New Britain herald., 1915-02-03

l h1Dy garments and warm clothing fOI l the children
 l Then the women are not pauper- l ized?' she was asked. And as this
 happened to be another term that l Mrs. Speyer hates, she replied vehe- i mently;
 Hates ''Paupcrizaticn," Too. ] History registers all down the ages
 the fear of pauperizing some body. Most 1 of the people who are being helped
 now need it, and they want to work l Of course, few of them are now 'wor- 1 thy poor "-this in sarca sm-'but even the unworthy poor must be 1 helped. Most people want to work if 1 they are given the opportunity, and
 there are very few who just won't
 W ork. We can't harm the others be- l cause of the few
 The committee for the present relief of the unemployed women in New Y ork city hopes to raise S100,OOO "HOW do you expect to raise this 2" she was | asked She answered in surprise: We expect kind friends to contribute" Tn 1he meantime, a shop opened last
 thursday at Hester street is proving the wisdom of it's creation. WOmen
 most of them Italian, come here with
 their children. They are starving and
 or the point of being eVicted. Work
 is given them. food at merely nomin- al cost, and their children are taken care of.
 They sit in bright rooms and sew much faster than any driving piece work master made them do They are working fast out of a sense of duty. which, said Mrs. Louisa WeingarnI the able superintendent and principal of the Children's Air Sociey, might prove many things. Down there, in the centre of the Italian district. Mrs, Speyer's work and the work of Mrs. Bertha Poole Weyl and the other members of the committee are spoken of with tears. Young widows of twenty-five. with five children. no money and no food are taken care of. And those who do 1t take deep breaths when they think of what they are enabled to do.
 Pessimists and cynics there are d. ways There are some who say that it will not only pauperize the people, but it will harden the hearts of the employers. It will relieve their sense Of responsibility in the matter. "Not true,' said Mrs. Speyer. They are only too anxious to take the workers back. They want to work again with full fOrce' It was Mrs Weingarn who told of Mrs. Speyer's work and her interviews with storekeepers and other large employers who might take on at least one more worker.
 Workshop Relief Only Temporary.
 The workshop is but a temporary re- lief but Mrs. Weingarn is strongly in favor of having it made a, permanent institution. There are always unem- ployed. There are always mad seasons. winter and summer. And there are always women whose husbands desert them, whose husbands die.''
 But about all these reasons Mrs. Sreyer is not overly concerned. She 5ees people who need immediate help. l She invests her duties with no maudlin sentiment and despises the person 1 who secures thrills in phi1anthropic 1 work.
 "Uplift. That is a rotten word, don't 1 you think so?" She was asked if she l ocleiVed in educating these young 1 daughters of the unfortunate "Yes,' | she said, "I suppose so. Teach them 1 now to cook. That is splendid And l hey are inclined to be a bit extrava- ,ant in their clothes. Haven't you 1 noticed that? And teach them how to ake care of their homes How to keep them clean and attractive in an i inexpensive way.