Evening star., 1919-12-09
REPORT ON APPROVED
CHARITIES PRESENTED
Committee Named by Commission.
ers at Business Mems Request
States Requirements.

Inc charities Endorsement commit
tee. which was appointed by the Com
missioners at the request of the
Washington Board of Trade Wash
1ugton Chamber of Commerce and the
Retail Merchants Association to pro-
tect the public against fraudulent and
Inefficient charities. has made its re-
port TO the Comm So Ioners, with the
following requirements tor approval:
First. filling need sufficiently
great 10 warrant equipment and sup
I;,Sj o! 4 separate institution. second
local concern governed by a board of
responsible and reputable people in
actual control of its local affairs:
third. accurate financial accounts open
to inspection by the charities in
dorsement committee; fourth, ex-
penditures not out of proportion to
results accomplished
Indorsemcnt Cards.
All approved organizations have
been furnished with Endorsement
cards signed by the officers of the
committee and include: Aid Associa-
tion for the Blind. $3.50 II street; AL
ley Improvement ASSocia tion, 1l3o
New Jersey avenue: Associated Char
tiles. 923 II street; Association for the
Irtv eut!ou OF tuberculosis of the Dis
trict of Columbia. 925 II street; Asso-
cIaIIon for Works of Mercy. klingle
road and RoSemont avenue; Baptist
Home for Children, 904 Newton
street northeast; Boy Scouts of Amer
ica District of Columbia). All McGill
building: Bruen Home, 3o35 11th
street; Camp Good VIII. 923 III street;
Camp Pleasant. 923 II street: Central
Union Mission, 622 Louisiana avenue;
ChiIdren's County Home Grant road;
Christian and Eleanora Rupert
Home. Good Hope road. Anacostia,
j. C.; Church Orphanage Association
of 81. Johns parish. 1922 F street;
Citizens Relief Association, 923 II
street; Coiored Social settlement. lo
i. street southwest; Council of Jewish
Women. 170S Kilbourne place: Day
Nursery and Dispensary Association
Inc. i12 | street southwest. Eastern
Dispensary and Casualty Hospital. 7os
Massachusetts avenue; Emergency
Hospital and Central Dispensary. New
York avenue near 18th street; Episco-
pal Eye. Ear and Throat Hospital
1141 18th street; Episcopal Home for
Children. AnacoStla, D. G.; Florence
Crittenton Home for Children. 21S Sd
street: Friendship House Association,
S26 Virginia avenue southeast; Cen
tlewoman's League, sos 18th street:
Georgetown Industrial Center. -l44o
Wisconsin avenue: George NaSning-
street: Gospel Mission, PA John Mar
shall place: Hebrew Relief Society.
1885 9TH street: Instructive Visiting
Nurse Society. 1913 G street; Jewish
Foster Home. 3213 Q street; Juvenile
Protective Association. 203 l street;
Legion of Loyal Women. 2S09 North
Capitol street: Martha Home. AIS Sd
street; Masonic and Eastern Star
Home. Takoma Park: National Asso-
citation for Relief of Destitute Col
ored Women and Children. 245S 9Th
street: National Gospel Workers Aid
Society, 1884 V street: National Ho-
meopathic Hospital I'd and N streets;
National Training School for Women
and Girls. Lincoln Heights; Needle
work Guild of America. 1870 Wyo-
ming avenue; Neighborhood House,
4I0 n street southwest: Noel House
Association. 1868 Kramer street north
east: Orphan Home. Anacostia. ID. e.;
Playground and Recreation Associa-
nue.. New York: Prisoners Aid As
sociation. 1911 G street northwest:
Sibley Memorial Hospital. 114o
North Capitol street: ST. Gertrudes
Old Folks Home. 324 Bryant street;
summer outings committee of the AS
sociated Charities. 923 H street; sun
shine Home for Women. Inc. John
Marshall place and c street; United
Hebrew Charities. Eighth Street Tenn
pie; Washington Cooperative Society,
$40 18th street: Washington Diet
Kitchen Association. 1881 street;
Washington Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat
Hospital. 2517 Pennsylvania avenue;
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1715 18TH street; Washington Home
for Incurables. and 32d street;
woman's Christian Association, 1719
18th street; Woman's Clinic, 1897 TT
street; Woman's Evening Clinic. 720
18th street; Woman's Dispensary. us
AZ street southwest; Working Boys
Home and Children's Aid Association
230 c street; Young Mems Christian
Association (for white men). 1885 G.
street: (for colored mem, 1916 18th
street: Young Women's Christian AS
sociation. 333 F street: Young Wom-
ems Christian Association (colored)
429 T street; Young Women's Chris
tian Home. 311 c street: Young
Women's Hebrew Association. 11th
street and Pennsylvania avenue
The organizations disapproved by
the committee included: American
Children's Aid Society, 327 c street;
Boys Club Organization and Aid So
ciety. Kenois building. and Washing
ton Emergency and Receiving Home
for Children, Bancroft Va.