The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-22
Will Be Known as Tri-Chari. ties Committee and Fri
 Charities Campaign
HENRY KEY MILNER IS
 GENERAL CHAIRMAN
Oscar Turner Vice Chairman and Harry Stevens Treasurer-SOme- thing of Work of Each Or
 ganizatiOn and Its Needs
Ky DIR. GEoRGE.EAyEs

By DIR. GEORGE.EAVEs
 The campaign for funds on behalf of
 the Associated Charities, the Children's
 Aid society and the Anti-Tuberculosis
 association is to be known as the tri-
 charities campaign and the committed conducting 1t as the tri-charities conl-
 mittee. As announced, the committed
 holds it's first full meeting tomorrow in
 a Dutch treat at the Southern club at
 1 D. m.
 There are 20 teams, with as many cap-
 tains and vice captains. One team con-
 sists entirely of clergymen The whole
 series covers the city, including Wood lawn, East Lake, North Birmingham and Ensley-these having each separate team. An interesting feature is proposed in the offer of a prize to the most sue | cessful team.
 Each committee or team will be sup piled with facts concerning each of the three beneficiary socieries cooperating. Appended is a few distinctive features. showing what Birmingham owes to each of them.
 l-The Associated Charities The name often stands for an associa- ton or federation of all local relief work and voluntary provision for educational child defense and health service Here In Birmingham the name is we'll Known as applying to relief work, the upbuild- ing of broken down lives, the thousand and one activities involved in actual service, as contrasted with mere gifts of money Such service requires trained, thoughtful, sympathetic contact and the utmost cooperation of benevolent persons and organizations, to secure the fullest measure of contact of giver and receiver, and the most permanent measures of aid.
 The chief limitation of the usefulness of this great organization has been lack or ready money. In the 12 months end-
 ng November l, 1913 more than 15O0 ap- pllcauons Tor aid were received and aid was given them. These involved 7S4 fam ilies with 1547 children. Among single individuals no fewer than $50 were non- residents, many of them tramps. Elm ployment was found for 267 persons. more than lO100 calls were made on those aid- ed, or Tn connection with the need in- Volved. Railroad tickets were furnished for S4 out of 1l9 applicants. It is note worthy that one-third of those aided were the unemployed and one-ffth the sick To l0o9 provisions were supplied coal to 222 and clothing to 251 These figures il
 | Associated Charities need for the months ending January l, 1915 $12OOO
 H-Children's Aid Society
 After the separation of the work Of the Boys club from the same office, the Childre ms Aid society was organ ized with $. E. Thompson as president and well known group of directors, The functions of that society are to give temporary or permanent protec L O nf nd l dren regardless of race or creed Tn the past IS months 1105 children have been sheltered in the home, maintained in the old DeBardeleben place, where also 1 the juvenile court Is held: 72 children have bees provided with permanent homes and no fewer .han 662 neglect ed children have had their homes yis- ited, where necessary pressure has been eXerted or advice given in their in terest. Judge $. D. Murphy and RalDb Barrow are the well known leaders in the work. MT. and Mrs. s. D. Willing
 ham are in immediate care of the chil- dren in the home.
 1 The home needs repairs and one ar
 two additional visitors should be em l ployed for more frequent inspection of children homes and neighborhood The 1 supplementary bIoget calls for s250O | approved by the board of public wei | fare.
 llI-Anti-TuberculO Association | This association has now been more
 than three years before the public. It's | work is more than a charitable sery- | ice Of the unfortunate. no less indeed | than a great and needed and success | ful defense of the eneral health. It is | therefore aided by appropriations from county aud city, aggregatng S7OO per month, or SS400 Q year. This sounds 1 like a great sum. But when the scope of the work is considered and the ex pense GO npared with that of other cities of like order with Birmingham | 1t shrinks to insignificance. When con trasted with (the evidently wide distri button of tuberculosis and its attendant evils, moreover, 1t will be seen that it's share of public funds is grossly mad equate. Louisville Ky. Baltimore Md. Worcester Mass. Denver, Cot, spend annually s200,000 to $300,O00 inN this war on the great white plague. Com ing nearer home, Memphis and Atlanta are both equipped for a strong work This association has four departments. 1. The educational, distributing in formation and awakening interest by lectures, exhibits and the work of nurses.
 ?. The nursing service following up suspected and recognized cases. sur veying needy neiehborhoods instruct ing the patients and their families. fur nishing paper cups for destroying. the germ carrying sputun, and otherwise separating the sick from the well. Two nurses are now employed in this de- partment. They call on about 200 cases a month.
 thrice weekly by four physicians. to whom arc refarred all wbo saaly