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ORPHANAGES OF THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO Rev. D. O. Crowle^ Director of The Youths' Directory, -Writes The Foreword of an Intimate And Enlightening Series of Articles to Be Published in X lie OUnCIcLV v^clll The institutions which care for the homeless children of a big city con stitute a unique and interesting: world In themselves. The average reader perhaps has some general knowledge of the orphanages of San Francisco, jet he has no intimate knowledge of liow (hey are conducted or of the lives of the children who know no other home. The Sunday Call is preparing to publish the story of the orphanages, (akin? them up one at a time on successive Sundays. The first of these descriptive articles will appear next Sunday. In the present article lier. I). 0. Crowley writes in a general way of the orphanages of the city. His lone experience as di rector of the Youths' directory emi nently qualifies him for a discussion of the subject. His articles will be found of nincii interest, and it pre pares the reader for the articles which are to follow. Rev. D. O. Crowley Director Youths' Directory SEVEN5 EVEN months ago. In response to an Invitation from Mr. Roosevelt, then president, a conference on. the care of dependent children assembled at Washington. D. C. The keynote of that conference, which con tinued for two daj-s and which was characterized by numerous discussions and lectures, was. as President Roose velt Indicated in his communication to congress of February 15, expressed in these words: \u25a0'Home life is the high est and finest product of civilization. Children should not be deprived of it except for urgent and compelling rea sons." At each session of the confer ence the superiority of the private fam ily system for the care of dependent children was vigorously asserted. Sometimes This superiority was estab lished by arguments emphasizing the child's need of Individual attention and personal, affection; sometimes it was maintained by picturing: the comforts and sanctity of family life; most fre quently, however. St was made mani fest by imputations, ar.d often by open assertions of inferiority and defi ciency on the part of charitable insti tutions. So prevalent, inded. was the tendency to idealize the; family system by disparaging institutional life that 6. Lowenstein. superintendent of the Hebrew orphan asylum of New York, arose, toward the end of the conference, "to protest against the in sinuations that life in a congregate Institution is of a dull, gloomy and hopeless character." Mr. .Lowenstein was and is a firm believer in the family system. He strongly resented, how ever, the project of popularizing the family system by depreciating the Work of corporate Institutions. THE DARING LIFE-SAVING GREW AT THE BEACH IN ACTION San Francisco's Tuberculosis Clinic Continued from Preceding Page flone after repeated instructions from the nurse as to the danger of the habit. With" a law, to compel this class to go to the hospital the public would be pro tected, but without It moral suasion is the only weapon of defense against this focus of infection, and that often fails at the critical moment. One of the ways the cJinic has helped to protect the city from tuberculosis has been by sending 20 patients be longing to the above class to the city and county hospital. The colony of tents placed at the hospital by the housing committee of the Red Cross relief organization at the request of the Associated Charities has been of great value 5 to the clinic, as moral suasion would have failed to win the consent of the patients to en ter the -hospital In many Instances if the tents had not been theret o prof fer them. The community has been protected by the strict adherence of the nurt.es . to the health regulations, . which are- to report to the board of health all cases of tuberculosis for registration and 'all removals of ' these patients, \u25a0 so that the premises may be disinfected. Sixty eight cases of . tuberculosis have been reported,, to the board' of i health. The \u25a0lx cases not reported were- referred directly to the city and county, hospital: s*w<»nty- three removals of patients have i.f.nn reported and ? the premises have been properly disinfected by. the. board One result of - the recent conference has been ,fb Intensify, the already widely entertained, but * strictly erro neous, impression, that charitable insti tutions are, "unmitigated evils"— that family life is. under all conditions and in all circumstances, < the only suitable life for dependent chlldren.