Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-10
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
REPORT OF SECRETARY WELLER
FOR MONTH OF APRIL.

The board of managers of the Associated
Charities held its regular meeting yester-
day at 4:15 pm. In the general office of the
association at S11 G. street There were
present Prof. K. 7. Janney chairman
Miss Lucy NJ. Sogar. Mrs. ]. W. Babson
DR. George NJ. Kober and Messrs. William
II Baldwin Col. Archibald Hopkins, Cuno
II Rudolph, Frederic l.. Moore and Secre-
tary Charles f. Weller. The chief bust
ness of the day was presented in the form
OF the minutes of the two meetings of the
executive committee held during the past
month, for it is the practice of the board
10 require that all important business shall
be discussed fully by the executive COM
mittee before final decision by the board OF
managers. The monthly report of the
treasurer, Mr.. John Joy Edison. was pre-
scented and approved. The board DECIDED
to send the secretary, as usual as the rep
resentatve of the association to the ma
tional conference of charities and correc-
ton which will meet in Portland, Ore,
July 10 to II.
In his report of the society's work during
the month of April. Secretary Weller stated
that tsl2 applications for the services of the
association had been received during the
month. OF these. seventy-four came from
private individuals, twenty from visiting
nurses, seventeen from dispensaries. 4ol
from needy families themselves and GO from
ten other sources These $50 applications
represented 326 cases of whom sixty-fve
were new cases and the balance had pre-
viously been known to the agents OF the
association. Material aid was administered
800 times during the month to 16S different
families The funds of the Citizens Relief
Association were drawn upon 2J6 times for
l2i families
Material aid was also secured from
churches. business firms. the Instructive
Visiting Nurse Society, the ST. Vincent de
Paul Society, private individuals and va
rious charitable organizations
Employment for Fifty.
Employment was secured in fifty in
stances during the month of April. Eight
individuals were furnished transportation
to friends or employment in other cities.
There were nineteen persons aided through
institutions and organizations. Correctional
and legal help was given in twenty-nine in
stances, including seven children reported
/. to the board of chidren's guardians as
lacking proper home care. and thirteen
children, habitual truants, influenced to at
tend school through the efforts of the Asso-
ciated Charities agents. The volunteer aid
of competent lawyers was enlisted in nine
cases during the month. For twenty-seven
children clothing was provided for the spe-
citic purpose of enabling them to attend
the public schools. In forty-eight cases spe-
cial help for the sick was secured, includ-
Ing twenty-five cases reported to the In
structive Visiting Nurse Society, nineteen
families for whom physicians and medi-
cines were secured. and four sick people,
who were placed in hospitals.
The amount of unpaid volunteer service
enlisted and directed during the month of
April was notably large. it was stated.
There were in all 147 active volunteers OF
this number twenty-nine served as friendly
visitors, each working for the permanent
upbullding of one or two distressed fami-
lies There were also forty nine who served
as regular collectors of small savings Fifty
two volunteers attended the meetings of the
division conferences, which meet in each of
the eight division offices to supervise the
treatment of needy families in their respec-
tive sections of the city There were seven
teen additional volunteers, who gave help
In other ways. OF the total number 147
eighteen were newly enlisted during the
month of April.
The Savings Fund.
The collection of small savings in sums
OF s. 10 and p cents, on the stamp-saving
system developed by the society, was pros
ecuted vigorously during April There were
4o1 families visited for savings by agents
OF the association. while ,32S families were
canyassed by volunteers, In this work
l.342 visits were made by agents during
April and 4.O7 by volunteers. The total
amount OF cash collected was S572 O5 In
ADDITION to the visits made in collecting
savings the agents of the society made 9I6
visits during April and volunteers made
thlrty-1our visits, or a total of $50 visits
IN addition to the 5,S49 visits made in col
lectlng savings, a total of 6,S29 visits made
during April During this time there were
sixteen meetings held in the division offices
or the society for the decision of difficult
cases and the enlistment of ADEQUATE as
slstance for the needy