The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-11
Are Many of the Charities OF
the Rich Misplaced?
By BILL PRICE.

M. .o.t;.s oasn IN asonistment when read Of huge
sums given by rich and women Tor enooWmens Of
colleges hospitals libraries and other INSTITUTIONS which are
devoted in some form other to the service OF humanity
We commend the spirit Of the donors whose names viii go
down into the histories Of those institutions and VIII pc
cherished by benecaries thereof Their acts are puDcy
proclaimed as the years go by.
Call it charity philanthropy or public service according
the purposes of the endowments or ~ bestoW
credit is due but you sit rejecting upon the
opportunities for charity that surround you 90 you
sometimes feel that many of the charities OF the rcn are
misplaced and that you, too were rich you could use
your money in ways that would tighten and brighten sad
dened grownups little and carry to them actual
realization of that vision Of beautiful heaven which they
are taught is to be found only in another world9
News stories in Washington newspapers tell Of the sad
case Of Mrs. Frederick o. Proudfoot and her eight little
children the mother made widow and the children tatneress
by the sudden death of husband who fell from scaffod
In Rock Greek Park
Kndheared Wahingtonans who read the newspapers
taken supplies and clothing to the destitute family
Others have offered to adopt children and give them good
homes Probably for time to this
woman will want the necesaries Of e but as time
passes the sad Of her widowhood will be for
gotten and then will the dreadful pinch Of poverty
With win loom the horrible of specters to mother
that Of having to separate from her children.
Of al fororn helpless friend1ess creatures earth 1t
Is the destitute widow with little mouths crying for food
little frames poorly and scany clad the landlord demanding
his rent and the children to be kept in school, possible
Of them fall for the temptations put before them and
that the innate good in them disappears with their needs7
The struggle is too fierce the agony and heartaches too
deep
In this beautiful city, Capital of great nation which
should Of by the Federal Government
the forward Of all cities in liberal dealing with mothers
and their dependent little Ones have mothers pension
law which viii give aid the mother in keeping her children
with her. We may, under existing laws help her little, but
present processes generally separate her from her and
them ont to strangers willing TO care for them at the
small compensation paid for each child.
that the right way give real aid to helpless destitute
who go work because her small children de-
mand her care who should not be allowed work until
she has reared her offspring point where they be
helpful to her and to themselves7
And you hear woman who gone into the scarlet
pathway and deserted her little consented their
being taken from her. do you condemn her do you blame
existing laws humanity houglessness for her taking the
wrong road?
Among charitable organizations Of the District the As
ISOLATED Charities with its wonderful work. is virtually the
sole outside of the churches which seeks to hold des
ttute families together Each Christmas appeals for funds
to aid stated of poverty and distress and has great Diff
ficulty in getting the necessary funds
Again. you rich and earnestly desired to
Of money carry gadness and sunshine where desoaon
ing than in permanently helping destitute widows and
little ones?
The Of the good woman mentioned here is Of
many that you find out about you gave this widow
$1,000 twelve years. freeing her mind from
fears immediate future the happiness Of it all to
Won gave that each year to educational in
sitution would out Of the oyousness that
had eliminated restitution and gloom and made garden Of
flowers for suffering human beings? Think it Over