-and that tho sooner^ corporate" institutions, .with their "submersion ;of individuality," their "inability to.supply a personal affection," and their propensities"" for developing "mere' automatons," are abolished the better it will be for the child and the community. The extent to which this Impression Is entertained and the celerity with which it Isjjeing cultivated ; can be. realized - only by those who hold thejr finger on the pulse of public -opinion; the falsity of the conviction and tne baneful Influ ence which, uncombated, It is likely to exert can be appreciated only by those who are familiar with the methods employed in corporate institutions, and who are cognizant of the cogency with which' public opinion is invested. /That, home life is the highest and finest product of .civilization — that It is the "great molding force of mind, and character," and that the good, private family constitutes a congenial and' wholesome environment for the rearing of children, no thinking** person can consistently deny. That the private home system is in many instances pain fully inadequate, and that the families able or willing to properly care for dependent children are lamentably few, is the, experience of most persons prominently identified with child caring activities. To place dependent chil dren with families of good character and broad sympathies is the aim of all conscientious institutional directors. To find families suitable to care- for neg lected children has jjroved'so difficult-T in many- instances so well nigh Impos sible — that most, institutional workers have abandoned the attempt in despair. In theory, the home placing system is one of singular efficacy— in practice, it is one of countless shortcomings and grave difficulties. This has been my experience: this has been the experi ence of all the institutional workers with whom I have conversed; this, to a far greater extent than is at times ad mitted, has been the experience of those agencies and institutions which profess the greatest' success in their home placing endeavors. Of the Inadequacy of the family sys tem I had a. striking. illustration last Tuesday afternoon, when I had occasion to call on Mrs. Corneen, head of the McKinley orphanage, which is located In Nineteenth street, immediately ; adj oining the new Youths' Directory building. In the reception room- Mrs. Corneen' and I briefly discussed certain aspects of institutionalwork. "»Ve had been conversing but a few moments when I inquired, mechanically/'; what her latest experiences in home placing had been. Mrs. Corneen did not an swer. She excused herself and '"urried from the room. She, returned ,a mo ment later with a little bundle wrapped in a soiled newspaper. Without utter of health.. Insanitary -premises ' have also been reported and legal condem nation procedures have been . instituted -.against three of these places. The clinic seeks to protect other com- ( munitles as-weH.asHts own by dis couraging the practice 'of the » unedu^} cated tuberculous patient' who - wan -^ ders from one locallty'to another'leav-' Ing a" well marked patlr of .Infection/ In his wake. . In spite of protests *15 / pa tients have begun the chase for health 1 In unknown -localities. ,i '.With; super-: vision' the change is ! often ; ; of ;'dlstinct value. ," It;is :with' the.- advlce^of ,the clinicians' that; 13 Datients; have .been sent to the'eountry.:, The children have, been sent to a ranch at San Jose, which' Is like a land- flowing .wlthjmUk:^ and honey; as there .. isT a large "dairy find acres' of fruit trees, the % products ";Of which • are: as- free^.tOi the", chlldren'ras the- air and sunshine. V; The.; children \u25a0 sleep on "porches, /or i' with-' thelr ( ',beds : close to wide j open : window's. . -*,The "iim-^ provement in j health' of ; all .the . children that have: been; sent : from the clinic i» marked.. -i\\)z-'- '\u25a0\u25a0 -'- '\u25a0"\u25a0', .