Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-05

lble business comes very OFTEN through
lie low wages which our department
itores- and small shops pay TO the work
ng girls. Again. the last Legislature OF
the state of Maine has been induced to
AXE certain steps in the right direction.
An Act has been passed providing for
the weekly payment OF wages, and am
other act in regard to the worKmat's
for injuries provides that
the burden of proof is placed on the
employer, to prove contributory negl-
: ance.
Vice and Crime.
All over the country vice commissions
are being organized The work is more
saccessfnl in some cities than in DINERS,
hpt iq qll cities The ,feFeations aIshoAr
etstl ts' lthe nvestgatit1s are s:hpE
horrible. Two years aso the cry OF
was invesewg4d, and a ssart,7,
j ny, condition, was feyealed. Can we Sup
pAsl1 thaf cities 4i5NlstRgor, Lewiston,
e' De &C., ','e dine
evil Some lpcssimisttez s9uls argue that
70 is h3pelt IS 70 fighf, against this pest,
and that segfeSatiesig:a the only remedy.
The argument in favor OF Jnc Scsrega-
ton of the women equally proves that
the amen s1Cpld be Segregated and the
.uten .ate jgqillp 8oee greater degree. The
forma ton Of a district where the fallen
siy}s are 70 live means the preservation
# a pest-house from which the most aw-
full diseases known to the world may
spread into the homes Of Innocent vic
tins. by means Of the men who are
e
white slavery have been found right
here IN Maine, and it is high time that
phiisnthropic work OF this kind should
be started in these cities in Maiae. FIX
perience in other cities has proved the
fact that it is possible to stamp out the
social esil 10 large extent. anG TIE
blame must fan ON the leading people in
amy community if=it. is. allowed To exist
and ruiz. 6o,ir' yoilnao folks
Public Health and Housing.
During lie i;tst't0 d. II years the state
of Maine has been doing Considerable
.tnti-tlhei clrlosls work We have STINT
toria mt Hebron and at Fairfield. W.
nave tnhefeulosis9 Classes in Bangor
Lewiston. MateryiHe and Portland We
havea tuberculosis nurses in seven OF
eight OF the counties of the State. We
have been instfuetng the people gener-
;ilfyy and hope for still further good
Iestilt# Much Of this Work has been done
ny the Maine Anti-tubereulosis Associa
ton. The last Legislature ordered fumi-
cation for tuberculosis To be done nm
der the State Board of Health Instead
of the local board, and forbids common
drinking cups in public places. We shat
aear. on Wednesday evening, what has
been done and Nhat ought to be done III
this direction But the doctors In Maine
awful progress in the State of Maine
of venereal disease, especially among
our young people. far more deadly and
disastrous to health than tuberculosis.
Something must be done. Here rs AN
opportunity for phlanthropic WORK
which may well be called the greatest
need in the state of Maine
No movement in housing reform exists
throughout the State The Portland
civic Club secured the services OF Or.
Hinder. OF the National Housing Asso-
citation. He Investigated Portland, and
made many recommendations. But so
far as know this effort has not been
followed up, SO few people seem TO care
about the housing of the poor
Other Philanthropic Work.
We have in pottland III Marie seho II
for the Deaf doing a great work. and
the Maine Institution for the Blind
which is for adults. but not for little
children. Our blind children have TO be
sent out Of the State We hav. the
Maine School for the Predetermined at
West Pownal. 1t is estimated that there
are 1860 feeble-minded in the State There
are accommodations in institutions for
2io. and the rest are in aims houses, pro-
pagating their kind
Perhaps the most popular form OF
philanthropy in the State is for the re-
lief of poverty. Certainly the city of
Portland is overbnrdened with the va
riety and number of such organizations.
and | presume that the same is true in
all the cities throughout the State This
fact shows very clearly that the State
of Maine is full of charita le-nirnded
minded people whose sympathies are
moved. and moved deeply, by the cry of
the poor. 1t is the old fashioned form of
charity. The difficulty is that the people
IN Maine have not yet walked up to the
demands of modern philanthropy. Too
much emphasis is placed on the relief
and too little on the prevention o. pov-
efty, and we have not yet learned 10
realize that We are responsible for an
other forms of, affection. and that MOD
ern science has come to the rescue,,to
show us the wfsest and best methods
of producing the most wholes me results.
I stated in the beginning of ti:s ao-
dress that believe there are ri,lny IN
the state of Maine who are deeply i'm
terested In philanthropic work. manya
VINO would like to. take part in this work
IL they COULD gen the opportunity and
could know 1whar is needed, many who
are eager to knowiitfe principles of mod /;
ern philanthropy. People do not like to
listen to long addresses in these cays. !
and look to the short magazine. articles
Tor Information On general TOPICS.
earnestly hope these few words Of. mine
may be heard and read by some ore
VINO will be stirred to some form of ac- /.
tice social service
In the absence &c Caai n,aa, f. p.
" entworth, president = the Naineal
Prison Association, Ge' r@e T. r'ogq.
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