Evening star., 1907-11-17
CARE W0RTHYPO0R
Work of the Associated Chari-
ties Thus Summarized.
ANNUAL MEETING CALLED
Reports to Be Read From Officers
and Agents.
JUSTICE BREWER TO PRESIDE
Mr.. Francis 81. Mclean, Field Sec
retary, to Be Principal Speaker.
The Program.

An observant citizen remarked last
evening that whatever affects 20 COO
Washingtonians. or one sixteenth of the
entire population of the District of Co
lumbia. is of vital interest to the entire
community. Add. he said, the considera-
ton that the 10000 are affected in times
of family crisis when sickness or misfor-
tune has brought about actual distress.
and the importance of the matter is in
creased.
Coupled with this statement, he made
another. 1t was that during the past If
teen months 5,9O6 families, including ex
actly 2O,s61 individuals. have required
charitab bic treatment of various kinds
through the Associated Charities. Only
12S4 families out of the 9o6 required
material relief but all required considera-
tion various forms of charitable treat
ment and upbuildng. The work which
affects so large number of people so
vitally will. it is announced. be fully ex-
planned at the annual meeting of the
Associated Charities to BE- held in the
Metropolitan NJ. L. Church, c street and
John Marshall place. beginning at
o clock tomorrow evening.
Feature of Program.
The program will include an address by
Mr. Francis H Mclean, field secretary
of the field department of charities and
the commons, and chairman of the com
mittee on International relations of the
National Consumers Leagur. Mr.. Nc
Lean has been active in the charity or
ganizations of Chicago, New York, Brook
lyn and Montreal, doing effective Work IN
a series of responsible and dlihcuit posi-
tions One of his largest tasks has been
the organization of the Jewish charities.
hitherto absolutely unco-ordinated. HIS
work is characterized at every point by
an effort a. cooperation, closr union
of sympathias, methods and purposes
among associated charity groups.
Justice David J. Brewer will preside
Mr. John Joy Edison will submit the treas
urers report, officers and board members
for the year wi be eiects d. and Secre-
tarv Charles F. Weller will review with
stereopticon the work of the past niteen
months.
1t is announced that only coo seats will
be reserved leaving about 6'p unreSefN eu
All seats will be open at ) o'c ock IN
previous years, it is said, many failed 10
attend the exercises believing all the seats
were reserved
MI McLean's Work.
Referring to Mr. Francis II. Mclean,
row evening, Secretary Weller said:
He holds the degree of A. b. from
the University of California He engaged
in newspaper work for two years after
graduating. then taking up post graduate
work in economies and sociology in johns
Hopkins and Columbia. He was fellow IN
sociology in the University of Pennsyl-
yania in 19U7-OS. He was for four years
a resident of the university settlement in
New York, when Mr.. James B. Reynolds
was head resident. During this time he
served as an inspector in the street clean
ing department unde- Col. Waring. For
one year in the charity organization field
he was first a district committee and
council member of the New York Charity
Organization Society. then assistant sec
retary of the Brooklyn bureau of chari-
ties In 1900 he vas elected general sec
retary of the Montreal Charity Orsaniza-
ton Society, carrying that society through
its first two trying years and successfully
establishing it in the face of considerable
opposition. In 1902 he went to the Chi
cago bureau of charities as general dis
trict secretary. This position is unique
in the United States and corresponds only
to the position of organizing secretary in
the London society. Mr.. McLean's duties
were almost entirely in the difficult field
of district organizing. During his in
cumbency the general advisory commit
tee was established its discussions of case
questions attracting wide attention.
the demonstration of the usefulness of
the Office in the immense and difficult
Chicago field was sufficient to establish
the position as necessary adjunct OF
the bureau.
From Chicago Mr.. Mclean returned to
his old field. Brooklyn, as superintendent.
His largest task there was the organiza-
ton of the Jewish charities, which were
hitherto absolutely unco-ordinated There
is now Jewish branch of the bureau. In
October, 1907, Mr.. Mclean was appointed
| field secretary of the field department OF
| Charities and the Commons
During the previous year while serving
! as associate editor of the department he
had carried on an extensive correspond
ence with many societies and Would-be
societies Largely on the evidence which
the correspondence furnished of the de-
| sire throughout the country of closer
| union of sympathies, methods and pur-
| poses among associated charities groups
| came the movement which led to the
| placing of the department upon solid
| basis and the drafting of Mr.. Mclean to
serve as field secretary.
Mr. Mclean is also chairman of the
| committee on international relations of
| the National Consumers League. This
| committee is developing comradie among
| the consumers leagues in different coun-
| tries which may eventually lead to the
establishment of an international conSum-
ers' league label In the United States
| two reports published by this committee
| on child labor in Belgium and France
| have attracted considerable attention as
| indicating by comparison some of the
| flaws in our American legislation on this
mos important matter"
Reelection of Officers.
| 1t is announced that the following Off
| GERS of the association are to be elect ed
or reelected at this meeting: The presi-
dent the six vice presidents, the treasurer
| and six members of the board. Rev
| Charles E. Guthrie of the Hamline NJ E.
| Church ana Rev. Samuel H Woodrow
who has recently come from Springfield,
| Mass, to become pastor of the First Con-