New Britain herald., 1916-02-10


 a dozen of the different agencies rep resented The monthly meeting af- lords an excellent time for each Visi- tor to announce just which families he or she is befriending at present, and the comparing of notes saves time and duplication and leads to better work for us all.
 CD By membership in the inter city conference of social workers com posed of the agents of all charity or ganizations in this state as well as other interchange of information ana opinion and the result gained for the charity organization agent by compar~ ison of our work with that of other cl- ties is extremely helpful.
 (s) By constant interchange of correspondence with other charity or sanitation societies all over the United States on subjects of mutual interest. This serves to demonstrate our own particular place in the scheme or things and brings forth many use1ul suggestions.
 (9) By recourse at all times to the Russell Sage foundation which em- ployes experts in charity organization work who stand ready at any tune to give information and advice to less experienced charity organization workers all over this country.
 Go) By close friendship with the priests and pastors of all the churches in our city. They realize that the charity organization stands for hu- manity alone and is absolutely free from any race prejudice or religious restriction. We take pains at all tunes to strengthen natural religious lnclinatiOns-tO shoo people back to their old church relations. as it were 1t is certain that even in our united eHOrts we should fail many time with a family, if it were not for the strong influence of their pastor at the crisis. We cannot speak too highly ol the devoted work of these men of the church in our city as we come to see it more intimately than any other or ganization in our daily work.
 CID By recourse to the wisdom or the family physician, almost as often. We certainly have ample opportunity to learn of the charity work done by our doctors, often without a word or thanks from those to whom they have given their services.
 CPD By publicity concerning our work. As a charitable clearing house we are naturally interested in every phase of local work We stand prac- tcally alone in the matter of publish ing monthly reports and in classified advertising of the needs of those we befriend, and our methods are being copied elsewhere. The people of New Britain have a right to know how VIC are doing cur work and we have an obligation to tell them as fully as We possibly can without injurng the feel Va papers are very kind in giving us space and we rely on them, with their wide knowledge of affairs, to keep us on the right path.
 G3) By serving as a medium be- tween those who want to give and those who need to receive. Our ad- visory committee of fifteen women is 9 strong factor in making this con nectiOn.
 We take pride in our hard earned knowledge of local conditions gained through all these channels.
 United Effort Needed.
 If a great calamity should come uD- on this community, we should all drop our petty distinctions and work for the common good. The more we can do this in every day life the better will be our service. When charity work is put off in a pigeOnh ole by itself and is not related to general community problems it defeats it's own purpose. It takes more than individual effort to wipe. out a preventable disease in | city. It takes more than an old fash toned bucket brigade to fight our fires for us. It likewise takes more than single handed work to wipe out dea- titution. Organized effort is best in all these instances.
 Tn cities where this work has been more recently comm enced the socie- ties are more likely to be called feder- ated or associated charities instead of the older name-charity organization society. Otherwise the work is exact ly the same in all respects. save that the reports of the visiting nurse, milk station, day nursery, etc. go through the main office instead of being pub lished separately So far as we have been able to observe through attend ing meetings and conferences, they are fortunate indeed if they have the gooo team work and friendly get-to-gether feeling that is growing here. After all it is the spirit of the work that counts and that depends much on the person ality of the workers. .
 If those organizations whicI are non-se ctarian and for the common welfare could only get together under one roof. so that the cohesion between them could be obvious c.nd visualized. We should be achieving an ideal which Rev. l.. s. Johnson. Our predecessor, has held for years land toward which we arc slowly working.
 29a Needefi Help fin January.
 During the month of January, 1916, there were >293 requests for our ser vices; sixteen of these came from pub lie otticia>is, seven from schools, nine from private societies. thirteen from church. es, four from other cities, seV- enty-one from interested individuals,