Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08

ferlne Anor lhat eomta sa0lal hai.
lofmfnt ~ various kinds hmuNN IHN
e. phNauthfupifa PARTLY nnAnrH1 NY
the community chest afa ufHanltIfieNH
that help tho blind. che AGED ana 'sa
orphans. the boy scouts. s0tlai mfDHs
mcnta. lht "Ys" thn salvation army,
q the umane Society
An olfnta nF tdtHntaFf a. fno
oi sauizatlona themselves 81 thaf They
Do not have % atasa theif gWE HHHn-
cial campaigns. aU they have mofa
time for ihtif work Fnipe people lnu.
are i ing drawn into the aoeiai work
of the city who refused before. b0a
cause they dieiiked the bsrgins end
Of relief work.
/ A point that Rochester considers ~
special Importance ig that iho people
are beginning - understand the pure
pose Of the city's philanthr0ples Tho
fact that one person IN DO needs help
at some time in life does not ordin-
larily impress people with Hs peraoaai
\ Significance. II they have enough
\ money % pay their bills they seo W
reason 70 imagine themacites aH poa"
slbly becoming one ~ fhe cItya ufob-
lens. But sickness, unemployment.
death. blindness. ere. or any other
catastrophe does put many people Ga
+ "a position where they need help. tnm.
: lporarily perhaps That emergency
may never come. but % think i0f
minute what Il would mean is enough
: 10 show tho citizens of any community
why they should support its ph.'an.
thr0pic work
The community chest manager
shows the city what ltH relief and s1
, ciai welfare work consists 1f by steady
I publicity.
Before we started che chest mid
:, one worker az the honfquarfaia,
/, about an the newspapers ever print.
: ed about phllanthr0pic agencies Was
4 the fact that certain organization
3 had meeting. followed by list of
those present. ~ maybe by tnhu-
!, lated financial statement And af
q course, nobody read it. and they knew
v very little about the clinics and aoftk.
: ments. and homes.
ol "But now we keep in touch with
y tho work ~ the agencies and hunt aBt
" the human interest and print st0flea
about the institutions AI through
the year we don't give tho people a
chance % forget about the work that
Is their money is doing"
,e Instead of people losing their en.
l. thusiasn for the one campaign q yeal
'e in place Of 50 year. Rochester 81
D. adding new interests 90 its cppimuult,
p chest burden and getting the money
to support them.
~ Last year. one new project whicl
the city agreed 70 finance was carry
= ing so crippled children o. school. Mos
! Of these children were disabled D..
= flu and infantile paralysis. and thet
"a parents had no way % getting then
to a public school and back each dag
r. a guild now takes them in an auto
~ mobile to a school especially for then
y and sees that they set lunch
IN This is a sample Of the way in whic
lp cities are branching out Ga their PIN
a anthropic work. There are cndles
n possibilities. To take two examples
SO Toronto has a street car which is re
or served for children who wanB % 90 @
the public bathing beach. ~ run
w through q tenement district an
nd gathers the children up free. so on
sir else Is allowed on it.
Is An entirely different need ia met
ne Washington by health clinic q.
or working girls who aren't poor ououg
e. 20 be eligible FOR charity. but at tt
same time cannot afford the e0ueu.
oS OF X-rayH. light baths. and aanatoriu
~ treatments. They can nof thom
~ this clinic. Tor what they can aaai
~ 20 pay