•'•\u25a0". '-• : '\u25a0 -".,;-.'••'-- U The clinic ; has been i compelled \u25a0 to \u25a0 use heroic treatment in^someiof'itsjpros ; pective i measures,' and \ in \ Its 1 • severe "ac tion -. has had to {choose? between~<;the' ' eacrifice \ of : the , individual 'andf society. It '\u25a0\u25a0 has . expedltlbuslyjj chosen . the ;. lndi-. v ldual ( each 1 , time,* but ; has [always] given . tne one : to bej sacrificeda; way,rpf escaped \u25a0 : In bne^ instance thelvlctlmvwea a7young. " girl" in, her! early teens. working i in' a : chocolate .< fa'ctory. She: was. diagnosed ing a word she untied the . bundle and held up to my \u25a0 view- a .garment - in tended, no doubt, \ for: a 4 ; or 5 years of; age. Rudely made,', the garment resembled a piece of a flour sack in which two -holes had been cut." \u25a0 \u25a0.-\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 • " ; - •" \u25a0\u25a0•'."-..\u25a0' .v;'-; 'jr. :^'^ : ':i :-. at the clinic as , a moderately advanced , case of tuberculosis. "^ She was .offered the "opportunity to' go ' to^the \u25a0 farm , at San Jose,, which "she emphatically ' re^" f fused. 1 Not until the. nurse had;made many:yisits onherto urge the accept-" . ance of :. the J . plan ~ "that ; would ' in "." all ". probability, restore 'her to : ,h'ealth"'and'at: 'the \u25a0same; > time' protect ithe.V community, ' . was r the "caustic : treatment^ used '] of ire : porting ; the matter ".to the board -of 1 beaith.^)i?iggpßsßjp^s^. : >':.V \u25a0- ' \u25a0 •*\u25a0•\u25a0; A* situation promising an : equally^per-'. V nlcious v- effect . / upon " T , society, -;, unless 1 , • changed,' i%i,that} of ;\u25a0 a ' clgarette^roller. - who livesVwlth" her/son; "a ;far advanced , case "of .tuberculosis.' ; '.The ; woman car-; :.'i rles jotci\ her i trade In *. the \i obni^where >ithe patient f sits: c; He ; belongs \u25a0to I the unteachable class and deposits his,ex !\! \ pectoratlonlin the places ;that,bestj suit' Xhls' convenience." \He -has {been purged; ."- . repeatedly ,tb"gb" to .the clty^'and > eounty 1.-; hospital,: but refuses \to "do * so; although \u25a0'/., to;, report Hh'eJ matter ?tot the aboard of -health 'must V v mean\ ; the loss "of .) the ; 1\u25a0» woman's"'; income," it .was ; a 1;a 1 ; legal as well . -as < an';: imperative " social V duty to t be '?-performed.*:;-v ; j \u25a0 , •;,'''\u25a0 .'•';•! \u25a0..-'•. '•,;'\u25a0•.:'\u25a0/..\u25a0 '~ . . ... Fortunately, , not < only - for,", the . recovf y cry, of .the] patients, \u25a0 but f orj, thej courage ; ii of : the : ,tuberculosisLworker,ithe antlpo" . {dai; type ; of -patient; to J this -order \u25a0"exists. 1 It has? only>, been 3 necessary,^ for :^the" \u25a0 \physlciansl; andlvnursesj'itojj recommend; '; the routdborisleeplng^arrangements,~;the 1 : careful dlsposal^bf -HheV sputum,**:- rest, Kmllk.'pßss .;- i a_n'd. ;! fats *lnl abundance, in order, to- have" thVv teachable -type "act .'- "' ' . \u25a0-'-:- '\u25a0;\u25a0' ' '\u25a0 . \ \u25a0 REV. D. O. CROWLEY, Indescribably dirty, damp and soggy,, lt was disgusting to look upon. <\u25a0 "This," said Mrs. Corneen, , "is what^l j took | off a ; baby to me .. from ; a private family last \u25a0 Sunday. 1 '• And this, , ; and this,? she continued, as she held up eagerlyvupon th«{ advice. \u25a0. One "patient" ; has planted' a tent >In a . friend's > yard in Berkeley ;, another; ln , her; ownTsmall yard: A\ third patient fhas : moved; to the suburbs i : , with a: tent 'and several -others' have . moved ..thelri beds ; close jto .their ;" open '-windows/ ,'^The ft six .;\u25a0 eggs { a'!'" day , with itwo quarts of ";. milk as a'supple ,; mentary diet Is the regime (6t seyeraL Notebooks f- are \u25a0given vt the ; patients v In which •« the spaces T for , pulse, ; food, /; lying » down ;; out ; of t doors, \u25a0 - hours iof Bleep,- are s indicated I for ;, them ; to" record daily. ' . The; weights j recorded at s the -clinic in several instances; show. the i good . results of this 1 method of . '..treatment. '/-.'