Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09


or Identification All kinds ffocked to
these places, and year after year food
and fuel We're dispensed. The applicants
were demoraliZed and a dangerous class
of indoent persons fostered in the city.
The second experiment took the form of
he City and County Boards of Trustees.
and the same class of professional tramp
applied here as to the ProVident Aid So
cietys souphouse in addition to the other
undeSirableS. During the six years so
that these two bodies were in operation a
vast amount of money was spent. $4,000
being disbursed in a single year.
In September 1877. the Washington
Labor Exchange was organized This.
while having a better effect
Early than the two previous or
EHo,4, CARNATIONS. stil left the
To- professional beggar unre-
strained. In the fall of 1879. after the
Labor Exchange had closed it's doors, the
New Provident Society came into exist
ence, being modelled somewhat after the
original Provident Society and the Labor
Exchange. Some of the best men and
women in the District were identified with
this movement. but the work was sus-
pended after a little more than one years
organization of the Associated Charities
was effected the primary meeting having
been held the January previous at the
home of A. S. Soomons June another
meeting was held and the constitution
agreed upon being. adopted at the
July meeting. The first officers were
Josiah Dent president: NJ c. Emery
treasurer and l.. $. Emery, secretary. In
January. 1ss2, the organization was duly
incorporated
In 1895 the Associated Charities was
reorganiZed. and since then it has given
no relief from its general treasury. The
funds which are distributed by the aSSo-
citation in cases of need are supplied by
The Citizens Relief Association and what
is known the golden book funds.
which is really money donated for specific
cases. and which now almost equal
the amount obtained through the Citi-
Zens' Relief Association. During the
first year of the associations existence
approximately $3.50 was spent with the
number of cases totaling 1.61:; A CLASH
the white women helped were about
twenty teachers. nearly two hundred
seamstresses. ten department clerks and
eighteen nurses. Among the white men
twenty We're department clerks, one a
teacher and one a doctor. Among the
colored element aided the majority were
la borers and cooks. AS against that rec
ord is the one of last year, showing that
1910 different families were dealt with.
while the number of calls received in
regard to aid numbered 1868, with the
number of calls made by the association
authorities being practically the same.
Families to the number of 1,454 were
given actual relief last year, and S13.I1o
was expended in doing. Aside from
the regular professional workers, the as
ISOLATION last year had fifty-fivc friendly
visitors and ,H' other voluntary workers.
Through the provident savings system
by which small savings are encouraged
among the poor. more than
Practical $4,000 was collected last
year in deposits. Three hun
Wings dred persons We're found
employment, 1871 given legal and correc-
tonal aid. 100 procured hospital or other
institutional care, and practically 1,J00
given medical aid. More than 700 moth
ers and children were sent to either
Camp Good VIII or Camp Pleasant for
two weeks while nearly 2,0GO persons
were sent to the camps for single-day
outings.
A more complete realization of just
what the work of the Associated Chari-
ties covers can be obtained from an
itemZed list of the various points covered
by that one general statement that $40
different families were rendered aid of
some kind. OF that total I49 were wild
ows with families. while 149 We're widow
ers with families. The deserted wives
numbered b. while there We're twenty
five deserted husbands. Unmarried wom-
Ell with children totaled eighty-nine. The
remainder is made UP of families in which
there is the handicap of old age, blindness.
etc. tuberculosis other sickness in
sanity, feeble mindedness. drunkenness
or drug users, this general classification
including about 1.iO0 of the cases.
The real work of the Associated Chart
ties which so few really understand
is that of investigation. cooperation
registration. intelligent relief giving and
association office. the real headuuar-
ters, at G23 II street. can be likened
TO huge telephone switchboard.
The response to these calls must be
as varied as the colors of Joseph's coat
Fuel and food in winter and
Various ice and milk in summer are
essentials to many. but not
NCouo. to ALL Some cases. in the
are simply those in which the appli-
cants need a business manager. For
instance. there is one woman who has
gone there for aid who receives a good
salary. more in fact than many of the
workers of the association. She did not
seek financial aid but simply help in
STRENGTHENING out her affairs-for intel
Hgent direction. And that intelligent
direction. is to large extent the biggest
Dart OF the work done by the Associated