Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-21
PORTLAND WOMAN TELLS :
| WELFARE LEAGUE OF WORK
| AMONG uNFORTuNATES

deputy sheriff and former police ma.
tron in that city, won the hear Of.
every woman who heard her speal
ena Tuesday evening at the mcct.n;
ON the Waterville- Ntnsiow- Child
Welfare League held at Librayy hal,
by her vivid recounting of the WORK
of women in the world and the Gen
tie and heartfelt sympathy she cy.
pressed towards the unfortunate
among whom many of the women Of
whom she talked and worked
Mrs. Burnham. whose duties as
court officer held her in Portland
until late Tuesday afternoon. was Dc.
layed in arriving rs her train was an
hour late. The meeting was called
to order by the president Of the
league, Mrs. j. l.. Dean. ana after
a solo and an encore by Miss Hi}d4
Freeman accompanied by Nhs.
Charles Pooler. Miss Alice Holmes
being of the woman's division Of 10.
by college, was introduced as tty
first speaker of the evening and gave
q brief address on her work girls
In response to question as TO wha,
might be done among girls in Va.
terville Miss Holmes sale that 81.
believed social survey should he
made TO find ont what was nc,d.d
and that there should be an organ
ization to look after girls who are
likely to go wrong, also that there
should be recreational center 50
that the girls might have sometime
to take up their attention and give
them wholesome entertainment, and
further a person or organization m
investigate conditions that surround
girls who are in danger of ft,.I--
into vice.
Following Miss Holmes address 4 s5;9
was sung by Mrs. Napoleon Bis,oa w,o
also received an encore Mrs. Burn.
ham had by this time arrived AMI va,
introduced.
Her subject. was 'Communi.y Wors
Among Women and modestlv ,rak:-y
put scant reference to herself ard ,'4
marvellous work she had done for -a7v
years in the city of Portland, $. ;5tl
OF the work Of women in genera. v:n-
en- who have taken the burden Of max.
ing other women better and ,ege7era.j-.
them after they have fallen.
Mrs. Burnhan referred TO he w5ri
OF the women in women refo.r..,y-t
IN Skowhegan and the wonGe~t.! r.
suits accomplished there. She plead,.
Tor support of the institution 10 f.--
Their the WORK Also the Home n.
Feeble Minded At Pownal was men.;3a.
ed and word picture Of the inma..s
and conduct of their institution s.,
told Of the women who work among y.
rolled prisoners and of 4 woman pole
matron.
She said that when I woman s o..
rested she needs to he met ~ & w.a.a.
and often tell her story 20 her. 81
spoke Of the fact that Portland has ;--
first police matron in the world a.G 9
uFst woman police officer And vhaa
pressed admitted she was the u.,-,as
She said that crime was much less ;t..a
in former years.
Going further. Mrs. Burnham re:e-.eI
to the many other women workers Il
the work of the women in the $ zoos
for Maynard girls. the sisters al Ai'-
ity, the deaconesses OF the Me:rlis:
church who worked to establish Aor,s
Tor girls. women who worne4 .r ~
late war as Red Cross nurses San4.
ton Army lassies and the l.r.h,-S
daughters. wives and sisters. go.
many cases of concrete examp,s ~
work done.
Mrs Durham believes in p.e,-c-
tative work and said that 'E.'-
should be much larger :2s:l,lo~s
for corrective measures .spc .ia..
for the feeble minded as 50 INV
apprehended in crime arr :.s6'.
minded. She depressed from 'he
woman side of the question eng
enough to speak of the new r'fe-7-
otory for young men to be bs':' BE-:
Wtndham which is so much rea;ea.
She ran down among the rsrH
other vacations of women and "a
ed attention to the faithful 1cFA
done by newspaper women. s:eaos-
raphers. bookkeepers. typeV r,t-'
and lastly charity workers sae
closed by saying that one 4 ~
grandest kinds of work eye- ~.
into the hands of women II ~ :
that OF Americanizarior Mr.
Burnham was obliged to hurry lN@E
as soon as she had finished spsa1'7i
in order to take the train back g
Portland. There is cases in to-".
Wednesday morning required N''
appearance and attention - 80
tiy-e was allowed fo,. Tho ash.-- oil.