New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1914, Page 2

CHARTY ASSOCATION ASSITS 93 CASES fack of Employment Main Reason for Asking Aid. Pertinent factors relating to the needs of New Britain's poor, the child labor problem, and other significant factors are set forth in ths monthiy report of Miss Mary S. Labaree, rep- re#entative 6f the New Britain Char- ity’ Organization. The report fol- lows: To the directors of the New Britain Charity Organization: “The month of March has shown some falling off in applications though the amount of rellef given still continues high. We have dealt with ninety-three different cases and have had 209 calls at the office. We have made 142 visits in the homes. Of the twenty-five cases applying for the first time, one-third have applied because of unemployment, We have co-operated with nineteen local agen- ciés and have made investigations for five out-of-town soeleties. “Sixteen families received emer- id once or twice, eight have weekly aid during the gnonth and two families have been Yaferre@ to the public charities. In M1, the organization has glven ffom treasurer’s and agent's funds | 95 in direct relief. Work, per- ‘manont and temporary, has been ogular fuund for nine applicants. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1914 ‘‘As the spring approaches and the rush of winter work drops off a little it is a good time to stop and get our bearings. During the prets of the high season we cannot do mpre than manage the case wark from day to day and we cannot see its relation to the welfare of the community as a whole. Now, when we have more timé, and while the events are still fresh in our minds, this relation ought to be noted. Ko, though this is not the beginning of a new year when good resolutions are usually in order, it may be worth while to study our case work ifi the light of commu- nity needs. Child Prcblems Growing. “The Child Weltare Exhibit, good as it was, did not bring the millenni- um. Child welfare problems are still with us and are growing con- stantly more insistent in their de- mand for a solution, Our best efforts in case work are frequently made in- effective because we have exhausted local and state resources and can not take the next step that would put the seal of success on our accom- plishment. These child problems come under four heads: “First, Reereational. it more and. more appavent that young peéople of New Britain need more neighborhood soctal centers where they can have pleasant times under proper oversight and where there is some one to take an interest in their individual affairs. Often we are confronted with the impossibility of wearing young wayward folks from their undesirable pursuits and companions because we have no at- tractive substitute to offer. The boys are perhaps too old for the Boys' olub; and need an unpretentious club in their own neighborhood: “For the wayward girls it is even hardér te provide recreation; it isl grows the often not wise to encourage them to join the evening classes of the Y. W. C. A. or Working Girls’ club becausc they ought to be kept away from “down town" and all its alluring street corrers, “Movies,” and other unsupervised amusements; they ought to learn that good times can be had nearer home, but how can they learn this if we do not give them a chance? Anothér recreation- al need in New Britain is befter su- pervision of the commercialized amusements. But more than this, some way ought to be devised by which the great possibilities of the moving picture show will not be left entirely in the hands of those in- terested from a commercial point of view only. How to Help Ambitious. The second group of child prob- lems brings u$ to education and child labor questions. It is with great in- terest that we shall watch the effect of the vocational school. It is cer- tainly a much-needed institution. Without stopping to discuss the many children who are out of school and vet not at work, I should like to speak of another matter. ‘Twi¢e during the winter and several times in previous vears our case work has brought us in contact with bright ambitious boys who are tremendously eager for an education and who show real ability. Being in most cases the sons of widows they have had to go to work as soon as they become fourteen years old. The work théy gét i8 un- skilled and the pay is very small. After graduating from night school there afe no edticational facilities left opén to them. How oné longs to be| able to send thein back to s¢hool and | ay the mothers the equivalent of | their wages in the form of scholat- | ships. “The third group of child welfare COFFEE DRINKERS, AND THINK A MINUTE Some persons seem able, for a time at least, to get along with coffee, but it con- tains a subtle, habit-forming drug, caffeine, which sooner or later is pretty sure to rob one of health and comfort. If you know coffedoesn’t harm you—if you feel prime and fit under its con- tinued use, well and good—stick to it. But—if you are sometime a bit “off color,” and irritable .nerves, disturbed heart action, biliousness, headache or symptoms of liver or kidney trouble make you wonder what’s the matter— Better find out what coffee has to do with it. Evidently some people are learnirig the truth about coffee—listen— During 1913 the sales of coffee in this country decreased over one hundred million pounds. A mighty army of former coffee drinkers now use POSTUM and enjoy freedom from their old coffee aches and pains. .. Postum, made of whole wheat and a bit of molasses, is a delicious table bev- erage absolutely free from the coffee drugs, caffeine and tannin. If you are interested in bettering yourseif—think it over ! Postum now comes Regular . Postum-—must be well boiled. in two forms. 