The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-24
bad HOUSING
CAUSES PAUPER|sM
Dr.. Lawrence T. Flick Says I'm.
proper Living Conditions Are
Chief Root Of Evil.
CHARITY WORKERS ADDRESS
CATHOLIC CONFERENCE
Delegates to Meet This Morning
and Evening-Go Sightseeing
in the Afternoon.

root In bad housing" said Dr.. Lawrence
F. Flick, Of Philadelphia, Pa, former
president Of the International Association
for the Study and Prevention Of Tuber-
cuIosis, at last nights session Of the
biennial meeting of the National Con.
ference Of Catholic Charities at the
Catholic University.
DR.. Flick. who spoke on the theme,
The Poor as Victims Of Their Material
Environment" said that health Is neces-
sary for efficiency. and that when a mem
Der of a family is incapacitated through
illness he Is carried along through the
labors of the other members.
Housing Is closely related to health
and through II to efficiency" said DR..
Flick. Air is an essential element for
man. Parasites which produce disease
find a more congenial condition in i'm
pure air. Ventilation is the foremost
point where the house touches upon
eficiency, and buildings should be con-
structed to obtain proper ventilation.
Protection of Poor.
Miss Katherine r. Williams. Of NIL
waukee, Wis, member Of the Stats
board Of control of Wisconsin, made an
address on THE Poor as Victims OF
Their Moral and Social Environment.
advancing the argument that by improv-
ing the surroundings OF the poor In a
moral and social sense and providing
them with proper amusement. they would
unconsciously improve their own condi'
ton.
The Legal and Social Protection OF
the Poor was the theme of a paper by
James F. Kennedy. Of Chicago. A dis
| cussion participated in by many mem
bers followed.
A curfew law was advocated by Mrs
Thaddeus Meder. OF Chicago. who spoke
on Necessary Legislation" Laws re-
lating to children are not adequate, mol
are they rightfully enforced" she said
Inadequate provision is made for the
care and education. moral. mental. AND
physical. of epileptic children. The laws
relating to the normal child who Is COM
PEELED to work need great improvement "
DR.. Mary o'Brien Porter. Of Chicago
chairman Of the Protectorate of the
Catholic Woman's League. Of that city
made an address on THE Medical Point
Of View OF Mentally and Physically De-
fective Children"
Would Have Trained Workers.
Robert Biggs. Of Baltimore, made q
plea for trained workers." He said. In
part:
Society fails to protect itself from q
manifest danger when II fails to protect
its weaker units. Social movements
tending to corrupt young and old. ques'
tons OF insanitary housing. child labor
dangerous occupations. and scores OF
others require the thought and labor OF
trained workers and thinkers The Ques'
ton Of dealing with the real causes lyina
back Of dependency are questions requir.
ing investigations. Thought. knowledge
time. and care of some one who know,
how to investigate and what TO do after
he has investigated.
Others who spoke at yesterdays meet.
ings included Patrick Mallon. probation
oficer at Brooklyn Children's Court.
whose subject was "Desertion and Non.
support" Miss Mary E. Shinnick. pro-
baton oficer of Cincinnati. THE Pen
sioning Of Widows and Their Families
Dr. Thomas C. Carrigan, acting dean OF
the law faculty. Catholic University
Family Income and Child Labor;
Thomas Hughes Kelly. of New York
Rev. Michael Mccarthy. S. j., OF New
York: Edwin Mulresdy. Of Boston; ]. j
Mclaughlin, Of New Orleans. and Judge
Charles A. De Courcy. of Boston.
Other Meetings Held.
Rev. John Burke, c. g. p, editor of
the Catholic World, spoke on the prin-
cipIes of relief work yesterday after
noon at a meeting of the Christ Child
Society in Carroll Hall. Other meet
ings yesterday afternoon were those
OF the Catholic Woman's League and
Of the ST. Vincent de Paul Society. both
at the Continental Hotel.
The members and delegates of the
conference were received at the White
House by President Taft yesterday aft
ernoon at 2:30 o'clock. To-days pro-
gramme includes a section meeting of
the committee on needy families; of
the committee on dependent children.
and Of the committee on dependent
sick. all of which meet at $3.50 o'clock
this morning. Following are the speak
ers: Mrs. James Hugh Hackett, of Mil
waukee, who will make the vice chair
mans address; Joseph w. Brooks, of
Baltimore, After Care of Families"
DR.. Charles F. McKenna, Of New York.
THE Relation Of the State to the Con-
vict's Family" Miss Margaret c. Cum
mings, Of New York, Home Recrea-
tion. Play and Fairgrounds Among the
Poor" Edward ]. Du Nee, of Philadel-
phia; Hon. Michael F. Girten, former
Judge in the Municipal Court of Chi
cago. The Legal Aspect of the Prob
lem Of Dependent Children" Richard
N. Reilly. Of Harrisburg. Pa. The
Federal children's Bureau" Mrs. Ed
migrant Child" DR.. Joseph Corrigan.
Of Philadelphia, The Immigrant
Child" DR.. John A. Horgan. Roxbury.
Mass: DR.. Robert N. Merrick. Of Bos-
ton. The Chronic Sick in Their
Homes" Mrs. NJ. ]. MoFadden, of St.
Paul. Systematic Visitation of the
Sick in Their Homes" DR.. Helen NJ
Nolan. Of Toledo. Service on Boards
Controlling the Disbursement Of Funds
for the Relief Of the Sick"
To Go Sightseeing.
This afternoon is left free In order
that delegates may have an oppor-
tunity to visit points OF interest In this
city and environs.
The conference will reconvene at 4
o'clock this evening. Miss Adelaide NJ
Walsh. director of the Chicago Indus
trial School for Girls, will speak on
Cooperation Among Catholic Chari-
ties" Dr. James e. Hagerty, Of Column
bus, Ohio. Cooperation Among All
Charities" Rev. Joseph F. Smith, Of
New York, 1.-The Parochial School in
Relation to Relief Work" and Rev.
DR.. william J. Kirby. OF the Catholic
University, The Uses OF q Catholic