Evening journal., 1915-04-23
MANY GIVEN HELP
BY THE CHARITIES
Thirteen Hundred Ap-
plicants at the Associated
Charities During Winter
HOME RELIEF PUTS
OUT $500 TO NEEDY

Al a conference of charities, held at
Che New Century Club yesterday after
noon, the work of the Home Relief and
of the Associated Charities was review
ed and an interesting address was made
by K. NJ. Little, secretary of the Asso-
ciated Charities Of Philadelphia.
The meeting was presided over by the
Rev. r. l.. jackson. pastor Of Hanover
Presbyterian Church and prayer was
made by the Rev Dr. William Temple
Of St. Elizaheth's Church As chairman
of the Home Relief Committee. Mrs
Charles r. Miller was the first speaker
She briefly reviewed the work done the
past winter by the Home Relief Com
mittee and stated that s. 500 had beer
expended by the committee for clothing
and food
Zone Of the main reasons for the sue
cess of our work" said Mrs. Miller. 'ii
the splendid way in which our commit
tee and the Associated Charities CO
operated"
Mr.. Jittle's subject was How We
May DO Constructive Welfare Work
for Our Community" One of the
chief points OF constructive charity
said Mr.. Little. is community CO.
operation and an intelligent sym
pathy. Money will never abolish
poverty. but one and all should
study economic and social conditions
then seek to better them by expend-
ing more generous amount of SYM
pathy. brotherly love. patience and
kindness. The problem Of unemploy-
ment is one of the most serious OF
the present day and one that will
never be rectified until labor Is bet
ter organized said Mr. Little. who
then pointed out the importance oi
keeping a graphic account Of the his
tory OF each family that Is given as
sistance. in case the same family
needs assistance again.
constructive charity means com
munity cooperation. said Mr.. Little
THE churches. the hospitals. thu
State. the individual all must co
operate and get together in a more
intelligent way, and then will VIZ
work out the problem of povert.
with greater and more lasting sue
cess. We must not help the strickei
half the way, but all the way In
telligent. patient. unselfsh co-opera
tion-that is what / call constructive
charity work
Following Mr. Littles address re
marks we're made by Mrs. A. d. War
ner. the Rev. DR.. Temple and A. L
Warner. During the afternoon, Mis-
Sihyl Gordon Of the Associated Char
ities and Miss Mary c. Hopkins Of tn
Home Relief Work, read their report
showing the results of the winte
.F he Nrsn nj
spectively.
In reporting for the Associate
Charities work Miss Gordon state
that 1900 appealed for aid since las
November and that their relief wor
averaged $1,000 a month. During Dc
cember and January which we're I'll
hardest months. there we're from
to 20 applicants a day. So many wer
the calls for help that II was 500
found impossible even with the hel
of efficient volunteers. to intervie
and personally investigate all IN
families. with the result that the pla
was evolved to divide the city int
two districts, an eastern and ives
orn district. and on January % th
Home Relief Committee took chare
of the East Side district. while the Al
sociated Charities worked the Wes
ern. Work in the Polish sectlo
proved so great that an extra ofti'
was opened at Sycamore and Van b
ren streets
This year has been compared 10 u
manic of 1898. said Miss Gordon. 4
that time there were the same numo'
of applicants for help. 1900. TT
fact that we had no bread lines spear
a good word for the cooperation Uni
we received from the Wilmington pc
ple and also for social progress, 81
added. "The Benevolent and PROV
cont Societies have given out sewir
to nearly 200 women. The City Cou
Gil gave us 81 500 for emergency wor
Which proved Of wonderful assistanc
Our two district nurses have nee
making an average of 300 calls
moth. During the winter they HI
70 maternity cases, 7 cases OF pne
monia. of typhoid fever ! burns
cancer. and have been called on
assist physicians in Z operations.
In reporting for the Home kell
work Miss Hopkins said in part
During January. February al
March we had 700 families under o.