| Show a WOMEN OF UTAH PROBLEM Evolution of National Philan Philan- Philanthropies Is Subject of Address ROOM FOR BROTHERHOOD Views of Mrs C Cr H Hr H. McMahon Expressed at Federation I Convention Ono One of ot the Important topics diet die die- t at the annual meeting of or the State Federation of ot Women's club cluba at Mantl antl last lut wo week k was that of ot National aUona t Philanthropies Mr C. C H H. McMahon of ot Salt Lake who Is active In many of ot the clubs and associations of ot the th-a city delivered dell the tho following Address on thIs subject Make way for tor Brotherhood says ears ono one of ot our poets as he ho stands at the P Ak of ot civilization and looks look Into the future with Inspired d I vision lon And the evolution of ot the philanthropic spirit Il H. H more than an any other phase of ot our ur race psychology this advancement toward universal brotherhood Time was when charity after all was only a means of ot selfish gratification to tho the giver In ln medieval nal and Indeed In more moro recent timer when whon when ministering ang angels ls bestowed alms alme on tho the poor how little thou thought ht was devoted de to the ef et- ef- ef feet upon ul the recipient nut But now now the he thought of ot very p. charity charlt that deserves respect la what lit what will be the effect upon the recipient both as an Individual and as aa a M member of or society Since the whom social state is Involved In we must be vitally Interested d In tho the conditions which have brought about this need for charity charlt and mention of ot this will wUl bo be made later I If It w wei could separate each person from the social order tho the problem would be light but in this work the whole state is Involved In and must be bo I considered One Ono mans man's sin Is 1 not con con- fined nned to others therL elf ar are necessarily affected If It ono one family was as pauper some disposition could easily be made of ot It but out of ot that pauper environment rise children who may grow row up to be bo economic burd burdens ns orol or ol else criminals to effect tho the whole com corn Po ert Poverty Is a soul cramping condition and society has no right to let people sink Kink below a certain decent standard of ut living and arid society hR has reco recognized that fact by the establishment of ot organizations or or- whose hose aim Is so to conduct the work that there thero may be no stingS sting S for the tho self respecting also that It ma may mayS S not servo serro as a narcotic to those whose whoRe S spirit of ot Independence rs is already dead dead- ened 5 And nd of ot some soma of the these o organizations and their work I am to tell you OU this afternoon and have hae choe chosen n tho the onesS ones one S I have havo b because causo they are representative y Ss of ot the work be being In done by the tho various arlous tv charitable organizations all over O our 5 country p A i Child Childs Wish b Jacob Rile nus says o of the tho settlement S work rk In which he le is so Interested that J u It wa was not POL established out but grow grew out V or 01 ora a child wish to make mako other children t 1 gifts S of ot flowers which 5 their eton stony streets could not grow row S From this er very small beginning gre grew grev S the lI work ork of ot the Settlement and out o ot of th the Settlement work grew Te many of ot th the gt greatest O. O test reforms which have taken take S place lilacs In Now New o York In recent years an S The Tue constitution 4 of ot the Settlement II states tes tho tIo object t to b be to be to work In co cooperation cooperation cooperation co- co operation with existing agencies to visit JelL comfort and relieve e the sick Ick and needy of or New ew York y City to Instruct th them m and to better their condition morally mar mor nil ally ph physically yelca and spiritually The Tho people are arc the tho real settlement com com- 1 of ot Jews JAWS and Catholics there Catholics there are arc areno no no but protestants Protestant but If Jt thore there wore and I they needed assistance tile tile- would bo boi S ut J m t as a. we ll cared for tor an as the tho others other S fiTte ThoS S Settlement houst Is If located at 4 S ll aDd and nud ft jere hore ore conic conio thousands und and t Tor or r their re re re- r e tnt l 1 J n t. t I 5 y tr Ui 4 S Settlement b S VV- VV I. I T 1 it In which clubs Sums j lum social socia ro routings Jb ji games gamM and like activities tlc ties g rO on un w TW Twenty Dt nt years eat ea ago ugo East Kid Side Id N l 3 hafl tk had bad name sayS pay Mr r. r RU v tl c t property property- fh les r jj l The slUn K ns l n ln ut tigel control lra eel l Hayed aY In th the g and nd had for for their homes homes' tl tile e dirtier tenement The rhe board hoaT of or edu atton re reported reS re- re S ported that that of ot all the tho city schools schools- 40 only Imly ono one was prop v ventilated tn in S. S all aU the others othra the Ue air wae was so MO foul roul that t W li were wr poisoned by b bIt It and andt t to w to that cause wa attributed d their be be- be- be Ing so to backward and aud stupid COllie to Help Into ht the midst of or all this came Caine thu tho thuM I Into Settlement they they came curne to help and nd I S M di y told lold tho the truth about conditions I frith