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YOU Give Money to Charity Societies
Recent Distressing Disclosures of
Wastefulness, Graft and
Immorality in Some of the
Charitable Organizations
This Mixing of Both Sexes Is Criticised.
Town Meeting of Citizens and President and 'Cabinet at the
George Junior Republic.
r-piillS is the “begging season" o'
I the many and various charit;
A societies. The holiday spirit of
Christmas kindness makes it easy to
solicit subscriptions just now with
out much questioning about whether
the money given will be wisely or
honestly spent.
And it is from some of rhe more
responsible charity societies that a
protest has come against giving
money blindiy—a warning to the pub
lic not to send subscriptions to any
society that you know little or
nothing about.
Every charity society has for its
president a man or woman more or
less well known and a board of direc
tors or patrons made up of names
which inspire confidence. This list
Of names is all that most kindiy <1 is
posed persons require as a guarantee
of the efficient and honest manage
ment of the society.
Recent distressing disclosures ha ve
revealed the fact that these worthy
men and women, whose names are
sponsors of the societies, often know
nothing about what the society is
doing or how the money is_J>eing
spent. In fact, in some instances it
would appear that charities are run
for personal graft and in the case of
the George Junior Republic most
shocking charges of immorality have
been made.
N And yet the well-meaning but whol
ly incompetent board of managers or
patronesses of the Junior Republic
w in childish ignorance of what
■ - going on in the charity they were
* ho plastically aiding and endorsing,
s facts are solemnly pointed o ! "
v. rning to people who reel
.k tic appeals, glance at. a list of
Jknown names as patrons and
witho.it further concern write out a
check.
Anybody can start a charity. The
"aims and objects" of the society are
always worthy. There is never any
difficulty in getting a list erf patrons
and patronesses whose names are
calculated to inspire confidence. And
it would appear from recent disclo
sures that it is easy to solicit funds.
But how much is really known of the
work actually done by the society or
in what spirit the “aims and objects"
are really carried out?
William E. George, the originnlor
and founder of the George Junior
Republic, has been removed from con
trol or personal relations with the
little men and women under his
charge. For many months the a [fairs
of this -plendidiy conceived chqr.ty
have been under investigation and
the shocking disclosures are imprint-
able. So little did the worthy spon
sors of the Junior Republic know of
this man George and the real conduct
of things within thq society that
these wretched conditions have been
going on for years unsuspected. What
did the guaranty of their names
amount to?
Everybody has heard of the Inter
nationa! Sunshine Society. This or
ganization came into existence in
1896 “to scatter deeds of kindness.”
Its activities have been so broadened
in recent years that in addition to
homes for blind babies and children,
which it runs, it also conducts a num
ber of skfiatorlums or boarding
houses.
But the emotional appeal it makes
for contributions is based almost ex
clusively on its “blind baby” work.
Eveft moving-pictures of “blind
babies” have been used in this emo
tional campaign. How effective the
appeal is may he judged from the
fact that the society succeeded in
colleciing upward of $89,000 during
the single year ending May I'd. 1!I1:>.
Two of the lanatoriuins conducted
by this society are the Bensonhurst
a.a.torium tor convalescents at
Ben'-sonhurs*. L. I . and the Westover
Lorig . which adjoins it and which
although called a rest home is sub
stantially a boarding house. At the
former, the rates charged convales
cents are from $13- to $.">0 a week
and at the latter $10 a week. Both
of these institutions are or ought to
be self-supporting, if not profit-maP-
ing. concerns. Certainly the re
sources of the charitably inclined
should not be called upon to main-
lain boarding houses which can main
tain themselves.
The affairs of the Sunshine Society
have recently been investigated by a.
special committee of the State Board
of Charities, appointed to investigate
its financial operations. East year,
through the efforts of Its energetic
president-general, Mrs. Cynthia West-
over Aldon, the State Legislature ap-
pn.rriated $20,000 for the organiza
tion. It was claimed that under its
charter the International Sunshine
Society was not entitled to this ap
propriation.
What the Charity Organization So
ciety thinks of the International Sun
shine Society appears from a state
ment recently issued by It in which
it says, in part:
' The fundamental weakness of the
Sunshine Society lies in its misuse
and abuse of sentiment. It was not
founded to deal with a definite social
v problem. It was founded to encour
age its members to deeds of kindness.
The fact was overlooked tlyU kind
deeds, if improperly directed and if
unintelligently done, though prompt
ed by good intentions, really are not
kind in effect. The society's policy
brought it money. In finding ways
to spend this money it became in
volved in enterprises which were
not charitable.”
An excellent example of the man
ner in which prominent names are
used to procure contributions td en
terprises which may or may not be
worthy is afforded by the history of
the William McKinley Memorial Hos
pital League, organized some five
years ago.
The objeci if this league ostensi
bly was to erect a $1110,000 hospital
as a monument to thy ’Martyred
President. In some way or other,
those back of the project succeeded
in getting President Taft to commend
it, and upon the strength of his ap
proval there was no difficulty in se
curing other prominent persons to
lend their names to it.
As a result the promoters of the
project sent out broadcast appeals i
upon letter heads, upon which were
printed the names of an alleged
“Council of One Hundred.'' This list
of names included those of Hon. Jud-
son Harmon, Governor of Ohio: Hon.
