The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-12-29
reporting the result Of its investiga-
lions the Matin said:
Many of the PrnnnntArs HrirninaIa

reporting the result Of its investiga-
tons the Matin said:
Many of the Promoters Criminals.
"Thirty-five of the 'philanthropic so
ctet:es' were found to be conducted by
men who had been released from pris-
on just before or just after the mobili-
zatiOn at the start of the war. Sew
eral others, 1t is said, are conducted
| by Germans and Austrians who had
succeeded on one pretext or another,
In gaining their release from the con-
centration camps.
Two of the most brilliant and sue
cessful philanthropists,' it Is said, be-
gan business without enough money
to open offices, but soon were able to
rent handsome quarters in town and
purchase automobiles. They are now,
1t is declared, in the habit Of enter
tanning their friends at sumptuous din
ners in the most expensive restaurants
on the proceeds of the contributions
of their victims. These two, it is said,
have never made less than 1000 francs
($4OO) a day since they began opera
tiOns last September"
The expenses of administering char
table funds in this country even be-
fore the war have always been very
high, though not of such a magnitude
as indicated by the figures reported
by the promoters Of ventures ostensi-
bly, patriotic.
An investigation of the charity or
ganizatiOn society of this city in 1915
showed that it cost $1.50 to administer
every 81 donated or raised by collec-
ton.
An even more glaring case of bad
management Cor worse) was revealed
by an investigation of the United
Charities of Chicago in 1913. One item
developed was that 1t had cost $4,000
to assist family to the extent of $500.
The opinion prevails in Washington
that the government will be forced to
adopt radical measures to end the in
discriminate and illegal war charities
organized for selfish reasons by pros
ecuting some Of the most outrageous
cases coming to the attention of the
Red Cross and other authorized agen-
cfes for collecting war funds.
George e. Scott, director Of the bu-
reau Of division of the American Red
Cross, has prepared the following gen.
eral rules as a guide to local chapters
of that organization in considering of
fers Of assistance through the medium
of entertainments:
General Rules for Chapters.
"No offers should be accepted con-
templating division of profits be-
tween the promoters and the Red
Cross. This rule applies to the man
ufacture and sale Of merchandise or
articles of any kind or as to entertain
mentS.
''No one should be permitted to pro-
mote or advertise an entertainment or
like function as a Red Cross enter
tainment or benefit unless the manage
ment or control is entirely in the
hands Of the Red Cross chapter.
eff, after due investigation, those Of
fering to conduct entertainments for
the benefit of the Red Cross are found
to be entirely reliable and acting in
good faith they may be permitted to
make announcement in the press or
otherwise of their intention to donate
the proceeds of the entertainment to
the Red Cross, but the entertainment
should not be advertised as a Red
Cross benefit or Red Cross entertain
ment, nor any wording used in the
announcements that would lead the
public to believe that it is being given
under the auspices Of the Red Cross
or that the Red Cross is in any way
connected with or responsible for it's
management.
'Tn no instance should the use of
the Red Cross emblem in announcing
or advertising an entertainment be au-
thOriZed except in the case Of such en-
tertainments as are actually managed
and controlled by the Red Cross chap
ter"