Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-18

available to students everywhere. For
instance, 1t was found that in 1911 there
were 1.G3S cities reporting to the depart
ment of child hygiene, and that in only
443 of them is medical inspection to be
found. Yet even this showing is q graft
Tying one when 1t Is stated that less
than ten years ago there were only
twenty-three cities having such inspec-
ton.
The fight against tuberculosis has been
aided with funds from the Sage Founda-
ton. When the worlds tuberculosis con-
gress was held in Washington the founda-
ton helped to finance it, and bore the ex-
pense of moving the remarkable exhibi-
ton that accompanied it to New York,
where the people were given an oppOr-
tunity to see 1t. The movement for pub
lie recreation also has received much sup
port from the foundation, while the plac-
ing out and management of children in
institutions has been a problem that has
commanded it's study and support
One of the lessons learned from the in
vestigations by the foundation into power
ty and ignorance Is that there Is a serious
need of charity organizations in a great
many communities, and it is now seeking
to supply this need by encouraging the
organization of associations to look after
the poor In many cities. Much success
has attended this work. and the organ
iZations that have resulted are devoting
their efforts as much to the abolition Of
the causes of poverty as to the relief of
specific cases of distress, thus carrying
out the purposes Mrs. Sage had in mind
in creating the foundation.
There are many lines Of inquiry that
need to be made so that legislative bodies
may have proper Information to guide
them in enacting legislation for the safe
guarding Of the interests Of the poor For
instance, 1t is generally known fact that
the people who have to pay the highest
rates for life and health insurance are
the ones who can least afford to do So
the ones who can get it only on the in
stallment plan of so much per week. Yet
there was no definite. scientifically gath
cred data which would warrant legislative
action to correct abuses anywhere to be
mad. The foundation financed such an
inquiry, and 1t has revealed in a startling
way the burdens the poor have to bear
for the small protection their insurance
anords. Likewise. the whole world has
had general knowledge of the terrific
exactions of the loan sharks who lend
money on salaries and personal property.
But information sufficiently exact for the
legislator who would remedy the evils of
the business was wanting until the Rus
sell Sage Foundation supported an in
vestlgation which has shown up the 10
percenter' in his true character
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The problem of bringing together the
man who wants reliable help and the
person who is
Foundation Is Solving dependable but
Question of Poverty. one - UPON DO n
whose solution not little poverty must
disappear from the country. The Sage
Foundation has attacked the proposition,
and the probable result will be a chain OF
free employment agencies across the
country which will investigate the records
Of men seeking work and give dependable
information to employers in need Of help.
serving as a sort of clearing house for
those who have work to be done and
those who want to do it.
In it's efforts to lay the foundations for
scientific aid in times of a great calamity
like the San Francisco earthquake the
foundation has supported some investi-
gators whose duty it has been to study
and analyze the work that was done
there, with a view to extracting every
possible lesson from the relief work and
making 1t available for future catastro-
Plies. In this way 1t hopes to make
every dollar count in those times when
dollars are so much needed, and to get
the relief work started the moment there
Is need for it.
One of the most interesting Of all the
activities of the foundation has to do with
the education of scientific investigators
in schools of philanthropy. Such schools
are now maintained in New York, Boston.
Chicago and st. Louis, and the founda-
ton has aided in the establishment of
departments for the training OF social In
octSn tor To ina cd tn alxo