15¢ and 25c packages. Instant: Postum—a soluble powder, requires no boiling. 30c and 50c. tins The cost per cup of both kinds is about the same. jere’s a Reason” for Postum. —sold must be pald. by Grocers everywhere. Rakes, Shovels,Wheelbarrows Garbage Cans, etc,, etc. FOR THAT CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN { { We have the HERBERT HARKDWARE. MILLS HARDWARE STORE OPEN TILL 11 O'CLOCK L. MILLS, NEW BRITAIN. GOOD FRIDAY MORNING . TR problems deals with the home, and thése are the hardest of all. Some of the home problems aré economic— ! small wages necessitate cheap rents, few clothes, cheap food and littie medical attention even when it s most fieedéd. The children go to wotk at fourteen and the little boys | must séll papers on the streets. Yeurs of factory work, perhaps from four- teen yedrs of age until her marriage, Have often left the mother ignoranut 6f hothe-making or child-fraining. As a result we find many miserable, un- happy, poverty-strickén homes. At presefit We know of several fam- ilies where the physical and moral envirénment of the children is bad. Ih some of them we have worked long and earnestly to improve con- ditions; lack of time has prevented us from devéting the necessary atten- tion to others. But what is to be done for the many little children in those families? Hven if we were to g0 into the business of breaking up homes wholesale we should still meet our fourth big child welfare problem— lack of suitable institutions. ‘‘Better state provision for the de- pendent, defective and delinquent is a very pressing need. In several céses where, without question, the | homes ought to be broken up and the children placed in care of the state, | we afe blockéd becatise there is no place for children under four vye: of age ex¢ept in homeés where bo: Legal Aid Nceded. “So much for the blank unsolved probletns that makes im- pdssable a few of the froads that might ledd some of the tindet-nour- ished, overburdened, delinquent chil~ dren out of their wilderness. 80 on to name other problems you will think me a pessimist and beg me to look upon the bright side, 1t is not pessimism that leads me to dwell on these topics, but an optimistic hope that when these needs are realized something will be dene about them. “Among the more miacellaneous needs might be mentioned the de- sirability of a plan by which we could secure free legal aid for someé | of out families, There are times when the rights of a girl, or child mnust be protected by an appeal to the courts and there is no money to pay a lawyer. In any case theére should be some way of taking the matter up and seeing it through. “Mr. Johnson has said much about the necessity of a woman probation officer and we ought to join our voices with his in asking for the ap- pointment of such a woman. Mr. Johnson also c¢an speak with feeling about our lack of a woman's re- formatory; we are helpless, practic- ally, in dealing with delinquent young Wwomen over tweénty-one years of age. “One of our principal efforts as u social agency ought to be ih behall of the constantly arriving immigrant. | ‘Who meets him at the station? Who mees that he is not exploited? But more important still, who sees that he is Introduced to the right kind of American customs and {s put on the road to becoming a cltizen? ; “If I began on the health and hous- ing questions that confront us in al- most every family I am afraid that You would be,completely discouraged. In our street directory we are keep- ing a card catalog of the houses which are really unfit for human habitation and we do not keep any account of | the houses which are almost’ unfit. | We are hoping and trusting that | some day most of these houses will | be condemned and that philanthropic ! people will see their opportunity and ' wall of provide better ones. “A comprehensive view of all these i things that are, yet ought not to be, makes one long to get to work hard- er than ever. If the Charity organ- ization is to be for the “love and ser- vice of all miserables,” as a poor foreigner once said, it must not let its work end in attempts to benefit a few families, “Respectfully submitted, ‘“(8igned) MARY 8. LABAREE, ‘“‘Agent.” Native Eggs, Ruseell Bros. —advt. ¢ doz. SHOT THROUGH HEART. William Woods of San Francisco Kfilled in Chicago by “Duffy the Goat.” | Chicago, April 9.—As the result of & shooting, which was caused by an argument over women's Suffrage, a well dressed man believed to be Wm, Woods 6f San Franeéisco is dead and James Ffanche, allas “Duffy the Goat,” is being sought by the police | on a murder charge. A young woman also is wanted in connection with the murder. The shooting took place last night in a cafe in what was formerly the gegregated district. Woods, Franche and the woman were said to have been drinking togeéther in the cafe when argument over equal suffrage | arose. The Californian contended that women had the right to vote. According to theh story told the po- lice, Franche took exception to the westerner's rematks and shot him through the heatt. Shaving Stick | soothes your face When you use Resinol Shaving Stick there are no tense, smarting after-effects, no annoying shaving rashes to fear. 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