_.,\u25a0 ;';. .-/\u25a0\u25a0- ;. V>> : - \;.>.^ - \u25a0 * For ; example— -MrsK S.; . who -weighed: ,100 % pounds, January/ 28, : on f the ; date" \u25a0: of^her : first visit Ito i the ; cllnlcA weighed : ;-.118%v pounds :onVjuneV,s.' ; ' Mrs. SK-.i5 K-.i, on \u25a0 \u25a0date of her nrst r yiiilt,- March 4, c weighed ;169*4:pburids. .On JuneK weighed 18SH \u25a0pounds.- Mr.*; N/ : on' first' visit,; March"; s,*' weighed 147 4 pounds; on' July r 25,1 161 % * ' pounds. . :',:', ; \u25a0;;. \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0 \u25a0;v. : -/- ', ;;\u25a0: . :\u25a0 -2^lt-has '; not ; been ' possible* with } so | few.. !^ urs «3. ; to maintain* ; ? absolutely/<;the : .routine, practice'.of.visltirig;each ; patient i once ?a 1 week;' but jit has .beerif adhered' ,to \ as ' closely, as ; posslble^'^iTbe -, nurses • have : ; made *in \ thej^ lei weeks <65 8 is! ts ' on ; the 'patients, -and* tlie' patients ; have : niadej4B3] ( vlsits!tblthejcllnlc. i ? 'I . V , 4 - The -of .the: medical. universities}: ahdf Mount '-Zion^ hospital; .who \u25a0 iri-atteridance (at)thelcllnic ' are": -Dr:w.:R^O^Clarke^Cobper;:Dr"f Edgar) Voorsanger, Mount- Zion^arid!Dr.:' James" L. Whitney,: University^ of ,? California: 'Trielnbee,'; throat -and'ear 'specialists 'are Dr. Edward F.;Glaser ? arid,Dr.lWilliam' - • • . \u25a0-.•\u25a0\u25a0 two ' other ; articles^of . clothing as damp pandas dirty as the' first. . • - \u25a0_"That baby," said Mrs. Corneen, "was I brought here ,by.: a; widowed father who \u25a0aid that he had placed the child with a: private family three weeks previous. ; Ford Blake. ', The ivlsltlng, nurses are: •\u25a0> IJiss : Mary^ R. '^Walsh, ,; Miss" Edna M. Shuey; Miss Luoy B. Fisher, supervising s nurse. \u25a0 Miss; Mary, RilWalsh 1 has gerier .; ously.i contributed « her"i services" to' the r .work since February. Miss -Walsh •is a - graduate^ of ' the -Massachusetts general ; and" brings ; to ; the work,'. the skill V and;' experience of her. training '•there. ' \u25a0'>''\u25a0 V,;'V^f <\u25a0' : X . . '\u25a0 It Is -expected', that the ] organization's building,* now 1 : in ! progress 7 of .construe-: tion Yon V; Jackson;' street, .will x be ', : com ;"pleted:by:October^ t This ''buildins'i will \ consist . of , two stories. ; The | lower • ; :.,wllli'-'. lncludes the.i'executlve "'of flcos, " a ; room ; for "the J board - :of directors, a -• waiting ?" room?; two J; statement Jrooms; .j two'- examination rooms,"! two I rooms '\u25a0 for J physicians,t kTsm^ll \ dark, room? for the i; exarninatlon'; of 'throats; 1 and-;a ; labora- Xtbry^v,V v^j~-'.VA-V'-''- :: -.:' ' '^' : :\u25a0 " -'Tlie; upper \u25a0 floors will; be devoted ral ,molßt7excluslvelyitovexhiblts, 'cohslstlng of .maps* {charts,^ statistical records, and '-\ instructions % \ri\ the \ methods lot preven \u25a0'\u25a0 tlon^of ;the; disease.^ f;,'^'',i r-v_v;r -v_v; ' X^ThaYestabllshmerit :of ' the clinic was f made "\u25a0 possible * by } the 7 generous i gift' of ;; $1,800 1 of fMrsJ^Wllllam i H. : Crocker for maintenance; and by* the ; off er^bf t theiTeJegraph',hill'jnelghbor- £ association'fof ithe use" !of ; its; clinic v rooms-at'l734; Stockton street.' iThei gift "of 'all :the> tuberculin; that >-the clinic .wishes to^use.byjthe Cutter' laboratory' ';c6mpanv,Ya.hd[theToffer*ofjMr. Sengfeld, !iMr7;^airoschmidt/SBowerman's;';phar 1; and "the^Colombb; drug \u25a0-company to ./ill f prescriptions -^f or J indlgeht ' pa tionlafre^Jbf'charge.lare": contributions :(<rtlio> clinic; of "decided* value! "But the Uii"- ntenance?of;th« fcllnlo; logically be , ' . \u25a0.* \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0'.'\u25a0 \u25a0"\u25a0 '^-^BBrisHHHMI The San Francisco Sunday CaD The baby's face was covered .with scars and sores— its hands were bruised and scratched.' At first I hesitated] to bring the child into the" house.