The evening world. Newspaper, February 1, 1915, Page 4

‘Bh wi Will FSS THAN THO NTS ADAY PER PERSON IN WIDOW CASES tion of 200 iii stu tiisnden COST $148,594.22 TO ‘GIVE $90,510.23 AWAY IN CHARITY In the P mys. “second annual re- of the Charity Organization ty, Just issued, b ae bp eigg foo in the Pano Bei i f i t i i by | i i i i joyees. ‘lal and accounting de- nt Cost $18,976.38, of which 56 was for salaries of tweive Sepa ‘tment invest cont $17,584.87, including Sy for seventeen employees. tes for such families of five, which ‘te the average number. More than 60 per cent. of the money expended by the city for all t} charitable institutions is given to private institutions to keep children thé. More than 30,000 children kept in Institutions in the City of New York, exclusive of sick or delinquents. Caildren paid tor by the City of Now York in institutions at the last count, Nov, 1, 1914, number 20,522, Approximately $2,667,860 is paid by the city to keep thésé children in institutions. More than 10,000 children com- mitted to institutions and paid for by guardians and other individuals who do not seck charity. Four thousand children have lived fm institutions upward of five years. Seventy-five per cent. of the cases handled by organized charity do not seek charity of thelr own accord, but thelr destitution is reported by neighbors, friends, &c, More than $6,000,000 epent annually ‘wy the Btate for keeping children in | th {aatituttoss. ‘The above facts will appear in the report of the New York State C miasion for Relief of Widow ere, which ie now in the hands of t! State printers, and which will be pre- sonted to the Legislature in the next tow days. Aa a member of this com- mission I served on the Investigating Committee, In 200 average cases taken from the records to Jan. 1, 1914, in three obairtable organization, namely, the Charity Organisation Society, Brook- lyn Bureau of Charities and the Aaso- elation for the Improvement of Con- ditions of the Poor, in their various districta.of the city, we found that teas than two cents per day was tho Average amount per peraon contrib- uted in the majority of cases, This two cents includes rent, fuel, cloth- Ing, cash and all such necessities, The average time these cases were car- ried waa two years, ‘The highest average contribution per person was given by the As- sociation for the Improvement of Capdition of the Poor, It may also be noted that thie soviety haa evidently recognized ibe great claim of the widow with children, aince &@ special fund was wet aside by them for their aid during the past year, It is the only private organt- zation that has passed resolutions in- dorsing government aid for children of widows, The following are 168 cases taken eight districts in three charité Avera ize of fami; Average mount for ta Sea neties sate ey ‘en to the society, day f iiae y designated to be ved for a purposes, goes into the fund Which is used exclusively for service. (The contributions made for service are used exclusively for | fal eyed Any contribution made f weed exclusively for that purpose) The Chairman—What is Pthe differ- @noe between wervice and reliof as you it? using relief now in exclusively the as rent, fuel, food, glothing, &c. musing wervice to include every kind of help aecured for the family or given to the family, di- rectly or indirectly, other than those material things. Mr, Persona—The cash allowance would be payment for the relief funda, for the material wants of the family. HOw MA. PI NS CHARITY “SERVICE.’ The Chairman—What is service, then, Mr. Persons? Mr, Persone—Service are those things equally important, and more important, which have with the rehabilitation of th the elevation of its circumstances, of its standard of living, the improving of it# opportunities in every direction beyond the satisfaction of its ma- terial wants. The Chairman—What illustration or example can you give of that? Mr, Persons: je iilustrations a of course, muiltitudinows, In any o family, for instance, we may find need FINES for logal service, for medical service, for nursing service, particular oppor- tunities for special recreation, as fresh air work for convalescents, and y iitusteation, which ta but applies. to very many oi aggregate in various wa! piled the society does not need to for out of ite funds because they can be secured from other public or private agencies organized to confer Those specific kinda of help. PS Ran not mentioned, of course, environment, dignity t it has not had before. Chairman—Does not that mean s0- cial service work? ir. Peraons—I do not care whi | you call it, but I want to draw a di tinction between carrying mat things to the family, which is in finitesimal, and the expense necessary for the family to got the othor things it needs, Mr. Persons—So far as T know the! society han not failed to obtain relict when informed of the existence of want, so far ne the necessit! are concerned, TELL® OF SOCIETY'S NEED OF CASH FOR MORE SERVICE. Mr. Persone—I feel the need con- spicuously of more money for ser- vice, ‘although T also feel the need of ‘more money for relief in the sense that I defined those terms before. It seeme to me, speaking generally, that tee Bost has made in a my inowledge, A eet Liss work bas ween | Ses gratity: use pent more a money in doing the thing: Phat the family needed in order to advance their wellbeing, and by that process we have found it easier to get the Increased Tete of relief that we have expended, and just so far as we can impress upon 2 taken from one district of the Charity Organiza~ tlon Society jount for each ir one month unt idl each n_care of all wido: sented to them, This care, accords ing to their manner of t been divided into two eleme| sion what bis organisation regarded ae relief and service, AND LITTLE .CTOR ADMITS, und from the following wnGch of the “service obtained by them free of maui pe Se es fl cH OF 10000 =| MME AND cL FORPENNY LUN LUNCH PLAN East Side "Rapti a and Theii Mothers to Call On Estl- © mate Board. When t juestion of the approval of the $26,500 Evening World penny Jurteh appropriation comes up before Mayor Mitchel and the Board of Es- timate next Friday afternoon the Hast Bide Protective Aasociation will lead 6,000 children, headed by the juvenile police of the district, In @ march to the City Hail, About as many parents are expected to take part mn the demonstration, A meeting held yesterday afternoon at Public School No, 4, Rivington and Ridge Btreets, was attended by 3,000 persona, and over 1,000 people w Introduction of Municipal Justice Asron J, Levy as Chairman, Harry Schlaoht of the East Bide Protective Association introduced @ resolution of Bratitude to President Wilson for ve- toing the Immigration Bill. The audi- nce Gang the “Star Spangled Ban- to the music of a band and 4 fa the resolution by @ standing vote. Juatioe Levy spoke for the penny lunch appropriation and an ovation the public the opportunity that the society has and the capacity the #o- ciety has to advance the wellbeing of familics, we will get the money for that purpose, | It is one thing to keep a family along on the level of existence, fully clo! and fully fed, but without am- bition for the betterment of the wel- 4 fare of the lives of their children. jis another thing to do that and also fill the family with ambition for bet- \ter things, and for advancement. s#uppone the commission is aware {that the families under the care of any reilef organization are drawn al- ; | mont exclusively from the ranks of the casual laborers. We do not have once in & score of times, we do not havo once in a hundred times, T think, ja family under our care for any length of time that comes from the wkilled trades, or from the profs ‘aions, of from occupations such barbers or Lescihteliadinabe or clerks, GULDEN’S yeh ITON A Deltotous Beled Dressing by Adding “Vinegar, | Mustard READY To TO Use. essay worst fardines, eed yn 9 A unanimously. “when this heart Friday,” he mid, Parents’ to be-on hand; and 3 want the children to march down to the City Hail and ory for the signing of this measure, I want you all to write , Ae] Mayor and the members of the rd of Estimate, bringing home to them the real necessity for the penny jppshes advocated by The Evening kare were Rabbi Nissim ar, Assemblyman Adolph Stern, Assemblyman larry #8. Shimmel, dermon William J. Burns, Miss phic Irene Loeb and Mrs, George Francis Cort of the Public Safe- Soclety. 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