rUh the Iho re result that in half a dozen rs the old corrupt conspiracy called tn eft city government had been turned i nut out Streets Street were cleaned parks and aind playgrounds playground w vero ro mado for tor t the he people I but but before tho the whole program ram for re r reform reform re- re form orm could bp be carried d out the enen r i nm lInd more defiant more marc rori that than bero The Tho peoples people's la l were ere taken and privileges Hold nold to tr I h. h II I n t-I t I J J I f r I. I f I 1 I k- k j r- r I f r S j ii S I h t Jh J r t r t ri I ii J a W Wr r 3 C. C M y 1 A J tf 7 Y t r 4 1 c. c J W F 1 I J J. J f. f 1 ij i 4 1 1 r i I 1 L' L e J i. i r n a c 48 ii v j k J i ii Nan r Spencer r. r helena Nead rI This photograph I. I I- I son CIan-son Georgia Pelt Blanche Squires which ha been a subject ot much favorable comment Won d m-l. m L Photo by Olsen and an t bidder The Tho tenements reverted to their ovll 11 state and worse thing i happened The scandal became so 80 ob noxious that the bishop of ot New e ew wrote an open letter to lo t the hn mayor It In Ir which he said Mid In the name nanie of or theet little ones th the weak and defenseless ones once Christian and Hebrew alike I call upon you ou to save AVe ive th these thue ae people who arc oro In a aery very ery real way committed to tc t your our care from a living h hell defiling deadly damning Strong words but bitt the they are arp s necessary to arouse a B. negligent an and I slumbering people Me Meetings W were re held hick i throughout tho the city In whIch the Settlement Settlement Set Set- worker workers told of ot conditions that they had found Felix Adler ono one of ot the most noted Settlement workers spoke to a group of ot young men told I them of ot a better bettor wa way of ot living ing a Q higher high hIS er standard to be attained When he ftc had finished a a. young Jew arose aroe and anti L thanked him for tor his words vorda of ot encouragement encouragement a ement and help help then then he added Mr r. r Adler you ou go to your quiet homo hom l I lon on a decent street where no harm L comes to your our wife and children In the night for night for it Is your our home but we S we go with the hl high h resolves resol and no- no blo ambitions ambition you have haYe stirred within I us us-to us to our tenements where here evil 6 lurks II I In the tho darkness at ever every step where Innocence Is murdered In babyhood where mothers bemoan the birth of ot a 0 S daughter as a last misfortune where our sisters are betrayed by paid agents where tho the name namu of homo home Is as bitter r r. r rf mockery for tor w we havo no home Nets Xer Order r of ot Living From out that meeting went tho the Settlement Set Set- workers with Ith tho the tion that a 1 new order of or living should be given the tho tenements The step tep In reform was as the election of ot Soth Seth Low for mayor maor tho the reform ho mayor mayor mayor-he was called Laws were wore drafted by the settlement set set- workers which said that light and air were a legal claim In tho the homes of ot the poor poor Through Through the work of ot the Settlement a fine of ot was levied upon a landlord who allowed a 1 woman of ot questionable character to practice her trade In his tenement and thus an nn end was put PUl to the airest peril of or tho tenement The Settlement cleaned tho the streets brought the mortality among the tenement babies down to the tho lowest low low- est oct mark mark and and let mo state hero that the board of directors of this settle settle- ment meat Is a composed mostly of women and what has been told you ou of ot the tho work In New York is Ie also true truo of ot the settlement settle settle- ment work at Chicago with that splendid splendid did woman woman Jane Jane Addams of ot Hull House nt at tho thA h hAm helm lm I I. I spirit of Iho settlement workers wore wor not content to rest upon their laurels of or good works accomplished but have havo Kept on with later reforms and ever er have havo kept the tho spirit of ot brotherhood to the front and It Is bringing the children chil chil- dren of ot wealth and comfort In touch with those less fortunate rort I At the tho Home Horie In Henry street whore where tho the motto All Gods God's Children written written writ writ- ten in bronze bronzo hangs thoro thero also hangs a n t tablet bl t which tolls tons tho the gymnasium slum of ot the S Settlement Is Js supported b by the children of happier arid bettor homes homer and to this gymnasium slum go tho the basketball und nd baseball bAIJ t teams ams composed corn com posed of same children t tho they hey moot moe t 0 their Settlement friends trends i u upon pon f tho heath anti ana mom i I It t the they ca can By this thin and nd other othor methods f t tho lio S SetU 1 Dt Is 3 Planning for tal lasting Tar for when Janies of m- m I o oc bo I dk b th U e tl the b aU p t wh i je s finitely t b tl r. r rT Th rh rhen n James Jomes wit l I V trow J Jimmy not ls p a tough thou though n th S East Side l nfl l J will ill know ow James Jamess It I i s not o. o because he wears good clothes clothes- but ut each will discover er that they ar are arC jut just two good square cn n l boys boye oY together together- neal Heal BROTHERHOOD on earth I Is the aim of ot tha