Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-03

> DAY. 81. food 81
mas the Associated Charities here
: spent 81 To give away 81. Hasn't il
sven to that family in the trained
. eUIciency of its paid worker a ser
wee worth untold money! II has
eIeVated the family from want and
. misery TO position of freedom and
ser support and that. without uau-
P+Ilz'hg H. The man did nor know.
Where to go for work: how 10 ca
9poul getting his wife into hospital.
I"t institution would take care OF
.iIS PaISIyzed child. where TO 20 to
SCI comes, food or schoolbooks. He
was utterly discouraged. down ot,t
Isauy 10 quit Was that expenditure
OF ~ worth OF time and 81 worth If
food better or worse than eiyfney Nc
man 20 bill, all Of which he Would
probably have spent for food and Al
'lie ehd OF its consumption. in a day
or Two. been just as bad off as
ever Which would be the wiser
way 70 handle that case
w men sick man goes TO a docror
ne mas 10 spend about ten times a.
HiuCa LOT his doctors advice and SER
wee as ne does on the drug store for
the actual medicine prescribed. An
applicant for charity is sick-sicl.
IN the worst possible Wav-and the
DiIhd ana needless administration Of
money alone to his needs is usually
as disastrous as the blind admins
tration Of any kind OF medicine with
out the advice of a physician IN a
man desperately i'll.
MT. Wallace is quoted as saving.
Inc money given by Atlantans to
relieve the suffering Of the moor goes
10 swell handsome salaries OF mn
merous officials
Salaries Really Too Low.
50 far as the 'handsou.a salaries
are concerned, We doubt II there is A
| minister In Atlanta Of Mr. Logan's
ablIltN, energy, eageTneSs and innu-
ence VINO Is as poorly paid as he is
me women agents are not paid as
/ lnuch as business women Of their
ABILITY who are sJcuographers, book
Keepers and school teachers. There is
not paid agent in the office who is
not OYerWOrked and underpaid. and
IN addition there are three volunteers
on the Office force who are paid moth
ing, ana about Is other volunteers do
ing work ON committees and specific
cases who receive nothing.
The Associated Charities is saving
the city of Atlanta 100000 a year
with total expenditure Of less than
100000, and If any reasonable man
who doubts this statement will spend
with me two hours at the office Of the
society, in an open minded effort to
get ar the facts, ! will convince him
Of ii so absolutely and unqualitiedly
he VIII wonder he ever entertained
such a doubt
Mr.. Wallace is also quoted as say
ing Persons in dire need Of distress
are allowed to almost starye to death
while the Associated Charities busies
itself in investigating them. This
statement Is SO ridiCuiously absurd
as TO make It almost unbelievable that
Mr. Wallace is quoted correctly.
give him the benefit of the doubt in
my mind and assume that he did not
make this statement as quoted I
have been closely connected with the
association since Its organization eight
years ago. If out Of the thousands Of
cases which have passes through the
office there has been a single one
which has ever been allowed to suf-
fer in the slightest while an invesi-
cation was being made, it has not
been brought to my attention. That
such could have occurred without my
self or some member Of the executive
board knowing it, ! do not believe
to be true
Quick Relief Always Given.
Persons In dire need are never
allowed to suffer pending an inyesti-
cation Whatever is necessary to be
done to relieve immediate suffering
is done at once, but with the ma
chinerv at hand and the methods We
usp very fTp0UputlE q Thorough IuVes-