Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-04
AS ONE WOMAN SEES 1T
What Is the Emergency Aid Do
lna7"-WeIl, Here's the An
swer-A Noble and Beau
tifuI Work in Helping
the Distressed
BY SARAH ID. LONyRIE
MORE than one person has asked

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non rhpIulN 'nh' can u'aI WIN Hp'c'H'
cases: thht mas innds or can prornr" lnhHS
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press and through it's membership cnn give
the situation the amount of publicity which
it needs in order that those in power may
be backed ITO take arms against a sea OF
troubles and by opposing end thcm.' is an
organization that should never go ont of
existence.
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TN A long cXpcrirncc Of pblanthrOric
worLcrs I bnvc como to dividn thcm mon.
IaIIv into forr rrnuns yia rho o,lministrn.
tors tLr ryrrItnrs tbr nIoIdcrs and tho
snurtcrs Eoch tyno has lis worry sncrinl
vaIuc Il is sometimes tbr hnhit of tbc
nioiLcrs to Lcst,isr thn snurtors md fnr Tho
executors to he mifTnd NJ ,hc ndministrn
,nrs ,nL fnr ,bc r,I,niristrotor. Ia lao inn
noticnt of tho nloddcrs md hrv.il,lcrcd Lv
,Lc enur,crs bit ns mnt,rr of roct no
orroniuntior for arromnIiShinr work. can
frnrtinn ,yi,hnut oII fnrr tvnr.
4 ror,tinr organization. like an endowed
orphans ASYLUM or an established dav nur-
soiy rnr Ln with nm ,drinistr,tor nr tyr
onj a hoard Of nlodderg With n maid cvcru
five and only tclnuorarv snurtrrs whom extra
funds have to be raised 4 national charitv
baZnar rcnuircs more snurtcrs thnn nloddcrs
and more executives than administrators
Tho war philanthropies called for 81 trrmcn.
dous number of executives and poddcrs and
mndc short shrift of spurtcrs Tho iunucnzn
cnidnmir mnIn a rrcnt ho,i ,,nnn snurtnrs
and found them very uscfuI
NOV I" deal with an>'m"rS"nry on" aI-
~ WAYS must call upon spUrt"r>: persons
who like short, swift job with Il human
appeal, with s"opc for special talent, for
quick sympathy and instant adaptation. And
there are great many mighty smart squirt
crs among US. who either cannot "brcausc
Of their husbands or will not because they
know themselves too we'll take II nl0dding
Years end 70 vcor's end by fycd cngngr.
mcn> punrtuntcd by board meetings. They
will not do il for pleasure any moro than
they will do it for charity or for business.
They like to sit loosely" 10 their obliga-
tionS. Thcy arc capable of intense effort
and intense Indifference. They are at their
bcat in emergencies,
We admire race horses moro than cnrriagr
horses and carriage horses moro than draft
horses; but race horse, are snurtcrs and
draft horses are nIod,Irrs. 50 why >nould We
bc impatient of The spurtcrs when they are
humansp
"\ll stars are not tLc .an,r stnrs Onc stnr
diCrCrcth from another star in .,Iur, IL. 81
pnuI autly remarked.
II would bo u duU dumh v.orId vitho,,t tL,
srurtors. even for thr uIoddcrs so II il u
matter of CONTAMINATION TINT there i> one
nrponiZotior hero in nur midst which ,o IA,
sucrnssfuI must utiliZr rho swift ond trm
porarily enthusiastic worker MS we'll ms tho
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