New Britain herald., 1915-09-03
sE EE1ehange DeservessSupport AsiMuchs As Our Social Settlements
lnstrumentalA A in Effecting True Charity By plng People to Help Themselves. Many .. DHsFirst Family' yLadies .Aided < Y"


 her seemed to have already enough
 to do, but presently she saw on the opposite side of the sstreet a beauti- f, ul woman looking anxiously for SC mething. She, was tall, with snow WI kite hair and dressed in the hand sor te jetted garments 4so becoming to tha b coloring, and the anxious woman on Ve steps said to herself, There is no Hope for me there. Suddenly the wom an stopped, read the sign, slowly cross sd the street and came up the steps with; the question Will you kindly Ntell tme what thistsociety helps woment to- Anything they can do well, v,as the reply, 'or are willing to learn toSA1o well.' 'Do you,think that I could A-et something to do here end, bluShing, she continued, don't judge me by my clothes. They were bought i'm Paris, a year ago when supposed T had enough for my life time, and now will do anything that is respectable to, earn moneM' Every ,thing~ about her twas lartistic, and only desperation and; the fee1ing| that the great superfnterhd ent of all 'Work nao sentaa workman when she was needed gavesher listenerscourage tossay: Can you make 'huttontholes I have pretty, medal for the best ones ever made lin the convent she modestly replied. It was easy enough after that to ask ift she could do fine en- Eroidery and d sasy to believe she. told the truth whenA she said that she had | 9 medal for tn at as well. So in five minutes all arr hngem ents were made for samples, and soon employment began for this aopportune stranger which supportedSh as long as she flived.
 "In summing upsI want to say that the greatest needs of all is that the men and womenJ of this country shall wake up tola realizing sense of the abject poverty existing among ed- ucated people. IRpray most earnestly for this awakening, because I know that in a country where every con- ceivablei effort is. made for those liv ing in the slums, and where helpless dumb animals, are not neglected, that certainly the most helpless and yet the mostssatisfactory class to help will rot ask, for patronage in va in. So many women have no way but weary days of waiting, watching the adver tising %columns of the papers, borrow ing a little, perhaps, with which to advertise, suffering the most demor- aJizingl Of all experiences to a gentle woman-hunger-w no money to spare for food and forced at last to accept work uncongenial and un- profitable and 1t may be from an em- rloyer whose very presence is an 1n- suit to purity. Is it not possible that the cruel lack of sympathy and patience with which the clever too often treat the less fortunate may be the unpardonable sin
 1900 .Consignors on Books. Last year there were 1,6O0 con- signors on the books of the exchange. Tn thirty six syears of it's existence it 1 has paid to. self supporting women ] s1,842,S9S.7O ,and each woman helped was of gentle birth and upbringing. The present home of the New York | Exchange for Womens Work is 334 |, Madison avenue, and much of its vital 1 success is due to the tender sympathy,
 gentle unfailing, and understanding
 love of the superintendent, Miss Emily l Lansing.