American-through this addition 20 IN
Three Rurriculum' Of the reservatiO
school house
Mrs. Florence Kelley, secretary Of III
National Consumers League, Will tc
Of progress IN the child labor campaign
Juvenile court Judges and probauo
officers frcm half dozen dinereIl
states viii describe the work of tn
children's court
Needy Families in Their Homes.
The section Of Needy Families 3
Their Homes" despite is rather tech
nical title. calls out some OF the mos
interesting contributions to the confer
ence from the experiences Of charit
workers in such varied environments a
make Up city l,fe ard neighborhOOds /
tho United States Ernest p. Bicllne!
Of the Chicago Bureau Of Charities.
chairman.
There Is an immense amount Of wOrl
ahead I'm the education Of the public a
20 the defective and the insane. IN
idiouc. the feeble-minded. and the cpl
lellc-UnIt NEW really are, VINO Lhe
are. ard what can be done with them
Dr.. Walter K. Fernald. superintendent
OF the Massachusetts School for IN
Feebie-Minded. IS head Of this sectiO
on DETECTIVES
Michael J. Scanlon, OF New York city
Is chairman OF the committee on Stat
supervisors and administration of char
liable institutions. and Frederic Almy
OF Buffalo. OF the committee on publ
dependents. Men and women prominen
- this Held OF administration in Omaha
washington, Philadelphia. New York
Boston, ana Chicago. ia Richmond an,
IN many more Of the similar cities VII
take part
Something unique Is expected I'm IN
way OF the conference sermon by IA
Rev. Samuel n. CrOthers OF Carnbridge
- Mass perhaps the wittcst and mos
facile essayist IN New England today
The author who last month set an gos
ton agog with MS whimsical portrayal d
"A Half Hour With Our Prejudices'
VIII contribute something equally spark
ling and incisive in his discussion O
the practical propaganda Of mOderl