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are now several boys and girls romp-
ing themselves back to health in this
delightful place. AS these cases have
nearly all been caught in the earliest
stages. the chances for absolute cures
are practically assured. Many of the
Associated Charities cases have been
taken care of by Miss Elizabeth Ashe,
head of the Telegraph hill settlement.
With the greatest generosity and In
terest. she has provided for many of
the afflicted children at her ranch in
Marin county which she keeps open
every pleasant month of the year.
case which is being watched
carefully is that of young mother
discovered to be quite seriously affect
ed with tuberculosis. She is needed In
her home. and the association has re-
modelled il so that she may be out of
doors practically all the time. Upon
her has been put the ban of not kiss
ing her children. an injunction which
she accepts with gratitude, knowing
that protection for them is the first
essential On the sheltered side Of the
house. as will be seen in one of the
illustrations, an out of door sleeping
room has been built for her. She Is
growing stronger and better and prov
ing every day the contention that tu-
bercuious patients may sleep out OF
as in other places.
Another case finds the father of a
family the stricken one. Out OF work
through sickness, the Associated Chart
ties found this man and his family
living in a damp basement. Medical
examination disclosed the. significance
of the bad cold" The family was
moved to a cottage not so far from
the ocean and an outdoor bedroom was
built for the man, who is growing
strong and rudy. He is soon going to
be able to support his family again
A cottage in the sand dunes near the
ocean is something of a panacea-
At present the association has some
10 tubercuIous cases taking outdoor
treatment in this city. Every patient
is enthusiastic about his chances for
complete recovery, and. in fact. If
good spirits play half the part they
are supposed to in physical ills, the
cures will be both swift and sure
where infection is feared but not
proven. suspects have out of door
sleeping porches built for them
The Associated Charities is doing a
lot of investigating for the city. With
the closing of the city and county hos
pftal and the distribution of the pa
ttents in the different hospitals Of the
city. II was impossible to keep the
necessary watcn on the cases. Getting
special attention In q private hospital
was quite an inducement for design
ing people to put the burden Of their
sickness on the city when they were
amply able to pay for it. With the
records or the association and the
work Of their corps OF invests ators,
the tricky patient has been eliminated.
But he has to be watched
In Touch With the Poor
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most There were many other work
ers at that time also, but the real
efficiency of the association methods
have been brought into prominence
since the volunteer and imported help
ers have gone back to their respective
duties and homes.
Nothing more interesting has ever
been done in relief work than that
which the Associated Charities did for
the Red Cross and relief committees
when it made 7es refugee families
property owners. Iessees and depend
able citizens generally. all of which
was told in the first story of this series
Tt was not so busy with this great
work, however. that time was not
taken to provide for deserted children
and to institute an entirely new
method of caring for foundlings. max
Ing great step forward in sociological
work. And now the association is
handling equally important measures.
The most conspicuous of these is for
the local advancement of the world
wide movement toward the cure of
tuberculous patients and the isolation
of those whose doom is sealed, but who
heritage of misery behind them.
Ever watchful for this dread dis
ease, the Associated Charities discov-
ers It often when the unfortunate
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logically belonged by reason OF race OF
aHiIfation-
For the service rendered by the
Associated Charities TO the various or
ganizations and individuals a small
annual Zee was paid, but information
was never refused any one No end Of
gratuitous service was given The
same public spirited attitude has al
ways been maintained
AS might be expected the families
which were fast becoming paupers and
the professional beggars were loud in
their denunciation OF the "heartless"
procedure Of this new organization
And there was criticism-plenty OF it,
from others than those IN need, those
who would not take the trouble to find
out the meaning OF the Associated
Charities methods From the people
who can not resist giving TO the casual
beggar, the one who comes 70 the door
or watches his victim on the street.
came all sorts Of sentimental objections
&c q searching investigation OF the SEN
sitive poor. But before long even these
people saw the WISDOM OF the new or
DER OF things; they realized that the
prime work Of this new organization
was TO prevent pauperism and TO help
people to help themselves. Subscribers
were asked not to give money 70 beg
Rars who came to their doors, but in
stead to give them tickets furnished by
the Associated. Charities which guar
anteed meals for service A large per-
centage OF these tickets were never re-
deemed. proving the contention Of the
directors that such beggars were not
worthy Of consideration. Suggest now
to a door beggar that he apply to the
Associated Charities for employment
and you viii Immediately be told by
him OF the rascality OF every one con-
nected with It.
