The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
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" The people of Birmingham
consider it an outrage that
only negligible portion of their
money which. through the municipal
and county governments, is contributed
to the support of the Associated Chari-
ties, goes, in turn, to the poverty
stricken.
The Associated Charities, however,
believes that its efficiency increases as
its cost of maintenance increases, that,
in other words. the highest standard OF
efficiency will obtain when for main
tenance. it expends 100 cents IN every
dollar contributed to the cause.
The unschooled people believe in a
direct charity. and the association in
a charity by indirection. In other words
the people who contribute the money
believe that the hungry should be fed
Immediately, that the naked should be
clothed Immediately and the suffering
should be healed. The Associated Char
tiles believes that mendicant should,
through a process of indirect charity,
be made self supporting. 1t holds that
as soon as man is fed by the spoon
of charity he loses his self-respect and
the hope of his ultimate redemption
becomes absolutely nil
Inasmuch as this difference in view
points exists. there is and Will OF ne
cessitv always be disagreement be-
tween the association and the people
who support the association. IL 1t Is
the desire that there be no disagree
ment. the association should issue
statement, making its position plain,
and the people should inform the mu-
nicipal and county governments as to
whether or not they wish to continue
their support of an institution which
stands for the principles enunciated.
There is no doubt but that the people
become resentful against the sssocia-
tion as soon as case-for example,
that of the negro, Henderson--in which
the association is guilty OF a seeming
negligence or disregard of distress Is
presented. DIR. George Eaves whose
dread excalibur is wont to flash when
ever one refers unkindly or with ad-
verse criticism to the association. de-
clared some days ago in the office OF
The e-Herald that the people were
easily aroused because, instead of with
their heads, they think with their
stomachs, meaning that instead Of dis
playing cool Judgment they permit SEN
timentality to overcome and completely
enthrall them.
He is right. But he might have
added that that sentiment which over
throws the cool judgment of man, as
he states, is identical with that senti-
ment which caused Christ to feed those
who hungered, caused Him, without
Iteration of the sin which produced
disease to cure disease, prompted Him
without hesitancy to raise the dead and
forgive the thief VINO died upon the
cross
The Associated Charities is as tina.
skilled surgeon who. after demanding
ing in some of the latest popular
dances?
HE could scarcely exclaim of any OF
our debutantes, But, oh, she dances
such a way unless he wished to be
sarcastic, which was far from the good
gentleman's meaning when he wrote the
poem quoted above. Remembering the
stately curtseys and graceful bows OF
his own day, he would find it hard to
believe that the people he saw belonged
!! in good society And If they were dane
ing the turkey trot' he would have con-
sidered that he had inadvertently in
| truded into the revels of the low popu-
lace
| In their craze for novelty many 9TH
erwise extremely refined young men
and women have learned this ungainly
and vulgar dance without thinking
much about it or quite realizing what
! they were uOiHS. Anu WheH o'is DN'
| has the hardihood to criticize them
they cry old fogy' and say that they
cannot always be dancing the same OLD
waltzes and two-steps.
Let US have novelty by all means
novelty in the dance as well as IN
everything else, but let us get our new
| dances from masters of the art and
not from the dregs of society"