The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-19

ing the work of the milk dispensary of
the Babies Hospital; the work of the va
rlous departments of the Bureau of As
SSp pc 9 charities. the work of the Chill
uren S bureau in part and of the children's
aid societies TO a degree. The work of the
Board of Health is to be included In so far
as It's activities are preventive. The medical
schools by the Board of Health and the
Board of Education is 10 be included in
preventive work. The admirable work of
the State Department of Tenement HouSe
Supervision would be included but II is a
State not a municipal activity.
Inc Newark Bureau OF Associated Chari-
ties spends $500 or 5000 a year on the Provi-
dent Savings Fluid work. which is largely
educational and preventive. Through lis
visiting housekeeper it has lone a certain
venticn. It's Friendly Visitors Conference
is standing for prevention and education.
It's work of Investigation and the construct
i've and instructive work of its office is pre-
~ventive. These efforts as yet lack in com
pieteness, however, and are only the be-
ginning.
We know from experience that a large
part of the sickness among the children OF
poor mothers is due to utter ignorance of
the simplest principles of infant hygiene and
OF proper care Of children. This is not
in the poor home of the tenement house sec
ton to learn the duties of a mother? We
nave not yet provided any adequate social
method.
jerseys Splendid Example
The school for mothers is a splendid ex-
ample for the charities OF our New Jersey
cities. May we not hope through such
movements as the one now effectively ut
work in Newark, the committee for the bet
ter care and feeding OF infants. to carry
out some such thorough-golng and sys-
tematic work?
A discussion of Mrs. Ingram's paper
followed, in which DR.. Henry NJ. Colt,
physician-in-chief of the Babies Hos
pital, Newark. and Arthur w. Nc
Dougall, superintendent of the Newark
Bureau of Associated Charities par
Mrs. William 1. Thomas, field secre-
tary of the Juvenile Court Committee,
of Chicago, spoke on Juvenile Pro-
tective Work" After the discussion.
which closed the morning meeting, the
Rev. Henry r. Rose delivered his lee
ture.
Warden James Mckee. of the Hud-
son County Almshouse. the first
J speaker at the afternoon session, chose
as his theme, "Almshouse Manage
ment," and was followed by fve-min-
ute addresses by the wardens of aims
houses in Somerville, Bridgeton.
Branchville, Trenton, C~larksboro, Stel-
ton, Grenlock, Oxford, Bloomfield and
Woodstown.
''The Poormaster n His Office"
an address by John J. Mulvaney, of
Jersey City. was outlined as follows:
When We begin to consider the office Of
overseer of the poor we are 50 apt to think
of Its activities being limited and circum-
scribed by law that we are misled into con-
fusion of ideas as well as into oversight of
possibilities of development. | propose to
confine myself to two or three ideas-frst,
the office of oVPrSpPr is not han0tcapnpd Inv
law, but by local influences; second, the
effect of these influences has arrested the
development of the office: third, lackof de
v%elopment has resulted in the present-day
doubt of outdoor relief as a policy; fourth,
lack of faith in the system of outdoor relief
owes much of its strength to the oversight
are really qualified applications of outdoor
relief.
Overseer of the Poor William A. Bald
win, of Newark, illustrated his talk on
Deserving Husbands will illustra-
ton from his experience of this factor
in producing work for the charitable
organizations of the State. Discussions
followed. =
"Vagrancy and the Hobo" was the
subject of a picturesque address by
Orlando F. Lewis. of the Charity Or
ganization Society of New York. Arthur
NJ. McDougall, of Newark. and Henry L.
DeFortst. of Plainfield, gave five-min-
ute talks on Mrs. Lewis's address.
The conference was opened last night
by Bishop Edwin S. Lines. of the Epis-
copal diocese of Newark. Mayor Wal
ter Madden, of Trenton, welcomed the
delegates TO the city. Following the adj
dress of welcome, Governor Fort spoke.
He said in part:
With the State treasury full to over
flowing. with more money than the State
would need, we nave to stand back and