The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-06-28
BIC SISTERS
INCORPORATED.
Organization viii Take an In
teTeSt In Little Girls.
MRS. VANDERBILT FOUNDER
She Found the Reasons For the So
eiety's Existence During Visits to the
ChiIdren's Court In New York-Ef-
forts Will Be Extended.

The New York organization of Big
Sisters. which recently received its in
corporation papers, is the result of the
individual effort of Mrs. William X.
Vanderbilt in the chlldren's court
The society has already more than
100 members, has an office in a Fifth
avenue building, with a secretary and
assistant secretary to attend to the
clerical work and to be always at the
court whenever it is in session and
look after little girls who need as
sistance when the members of the So
ciety are not able to be present
Mrs. Vanderbilt, whose practical
charitable work is illustrated in the
apartment homes, with the maximum
amount of sun and air, which she had
put up for people with incipient cases
of tuberculosis, began her visits to the
children's court about two years ago.
There she found representatives of
Jewish and Catholic organizations do
ing excellent work among their peo-
pie, but there was no one from the
special effort to look after the chill
dren of their churches.
Mrs. VanderbiIt's Work.
There was so much work to be done
that Mrs. Vanderbilt visited the courts
at least once and sometimes two or
three times week, interesting herself
In cases when there seemed need of
assistance. Finding a little ragtag
baby at the front Of the stairs, she
would pick it up and carry it until she
found the person who was supposed to
he in charge of it. She visited the
children she found In need in their
homes. They did not know her by
name, but only knew that some one
kind and motherly was interested in
them.
Then, the personal equation being
such an important part Of the work,
she interested her two sisters, Mrs. f.
G. Havemeyer and Mrs. Stephen II.
Olin, whose names are among the in
corporators, and some of her friends
also came in. The women interest
themselves personally in the children,
visit them in their homes, get them the
proper sort of employment when they
are old enough for 1t or, when it is diff
ficult for them to remain at school, en-
courage them TO stay as long as posi-
bic to get the foundation of an educa-
ton and when it is needed ease the
difficulties in the way if possible and
always act as friends of the children, to
be consulted in all difficulties and
troubles.
Plenty For Them to Do.
Since the society has grown the work
has gained system, and Mrs. Madeline
Evans, the secretary of the Big Sisters,
Is daily in court and notifies the men,
bers Of the society when there is need
Of their assistance. The Big Sisters
have had until now so many needy
little ones on their hands that they
have been obliged sometimes to be Big
Sisters to two or three little ones at
once.
The women specify In their articles
Of incorporation that they will look
after the physical, mental and moral
welfare" OF little girls not only in the
children's courts in New York, but in
other cities Of the United States.
The incorp0rators other than those
who have been mentioned are Mrs.
Lewis S. Morris, Mrs. Willard Darker,
Mrs. S. S. Sands, Mrs, Ralph Sanger,
Mrs. William NJ. Wright, Miss Sara B.
Mounce and Miss Lima Horn. By in
cooperating the Big Sisters will be able
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