Evening star., 1921-03-11
Mr.. WILSON JOINS
CHARITY BACKERS
Sends $500 Check to Local
Organization Leaders in
Response to Appeal.

Former President Woodrow Wilson
today joined the number of local peo-
pie who have become contributing
which is conducting an Easter appeal
for 10000 members.
81 take pleasure in inclosinc my check
for $500, in renewal of the annual
subscription ! have made to the AS
sociated Charities since l became a
resident of Washington" Mr. Wilson
wrote Cuno H. Rudolph. president of
the Associated Charities.
The total number Of members enrolled
to date is 2.6l1.
The first group to report a perfect
score in 100 per cent enrolment of
their workers in the appeal for 10000
contributing members consists of the
entire staff of the Associated Charities.
BY this action twenty-five names arc
added to the list of the 10000 needed.
1t is hoped that many organizations and
business firms will be able to report in
the next fe.. days AZ enrolment Of 100
per cent of their workers
Contributions may be sent to Howard
S. Reside, treasurer, 923 II street north
west, or to the office Of The Evening
Star.
Endorsed by Miss Mary Gwypn.
Miss Mary Gwynn, president of the
Child Welfare Society, gives her un-
qualified Endorsement TO the Associat-
ed Charities. Talking today to rep
resentative of The Star, Miss Gwynn
said:
"As president of the Child Welfare
Society of the District of Columbia,
want to tell the good people of Wash
ington what it would mean to our own
association if the Associated CharI-
ties were obliged to stop for lack of
funds.
Il am constantly calling upon the
Associated Charities to help us in our
difficulties. One notable case was last
spring when a woman appealed TO me
to protect her from the cruelties and
exactions of her husband. J. in turn,
appealed to the Associated Charities
and with the valuable assistance that
The society was able to render in Sc
curing a lawyer to take up her case,
the husband was convinced or the
protection that would be afforded his
wife if her proper demands were not
granted and today they are united
and, 1 trust. a happy family.
Call Upon Associated Charities.
"In our own work we are dealing
with the babies and the pre-school
child, not from the standpoint of re-
lief, but from that of health. We en-
any and every mother who
needs instruction in the care Of her
baby or advice before the baby comes
to visit our welfare stations. where
the professional service of both doc
tor and nurse is given free of charge.
We recognize, however, that if the
teachings of our doctors and nurses
are to be carried out home conditions
must be favorable. If the mother is
because of domestic trouble
which only the general family welfare
can straighten out, then we
call upon the Associated Charities for
their cooperation. In such instances
their wide experience in mending
homes broken by poverty and distress
makes their service absolutely essen
tial to the successful working out of
our own child welfare problems with
in the family.
when the problem is one of finan-
cial assistance the Associated Chari-
ties stands equally ready to help. The
inability to provide a quart or two OF
g ood milk for the baby is almost
sure indication of trouble more seri-
ous than the lack of the few cents
that the milk would cost. If the par
ents. for example, cannot meet this
obligation in the child's infa ncy. what
will they do when the diet becomes
more diversified and costly and other
come along? Is each new
baby that comes to be taken care of
BY charity or is the obligation of car
ng for their own to be pressed home
unable or unwilling to do his part he
must be shown the seriousness Of the !
situation. This is not the problem of
the doctor and nurse. but that of the
family social worker 1t is important
that the good will of the mother to-
ward the doctor and nurse be re-
tanned. 1t is important that our child
welfare station be looked upon not as
a relief agency, but it is equally i'm
portant that some one should UNDER
take the task of helping the family
out of it's financial troubles and of
it on the road toward self
help and independence.
This is the work which I have
always found the Associated Charities
ready to undertake at our request
1t is difficult task and one that re-
quires patience, tact and a high de-
gree of training. 1t is a different
piece of work from that for which
the nurse has fitted herself.
Social Service Exchange.
I'm this same connection let me say
that one of the most useful means of
cooperation is the social service ex-
change conducted by the Associated
Charities. BY means of this simple
device. which is nothing more nor
less than card directory of families
BATES STREET