The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-06
A GOOD APPEAL.
Rurn Hattin Homes Need Larger and
More Subscriptions.

Az the meeting OF the Vermont con
ference OF social work held in Rutland
In January, Robert G. Dexter, genera
secretary of the Charity Organization
society of Montreal, made an address on
the subject, ''Social Reactions of War
Among other things he said, Another
and not so hopeful reaction In the war is
found in its diversion OF interest from
pre-. existing activities 10 those occasioned
by the war itself. 1t is not easy to keep
the home fires burning so far as ordi.
nary peace time social activities are con
cerned. A tremendous amount OF effort
| is required to show To the community
that il is Just as important to keep up a
campaign for good housing, or county
organization of children's work, have
good school buildings, even the raising of
the ministers salary, as IT is 10 send
across a new motor ambulance for the
| Red Cross. II takes a tremendous
amount of devotion to the job and more
than usual recognition of its being worth
while 10 keep the worker on the peace
time job. That being the case, we can.
not wonder that ii is difficult sometimes
to keep the general public interested and
contributing, but if the work is worth
while that is something which must be
done regardless of the other demands.
The trustees of the New England kurn
Hattin homes are greatly pleased that
old friends of the homes are SO generally
standing Loyalty by the work as evil
denced by their gifts, which do not de
crease. But the increase in cost OF prac-
tically everything necessary to maintain
over 100 people in the homes makes it
imperative that larger gifts be secured
from old friends or that new friends be
gained. This would be necessary simply
to keep the work on the present level.
But does not such communication as
the following, which has recently come
into the offices, speak loudly of the need
of a larger work? The letter reads as
II am writing TO you for information
regarding the Kurn Hattin home, with
a view of placing my three sons there.
Their ages are respectively, nine years
and one. half, eight years and one month,
and six years and one-half.
"Their mother died this week and as !
it is necessary that return immediate
ly to active duty in the army, | shall |
have TO break up our home and place my |
sons in home where they will receive, |
in so far as it may be possible, the care |
and training of real home, good educa
ton and spiritual guidance. They are
bright, good boys, who have been well /
brought up by loving mother.
ut is unfortunate that the financial |
side of the arrangement will be of con
siderable Importance to me. as | sacri-
feed my entire income to enter the mill
tary service and am now entirely de-
pendent upon my army pay"
There will be many such demands and
he homes must plan to do more than be
'ore The only people who can settle
his question, Less or More ?" are those
who already contribute to the support of
he homes, or new friends that can be
ound, The homes, therefore, appeal
for an increased support
Viii not many new givers rally to the
upport of Kurn Hattin? And will not I
Id givers generously increase their
lifts?