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CARING FOR THE NEEDDYANDS SICK,
2cABIG CITY ACCORDING No SXSTEM1

branched out, taking charge OF tenn
periods of business depression, conduct
ing wood yards where men could get
employment and latterly giving men
the chance TO work in a quarry for
provisions for their families. Some OF
the pioneer work OF district nursing
auspices Of the association. and as this
kind OF help for the sick poor is re-
garded as of first Importance, endeavor
along this line has never ceased. Wood
yards and other enterprises" have
come and gone with their need, but the
vital measures go on. ever increas-
ing IN efficiency.
Business and professional men whose
lives were bedeviled by people with
tickets TO sell for every possible va
on the shoulders Of the Associated
Charities years ago. These men. like
every one else. expeet to make some
contribution to worthy charity. but
when the city was overrun with i'm
posters and schemers they Were forced
to protect themselves. Out Of this con-
dition OF things came one OF the most
significant influences ever exerted by
the Associated Charities.
The Merchants association through
its suggestion formed the charities in
dorsement committee, upon which
were representatives Of the Associated
Charities. When appeals came to the
merchants. they sent the applicant for
assistance TO the committee. saying:
If you bring me an Endorsement card
I will gladly do my share" II the
cause were a worthy one, a card for
a stated time and purpose would be
issued This made 1t impossible for
the men or women to make any head
way with percentage entertainments
that beguiled charities into co-opera-
ton. For a time this city was in
vaded by an army Of entertainment
schemers who inveigled charities into
working themselves into a fragile for
q proportion OF the receipts. None of
these ventures were ever Endorsed.
and once IT became known that there
was an organized effort against them.
san Francisco has been free from such
schemes. They meant that the lions
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or care for it until it has a permanent

home
For the most part the merchants and
professional men have held scrupu-
lously to the Endorsement card system,
but ii is Of record that before the
calamity pretty scheming woman who
made good living for long time. She
defied exposure of her plans and all the
machinery Of the Associated Charities,
but finally her Waterloo came. Success
attended her campaign to such an ex-
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day or a few succeeding ones2 The
family is in exactly the same condition
when those things are gone There
should be money enough 70 establish
the family so il shall not fall below
its social class and thereby lose It's
self-respect. It is almost impossible
to recover from 10 great moral strain.
Inc last and best word IN modern char
ity work is that which commands that
the standard OF life shall not be low
cred. We want to have people arord
to do the thing they ought to do. We
must mitigate fate
We are planning for a better un-
derstanding OF the work OF the Assoct-
ated Charities and a larger co-opera-
ton Toward this end We expect 70
work with the Woman's Health COM
mittee, which Is the permanent. orgsni-
zation coming out OF the recent sani-
tatfon crusade. We will use the same
districting and their machinery OK or
ganization. In this way. IL win %
possible to reach unfortunate families
in every district We want the women
to be able TO report work needing 70
be done in their neighborho0cs.
I'm nothing perhaps is the value OF
advertising better emphasized than In
our work We can get anything oy
advertising. from some one TO care
for a child with a contagious disease
10 something to make some old lady
comfortable IL is the best avenue We
or any one else can have.
