The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-20

NOW IN SESSION
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT JANE
AoDAMs AT CONFERENCE OF
CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS.

/ hI NhCdSO, ana pTcSlutnt Ot tn'
conference, in her address expressed
the opinion that philanthropists are
approaching greater uniformity in
their aims, their studies and their
methods Of dispensing charity
Dividing the great body Of philan-
thropists into two groups the Char
table. actuated by pity for the
. poor. and the Radicals. fired by
hatred Cf injustice" Miss Adams
declared that both are coming TO
realize that the world needs Ger.
tain power of compassion in our
social atmosphere.
Sheer experiencen the ccmplexity
Of life has a. last united both
groups in sentiment as well as in
conviction said Miss Adams The
negative policy OF relieving destitu.
tion, or even the more generous one
OF preventing it, is giving way to
the positive idea Of raising life to
its highest yahie
III a; times. the mora, fire seems
60 be- dying out Il the good old
words relief and charity. 1t has un.
duuhedly filled with a new warmth
certain words which belong distinct
lively to our times. such words as
prevention. amclioration and social
Justice
Miss adams declared that the
charitably inclined person seeking
legislation must. to be effective. be
armed with more than sentimental
zeal, they must appear as men OF
science, armed with statistics to
support their pleas.
Speaking of women who must
support themselves and children. Miss
Addams said that when the woman
was unable to do So the state fur
nished homes for the young ones If
the children are 10 be boarded, the
speaker asked, why not with their
mothers?
MANY illustrations" said Miss Ad-
dams. ARE possible of social ad-
vances due TO sanitary science push.
cd by the charitable, but for our
, purpose, nothing illustrates this more
rapidly and graphically than the
changes arising from the movement
to control and eradicate tuberculosis
We can quite honestly instance the
demand for a more generous feeding
of the healthiul members of the fam.
lily which is arising from the proper
feeding OF the tuberculosis patient"
Miss Addams asserted that an obi.
cation upon the charity and correc.
tiOn people TO discover how many
of their burdens come to them as a
, result of socla. neglect. remedial in
capacity and hack OF industrial
safeguards. She instanced an Ameri.
can white lead factory where sne
said every workman is discharged at
the end OF three months, not for
faulty work, but to prevent the men
from developing lead poisoning.
This is, of course. cheaper than
to employ examining physicians or
to install safeguards commented
the speake. She told Of pottery
factor, ore she said mel are
b chiefly engaged who are already az.
flcted with tuberculosis or cancer
because knowing they have but little
time TO live, they do not protest
I. h. NlF q L
Three hundred years ago John
: Ball, looking out over England tells
us that he saw 'uhe great treading
down the little. the strong beating
down the weak. and cruel men fear
Ing not and then. with his heart
. burning within him, he cries aloud
p And the saints In heaven forbear.
ing and yet bidding me not to for.
bear.
III We compare our time with his.
We will admit that although the
great stiil tread down the liule and
the strong beat down the weak. that
the crue. are az last becoming afraid
of public opinion. that kind men
arr more daring in their schemes OF
alienation than they used to be. that
".se men are at last learning l.
regard human sympathy as one
source of wisdom, and In that sense.
at least, are more solicitous. We do
not venture TO say whether or no.
the saints in heaven forbear but
We are very certain THAT no saint
upon earth could f,rbear In the
presence of contemporaneous social
and industrial conditions. and wheth.
er saint or sinner. We an know th1t
the conditions can only be made
more righteous and mere human by
the increasing devotion of countless
] papatntinna nf man