Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-29
MRS. DOANE is TO
BE EASY NO MORE
To Investigate All Cases-MakeS
Plea for Undertaking for
Poor Children.
HEIPs MAN TO INSIDE POSITION

Now do you blame me for being
careful about who I give clothing and
help tot" asked Mrs. George Doane,
secretary OF the Associated Charities.
after she had recited some cases in
which buns pleaded for overshoes
or pretext OF needing them to hold
tl.eir Job and then went and pawned
item for the price Of drink.
DO you blame me for waiting TO
investigate cases?
YES, they even told the other
buns how easy was. and now. be-
lleve me. they must convince me that
they want to work before they get
anything around here.
Needs ChiIdrea's Clothes.
Right now 1 need worse than any
thing else, underclothing for children.
! am short. very short, on undercloth-
ing for children ranging in age between
and years"
But even in distributing undercloth-
ing TO the children who have not had
underciothing to wear at any time dur
ing the zero weather. the Associated
Charities finds u must exercise care.
For there are mothers who throw out
the underclothlng given them n II IL
not Just TO their taste. or II II needs
washing. Sometimes the organization.
in a hurry 20 help q case. assumes that
the mother will wash the old garments
sent for their children. In some cases.
Of course. they assume correctly. In
others. however. the mothers will throw
out or burn a garment that does not
just suit their taste. And the innocent
child suffers a. much as before.
Three Bundrea Fasaiiie- Helped.
This month viii be record-breaker in
the number of families helped by the
Associated Charities. Already 800 fami-
lies have been helped. and there are three
more days IN the month. December was
a record.breaker thus far. but January
II going 10 exceed It.
Unemployment. Of course. is still the
big problem. II hope when the welfare
board gets busy II will take up tho un-
employment problem and do something. .
said Mrs. Doane THAT II after all the
big problem. 1 think Mr.. Jardine is on
the right track in putting city prisoners
20 work on the streets. After a while
when we find she head of a family who
IL able-bodied and viii not work to sup
port his family we can at least arrest
him for nonsuppcTt and put him 20 work
on tho streets 70 give him taste Of
work"
Finds Inside Job.
The father Of eight small children has
been put 10 work at an inside Job &C tt5
month. after the Associated Charities
has carried the family practically for
two years. The Associated Charities got
him the job. now that his tubercuIar
condition has been cured. and he Il
considered more nearly ablcbodied than
he has been for some years. This man
tried hard to support this large family
Repeatedly he sought out Jobs with the
help OF the Associated Charities. and az
regularly failed TO hold them on account
Of his physical condition. Weak as he
wss he stumbled out to the Ice harvest
ana tried TO hod Job there. But II
takes full-ehested man. standing
sauarely on HIS feet. TO hold Job liks
that. and he had 10 give II up II was
then that the Associated Charities finally
located him the Job al inside work at taS
The eldest Of the eight children IL Il
years old. Two children have been born
10 the family since they have been TO
celvlng regular help from charity.