Jacob HU Rita Kits and u not long since Mr r. r IMIs nils nod tt-od thU notice on th the bulletin l buard There will wm be a dance danco In this hall hail next Friday Fri Fri- day da evening to all the tho young oung people of tho the Settlement ment arc are cordially In Invited d. d signed Abraham G Goldberg and anI Dennis McCarthy ho he felt sure thc they had grasped the t. t und and that the lla leaven ven wan vait working Th The rhe crusade a against The Groat S White Plague ort originated about t sever seven years ago but ago but not until thre years year ago did tho the public rea really II realize what whal a a. terrible menace It was wan to our nation Probably It was b because cause we ve were BO so accustomed to It that It excited so little lit littIe tJ tIe tle Interest or fear and possibly It wa was Just this reason that made It so dif dlf- I for tor tho the public to realize or understand understand under stand terribly distressing nature o of ot i this disease which blights nearly even every comm community unity I I It t till is estimated that over o 1 To t o people peo peo- pIe plc clI die annually from tills this Grout CIrca I 1 Pla Plague ue Wo Ve all nil recognize that C e extreme t ml measures fI must be bo and are taken In all C cases of contagious dis disease dis- dis C ease easo smallpox and diphtheria especial especial- ly yet n ct t tho the deaths from both these die dis eases are re estimated to be bo less Jess than c from tuberculosis To Interest the public an and present to It the dan dangers ers of ot this dread disease dille-aee that that In a measure at least least lt It ma may mab bo be protected from It fl Is the work undertaken undertaken under under- under under- taken b by the Tuberculosis congress After consulting with the beet medical mediaL authorities it was decided that a a. course of or lectures mo mostly Illustrated would be the best bel method of ot presenting the i dnn dangers ers of ot this dread disease to the public One course of ot lectures is accompanied by 49 framed photographs and ad charts 13 models and it 10 pathological sped sped- mens which has been given In 15 cit lee ies to an ng aggregate audience of ot people While hUe another nother course of ot lec lec- tures not tures-not not Illustrated illustrated have have boon been given In U clUes cities reaching nearly people About Dont cards have been distributed by different cities and now the tho board of ot education of ot New York Is b I preparing to send fiend out more of oC those these cards A press prese service has been I maintained d b by which newspaper r copy has been sent once a wo week k since January January Jan Jan- uary 1st to magazines mas and new newspapers papers all er over tho the state this Is to be continued contin contin- ned until the beginning of ot the year car by this congress when the states Charity association will take It as part of ot their educational work Every ery Sunday since the beginning of the year jear ear the tho buck back of the tho transfer slips on all the surface lines of ot the city haw have b been n used for tor printing printing- go short notices about tuberculosis This last method of conveying Information to te the public was made mado possible by the courtesy of ot Siegel Cooper company who have havo the advertising ad rights on the transfer transfer- slips Appalling I r know what some of ot us think re regarding re- re garding th the distribution of ot such liter liter- attire broadcast and the probable re results re- re suits It will have on a n people but buthen when hen figures present nt such an appalling num nurn- her ber of ot deaths ns as Just given chen we wo carnot fix Ux our eyes eeR on the beautiful scenery and Ignore facts or In deep meditation or concentration tr try to think flew v lungs Into dying people or fresh air into nto foul tenements To be sure thought nought will help If It we wo really think enough about It to 10 make us see It our duty dut to withdraw our eyes ees from tram the beautiful scenery long loner to search earch diligently for mr th the tl-i- cause of t th the tbs spread end of ot this Great White 1 Pla Plague ue and when the cause cusa Is 18 found as assist with wih all al our might In helping to cato cate tho the cause both cuse b by thought and act action Ion There Thelo were wert eight clinics in New ew York who treated tuberculosis In separate classes Classen casses now noi these same saie clinics ha have agreed to treat only those patients liv liv- patents 1 ing log In Its Is assigned territory This was mn made e tlc necessary 1 by the patients themselves es going from froni ono one district patents to another so that it I was ns Impossible to tot keep trace of the patients or the 1 re result sult t l tO of the I medical d 1 treatment Ct n It that had been bean Shon given b by tho different clinics This has been heen productive of ot J for each Is I It Iv to tn i- i duri tho number of fit of f i 8 P te Jt in In I Its district t. t Tho The result br or tul b II or of t tl r u l 18 ot 10 o c 8 pr i b by tn tp eppi nd n ease case ot of aL i h hers re this dl disease disease- los n. n tc tenants n ts should bo allowed to occupy such such- sucha a place until nl cleaned and aud I fumigated Tub Tuberculosis c costs tho the United States each ech year |
