New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-02
''Movie" Shows How
s5,OOO,0O0 Is Spent
In Jewish Charity
Picture Taken Under Au-
spices of Federation Re.
veals Actual Work Done
in the SO Institutions

Contributors to the Jewish charitable
institutions of this city are to be
taken into the confidence of those in
charge Of the collection Of the moneys
for such purpose and will be shown
just how their donations are expended
Tonight at the annual meeting of the
Federation for the Support Of Jewish
Philanthropic Societies, at the Hudson
Theatre, motion picture presenting
actual scenes in the eighty-six insti-
buttons Of the federation viii be shown
This picture, which is declared TO be
the most elaborate of its kind ever
taken, was planned by Felix NJ. War
burg, president of the federation, and
will supplement his annual report,
calling for budget of more than
$5,00O,o00 for the support of the in
stitutions in 1919.
Actual Work Is Shown
There is no attempt in the picture
to evolve a "movie plot" but it gives
in natural sequence the actual work
performed The heads of the various
institutions in many instances appear
in the picture. At the Children's
Court, for instance, where the Jewish
Big Brothers and Sisters have their
representation. Judge Franklin Chase
Hoyt will appear on the screen.
This motion picture runs the gamut
Of charitable endeavor, beginning with
the arrival of Jewish INN grants from
the Old World and their settlement in
the teeming East Side, where the first
steps toward education and American
ization are depicted in the Educational
Alliance, both the children and their
elders being taught English and the
babies cared for in the nursery while
their parents arc employed.
Next are shown the various activities
of the United Hobrew Charities, at 1856
Second Avenue, going into the Jewish
home and caring for the needs of the
family There are then pictures of
the Hebrew Free Loan Society, where,
without interest, loans are made in
sums of from So to $500 to cover both
temporary emergency and establish de-
serving persons in business.
Higher Training Is Shown
The higher education of the young
men and young women is depicted by
the work of the Hebrew Technical In
sttute and the Hebrew Technical
School for Girls, while rccrcational as
we'll as educational opportunities are
shown at the Young Mems Hebrew As
ISOLATION and the Young Womcn's He
brew Assoc ation.
For the boys who may transgress
there is the Jewish Protcctory and Aid
Society, at Hawthorne, and for the
girls the Cedar Knobs School, at the
same place, and the activities Of each
of these institutions are shown. The
Beth Israel Hospital, in the crowded
East Side, the modern Mount Sinai
Hospital the Montciiorc Home and the
Hospital for Deformtcs and Joint Dis
eases are among the hospitals which
appear in the picture.
The cighty-sx institutions now have
a budget Of more than 100000 Of
which $2,S00,000 is collected by con-
tributions from nearly seventy thou
sand persons. The federation had its
beginning two years ago, with twenty
one constituent institutions and II
budget of only $l,700, 600
Music will be provided by the band
of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum. DR.. l..
Edwin Goldwasscr, director Of the fed
Grafton, will explain the pictures.