Woodrow Wilson, then Governor of
New Jersey; Hon. H. C. Aldrich.
Governor of Nebraska, and twenty-six
other Governors, Congressman Nicho
las Longworth. Or. David Starr Jor
dan, Rev. Joseph Silverman and
various other Senators, college presi
dents, ministers and prominent in
dividuals in all lines of endeavor.
No more representative list than
this could possibly have been pre
pared. although this Council of “One
Hundred.” as listed on the letter-bead
in question, numbers only sixty..
Upon the strength of this formi
dable list of names, some 16.fifth
individuals enrolled as members of
the league and upward of $6,000 was
collected. What has become of this
money? Mr. Taft doesn't know,
Woodrow Wilson couldn't tell and no
body else in the splendid list of
governors, college presidents and
clergymen can say. This illustrates
again how cheerfully people of
prominence and reputation lend their
names to charity schemes which they
know nothing about.
People who are asked to give eliat-
itv are frequently influenced by the
clerical or semi-clerica! garb worn
by the solicitor.
There are a number of “mission
aries” who go about aitired in this
manner and raise hundreds of thous
ands of dollars collectively every
year for orphan asylums in Turkey
or other Oriental charities. Impetus
was given to this kind of appeal as
a result of the Turkish-Bulgarian
war, which loft, many victims on
both sides.
A large percentage of these solici
tors ure downright, frauds. The
Charity Organization Soclet\ recently
undertook an extended investigation
of the subject and it reported that it
found that as a class these men are
unmitigated frauds, who, arhied with
the forged endorsements of foreign
ecclesiastics and with the letters of
unwary local officials and ministers,
make a business of soliciting for al
leged missions and orphan asylums
in Syria and Asiatic Turk":
No one ought to tie induced to
contribute to solicitors of this char
acter without the most rigid investi
gation. The farther away the object
of the charity is located, the more
carefully should the claims made for
it bo scrutinized.
Very touohing appeals are being
constantly made for contributions
to support the Home for Homeless
Boys, in East One Hundred and
Twenty-third street. This is a “one
man" concern, having no hoard of
directors. It is run by a man named
H. C. Eva. Solicitors who call
themselves “missionaries" and are
attired in a garb not unlike that of
a priest, find it a simple matter to
secure contributions.
Recent Investigation revealed that
the Home for which a'-ces
fill appeals are mafic had aceovnme
dations for forty boys out no bath
ing facilities, no medical examina
tion and no supervision of the do;
mitories. its application for incor
poration was recently refused b«. the
H ate Board of Charities.
Sometimes the solicitor le< \ os of
the garb, but. .issumes the title of j,
divine. For twonP -five years or
more the “Rev.'’ William H. R»m-
SK-ar. .i ' cncrabte looking old mnn.
succeeding in collecting thousands*
of dollars for various “homes" he
claimed to con dr. from time to
time. He vas constantly getting
into trouble with be law and on
one occasion served a rear In the
penitentiarv for an assaul he com
mitted, but when he was nl large
ne was a most assiduous collector
for his various charitable enter
prises.
Investigation revealed that the
“homes” he ran were of. the most
inefficient character, to sav the
least, and would hardly have been
considered worthy of contributions
had those who made donations made
even the most cursory examination
of the facts.
Many of the charitable organiza
tions which make emotional appeals
for funds and get them are much
less pretentious than the literature
they send out would lead one to
expect.
Of course, it is necessary for in
stitutions to do a certain amount of
investigating before distributing (he
funds they collect and It is not al
ways •possible to procure voluntary
workers for this service,. It has
been said ihat only 29 cents out of
every dollar collected >y the Charity
Organization Be,duty Is spent ac
tually for actual relief— that the rest
goes for office and other xpenees.
This may or may not be correct, but
even if i; is. it. must be remembered
that it is much better to have 21
cent.-' out of every dollar donated to
chsri'y 3) onl wisely than to have
tv ci lli« total amount collected by
tha' organization distributed indis
criminate !>.
But sometimes this investigation
Is a little too extensive and much
too expensive. In the case of a
worthy widow. Mrs. Maggie Ustich.
for instance, it was discovered that
no less than $!\000 was spent first
mid brfi in investigating her worthi
ness and she finally received
various sums aggregating less than
—L cos’ $',000 to decide about
disbursing $30fl.
Many other instances might be
cited to show how necessary it is
for ’he person who desires to give
to exercise:-* little discrimination in
doing so.
T'ne Merchants’ Association of
»W York .issue* some- very valuable
“don’ts,” which it might be well for
every one to observe;
1 Don't give to a collector just to
get. rid of him. Frauds flourish upon
the folly of people who do this.
'2. Beware of ottoman organiza
tions.
Don't give to any organization
which does not. have its accounts
satisfactorily audited yearly and
which is not willing to make public
annually a financial statement.
4. Tlte fact that a woman appeals
to you for a contribution does not
necessarily imply that the charity-
in which she is Interested is worthy.
Fraudulent charitable enterprises*
are quite as often conducted- by
women as by men.
•~>. Many appeals for money en-
btrge upon the sufferings of the poor.
Because there is misery in New York
is not proof of an agency’s efficiency.
Find out what the society in ques
tion is doing to stop this suffering,
and give accordingly.
0. Always investigate before
subscribe. There is no disgrace, in
giving wisely.
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