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.. q-qitv ’ J x^ -THE l&JIl l£l— IN IJB^ —L THE VOL UML ONE. NO. TH IET Y-F OU E . The 'Beauty and Duty of Organized C 1 arity. ro^ Cw By S. T. DALSHEIMER. 0 fully compass the scope of co-opera tive charitable work as compared with that accomplished by a single person we must first of all pre-suppose that the average individual desires to aid in his own way and as far as his means allow those of his fellow men who con stitute that great and growing class which we call “the poor”; but that he T is at all times oppressed with a sense of his per sonal powerlessness to give adequate aid even though he devote his en tire life to the effort. Like all large social questions this one of wise and well directed charity has ever assumed the pro portion of a genuine problem. We must real ize that no civilization is complete and no social system beneficent, which does not include some well organized working plan designed especially to bring “the greatest good to the greatest num ber.” The very seal of our country, the spirit of our National life is sup posed to be attuned to some such concerted ef fort. But there are “de vious and winding ways” to the path of practical philanthropy, and each year new ideas are held, new principles outlined and new practices begun, all designed, however, to (bring the wisest aid to the unfortunate poor of the country. Naturally, this problem is more com plex in large cities than Jin towns or rural com munities, yet there are few places free from its quota of poor people, and it does seem that any plan which succeeds in bringing help to thous- ands would be, in proportion, equally effective in offering it to fewer numbers. Union and co-op erative effort is the keynote to the present age, and just as surely as all great financial enterprises have found it advantageous to combine in the form of companies or trusts, so philanthropic organiza tions are learning similar truths. The people of America have grown almost unconsciously to re- ..z 5 L • to® F •' < • t will Z MMS* ■ - «tl - STS? . • XL r ; \ \ ' to ■ M A X • Z.Z/ V; /\V / ■ ’/.J' ■ Z,; . ar’nt .. ' .-Jr 4 1 3;. A «.Z :^ZrZ'i ZZZiZ' Z • ’. SNOW BABIES IN FECRUARY :’ *. “ ' ; . ; ~--■. ’ - ; - The "Baby ‘Brother. ” Sunshine and Sea Air. The Glorious fourth at Sea Breeze. Snolv Babies in February. ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER 11, 1906. gard the systems in use in the great metropolis of New York as representative in their achieve ments and in their usefulness, so, in considering the broad question of practical philanthropy we naturally turn to the greatest Organization of the sort in the country and perhaps one of the great est in the world—The United Charities of New York City. In a city of nearly 4,000,000 inhabi tants, it is imperative that some system for reach- ing its poor should be wisely and broadly handled; that it should have rules as fixed as any laws of civic justice, yet so flexible that they may be made to extend to the “uttermost ends of the earth” on occasion, and it is in the wise adminis tration of just such paradoxical laws that the great work of the New York Association for the Improvement of the Poor is most plainly seen. To quote irom a recent pamphlet of this Associa tion, where it is stated that the total number of persons aided during a single year was 19,826, some idea of the extent and of the diverse char acter of this work can be had from the following: “During the fiscal year, 4,625 homeless persons were aided b.y advice and direction only, of whom 1.351 were non-residents, 1,315 were sent to the -Municipal Lodging House, and 374 to the Bureau sociation is to insure the interest of the general public, and as a unique means to that end there was inserted in various prominent publications of the country, an ad vertisement in the form of an appeal for aid which brought wonderful results. This appeal was de signed, first of all, as a sort of educational method by which the public was taught to know the need and the human heart’s best impulses sprung to TWO DOLL AES A YEAE. FIVE CENTS A COPY. of Dependent Adults. Be sides these, 2,009 homeless men and 371 homeless wo men received material re lief to the extent of $2,- 134.14. Light hundred and eighty-eight homeless men were given wood-yard tickets, 156 homeless per sons were placed in hospi tals, etc., 80 wore put in charge of other societies, 74 were furnished trans portation, and 33 secured permanent employment. Since January Ist, 2,729 visits were made in behalf of homeless eases.” From this resume it will be gathered that this Asso ciation has many avenues for the exercise of its philanthropies avenues which, in the very nature of things, are barred from individual workers be they ever so zealous, and yet the financial support given by the charitably inclin ed has been in very truth “the sinews of war” with which the stern bat tle against poverty is be , ing fought. Municipal support is, of course, giv en, but this is by no means adequate, and contribu tions of money, of food and many other necessities are constantly being re ceived, and just as con stantly there is need for yet further aid. One of the chief aims of the As-