The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-27
Declare Lives Are Debauch-
ed and Wrecked By
Modern Demands.
CHURCH CRITICIZED
FOR LIQUOR STAND
Bishop Declares Duty Is Not Per
formed In Total Alb
Stinence.

Blaming present socrai conditions for
many debauched and wrecked lives
among the young. declaring that FAC
tories which do not take care OF their
yvorlImen send out yearly armies Of
human dereIicts and junk, and blaming
uHcensoTed moving picture shows for
poisoning the minds Of youths and maid
ers, Robert Briggs, of Baltimore, made
th- principal address Of the morning TO
! the delegates at the first national con-
! ference Of Catholic Charities at CathO-
lie University.
His theme was THE Dependent Fam
lily" He outlined the methods employed
/ by the St Vincent de Paul Society and
other charitable Institutions to aid the
destitute and needy. explained what, in
his opinion, were causes of poverty and
then pointed out wherein Catholic shari-
ties had succeeded and where they had
failed.
His address was followed by discus
sions on the subject from high Catholic
dignitaries and laymen from all over the
world The discussions were frank and
the criticisms Of Catholic methods IN
reserved
Criticises Church.
Franlness in criticism where criticism
was due was the keynote OF tOday-s
meeting, and when Bishop Peter J.
CaIIaghan. Of Chicago. president Of the
Total Abstinence Union Of America,
charged the Catholic Church with not
doing its fun duty, applause came from
the entire assembiage
Briggs said the night messenger serv-
ice was blind alley industry, with a
gambling den and a house OF prOstitu-
ton at one end. and the breadline and
/ penitentiary at the other, an industry
whCih furnished more thieves and p-ty
criminals than any other occupation
our problem Is not only TO help those
who have faAen by the wayside. both
! physically and spiritually" said Hr
BT1ggs- but TO adopt means to prevent
| the growth Of dependency. The only
way 10 do this properly Is by cO-0peUz-
! ton with all charitable institutions. be
| they Catholic OF Protestant
Urges Care of Poor.
we have reached a point where the
| problem Of caring for our poor is TOO
large for Individual effort. and too cDrn-
pick for men and women who have not
made it a special study. Vicentians
| viii warn US not TO 'pauperize the fem
/ H.. [ say to them, The warning IS
good, and We viii do no haphazard
aimSEIVtlg. but systematic assistance
I urge that each city have trained
I lEaD
/ this work of assistance
As important and as closely followed
/ as was the address OF Briggs were
| the remarks made on the same Subject
( by Bishop O'CalIaShan OF Q 60
| Bishop O'CalIaghan agreed WIKI Ees
/ A Murray. Of Dorchester. in The er-
ton that there should be no preJudice
| against non-CathOlics in charitable
work He disagreed with Briggs in re-
gard TO the alleged bad effect upon BOYS
| OF the messenger services Instead ne
] laid to the door Of drink and intenper-
I ance 80 per cent Of the poverty OF the
world,
Defends Messengers.
The messenger services said Bishop
| O'C, .Iaghan, are not the source from
which are drawn the thieves and peni-
I Tertiary occupants I have worked Iong
| among the jaiIs and penitentiaries and
1 know whereof I speak when 1 say tbs
I thieves. burglars, and hoId-up men be
/ gan their careers through incompetent
{ or unenforced liquor laws The Jai
! birds, so called, began by rushing tbs
/ can when they were young
/ I'VE know the remedy, but we Cath
/ olics don't dare to be honest and take
J this neanS-totaI abstinence II the
/ Catholic Church would do ats fun duty
] on the temperance question poverty OF
7 the world would be Immediately cut ii
/ half
/ And the way 10 teach so0riety TO the
( young. who would otherwise become
Z drunka rds and later dependents. Is 10y
! example The man who gives I'D beer
and drinks whisky is no example To-
Z tai abstinence Is the only thing
! Bishop O'CaIlaghan concluded WITH
the advice that after the example has
/ been set the thing to do was to get hold
( Of the youth Of the army and navy and
the youth OF the parochial and public
4 schools and instiu into their receptive
minds the fear Of rum and the picture
e what Il holds out to them
Charity Unity Urged.
Bishop Collins, Of Kingston. Jamaica
spoke OF the charitable work dcse by
the Society OF St Vincent de Pau II
/ that island. and agreed with former
speakers, that when it came to aiding
the needy. Catholics should not be above
i;saing in with other religions and ais,
helping regardless Of the faith or be