Milford chronicle., 1929-11-08
TRAVELLERS AID DOES
MUCH GOOD WORK
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without money, job, or place to
stop, is in a bad XII" He had, how
ever, trusted friend in the worker,
and his difficulties were soon ad-
justed by obtaining work for him.
The society protects children and
young girls who are sent in it's care
to all parts of the country. Elderly
people are given the same type of
assistance. Serious problems arising
from unstable family situations come
to Travellers Aid. There are persons
who have left home for so many
reasons that only few of them can
be noted: because of the lure of ad-
venture, to escape family RESPONSE
bility, to get away from depressing
working conditions and it's inevitable
result-unhappines jealousy, in
compatibility. 1t takes a trained well
fare worker to discern the complex
ity of the case of a client who seeks
to emerge from such environment
and to go on alone. Careful plan
ming with the client, and communi-
cation with the relatives in far Off
cities often leads to a mutual under
standing and paves the way to recon-
ciliation.
Persons escaping from institu-
tions-the mentally and physically
unfit-come into Delaware. Travel
ers' Aid goes into the nature of their
difficulties and returns them to their
home or place of legal residence.
This service is most important since
it relieves our state from keeping
hnon11,n q lilo hi1ifx
upon us.
Many responsible people who come
here to make their homes and earn
their living are put in touch with
the city and State resources, and are
given every encouragement and as
sistance in locating among us and
becoming one with us.
Countless runaways, from many
localities, keep Travellers Aid busy,
The average age of such young peo-
pie is sixteen. No one can say just
what is the greatest contributing
factor towards running away. In
several cases there had been eXag-
geration of restraint on the part OF
parents, countered by an exagger-
ated sense of freedom on the part of
the runaway.
Sally, youthful and pretty, came to
Travellers Aid last week asking to see
a map of the city. She said she
wanted a room and expected employ
ment with a local concern. Travel
ers' Aid was anxious to select for
her an environment suitable to so
young a girl away from parental
~,.s5o-.o N-od,oIIy Ca1Iv ravna1pd
her plans. She stated that her father
had died suddenly in August, and
that there had been a misunder-
standing with her step-mother, with
the result that Sally had left home
to earn her own living.
While Travellers Aid assured her
that assistance would be given her,
it was made definite that there must
be communication with some one OF
her relatives who could help her
financially, for she had only one dol
lar. Also it was made plain to her
that her step-mother should be told
of her whereabouts. Travellers Ald
did not readily find a room, and the
work situation looked grave. Where
at Sally became alarmed and made
suggestions which involved ner re-
turn to the city from which she said
she came. The Travellers Aid work
er persuaded Sally to let us COM
municate with Travellers Aid in this
Southern city.
An immediate response to the in
quiry revealed that Travellers" Aid
there had been asked by Sallys
brother to be on the lookout for her,
as she had run away from fash
ionabie school to which she had re-
Gently been sent by her parents. Her
deceased father" had arrived in that
CITY and went at once to Travellers
Aid to deposit money for Sally's
railroad fare. And Travellers Aid
convinced her of the advisability OF
returning home, and arranged for
the immediate trip which would
place her once more in the care of
devoted parents.