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At Busy Headquarters

The headquarters OF all these ac-
tivities is a busy hive II Is situated
at the corner OF Larkin and Jackson
and is built Of the lumber which made
the barracks in old South park after
the calamity. It carries none OF the
old marks. any more than do the refli-
gee cottages that have been made into
the most attractive homes The head
quarters has been planned with a
very clear knowledge Of the demands
of the work Different entrances pre-
vent confusion and make il possible
for the unusual emergency cases 70
be separated from the habitual ones
Every northumberland there are many
Of them-has its own cOmmodiOus ONCE
and the busy general secretary IS quite
apart from all An assembly hall
makes the headquarters a convenient
meeting place for a great variety OF
interests that each contribute some-
thing TO the well being OF the commun-
ity for which the Associated Charities
is striving
Above all else. the work OF the associ-
alton is nonsectarian- The question %
religion never comes up except in the
placing OF children when IL Is deemed
best for them 70 be brought up in ths
religion into which they were born
Plans which are bringing significant
results and plans that are in the maxi
ing are sure 70 form combination for
much greater work than has ever been
done They will mean q big co-Opera-
ton in the name OF common humanity
and a tremendous saving 20 the stats.
when the cost IS ruled on. II viii %
found that the demand upon the indi-
vfdual win be small Public and pri-
waite support OF the Associated Chari-
ties viii mean better city and a hap
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By Anna Pratt Simpson

7 took q calamity 20 bring the Asso-
cdated Charities into its own The
demands OF that time OF distress
gave this organization the oppor-
tunity 70 prove what It's machinery
was capable OF doing. From the time
tt came into being. April 1889. until
that other April OF bitter memory, 1t
had been working on, always busy.
but never able to put fully into action
The principles for which II stood It's
accomplishments were known only to q
comparatively small number OF individ-
uals and organizations who availed
themselves OF its services Occasion
ally q charities and correction conven-
tion. or something a little out Of the
ordinary n the matter Of relief, would
call attention TO the Associated Chart
ties, but for the most part 1t struggled
on. supported by the people who had
faith IN its methods and who were sure
that the time would come when 1t
would be to the community a splendid
power for good
For the most part this organization
has not been understood During its
earlier years its work was strictly that
OF Investigation and registration For
instance. an INDECENT person would ap-
ply 10 some OF the charities for aid.
The Associated Charities would be
asked 70 investigate the case A record
OF this inquiry would be fled away and
q report made 10 the society Help was
usually given OF the basis OF this re-
port II the person seeking charity
proved unworthy he or she would in all
likelihood. upon refusal. apply to some
other organization for help. where the
Associated Charities report would be
met again and another attempted i'm
position frustrated
Obstacle TO Beggars
Before many years this method
proved an insurmountable barrier TO
TIE professional beggar. Before the
advent OF the Associated Charities these
dereHcts made a good living going
from one charity TO another and doing
private begging between tines AS an
Offset for this refusal to countenanee
begging the Associated Charities ex-
erted every possible influence TO get
employment for these people who
through choice or circumstances had
lost thelr places II the struggle for ex-
istence- Then. as now. this organiza-
tion was IN touch with all the agencies
Tor Obtaining employment This phase
OF IFS work has become so important
thai q separate department is main
tanned IL its interest
The Associated Charities In all the
earlier years OF its existence did not
dispense aims, except in emergency
cases. the money available for this
"over night" aid coming from a limited
fund placed at the disposal OF the
registrar People il distress coming
directly 10 the Associated Charities
were. II found to be worthy. sent to
the charity organization TO which they
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ent that she had one or two assist
ants all the time. A few cases of this
kind have only served TO prove the
splendid efficiency OF the Endorsement
rules.
During the days OF emergency re-
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knows nothing of the danger to him ~
those about him. II the patient be .
child and the conditions at the home
can not be made what they should be,
1t Is sent to the country. At present.
the association has an available farm
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emergency disbursements has shown
the tremendous possibilities for good
Charities The personal help. the value
OF which can not be estimated. Is the
vital element in all sociological work.
but there must be considerable money
10 keep the organization efficient and
give adequate relief Miss FELTON,. the
general secretary. ever resourcefu1 and
untiringiy energetic and Industrious.
will ever be appealing for sufficient
money TO extend what she terms ~ads-
Quate relief to the deserving poor.
