The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-24
THE GREAT UPLFT -:-
I--Modsrn Philanthropy
By Frederic J. Haskin.

a criticised until 1t Is a wonder they have the courage to so on proving their helpfulness in the great uplift movement Long before there were organizations for prohibiting child la bor, for abolishing sweat shops. or for uplift movement among mill operatives. there was work being done by em- ployers in both Northern and Southern cotton factories. whether inspired by commercial or by altruistic motives. Every up-to-date manufacturer Is looking for the best devices that will preserve the health and life oe his em- ployes, and the one who does not seek to improve the condition of his work ing people is soon classed as a back number.
 Here in Philadelphia may be found average examples of modern philan- thropy, both private and municipal an application of the idea of 'brotheriy love" that was the primary reason for the city's being founded. Here found- ling babies and orphans are taken and placed in homes throughout the State. ( wise example that Is being followed by others. It is known that while institutional life gives shelter. food clothing and instruction, 1t cannot give the greatest essential-motherfng- lack of this hundred babies in instf- tutions have pined awayI,a And died.
 
 pulsory education laws and are pro- tected from factory work until IA. The first permanent day nursery in Amer. lea was established for Philadelphia children, and the first children's play ground in America was that set apart for them in Fairmount Park. There are juvenile courts to try small offend- CTS, and probation officers to give ad. vice when needed. 4 society helps protect them from cruelty and anoth- CT helps find homes for them. A fac. tory inspection department and the. Pennsylvania Child Labor Committee see that there is no evasion of factory laws. There are a score or more of colleges and technical schools open in the evenings for young working peo- pie, and there are social settlements that expect to be of great help.
 The wayfarer here in strange city, either a man or a woman. can Ind at any hour of the day or night clean bed bath and two meal tickets given In exchange for three hours work at lodges kept by the Philadelphia Soci- ety for Organizing Charity If the wayfarer is seeking more permanent work or making an effort to return home, special attention Is given his wants At the Catherine Street House of Industry homeless women and Shil- dren are given shelter, and men arc received at the Gallilee and Whosoever Gospel Missions. The Department of Public Safety sees that no able-bodied person shall subsist entirely on char ity, it gives him q hearing and q chance to make good.
 Here. where was located the first hospital ever chartered in America. the municipal hospital last year treated 2.50s patients, while 2255S outdoor" or charity. cases were attended by the eity's district physiciane. Visiting nurses are sent to homes needing them. there are two homes and a sea- shore lodge for convafescent children three others take convalescent women, and two sick diet departments of local Institutions furnish food to typhoid and tuberculosis patients on certificates of physicians.
 There are, organizations aiding the municipality in It's antf-tuberculosis crusade. The Board of Health makes rigid inspection of houses whose in- mates bring home factory work. and 60 prevents the spread of disease. Tn this "city of homes'' the health is fur ther safeguarded by tenement house and building inspection by city ofacials aided by volunteer corps of rent col- lectors known as the Octavia Hill As- sociation. special agent stands between the municipal and the organ ized charities as a sort of clearing house of information. and so prevents a duplication of work. Over 1.500 per sons in the exclusive e-sploy of the city look after those who need help. Here, where the first anti-slavery protest was signed and where the African Methodist Episcopal Church was or- ganized, the negro Is not forgotten and there are social settlements and mis- sions for that race such as are found in Washington. Louisville. New York and in a remote Rhode Island village.
 When there was great idleness the early part of the year. the city of Philadelphia appropriated S5,00O and gave good workmen employment at q a day in public parks, just as Chicago societies arranged for snow shoveling and street cleaning, and just as Che Charity Organization Society of h. dianapolis the year before used unem- ployed men to build homes for wid- owed mothers on some property the Society owned.
 Modern philanthropy sees that 1t is better and cheaper in the long run to prevent crime than try t6 cure It. Since most crimes are committed by men never trained to work, there is a ken- eral tendency to prevent this by put ting industrial or technical training In all the schools throughout the country, Congested districts offer opportunity for crime and New York State is at- tempting to relieve the congestion in city districts by placing people on farms. Already 15.O00 people. chiedv agarHn nvaN@ hnr