The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-13
WORK n
SHOULD I'D. Unite
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Employed $by Var Various Il AgenDei S. 81.
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Byss Iteration 81 Various Char ar

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movement for uniting "a cha rity
work in Richmond has LED & Y 5as y
10 the methods employ in other @ .s
5 tlen,an Interested III mission Ion
work here s has recently write = n5 5s ' to
those ii charge Of the dispenslnl II @
chailty IN baltimore, skiing a bout re ne
.ysten employed Z here. .g5
rho answers a his lucstions VIII prove '
{uf general Interest here. they ollo M
United Work in Baltimore
.lYhat proportion OF tho charity iorsan1i75
cations 81 Baltimore tsd arg 70
what extent does this union 50
t'.rhc Association for he In1pro,ycm ent q
the sCoadltion Of this Poor ind he Charlty
Organization Society have for the past past
twt, years been federated tlle socie tl 's
having a common central office, Wiitlll5$aa5
common general secretary, re- la trar nd
other5f clerical II assistance. The assoc'ia-5
ltIon Inns i've district gents, each t q
whom has an otlice and Is responsible
for his work to the ton's board t sof
mana gers. The Chart Organ "a tloi1s
society has seven district Offices. The
agents OF which dist riot are llkeW wise
Responsible to the societ y and mot ~ 8
federated charities, Of CO llse. ~ no Wtrl
OF experimenting these agents 5d &c Y,
Oh tho general secret ry, and he stands la
as thes intermediary between the sepa rate
boards and the agents. II r cen ly one 81.
the districts OF the Il ssOclat Ion an 9 { one
OF tho society have II hcconle fede
making two districts under TWO g Be nv
lwho5ict as fed erated rather than MS dis
tinctiye agents for thoescclety..s The Snsso-
citation ha Its own llnl tess, rs mas
also the society, but bi-n,ortl1l the tive
boards Or managers meet IN ~ sess oil;a
Those 8of us who lave swntched the
growth or the federation believe that IT.
has resulted In more efficient work being
done for the poor Of gtBal timore and less
ffrlotlon between n the q gent N n 7 work,
Whether ultimately there will be COM
flete fed erntlon Within the districts cnr-3
not yet bio told. but we shall watch vi III
iintcrest the8result{ Of the fedel tion of the
two districts already me NJ ton 81 /. VI sri
An Expert Indispensable.
ss{. lave you an L expert? 55f g
''We lave am expert IN Il charge Of the
work. and We feel "a IL to be I'm posi- hle 70
carry. on i tie work Of cltllel, assoclat ton.
without q trained, experienced person IN
'1L', NsssJ s''
expert In charge or the Genital manage
ment, but we have paid trimmed ngents3lIn'g
each district the 4 va luo Q whose SER
vices we believe to be inca lculuble. IL
would be Impossible briefly, to I've YOU
ali outline of9the duties Of either the;
general seeretar y On OF 4 he agents. but
what IL required for the WORKS y AZ high
order Observation-Disclosures, a we'll trained mind
the knowledge nfSWllnt rs being done, end
what has been done by cl,nrlta ble @sofle5-s
Ties here and elsew here, and y real deYo-
stlonto tho work. IS. n q!
How Is Tic rent or Tie federated
building paid ?,'' Sss5s ,s n,
..srhel 9Feueruted y Charities building Is,
8owned hy the Associat ton for the I'M
proyement Of the condlt lpnFpf the Poor
ard The payment for IT came FROM q Ispe-s
Sciai legacy ia the association. The Char
S!ty ORGANIZATION Society shares With the
,nssoclat the pense 81 Quoting the
building. a az II ~ q "a n
Division 81 the Exp enses, 81
# ..'ls here n 80 mn on treas ury
s.tIhere is no common 4 roa snry, a nd yye
feel lat present that ftt would sbe INV se to
nuke common cole tons or 10 receive