Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-02

or souethtuz. We are organized in spots, over legislated. over active along side paths often lead nowhere.
 The old established order suffers and ls hampered unnecessarily. Cut out some of all this even while you welcome new ideas. enthusiasm and progress.
 May say something of practical plan which Is already being consider ed. The formation of a state board of work for neglected and dependent children.
 It should be an active, working force; a central commission on which each accredited child agency and the state board of charities and corrections should be represented. Not merely a group of weli-meaning per- sons. however, capable or even ex- perienced. but those who are actually at work and who can combine abso- lute faith in their own line and knowledge of it, with sympathetic i'm terest in all other forms or methods of such work.
 c. c. carstens. general secretary ot the society for the prevention ot cruelty to children of Boston, Mass. was the next speaker. He laid much stress upon the centralizing of chari- ties and among some of the things he said follow: N
 We have been living a life thinging only of the adults instead of the child. We have been making our civilization for adults and not looking forward to l the unborn. Now. friends. some of | the states are beginning to realize I this responsibility. Wa need a group 1 of citizens charged with duties of the welfare of the generation, in other words a children's board of guardian ship. A board to look after the un- fortunate child. The public board should be centralized. We should have a centralized board responsible Mothers Pension sees that a child gets into an institution and is prov ing to be great service in certain communities.
 The board should be given a large responsibility but that the responsi-
 bility for the support of iliegiimate child should not be Iaid a burden on 1 the next tax payer. It is not a oues- tion of money, but the happiness and equipment for life. These problems are only few.
 There is a board of charities of l Washington, D. c. doing a portion and the board in Connecticut is doing
 a part, but it's functions need widen ing. The speaker was asked questions about the board. He suggested that
 it be appointed by ths governor and
 consist of seven persons.
 Afternoon Session.
 At the afternoon session the presi- dent, L. O. Smith, introduced as chair
 man of the meeting Rev. J. MacL
 Richardson, First Presbyterian church
 Bridgeport, of the committee on the family and the community. Rev. MT Richardson introduced Mrs. William H
 Lothrop of Newtonvi1le. Mass, whc
 Essentials of Charity Organization
 Work. She told of the importance o1 investigation, which is one of the
 fundamentals. Some of the best who
 enter philanthrophy do not find ou1
 just what they are asked. This socia.
 tience and skill, but 1t is the funda-
 mental. Second is the need of pro-
 gramme of what you are going to do The engineer who lays out the streets
 the business man, all have pro- grammes. Even the politician has z
 programme, only 1t is called a plat. form, from which he easily steps of ]; after election. You must have a motive and a motive for the people you worl 7 for. Mrs. Lothrop gave a strilins found in the work to bring out hel ] point.
 Tn this programme you should in clude your investment of time and tn, health of the people. Very often W, don't pay much attention to the healtl
 
 cal diagnosis. Children go to bed an. . old time in the night, get up any olt
 time, and there is not much considera | ton of their sleep, light, fresh air O exercise.
 2 Mrs. Lothrop told of the importanc , of occupation and told an instance t bring out her point. In finding occu . pations for mothers when they hav husbands at work sometimes seem unwise, and to clearly state her poin of view the speaker illustrated.
 To recreation, children have a wa; 2 of their own to find recratfon and il . the social work it is found that tn ! mothers do not have recreation or ex ercise enough, and there Is real nee of recreation Tn material relief yo : | must have a goal aimed at. Perha p
 to one family you pay for their rent l and in this case the goal aimed at mus
 be to teach them how to pay for thei
 own rent. Giving must be a stimula ] tion and not soothing syrup. In ou ' scheme of things the most importan are the essentials.
 The minute you put one dollar in : family you take an interest in tn environment of that family. Tn farmer in the spring plants his seed ? and carefully awaits and watches fo , the buds and at last his realization Translating this into social work, W . watch the father and mother, see : the children attend school, and watcl ' to see if they tie up their faith witt . . some church.
 Is the work worth while? It is
 we get a conception Of what we dc
 One aid is to call on your citizens fo help Why do call these essentials : How can we live today the essential and tomorrow the ideals. These thing . we want to do and what we do fur ther on.
 With the essentials in mind, Mrs [. Lothrop closed with saying we vii make truer. better and independen citizens of this state.
 , Following Mrs. Lothrop's address i. Miss Mildred P. Carpenter, general sec 3 retary of the, associated charities o 4 Stamford, gave a few remarks ,sayin that we sometimes lose the sense 0 ' ' vision of our work because at times " 2 are too busy and we don't keep II with modern ways which would ad
 eciency in our work. There is a nee . of cooperation of united charities wit T ' other cities. We should have courag 2 of our convictions mad we should neve allow anyone to be nisinformed of tn f charities work.
 : New London Speaker Heard. ' Edward D. B. Lynde, general secre d tary of the associated charities of Ne @ London, was the next speaker. H
 told of how the charitable organiza