Our Charities Show at
Tho American charities exhibit at the
l'nrls exposition will form a soctlon of the
department of education and social economy,
nnd will bo displayed In tho gallery of tho
agricultural building, located at tho south
end of the Champs do Mars, To the visitor
It may scorn llko a small Item In tho extcn
slvo nnd dlvorBlfled series of exhibits mnk
Ing up tho vast wholo, yet It will represent
u most significant phaso of the century that
Is fast ebbing away tho thorough organiza
tion of charity and allied helpful forms of
human effort. It will show clearly what has
been dono In America by charity organiza
tions nnd relief societies for needy famlllos
In their own homes; what has been accom
plished by tho numerous and diversified child
saving agencies; tho vast and complox sys
tem of hospitals, dispensaries nnd othor
medical charities, nnd tho growth of trained
nursing; tho national, stnto and local super
visory and educational agencies, such as tho
Stato Hoard of Charities, tho Stato Chart
ties Aid associations, tho Natlonnl Confer
ence of Charities and Corrections, nnd the
OMAIIA SOCIETY MUMMERS MISS ELI
ZABETH ALLEN Photo by Louis 11.
Dostwlck,
Bpcclal local commissions that have boon
appointed to study particular problems of
relief and social Improvement; tho pro
vision raado by asylums and in othor ways
for such dofoctlvo classes as tno lnsano, tho
eplloptic and tho feoblo-mlndcd; nnd, finally,
though thoy may not atrlctly belong In this
group, such provontivo and constructive so
cial ngonclca as tho Bottlomonts, housing ro
form movements and schemes for public
parks, playgrounds and baths.
l'rt'imrnl ly Mot'clnllMtN,
Tho total number of bonoflclarlcs of theso
chnrltablo and philanthropic ngcnclcs
reaches into tho millions, ovon It wo oxciudo
tho moro genoral movements Intended to
hotter tho condition of wholo communities.
Tho army of paid and. volunteer workers in
thoso various fields numbers teus of thou
sands. In Now York stato alono 125,000,000
Is oxponded yearly in tho conduct of tho
work covered by tho charities exhibit, and
104,000 peoplo In tho Institutions whoia work
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The Paris Exposition
Is there explained, to say nothing of tho
hundreds of thousands who rocelve assist
unco In their own homes.
It Is apparent that spaco can bo provldod
at tho exposition for only a representative
fow of tho largo and dlvcrsa Interests within
this field. It would liavo been easy to allow
nil this valuablo space to be occupied by In-
OMAHA SOCIETY MUMMERS M It. SAM
UEL UUUNS, Jr. Photo by Louis It.
liostwlck.
dlvlduals nnd Independent agencies, but
Howard J. Rogers, tho director of tho de
partment of education nnd nodal oconomy,
after counsel with oxports, and especially
with tho editors of tho Charities Itevlow,
whose business It Is to bo familiar with tho
chnrltablo work of tho cntlro country, deter
mined to placo each subdivision of tho chari
ties exhibit In tho hands of a carofully se
lected specialist. Each specialist thus se
lected was asked to dcslgunto representative
Institutions and agencies In tho particular
Held to which ho was assigned and tho per
sons thus designated wero asked to proparo
much fuller exhibits thnn havo ordinarily
been supplied for such expositions.
Most of tho exhibits proctmod under this
arrangement have boon gnthered by Homer
Folks of tho New York (State) Charities
Aid association nnd Edwnrd T. Dovlno of
tho Now York (City) Charity Organization
society, nnd theso two havo been devoting
a largo portion of their tlmu for a consider
able period to tho work of nrrangomcnt,
classification and preparation. In tho main
tho exhibit will consist of photographs,
blanks, dcscrlptlvo statements, typical case
records, charts and dlngrnms, which are to
bo mounted on cards twenty-two Inches wido
and twenty-eight Inches high, tho tutddla
of tho enrds being at tho level of the eye.
Thoy will bo displayed on wing frames, but
abovo theso frames thcro will be ample wall
space for Inrgcr diagrams, maps nnd other
material which cannot bo mounted on the
curds. Ilclow tho frnmcs will bo book
shelves for reports and books Illustrating or
descriptive of tho work to bo represented.
