| Show WHEN IS CHARITY CHARITABLE In reply to criticism of his department a certain officer whose duty it is to administer aid to the poor replied Despite the fact that we are hard boiled in the minds of some people we feel that we have done and will continue to do doall doall doall all we can for the needy without t becoming sentimentally soft in inthe inthe inthe the proper distribution of charity We Ve can not go about the matter as the general public does with the crippled beggar on the street corner drop corner drop in a nickel an and pass on leaving him sitting in the same condition as before and and feel that their duty is done I I recall an incident in lodge where a bit of reconstruction was necessary One member woke voke up and threw a dollar on the floor with the remark remark Here's Heres Here's my when his dollar donar was not what was needed at all Sentimental sop son is not what is needed in this world Of course there are two sides to this question but the aid commissioner commissioner above quoted dusted has given a very pertinent side not generally accepted by bythe the Sentimental public Is it the thing to do or not to do do drop drop pennies in the beggars beggar's hat If it does help the particular individual is it not in the aggregate simply propagating without adding any reconstruction tion to this class of society Some go so far fax as to assert that the law lav of survival of the fittest fittest should be allowed to apply to l human uman beings in respect to charity and the subnormal notwithstanding sentiment That the public is ready to accept this doctrine and let the physically mentally and financially unfortunate scratch for themselves or ordie ordie ordie die out we are not prepared to say But there is no doubt that the distribution of charitable gifts in whatever form should rather be reduced to scientific investigation than let flourish by byA mere sentimentality A hard-boiled hard attitude on the part of those in authority is sometimes needed to balance the indiscriminate indiscriminate donations that filter out to thousands whose need is debatable debatable de de- and whose encouragement to pauperism is probable r supreme supreme em r c courts alte the s samY altitude tit de toward the j justi u es s 1 r of the peace r human nature The fathers You cant can't change hange and to a Chess ers who used to find great delight in seeing the 5 15 t trai come in have sons and daughters who will eagerly wait fo t the theair hE e air au oil express m |
