The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
CHARITIES AND REC.
TIONS.
Interesting Addresses and Reports
Made at the Annual Meeting.

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tons, which met in the Y NJ. c. A., thi.
city, on Thursday, the 18th ult., and con
tinued in progress Friday and Saturday
and many helpful and important discus.
sions were participated in before the in
terested hearers. The addresses com.
prised wide range of subjects, all bear
ing upon the elevation and The better
ment of humanity. The TOPICS although
of general nature. had much of local
bearing and connection, and aroused
much interest among local charity work.
ers and citizens interested in the welfare
of the community.
The social feature of the day was the
luncheon by the Social Service Club,
Baltimore. and was occasioned by the
regular November meeting of the or
ganzation at the New City Hotel. The
luncheon was attended by over 100 per-
sons. Louis S. Levin. of Baltimore,
was POSTMASTER, and brief speeches were
made by Joseph D. Baker, of Frederick,
| President of the conference, Rev. Thos.
Freeman Dixon, of Frederick; Francis
H. Mclean, of New York, and H.
Writ Steele. of Baltimore. After the
luncheon trolley cars were run to the
front of the hotel and were boarded by
the delegates for ride to Braddook
Heights as guests of the Frederick
Railroad Company.
The Committee on Families and
| Neighborhoods met at the Y. NJ c. A.
i The principal subject of the meeting
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! Donald Hooker, on Sex Hygiene. Mrs.
Hooker's plan was for full knowledge
on what is still debatable subject
She stated that the various societies of
social workers stood for the enlighten-
ment of the child on all that pertains to
the origin of human life; and also the
teaching of all classes, and all ages the
horrible effects directly traceable to the
So-called social evil"
The address of Mr.. Francis A. Nc
Lean Field Secretary of the Charity
Organization Department, Russell Sage
Foundation, New York, said to be the
best versed man in practical charity in
the United States today" followed, and
was like breath of fresh air in a fetid
atmosphere.
MIR. Mclean presented his subject by a
series of vivid word pictures, giving diff
ferent types of INDECENT families, and
illustrating the various ways in which
they had to be handled; and he did not
attribute the failures that some times
occur entirely to the recipients of charity,
but implied that the fault occasionally lay
in the inadequate treatment of the case
by thes charity worker. Mr. McLeaps
handling of his subject impressed one
with the broad humanity of the man,
and his infinite sympathy with his fellow
man. His is the view of the Samaritan
not of the Levite.
He advocated the conservation of the
family, and the use Of the family re-
sources, wherever that be possible; but
he stated that where the family ties
were conspicuous by their absence. where
it was simply an assembage of an sac
cidental group" of people into sham
family" it was better to break this up,
especially looking toward the removal
of children mot so much born as
damned into the world"
DIR. Dixon followed Mr. Mclean with a
short, pithy talk, full of suggestions and
some humorous remarks, in which he
emphasized his position as an amateur
in charity work. He spoke of the ne
cessity tor the better housing condi-
tons for the poor and pointed out the
impossiblity of people living moral and
sanitary lives who had no better habita-
tions than the ones especially noted in
the recent visit of the Grand Jury in
! Frederick.
DR.. Dixon approved Of working Tor
and with the family as family. which he
designated, ''the original and God-made
group, the factory where men and
women are made" He wished that we
had one in Frederick, and wanted to
know why we had not that Western law
which committed a reprobate father to
ihe almshouse, made him work, paid
him fifty cents day. which was trans
mitted to his needy family
Miss Casey, district nurse for Fred
erick; read paper on "The poor mans
se-tuberculosis. and her belief
gathered from her work in the home
that all remedial measures must come
from the outside, and the injected mem
bers of the family removed absolutely
In this connection, she gave emphatic
approval to the erection of more hos
pitals and sanitariums for the treatmen
of the white plague"
MT. w. y. OncIlOCk, OI DdlllniOIC
made a few remarks on giving the blino
man chance in life. He said that h,
thought that the blind child should no
be "coddled, but thrown more on it
own resources, in order to develop thu
many abilities possessed by the blind
He stated that they should be particu
larly trained on concentration of th'
mind. Mr.. Sherlock. who is hmsel
blind. spoke more fully on the subjec
on Monday night.
The meeting in charge Of the Com
mittee on Children was held in th
Boys Department Of the association
rooms, which was well filled. TIL
meeting was presided over by MI
George l.. Jones, Chairman of the Con-
mittee on Children.
The subject for discussion was Inter
: Relation of Child Labor, Compulsor
Education and Industrial Training.
The principal speaker was Mr.. Owe
: Lovejoy, Of New York, Secretary {
the National Child Labor Commite'
He spoke of the value of the protectio
. of the children and the relation of unde
standing how to make preparations fc
earning livelihood. The boy is give
an industrial training and taught how
use his hands in order to earn his liv,
n ihood. He referred to the fact thi
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