South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-17
HOME WORKERS
FINAL LECTURE
Miss Leila Scott Talks on "lm-
portant Details" to
Red Cross.

The last OF the series OF seven
lecture lessons 10 be given for the
instruction OF those who enlisted in
the Red Cross home service work
was given at the Chamber OF Com
merce last night. Miss Leila Scott Of
the Associated Charities gave a fol-
low-up talk On the various lectures
which have been given. Her sub
ject was that Of important De
tails" and she told. in detail. the
many things which must be expect
cd and guarded against in this work
L. G. Manning also gave q short
talk outlining the work for the class
and showing just how the work
would be done.
The lessons began on Oct. =. when
Rev. G. a. Lppincott lectured on tho
value of home service work. The
second of the lectures was given by
Miss Edna c. Henry OF the social
science department of Indiana uni
versity who talked on The Normal
Family and It's Relationship 10 the
War" T. J. Edmonds. a worker %
the National Associated Charities
but now acting chairman Of the
central division of the Red Cross
work. gave the third lecture. HIS
subject was Home Service Relief
Work" DR. z. L. Sensenich gave
the fourth lecture. His talk was on
Health and Hygiene Judge w.
A. Funk of the circuit court talked
on The Child and the Mother" at
the fifth lecture. FIR. ]. g. McGinn
Of Notre Dame university was SEIZED
uled to give a lecture last Friday
night on The Family Budget but
owing 10 illness was unable 70 APP
pear. The evening was given to
general discussion of the previous
lectures and with Miss Scots and
Mr.. Manning's talks last night. the
course has been a most beneficial
one.
Miss Scott, in her talk, said.
The First Interview.
"One of the most important de
tails in the handling Of the home
service case will be the first inter
view. Undoubtedly, there Will not
be another chance 10 get at the
at the time of the first interview.
At that time should be won for the
investigator, the confidence of the
entire family for without that the
following work would be useless.
Another thing which is impor-
tant is getting the story OF the fam
ily's difficulty from their own view
point. Getting them to tell you what
trouble is and where aid could be
used to the best advantage. Veri-
tication Of the enlistment OF the per
son on whom the family has been
depending for support is necessary
as is positive proof OF the marriage
of the people if the case be one
where the provider has beer the
husband.
The possibility OF outside sources
which might lead TO valuable infor-
nation in the handling Of "a case
should be run down. In many cases
there will be the difficulty of not
being able 10 get the family to tell
the things which are necessary to
be known and outside forces should
be called in. Oftentiines the school
authorities. the church affiliations
or possibly more personal connec-
tions can be relied upon and in this
instance as in every other phase OF
the work, the strictest confidence
should be exercised and what is Civ
ell by your helpers should be conf
IDENTITY used
on Friday afternoon at o'clock,
James L. Feaser, director of civil
ian relief work in the Great Lakes
division, will speak before the local
chapter on the Red Cross Home
Service Work" There will be rep
resentatives from five surrounding
counties which make up the dis
trict. Marshall, Lake, Laporte, Stark
and Elkhart