New-York tribune., 1908-07-08
NJ Interest ~
to 6Uomen.
roR THE PUBLIC HEALTH
u ~ Alien Points Vay to Make
Charitable Societies More Efficient.

MOTE u-fllisr, H Allen at The School or Fhi-
NeI1 VEIN q, the Charities Building yesterday 'i'oi"-
At least he said that MI. Anen ~,
Ing s .be man who used to call his wite Ne"
him O % .orscience moral hives No man is
fne'S Iced 20 perform the function OF con-
better oaio1'7
.srt rritant. .,.,
- humorous characterization was eNloehuS
l :. NJ Aliens condemnation of the methods
Touse- - - h4vitv we do not tell the COM
o. % ' ba. needs to be done in any line, said
nl. III telling the good cur own agency mas
u - -s DO not tell what il has left undone heao
,-r,,sl reports Of charitable socieues ohe
u' n tb.v tell the great work they have done
a..sslves az one and all they fail to lay before
'-,,,riiv the whole needs OF the community
IN any line .,-o
~ there is any place in the world where there
,I,, ism; freedom TO say what needs to be done
ybat isn't being DONE IL is this room and this
Hsrs,,r and others like ii all over the country
- 80 NOT freedom Of expression We cannot
a,.,-fhe what needs 10 be done, because there are
,,ies in our field which are supposed 10 be doing
- work anc cannot offend them. The solu-
- ;s for US all 10 meet common ground,
,.-,ain and give out the truth to what needs
: >. done when We DO that the who is to-
Az .ivinS 500 for charity will give 500. As a
ssglt Of our polics OF silence between 5000 and
-sN persons carrying practically the whole
,u-sen Of charity in this city. If the truth were
-,sde known the number OF givers would multiply
.,5s6njtely The Jewish charities of Chicago all
rnited and issued one great appeal telling the
f-tire needs Of the Jewish community of Chicago
This wear they raised s2s5ooa against $4,000 three
vsa-s ago besides $4,000 for hospital, col
lsciee since the new plan was adopted
UNITING CHARITIES
.,on What ground could all charities of every
nature race and creed. unite? What is reason
,bl. motive underlying them al. The health mo
,ve Every child has a right 10 live in such con-
sr,ons as viii enable him to grow up in health.
r,tryhoey acknowledges that Nobody denies it.
you can 90 further. Every human being, whether
n factory. Office. school, prison, sweatshop or in
ssne asylum. has right to conditions and sur
r,undings which are compatible with health. No
enplover or no community has the right TO
s,-oe him 10 work or live under conditions which
,rs bound to break down his health Everybody
xiii admit that, too With these propositions ad
rnted almost the whole scope of charity and re-
ta-a would fall into line under this health motive.
Tenement house reform. hospitals, childrens
homes placing out Of children, prevention of tu-
hs-culosis school hygiene. the teaching of cook
ins fresh work. street cleaning, municipal poll
tics all become part of grand whole-public
hssth The charity agency to-day helps twenty
Children. hundred. possibly two thou
sand and tells US all about the good work it has
been able TO accomplish. The contributor has pre-
ssnted 10 him the picture Of twenty or two hun
ssd children be helped 10 be sent to the sea-
SIDE for two weeks, perhaps What he needs is
70 have the needs Of this whole city TO public
beth presented 10 him, all the city needs in that
lne al il isn't getting all il ought to get; what
would cost provide il. what the city govern
rsnt ought 10 do. what it is not doing.
When with the Association for Improving
he Condition OF the Poor sent three thousand
people 10 the seaside for two weeks every season.
a big thing and good thing. But in this
city there three million people, most OF whom
slept last night in unventHated room that was
worse than Turkish bath. / am not urging you
10 Stop sending out the three thousand. am urg-
hg you 10 make the provision OF proper condi-
tons Of life for three million The great ideal be
reid up before the community instead of the get
ing Of three thousand out OF the Turkish bath for
Two weeks. The quickest way 10 get action, to get
notion, would be to make each fractional Bit OF
charitable work part of a great whole based on
amotlve common TO all
ASK HELP FROM CITY NOW.
Every bit Of work We do is fractional and
should be expressed as a fraction, not a whole
rgn5er. Supposng a charity has been able 10 help
twenty babies in The course Of summer, and there
are seventy-ive thousand ba abies that ought to be
helped in the same way. The result Of its work
ought not be presented IS %. but 2o-75,eOo-
Every atom Of charitable work done should be repre-
tsntei in the same way, fractionally. The numera-
tr is the amount OF work accomplished, the de-
aoninator the whole amount Of work TO be done.
II is difficult for you and NE and everybody TO
tel { dsagreeable truth to face it. A building
burned in New York because they couldn't get
water 10 the top. When Fire Commissioner Lantry
vas asked why he had not tested the fire hose
he said he was afraid il would break. A
mother brought her baby TO a physician for ade-
nuds She confessed that she had known for a
ytsr that the child should the doctor, but
hsgected il because she vas afraid an operation
would be necessary. It is the way with all of
Is pleasant 10 dwell on all we have been able
Do II is unpleasant TO face all that isn't done
Sc We don't face IL
IN the papers this morning is a account of
piece Of work done by the Bureau of Municipal
Research by which the city shown 10 have
6sn raulcted out Of $4,000 by real estate specula
tors. Dont think Of that merely as graft. Think
o. Il IN terms OF dead babies. That none; right
fully spent might have saved thousand infant
Ives. il would have paid fifty trained nurses for
4 years labor in the tenement houses Inefficient
1 sovernment is doing more in year 10 increase
Eokness crime and ignorance in every community
l 1aa all the existing private philanthropies OF
1 .onnunty can Offset in q generation
In these hot days or summer take vaca-
lonE: run all our charities as easily as
1 lei now is the time when the city is making its
I appropriations for the next year. Next January
!cC NIL be quite willing 10 go 10 the city for
'a'as, ard You viii find they were all portioned
4 tg' last July. The day will come when minister
te1 face his audience from the pupit. when no
u n2n can stand al the head of 2 philanthropic
agency who has not brought all his influence 10
e4r az the tine when the city makes its appro-
9tzions 10 get money for things which will pre-
sat sickness and ignorance and promote health
Gc intelligence for The whole city
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