Evening journal., 1916-12-28
1T is CLEARLY UP TO YOU!

N ECENrLY the Associated Charities Of this city made
N appeal the public for contributions which
would enable TO meet, during the coming year bud
get requirements aggregating $4,000.
substantial part of that fund already has been sub
scrlbed Much of IT, however remains to be obtained
Il must be forthcoming quickly II the organization is TO
be able to carry out its benehcent projects for the
relief OF human distress the economic rehabilitation
OF individuals and families and the protection of the
public against unworthy mendicants who feed and fat
ten upon abused generosity. In years gone by many
persons Of generous impulse have refraned from giving
TO the Associated Charities fund They seemed to think
that the organization doing little for the relief of
distress Therefore, they have preferred to distribute
their aims through other channels. We fully
WINGED that the Associated Charities itself has been
sponsible largely for that attitude by material
OF the public that should be cooperating heartily with it
its relief work BY that that while the organ
zaon never has hesitaed through appeals to take the
public fully into its confidence with respect to the
money needed it. has persisted in policy of silence
with respect much OF its farreachng and benehcent
The result has been that while the public has
been fully informed Of the amount of money
tribued for the use of the organization it
fully informed with respect to the amount OF good
that has been accomplished by its use. No has
doubted that the money has been honestly used and
that the financial and statistical tables true but
the policy devoid of that heartthrOb feature
which is the handspring Of generous giving In other
words lack Of frankness in the matter Of detail has
caused the organization to be quite misunderstood p
many quarters and kept from much assistance that
otherwise would have obtained.
It is the desire Of THE EVENING JOURNAL 20 as
sst the Associated Charities and its affiliated organi-
zaton the Visiting Nurse Association to obtain that
$4,000 To fortify its appeal their behalf it has
asked for and obtained official records Of Of the
relief work they have had in hand and which are typi-
cal Of that is being done all the year through
with variations due to weather conditions. 1t will be
seen those records that the organizations have
a large field to and that the demands made upon
their resources are many and urgent
Here fifty five typical cases OF family relief
with which the Associated Charities had to deal in
November:
1-Old age and sickness
2-Grossly irregular family.
transportation case
INSURANCE adjustment
5-Widow with five children. oldest 10, youngest ?
years. children delicate income inadequate.
Husband who has had nervous breakdown and
will not 20 TO hospital for treatment.
IA woman OF go for whom a soldiers widows pen
sion is trying 10 be procured.
s-Polish widow whose husband drowned; child
OF who has never walked and baby year old. Pen
sion necessary
9-Pole serving six months in workhouse as we'll
as to receive 10 lashes for larceny Wife and four
children TO be provided for in meantime
10-A family where there is sickness and hayward
daughter and very poor management generally
1l-Aged couple unable TO for themselves;
legal action necessary TO make children provide for
parents
12-lransient for whom work was procured.
13-Wife with 4. d. has six very small children and
Incorporate husband who treats her cruelty
14-Colored man who has recently lost his eye
sight
15-'rransient, ill., medical necessary
16-Noung married couple with five small children;
OF them strong Heavily involved I'm debt
17-Deserted wife with four small children Had
just pawned her wedding ring for food
1S-Faher and three children III with typhoid. Both
father and mother drink. House in most unsanitary
condition Water in cellar
19--Father has advanced r. b.. but will not go to
hospital. Mother has very defective eyesight making
IL impossible for her 20 do the average work she is
capable OF doing Two nice children being sacri-
feed
2O-woman advanced in years. Life insurance at
point of being lost
21-Italian widow. Husband murdered Eleven
small children at home.
22-Deserted mother with imbece child will not
cooperate.
23-Mother recently married for the second time
Desires to place her children by first marriage in
institution.
24-Young married couple with Ave children. One
child has typhoid, probably due to unsanitary cond
tons OF property,
25-Young parents with three children. Five-year
old child being treated al Orthopaedic Hospital
Philadelphia, needs brace which they unable TO
provide
2e--Deserted wife and three children One child