The Washington herald., 1910-04-07
OLD INHABITANTS
GRILL CHARITIES
John B. Mccarthy Attacks
Playground Association.
HIS RESOLUTION Is ADOPTED
Oldest Inha abitants Indorse Measure
Giving Commissioners Full super
vision of Associated Charities-FOr-
mer Judge KimbaII Defends So
ciety-Seeretary Gets Sympathy.

Members OF the Oldest Inhabitants AS
ISOLATION were startled as though
thunderbolt had descended upon them.
when John B. Mccarthy. corresponding
secretary, in stirring speech. severely
arraigned the practices Of the Associated
Charities and the Washington Playground
Association at neeting last night
Former Judge Ivory g. Kimball sprang
Carthys attsck ca the character of off,
GERS OF the two societies.
Without a dissenting voice. Mr. Nc
Carthy caused TO be passed the following
resolution:
Resolved. That the District Commits
sioners should have full supervision OF
the charities of the District"
Ills ArrRiEnmenf Bitter.
Following regular proceedings Of the
meeting. Mr. Mccarthy at once began on
bitter arraignment Of the Associated
Charities.
Washington has more charitable IN
stitutions in # than any other city in
the country" Mr.. Mccarthy said. and
everybody knows there is less charity
done in this city than anywhere else
And now they are trying TO get $500
to spend for charity this year.
''The Associated Charities, a supposed
charitable organization. blows about do
ing everything, and when poor man
goes TO it for cup Of coffee or a sand
wich he cannot get it. They give moth
ing 10 the poor except advice; don't give
cup Of coffee to a hungry man; play
before the public, pieturing all sorts Of
horrible pictures of misery; grab all the
money they can lay their hands on, and
the officers grab all the salaries
Includes Associated Charities.
Mark Twain once said: There are two
bodies in session in Washington every
winter, Congress and the Associated
Charities, and it is a wen-known fact
that a certain Washington paper devotes
more space TO the Associated Charities
than it does TO the sessions of Congress.
''The Associated Charities and the
Washington Playground Association are
playing before the public, their officers
drawing salaries for practically nothing.
Former Secretary Weller. Of the Assocfat-
ed Charities. drew salary of $500, and
managed to see to II that members of
his family got other salaries. Mr.. Weller,
don't believe. ever gave out one dollar
for each dollar he received. for charity's
sake"
The entire amount received by the or
ganization for charitable purposes was
expended in salaries and eccentric pub
llcity, taking pictures of the poor parts
Of the city, describing all the misery ex-
listing there, giving illustrated lectures,
and when a poor man asked for a Gun OF
coffee because he was hungry, he was
turned away.
Grabs Up Everything.
''The Associated Charities closes its
doors at $50 o'clock, and 1 don't believs
tonight you will find any of its branches
open. The organization is crowding out
good smaller charitable societies and
grabbing up everything In sight. It has
some good, upright honest men in il,
who come TO the meetings about once
year. and that is about all.
Then, too. the Washington Playground
Association is being run for the salaries.
What do the children of Washington
need with these expensive yards, when
they have fifty-seven public parks and
the White Lot grounds to play on? Not
that I don't went The boys and girls to
have all the fun they want, but these
grounds are being run for the support OF
a crowd CT teachers and instructors.
Every year Washington is stirred by
the annual campaigns which urge the
citizens TO buy buttons for the support
of these yards And we have acted Ike
a lot of fools and buy these buttons and
those men get the salaries from that
money.
Some time ago they brought down a