Nome llctulU of tlit Work.
Johns Hopkins hospital of llnltlmoro, the
Proubytcrlnn hospital of Now York City, tho
CHAMTY ORGANIZATION SOCIETY.
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EDITH SMITH Photo by Louis It. liost
wlck. Hodton City hospital oud u few others huve
been naked to supply not only eompletu sets
of their annual reports uud uuedicnl und
surgical reports, but aiso mulcts, piuns or
pnotogruphs of opeiutlug rooms, ot wards
aud buliulngs, bluo prints ut heating auud
ventilating uppurutus, descriptions of vurl
ous feuiurea, especlully llaso that have been
developed in a unique wuy by ihu particular
Inatitution, uud lu general, even ut some ex
pense, to present exactly the things tuat
will Illustrate tho highest developments oi
American hospital construction and manage
ment, und that will bo suggestive tj tuoae
who are luteresteu In hospitui worn in otnor
Ameilcun und urolgu couiuiunltles. Ouo ot
tho must Interesting things lu ihu eutue
exhibit will oe a immature typical wind mul
will bo Btiottu by tho Piosuyteriuu hojpUU.
lu the subdivision relutliig to the euro uud
lellef of needy luuillles lu tneir own homes
abundant lllustrutlous will bu provlued ot
the methods ot relief employed, oi registra
tion uud of providing temporury Industrial
employment. A table has boeu prepared
showing for each of twelve or fifteen loading
societies throughout tho couutry thu spe
tlal activities undertaken by each, tho ex
tent to which they administer relief directly,
tho steps taken by them to prevent street
begging, tho writing of begglug letters and
the pructlco of Imposition and fraud of all
kinds, and tho extent to which tho societies
encourngo good legislation and promoto so
cial und educational reforms.
OrK"iilxetl Charity.
Theso societies havo n great vurlety of
olllclal designations; tho older ones uro
usually called Associations for Improving
tho Condition of tho Poor, aud thoy date,
for tho main part, from shortly after tho
middlo of tho present century. Thero are,
however, soverul relief societies still oldor
than theso, founded to help particular na
tionalities, or particular clnssos, of de
pendents, which havo passed tho Urst cen
tury of tuolr exlstonco. Within tho last
tiwenty-flvo years thero havo sprung up more
thuu 100 societies for orgnulzlug charity, or
Associated Churlties, or, us some of tho new
und smaller ones aro styled, Organized Aid
ussoclatious. Frequently theso societies do
not dispense rellof ut all, but act merely as
Inviutlgntlng agencies, us centers ot propa
gundn In improved charity methods aud as
clearing houses of Information regarding
fumllles nnd Individuals seeking help. The
rellof ugency which expends tho lurgost
nmount In direct relief Is tho United Stutes
Hobrow Charities in New York, which dis
burses on an nyorngo moro than $10,000
ovory month.
Among the unique experiences ot benev
olent uud relief ngencles lu this country
two deserve special attention. Tho first
of theso was tho tusk of receiving and dis
tributing a fund of more than $5,000 which
waa Imposed upon the Chicago Hellef and
Aid society nfter tho ilro of 1872. This ox
perlonco will bo presented nt Parle lu the
form of tho "Flro Volumo" n largo cloth
bound book of several hundred pages.
Tho other, which 1b still going on und bids
fnlr to bo permanent, is the tusk of dealing
with tho enormous Inflow ot Immigration
from eastern Europe, tho chief burden of
which has fallen upon tho United Hebrew
Charities of tho city of Now York. This
explains tho necessity for tho largo relief
fund ot tbnt organization. Tho largo sum
mentioned oven would bo quite Inadequate
for tho purpose wero It not for many other
genoroua contributions to tho solution of
tho Bame problem, notably tho educational
and relief work of the Ilaron de Hlrsch
fund. It should bo stnted that the United
Hobrow Charities has declined to make any
exhibit for the Paris exposition. The reason
tor thti is canity understood, but It la a
matter for regret that tho largest single
relief agency of thla country, and perhaps
of any other country, Is not to bo repre
sented. Iiifttltutlimiil Chilli ron.
