Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-12
SYSTEMATIC COOPERATION.
Theme Discussed at Meeting of Lenten
Training Glass.

Methods OF systematic cooperation be-
| tween Washington's charities were dis
| cussed at the fifth meeting of the Lenten
training class of the Associated Charities
| on Tuesday evening at S11 street Mr.
! Charles F. Weller read a special lecture
| in connection with which he distributed
| typewriter list of Washington charitab BILE
resources available for the assistance OF the
aged, sick, children, detectives, delinquents
homeless men, needy women and other
special classes of persons needing charita-
| BILE attention. In spite of the rain the
meeting rooms were filled by an interested
audience. After Mr. Wellers lecture on
Cooperation the work of the Instructive
Visiting Nurse Society was explained by
Its superintendent, Miss E. w. jefferson
In the general discussion which closed
the meeting, graduate students from the
Catholic University took an active part
Upon adjournment 1t was announced that
| next Tuesday, April Is, would mark the
| close of the six Lenten Lecture Confer
ences, the final lecture being devoted to
city Conditions and Constructive Move
ments - including Housing, tuberculosis
Summer Outings and Play Grounds"
In discussing the Importance of co-ope-
ration among charitable agencies, Mr. We'll
Ter said: Average individuals, active in
promoting one charitable agency, are con-
stantly in danger of ignoring its proper re-
lation to other charities. They are slow to
the communitys point of view."
The city's interests, he said. would natur-,
ally demand systematic cooperation be-
tween all charitable agencies. If new phil
anthropies are to be eSta blished or old ones
developed. 1t is clearly important that each
new element thus added to the situation
should be wisely adjusted and proportioned
to the resources already existing and to
the needs for which provision has not yet
been made.
The lecturer referred to the fact. for ex-
ample, that the appropriations for charities
in the District of Columbia are larger than
any other item in the local budget, except
schools, while a great deal OF the citys
charitable work is supported entirely by
voluntary contributions. He emphasized
the value and Importance of personal at
tention to charitable problems by the ablest
business men of the community.
He described the Associated Charities as
a sort of Commercial agency" in charitable
work and all citizens were urged to con- |
suit the association concerning the func-
tions methods and needs of local charitable :
agencies as we'll as the necessities Of needy j
individual families. 1t was explained that |.
in several cities business men ask the adj 4
vice of the Associated Charities concern \
ing appeals which they receive for con- Z
tributions to various philanthropies.
Some day." concluded the lecturer, the 4
leaders of public opinion and the controllers /
of charitable purse strings will demand sys-
tematic, intimate cooperation among all !
the charitable agencies OF each community.
The results will include such economies OF
financial and personal resources, such pre-
yention of pauperism and such promotion 4
of wholesome self-help among the poor that
all of us will regret the guilty selfishness
which has so long postponed the advent of :
true charitableness and Christian common
sense"