Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-19
LIVE CHARITY AGENTS WANTED
THE KIND WHO SLEEP NIGHTS
AND ARE AWAKE DAYS.
Mr.. Wilson's Idea of the Successful
Philanthropist Expressed to the
Monday Evening Club.

BE able to sleep at night and keep
awake in the day time.
Have hobby
Don't take yourselves too seriously.
Outlining the preparations for prac-
tcng the profession of philanthropy
at a meeting OF the Monday Evening
Club In the Y. NJ. c. A. building last
night. George S. Wilson, secretary of
the District board of charities gave
this advice to charity workers.
Secretary Wilson declared that the sue
cessful charity worker should have a
broad education with special emphasis
on the social sciences toward the close
of the educational training, should at
tend a practical school of philanthropy
where the main problems to be met are
solved by trained experts, and Should
have some practicable experience. But
the great need today he declared, is for
agents who can sleep all right at night
and keep awake in the day time, in
other words, workers who do not carry
their troubles of the day home with
them when the days work is done.
AS means of diverting the mind of
the worker in philanthropy from the
days iabors Secretary Wilson suggested
that all should have a hobby-playing
tennis golf. raising chickens col
Letting bugs--a hobby of some kind.
Discussed as a Profession.
The Profession of Philanthropy" was
the subject of the addresses before the
club last night. Walter S. Ufford Of the
Associated Charities discussed Ideals
and Methods" Secretary Wilson talked
of Preparations for the Work." and
Mrs. Edna Keene Bushee, District tru-
ant officer. spoke on Increased Efficien-
cy.' In informal talks c. H., Turner,
assistant United States attorney, Judge
Court and Paul E Sleman added their
views to the general discussion.
The ideal OF the professor of phil
anthropy, declared Mr.. Ufford. is that
the evils of society can be cured, that
they need not go on indefinitely. The
is proper diagnosis of the evils, the
second object is to apply the proper
remedies to cure the evils. Results, he
said. are to he obtained by three methods
Legislation, education and co-operatlon
In pointing. out ways of increased eff
ficiency, Mrs. BuShee declared that the
charity worker who keeps himself always
busy with the small things that come
up each day will soon find his efficiency
decreasing. 1t is necessary, she said
to take a broad outlook, to understand
not only the persons with whom the
charity worker comes in contact and the
reasons for their dependency, but also
the general conditions which lead to
such dependency.
Evils Regarded as Diseases.
Assistant United States Attorney
Turner declared that the development of
the profession of philanthropy at present
is just as important and epoch-marking
a change as that which took place when
people turned from the medicine man
to the trained laboratory expert in
materIa medica. The professors of phil
anthropy. he declared, are healing the
moral disease of the body polite just
the physicians and surgeons are heal
ing the physical diseases.
More has been done by those who re-
gard the evils OF society as diseases -
he declared, than any other agency, in
curing those evils
Judge De Lacy and Mr.. Sleman urged
the cooperation between all forces work
ing along the lines of philanthropy. The
people in the churches, Mr. Sleman de-
clared, are seeking to know what they
can do along that line, and as a practical
step toward determining along what line
their endeavors shall be, he said. the
social service committee of the Laymen's
Federation of Washington has cast in
its lot with the Monday Evening Club
in the expectation of learning from the
philanthropy experts in its membership
what to do