^fearing it was afflicted with some contagious disease; a ';• few moments*i;inspectlon, however, convinced me that the child was 'merely suffereing from improper attention and lack of -suitable v nourishment. . The family with < which the child had been placed is one .'of -the families which should be in a position to give the child every attention— every care.* Those clothes „ and the '" shameful 'condition of that child have served to make me more /wary of the family, system. : -"During my fourteen years' of Insti tutional work I have't always made every. endeavor to place my. wards with desirable" families. In all but a few instanc.es my efforts have been fruit less. .' I found home placing difficult and unsatisfactory , 14 . years ago. —I find It Increasingly difficult and un satisfactory as the years advance. In fants I "have sometimes been able to place successfully. . But grown chil dren—those between the ages of S and Vt 4—l have always found , it advisable and .necessary to keep .at ; the institution. . This, also, "has been the experience of the directors of the Fred Finch , orphanage, of which institution we.constitute the local .branch." -V VDuring the. 21 years I have been connected with this institution." said Superintendent Mauser of the local Hebrew, orphan 'asylum to me a few days ago," "I have not succeeded in ; placing one child in a family home. Nobody believes more'flrmly than I that the . good private family is the - most suitable place for the rearing of the child. Of, these good private families willing^to .care for" children there is, however, a distinct. paucity. There Is, it Is s true, many worthless families willing to adopt infants," but it is al most Impossible to , find . families dis posed or able satisfactorily to care for children between the ages of- 7 and 14.- People come- to me professing willingness .to take a little boy or a little girlaa a companion. But, it Is not companionship they seek. It is the money- we are willing to contribute toward the child's care — it is the man ual labor the child Is able to perform. Experience teaches us that the children placed In private families are used as little draft horses; that they are sometimes abused; that their education Is sometimes Ignored; that their proper moral development Is . frequently over looked, ; and that their comfort, their education and their physical well befng are j not as . adequately provided for as In the Institution. "While we are >al-^ ways on the alert for good homes, we have practically dispensed with the placing 1 out system. . , ; "All this may sound strange In view of the resolutions. r<#ently adopted at "Washington. You lviow ' and I know, however, that the • Washington child \u25a0 caring conference was not , the great and infallible assemblage the general public believes it to have been. The conclusions reached by that body have been vigorously criticised. . Assertions have been made, by men whose utter ances carry weight, that the conference was composed of men acquainted with the theory rather tnan the practical work of child -'caring. The Influence exerted in certain directions by the "Washington conference has been wide ly deplored. In one of- the eastern magazines, Doctor "Wolf enstein, secre tary of the Cleveland ..orphan- asylum, and who at the conference of last Jan uary, was conceded to stand preeminent for all that Is best In child caring, re futed and condemned many of the as sertions made at the Washington as sembly.. Nor has Doctor Wolf enstein ceased to assail some" of the impres sions given circulation by the confer ence. Only, yesterday 'I ; came across an article in which Doctor Wolf enstein seeks to remove » some misapprehen sions in regard to charitable institu tions." . . Here Mr. Mauser read several para graphs from the June issue of the Jew longs to every citizen In the city and not to a diminutive group lUce'thls. > -The ammunition; needed to : fight and defeat It. ls. mojiey— s2o,ooo Is a con servative estimate of the amount nec essary. 