Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
CHARITIES.

The charitable organizations of the
District have had busy and useful year
In various lines Of endeavor. The most
notable of these. perhaps, were the cam
paigns conducted by the Young Woman's
Christian Association, for funds for a
new building, and by the Associated
CHARITIES, for funds to relieve fourteen
families from danger of want, at Christ
mas time.
In the case of the Young Woman's
Christian Association, the Organization
bought a site for new home, for which
1t paid $11O,214, and moved its head
quarters from 18th and F. streets to 936
street. which gives it sixteen rooms
instead OF nine, larger lunch ROOM and
places 1t In more central location.
In the case Of the Associated Charities.
this organization shortly before Christ
mas sent out an appeal for funds to pro-
portunities' to do good, asking for s., rs,
which sum was more than realized in the
response to the appeals
Eight Application Bureaus.
The Associated Charities has maintained
eight application bureaus for needy fam
lilies In the poorer sections of the city. A
trained worker has been in charge of
each or these bureaus, and each district
visitor has worked under the guidance
OF an advisory committee, meeting resu-
larly in conference
The sum Of $4,000 has been contributed
TO and expended by the Associated Char
tiles and the Citizens Relief Associa ton
In the year ending October l. This is in
addition to the fourteen opportunities
1und or this year. and does not include
contributions made between October 1
and December 81. Alley work has been
prosecuted In cooperation with the Mon
day Evening Club and the woman's vel
fare department of the National Civic
Federation. ''city cleaning week" was
held. In which residents were encoura ged
to clean their premises, and remove rub
bish and dirt and other disease breeders.
Charities Endorsement Committee.
During the year there was organized a
charities Endorsement committee, with
five members. one from the Board of
Trade. one from the District board of
charities. one from the Chamber of Com
merce and two members at large. For
mer District Commissioner III. B. F.. Mac
farland was elected president of the COM
mittee.
Summer outings for poor mothers and
children We're organized during the year.
as usual. at Camp Good VIII and Camp
Pleasant. and at the baby hospital Camp.
Throughout the year the Salvation
Army, American Salvation Army and the
various missions have performed their
various good works. The child labor
committee Of the District Of Columbia in
troduced into Congress new child labor
bill for the District known as the Cox
child labor bill. which is drafted along
the lines recommended by the national
child labor committee.
District Board of Charities.
The District board of charities gave a
great deal of attention during the year
to the development of the penal farm at
Occoquan, Va, which takes the place of
the workhouse formerly located in Wash
ington. The board regards this as one
of the most interesting experiments of re-
cent years in the care and reformation
Of criminals For the purpose of enabling
the institution to effect substantial bene-
fit and possible reformation i'm the cases
of persons committed to Occouuan the
board recommends the enactment of an
indeterminate sentence law which will,
provide instead of the present short SEN
fences an indeterminate sentence, with
a maximum of two years. Under the pres
ent system persons are frequently com
| mitted as many as four or five times in
sentence they are committed for a period
parole by board of parole. The law rec
| commended would provide also for parole
officers, who would have the paroled men