Evening star., 1921-03-14
BOOTHS AID WORK
FOR CHARITY GOAL
Established in Banks, Stores
and Hotels of City by
Junior League.

and hotels today by the Junior League,
to receive contributions in the Easter
appeal for 10000 members by the Asso-
ciated Charities, now entering its sec
| ond week with 1854 contributing mem
bers at noon.
1t is hoped that many who have not
| found it convenient to send contribu-
tons directly to the social service house
| will contribute, and thus become MEM
bers of the Associated Charities, through
| the Junior League booths.
One hundred and thirteen names were
added to the list by the mornings mail
| the 5000 mark. 1000 members remain
to be secured this week.
| The Junior League opened booths to-
day at the Federal National Bank. S.
| Company, Riggs National Bank. Wash
| ington Loan and Trust Company. Lans-
burgh's. the Hotel Shoreham and the
New Willard Hotel. Other booths prob
ably will be opened tomorrow.
Conference Methods Shown.
Chairmen of the district conferences
| of the Associated Charities toda.E
Punited in a statement as to their
work, thereby affording an interest
ing insight into the methods of opera
| ton of these conferences.
The chairmen are Rev. George w.
Atkinson, jr., Georgetown district;
| Louis A. Simon. west end district; A.
j. Driscoll central district; John H.
| Patterson, southwest district; John
| O'Grady. northeast district; Bernard
Ladd. southeast district, and Mrs. En-
met J. Scott. northern district.
| The statement follows:
are in trouble We, in this case.
means the volunteer workers of. the
| Associated Charities. who gather
! each week to consider ways and
| means of helping the poor out of
their poverty. The conferences serve
teer they bring a knowledge of So
| cial work, as illustrated in the dag
nosis and treatment Of many different
types of families and social ills. To
the family in need they give the
benefit Of the counsel of many minds
who serve as an impartial tribunal
to learn the facts and to seek in an
earnest, sympathetic spirit practical
remedies. To the community. the
conference Is an evidence that some
time and strength to help families
in distress out of their troubles.
Mendinx Broken Homes.
'The chief object Of the Associated
Charities, as we see it from contact
with it's work in these weekly con-
ferences. is to keep families together;
or. to put it in another way. to mend
broken homes. For the familles that
come to the attention of the society
are those in which for one reason
or another, such as illness, neglect,
old age, desertion of wage Garner. the
home is threatened with collapse.
AT these conferences the profes-
sional worker is obliged to JUSTIFY
to those who sit in judgment the fair
ness. completeness and the adequacy
Of plans made for the restoration OF
a particular home. Questions are
asked. The thoroughness of the
workers acquaintance with the fam
iIy is tested BY those present. The
name of the articular family is with
held, but the factors entering into
the situation are all called for in the
study and preparation of working
plan. The family's budget is worked
out. item by item: An attempt IS
made to learn the family's standards
when at the peak of it's prosperity
If these standards are iouno 10 oe
sane and wholesome they become
guides by which the plans OF re-
habilitation are shaped.
Questions Considered.
'Tn these conferences principles OF
social action are constantly being
worked out. Policies are formulated
based upon a wide experience in So
cial treatment and the multiplication
of social facts. such questions. lot
example, are considered as: What
evidence is necessary regarding a
mothers neglect or incompetence be-
fore there is justification for suggest.
ing that the children be taken away"
what proof is there that the family
home or the system Of boarding de-
pendent and neglected children in
families is superior to that Of insti-
tutional care? Under what circum-
stances should a mother. about to be
confined be advised to go to the hos
pital? AT what point in the affairs
Of an unstable family. where the man
is inclined to put the responsibility
for the upkeep of the family upon his
VIZ should he be brought to the
court on charges of non-support"
What proofs are there from actual
family histories that certain occupa.
tions for children out of school hours
are dangerous to the morals and
health Of the child?'
"All these things may be studied in
live conference through an examin-
alton of actual life stories. Theories