The exhibit on tho care of destitute, neg
lected and delinquent children In tho United
States during tho Nineteenth century will
present clearly by publications, charts, pho
tographs and other means the work of sev
eral of tho beet representatives of each of
tho different types 'of Institution nnd so
cieties. A confiorvntlvo estimate places tho
number of children now In Institutions In
tho United States at moro than 100,000. llo-
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FRANK HASKELL Photo by Louis R.
liostwlck.
sides theso are largo numbers of children
who havo passed on from tho Institutions
to families In which they have been adopted
or aro received aa members of tho family.
This number Is uot so easily ascertained,
but it may bo conservatively reckoned at
another hundred thousand. Although the
first orphan asylum in the United States
was established by the noted evangelist,
Oeorgo Whltlleld, In the colony of Georgia
lu 1738, live years after the colony was set
tled, thero wero only flvo such Institutions
In tho United States at tho beginning of the
Nineteenth century. The dawn of tho Twen
tieth will count tho number nt considerably
moro than 1,000.
Tho earliest typo is that ot tho orphan
asylum founded by private benevoleuce and
supported by prlvnto charity. Tho existing
Institutions of this typo will bo well rep
resented, naturally, and so will the now
numerous organizations of the Children's
Aid society typo whoso object Is to find
country homes tor dependent city children;
tho plana adopted by various states for tho
caro of paupers' children outsldo of alms
houses nnd tbo system of country homes for
children prevnlllng In Ohio, Indiana and
Connecticut. The societies for tho preven
tion of cruelty to children and tho Juvcnllo
reformatories will also havo duo representa
tion. There will also bo hundreds ot special
studies, investigations, reports, etc., and tho
wholo will bo sufllclcntly comprehensive to
enable any Intelligent student ot tho sub
ject to gain a general familiarity with Amer
ican charity in a comparatively short time.
LAUNDRY OF NEW YORK
Mnrch 4, llHH).
Heard When
Light Went Out
Tho other night In a Malno village the
dynamo at tho electric light station had a
lit all ot a midden, nnd thcro was darkness
on tho face of tho land for a llttlo while.
A prayer meeting was In progress in the
vestry of the Methodist church, relates tho
Lowlston Journal. When thu lights weut out
all tho peoplo sat quiet, thinking that In
all probability the current would Hash back
again right away.
All at onco thero wero volceu In the vesti
bule. Two young men had come in aud
wero talking.
"This Is d d funny," quoth ono of them
profanely. "Why, I didn't know It was
anywhere near time for meeting to bo over.
That minister Is getting lazy. I told Qertle
I'd bo hero nt tho door when meeting let
out. Sho'U bo mad, and between mo nnd
you I don't care If sho Is. You never saw
such a girl as sho la, never. Wants to go
to all tho shows that coma nlong, and even
went down nnd Inquired of tho Jeweler how
much tho brncelet was worth that I gave
her for Christmas.
"Sho's getting altogether too fresh, that's
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OMAHA SOCIETY MUMMERS MISS JES
SIE DICKINSON Photo by Louis R.
liostwlck.
what one Is. Thero are other pancakes on
tho lire, don't you forget that."
"Well, I don't suppose thero Is any need
of waiting round here," remarked the other
young man in robust tones. "Como along
up to my room .with me. I can furnish
something more entertaining than walking
homo with a girl. I've got a little bottle of
Scotch whisky, and you taka a little hot
water, and"
Just then tho lights flashed on In the ves
try, and tho people within, In order to
drown out tho conversation that was rapidly
destroying tho devotlonnl spirit of the as
sembly, struck up "Sinner, Oh, Sinner!
Turn from Thy Wnys."
And before tho chorus was reached there"
was tho rapid creak of shoes on tho snowy
walk outside and two prominent young men
of tho village retired to think it over.
Dr. D. K. Penrsona has ofTored the Con
gregational Educational socioty $10,000 If the
society will secure $30,000 additional during
tho present year.
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