Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-11-03

means: not only the drainage of the
plague bearing insects pests, the remo''
al of a constant menace and mlschleI
from our great river valley; but more
tkm all this, our drainage systems give
us in the place Of noxious swamps sueh
fertile soils as the ripening sunshine
never fails and no drouth can ever parch
Our Reclamation Work, in the place OF
the worthless jungle, gives us orange
groves and cornfields and cattle pas
lures and truck gardens such as prom
Use to make a new record IN TINS good
old earth s productiveuess. In this erea
tive worth of our Reclamation Work L
find q parable Of our Social Service.
The social Worker must, to begin with
be a Rcscuer But he dOesnt end with
that. Whether as n visitor of CHAR
ty Organization Society, a nurse OF the
Anti tuberculosis League, or of the
Child Welfare Association; whether as
On agent of the Travellers Aid Society,
n PROBATION OlllCtI Va NHV Vu'Shi'N
Court, an official of the Society for the
prevention of Cruelty to children, a set
Element Worker or whatnot every bit
of his curative work done in behalf of
some distressed or afflicted person or
family has the same creative result as
we find in our Delta Reclamation it up
builds and enriches as well as rescue!
The visitor of the Charity Organiza-
ton Society goes out into the morass
Of destition to the rescue of the sub
merged, and, like one Of our reclama-
ton engineers, she makes her skilled
survy, she measures accurately the
depths Of distress she has to deal with,
she investigates the conditions as they
are, and then apply the necessary RENE
dies. II there is sickness in the family,
she Immediately calls the doctor and
thus prevents the possible spread of con.
tagion. While she prevents children
under the legal age from working and
thus violating the child-labor laws, she
insists upon those of school age attend
ing school and getting the good of this
She reconciles difference be
tween husband and wife; she converts
the thief and crook. She sees that un.
sanitary permiss are, as far as possible |
made wholesome. She does her best to |
prevent or cure Incidence and jobless |
idleness and shiftlessness by seeurig |
suitable employment for the unemployed |
then sees to 1t eaat they 60 to work. In |
the same manner the nurse for the An
ti-Tuberoulosis or-League endeavors |
with the help Of her organization to les |
sen the ravages Of the great while pla-
que and to check its possible spread
thru infection from the persons affect |
ed. The air and sunshine she gets adj |
aiitttsed a into sh1t.iK homes are as inTi |
gorating to the well as they are to the
sick. The nurse for the Child Welfare |
through her constant eff
forts, helps to reduce the infant NOR
atty and give the little ones vigorous
start in life. The agent of the Trave-
ler's Aid Society Is continually giving
her protection to young women who ar
rive in our city endangered by the tenn
ptation and allurements in the restrict
ell district. aud she sets them on the
path to safety and happiness. The Of
ficers IF the Juvenile Court and the
Children's Society are eternally vigi
liant in their protective care and work
Of reformation among Juvenile deliR-
auents. And the Settlement Worker is
evcrlastingly trying to better the Sp-
cial and domestic condition in her own
ncighborhooI Now the one great clai-n
I want to make in this short speech Of
mine is just this: that tAc efficient S.
cial Worker is doing what I have bare
ly outlined in solving the problems and
remedying the i'll condition of her char-
ges, and is at the same time create I.
COOL health and massing future wealth
for the community. Yes Just as our
physical work puts fertility and peace
anil prosperity where rCttins and vase
and parasitic plague were rife 81 oGr ST.
cial Service, tv overcoming illcne1s, de-
generacy and parasitic beggarr, VT only
insures the general public from eidless
irritation and spoliatia', but induces
honest effort and WORTH rfrHrt and
worthy achievement in the place Of
blood'sueing dependence. In our cam
paigrs against falls" appeals FOR chart
~, against fraudulent solicitors such
as We have IN women beginc money to
bu- wheel chri-s frr their imaginary
criNY'cA ch;l1rn". =" n scrl their con-
sumntive sons Who haven Y vet been to
Colorado for thc;r health: in one.legged
nc" ~ livel~ IN collecting funds for
artificial Ices thcv will not wear be
cause IL spoils their game; lead pencil
fakrrs who hate n sell pencil,
snd cnur''c's other f~auds, few realize
how much Of wasi"tul parasitic life Is
not alone thus clicked, but, better
catharrh ccsnot b Cured
with Local Apple .ions, 40 they can.