The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13
.LAUDs CHARITY WORK
Of CATHOLIC GUILD
"cATHoLIc WOMEN IN CHAR
TABLE WORK."
Mrs. Mcmahon of Chicago Pleads for
Broader Scope in Catholic Social
Work and Points Out Its Most
Pressing Needs.

On Thursday, May 4, Mrs John Nc
Mahon, President of the Catholic
Women's League of Chicago, was the
guest of honor at luncheon given at
the st. Paul Hotel by the Guild OF
Catholic Women. This local organiza-
tion has a membership of 400 drawn
from the different parishes of st. Paul
and practically every member was
present at the luncheon, moved by
desire to hear what one of the best
known charity workers in the country
had to offer in the way of advice re-
garding the most pressing needs OF
Catholic social work.
The theme of Mrs. McMahon's ad-
dress was Catholic Women in Char
liable Work" She complimented the
Guild of Catholic Women of st. Paul,
on the splendid work which they are
doing especially in their efforts to les
sen the causes of poverty by reform
ing the chief wage-earner, and develop
ing zest for work in the indolent by
convincing them that it is unmanly to
be dependent on ones neighbors. In
this phase of their work, the lecturer
said, the Guild of Catholic Women OF
St. Paul surpasses the Catholic
Women's League of Chicago. She gave
the local organization credit for the
noble work it is doing in rescuing
young girls from the dangers by which
they are too often surrounded in large
cities.
The well-developed spirit of this
rescue work is shown by the fact that
members of the Guild not only attend
the sessions of the Juvenile Court
but also take wayward girls into their
own homes and care for them in an
effort to put them ens-the right#roads
The leading social workers throughout
America have begun to realize that
their duty towards the unfortunate is
not adequately discharged by placing
them in charitable or corrective insti-
tutions. The proper way to deal with
wayward children is to keep them, as
far as possible, in their own homes and
strive to ameliorate the conditions of
their home life. To that end, day nur-
series have been established in many
cities for the purpose of enabling
mothers who have to work for living
to place their children under proper
care and guardianship during the hours
when they are obliged to be away
from home. The establishment of
day nurseries has led to an effort to
assist mothers in such way that
they need not go out working.
She described the various phases of
the charitable work performed by the
League of which she is the president,
emphasizing, in particular, it's educa-
tional features as means of improv-
ing home conditions and thereby rem
dering more valuable the assistance
given to the needy and unfortunate.
Mrs. Mcmahon dwelt upon the need
of broader work in Catholic Women's
Clubs urging them to branch out and
affiliate with other federatiens; to
form department clubs, which will pro-
vide self-culture as we'll as help for
others She warned all organizations
which do not provide something to
interest their members of the certain
loss of influence as well as OF num-
bers. She urged affiliation with every
society, state and national, which has
for object the betterment of communi-
ties and people in general.
The address of Mrs. Mcmahon will
undoubtedly give new impetus and
inspiration to the charitable work of
the Catholic Women's Guild, which
cannot fail to rebound to the welfare
Of the projects in which they are in
terested.