Sne says:
What Is the ultimate value OF an
order for provisions or q little coal or
any OF the things that are Just for the
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guise OF . missionary uniform some
men are now going from house to
placing OF deserted children. At the
mere mention OF the Associated Chari-
ties these men ny into q rage. There
IS warning out for such people.
There is no need for them. The accred-
tied children's agency OF the association
can place every child advanta geously
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: few alnns and awnings. but dld nc
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The sun., 1909-02-14


tailed to take that youth each day into the
gymnasium and put him through the
manual Of arms.
Another cadet got three dement's every
night there was dress parade because
he could not keep step at double quick
time In marching back to barracks. When
he had piled up q hundred dement's q
special drillmaster was detailed to quick
step mm every day. He got through
the SIX months, but the rainy days when
no parade could be held helped.
There are some offences that never
reach the record STAGE said West
Point graduate. now an officer In the
army. 'The corps doesn't like to stand
for them. and the officers don't report
them to be read out at parade or posted
in the guard house.
In my plebe days there was gangling
young fellow who came in from the back
woods and was a good student, but had
an astonishing disregard for the con-
vsntionalities OF dress. One hot summer
mouning a cooky. precise young cadet
caItain. who came from an aristocrutic
Philadelphia family. was inspecting his
company. He stopped before the young
uaoswoodsman.
Your white trousers seem to flt queerly,
hs observed. They hang 80 loose
&he cadet said something that only
ths swo neft TO him in ranks heard.
yW hsventr Numbered tho cadet
captsin. Fall out and put them on!'
OF course every cadet in the company
heard OF tho circumstance and there was
general curiosity to see what the report
would be. 1t was somewhat OF relief
" Che company pride to see that no Of
fsoce was charged.
SJbsA-.Hsllo-S-xuss.g q. gro a, ,.s ~ L. hi 0k III
The sun., 1909-02-14
THE BEDROOMS or THE FLAT.
Conditions Tnat Might Make One city
Lover Move Into the Country.

III ANYTHING could make me want to
move into the country she said as she
turned back the bedclothes Of a bed she
had Just made at II P. NJ. In q city fat,
-it would be this endless, eternal making
up Of beds at night.
sThe time to make up bed OF course.
is in the morning. You throw back the
bedclothes first to give the bed a good
airing and then when you get to 1t you
make up the bed, and there 1t Is finished
and with everything trim and neat and
inviting; ready To. be slept in and CRATE
ful in its invitation, and you can get into
il without preliminary trouble.
$50 In the country, where you have
real bedrooms big enough to contain
real beds and in which you can make up
the beds in the regular usual. orderly
way, following custom inbred in women,
handed down to them through many
generations and from which it is hard to
depart. But now see what We have to
do IN our HAT.
we have only one bedroom in which
We have a regular bed. and that is a
sinele bed. We can make 1t up In the
morning in the regular proper way, and
really like TO 60 in and look at it after
IL il made up. All the rest Of our
beds are couches or lounges or beds Of
aome sort that you have to dismantle
in the morning and make up at night
sWe do air these beds, to be sure, but
then we have to fold up the bedolothes
and store them In the bed or lug them OF
10 eome storing place, not to be brought
ont again till it's time to 60 to bed. Not
until then can We begin the bedmaking
sThen when 1t would be q great, calm
Measure to walk Of into q pleasant bed
room and there find the bed ready and
waiting for you simply to jump into It
YOU have 10 get up and drag out bedolothes
and lug them around from room to room
and drag out couches and lounges and
twist and turn and dig over them TO make
up beds before you can lie In them.
ESQ It goes every night, night after
night, endlessly; and this making up of
the beds at the wrong time, with Its end-
less dull routine nightly labor grinds on
me: / hate II. Still We stay here, and
here / suppose we shall stay, because we
love the city and Its hfe and light. But
IL anything could mako me want TO move
into the country 1t would be to escape
this everlasting endless making up Of
the beds in the city fat at night.