The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-27
.ASCERT AIMING FAMILY NEED IS AIM OF SOCIETY New Charitable Organization Has investigated 25
 Families. NEEDING OUT
 THE UNDEsERVING Secretary Myers Reports Upon Conditions As He Finds
 Them.-Nurse Boy
 Ian Here Monday.
NEEDING OUT
 THE UNDESERVING
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The new Charity Organization So- ciety of which Leet B. Myers is the general secretary has gone Into the charitable work of the city with a running jump Although the office has only been open ten days, twenty
 five families have been referred to the society for investigation and intensive fanl1ily work. These represent twenty five different family paUblems that must be solved if these Hanihes are to be saved from total failure as far as family life is concerned.
 MT. Myers stated in an interview to- day tl1aL the large ugzanber referred to has made it impossible to give each the attention it needs. but some good has already been accom- di5Ele ed One man who had been out of work for weeks and whose family were suffer ing had lost heart and decided there was no work for him. Al6ter a talk with Mir Myers as to the best methods of finding work he reported in 8. few nouns that he had al1nost certain pros pect of a permanent job.
 TemporaTy work was found for am other man who had been idle since Christnnas Several men have been examined by physicians to determine in how far they were inoapacftated for work ana an effort made to find work suited to their strength There would be no gain in putting a weak man on a job that would cause a. physical breakdown. In every case the family is visited and an effort made to get an understa1ding of the whole family needs. One woman was bands illness A visit showed the man ito be perfectly we'll as far as ap- peafanees go. He refused absolutely to go to physician. All help was refused until he coa1sentesd to be ex-| anined His wife upheld him in re-. fusi1lg There are no children in the cEse and therefore no danger of inno- cent ones suffering. So the story runs through the twenty-five eases. 4 great many of the calls for heIp are based on the theory Of shortage of. work.
 who are honestly out of work others c11ronIeal1y out of work and are talk ing advantage of the present strfhr-3 gency to ask help The great diff1-8 cs1Ity with these men and women, said Ma. Myers is that they do not know how to look for work. There is uu- doubtedly a shortage of organized work in shops, etc But there ig at all times a lot of loose or unorgamized work over the city that can be secured if only man or woman knows how earning. a lfving. One man whose wife is in the hospital so that he cannot leave his children to be gone all day is pnepardng horse-radish at home and peddldng it for Q few hours each morn Ing. He has been helped to get sup ply and thinks he can make enough to keep up the family till his wife re- turns.
 Miss Marguerite Boylan. Mir. Myers assistant, will be on hand March first and the society will be able to do more intensive work with the fndivid- 11ad families. A large cooperative work with the ether societies will also be taken up and a case conference con1fnittee to discuss problems Of the poor, fannfMes will be established.