5 for. the annual maintenance of the, several Tdepartments of the .Tuber culosis, association. \" ": The: map. of : the ;city. at the business office" of - the association ' has on It the location -of. the deaths from Hairvon the Face, Neck and Arms > igE3j|^^_ Instantly Removed Without In- j£X§yV9R} jury to tho Most Delicate Skin. '\u25a0ISE*'' '"^ffi Ia compoundlnff an incomplete mixture was accidentally spilled ig^l rR« ou the bac * of tbe hands, and JRSSW:* fir oa w*shloSw * sh l0S afterward It wm JH^Sr SB discovered that the hair was *£-^m»»E?£L completely removed. We named P#. the new d^overy , "MODE \ E M Apply for a few minutes and th« hair disappears vas ( If., by marie. \u25a0r IT CAN »0T : FAIL. Modens - supersedes electrolysis. Us^d by peoplo of re- finement, and ' recommended by all who - have * tested <\u25a0 its-jnerlts. Modene ts now. for sals •at Urne stores, or will be trat by maU in safety \u25a0 mailing cases . on receipt of $1.00 per bottle. -Postage stamps taken. AddrMs MODENE MAN- : UFACtTJBIKO CO., Dept..Bl«, Cindnn*ti, O. ' I&p£s\ f- burUham's V&£9(3&tn C»c»Bi»«raa«E2VFfew»r Cream ;. When "Answering 'These -Advertisements 'Please- - Uentlon th« San rranclsco CaU lsh- Orphan Asylum Magazine, In which Dr. Wolf enatvin: comments, tn sarcastic vein, on "those modern charity workers .who ; h*v« been and are continually carping- at Institutions." 'At Mount St. Joseph asylum, the lo cal Catholto Institution where a large number of children are being cared for by the Sisters of Charity, I discussed the merits and tho defects of home placing work. - The elaters have .experienced great difficulty In their 'efforts to find homes •o constituted as -to bring "bliss" Into the lives of dependent children. "It Is comparatively easy," said sister supe rior, "to flnd homes, but it la extremely dlflloult .toi'flnd good homes for de pendent children. The children taken Into famlliea"are usually wanted. • not to spread cheer, but to be little drudsjea. Experience teaches that they are often 111 treated, given little or no opportu nity for an education, and deprived of all -facilities for gaining a knowledge of the tenets of morality. We have placed out children , repeatedly; but have almost Invariably been obliged yto bring them back to institution life." The parent or guardian who presents a child at the Ladies' Protective and Relief socie'ty-at Franklin and Ge^ry ctreets, where 130 : children are bPinsr cared for, Is urged by Mi3s Wallbridsre. the matron, to seek accommodations In a private family. It is significant. however, that tlje greater number of applicants Insist that they do not care to place their ; children with private families. "We Indicate the advantages of fam ily life to the parent or the guardian." \u25a0ays Miss "Wallbrldge. "but many of them protest against the private horn*. Judging merely from remarks made by persons seeking to place their charges in Institutions, one would conclude that parents and guardians are greatly prej udiced against the family system." Other instances and other statements might be adduced to indicate what those well qualified to speak think of the home placing system. - Although possessed of certain well defined ad vantages, it is not so all competent as to denote the decay or make desirable the abolition of .corporate institutions. Cottage workers and home finders ar» working zealously, and with a measure of success, but there are contingencies with which, in- spite of zeal and re sourcefulness." they can not cope. It Is here that the need and worth of char itable Institutions become manifest. Critics may condemn and theorists may devise vain .things, but as long as ther« are dependent' children to be cared for, the Institution .is likely to remain a valuable and : Indispensable accommo dation. ,t- This. being true, it is impor tant " H that?, the" general public whose moral sympathy or apathy works so powerfully: for or against the success of any undertaking, be correctly in formed as to the methods employed in, and the results achieved by, corporate Institutions. , How to make public the exact value of charitable institutions has lons been a provoking question. Under prevail ing * conditions, those (and their nam« is legion) who (hirst for a knowledge of child caring work must go. to the institution, or the Institution must go to them. As institutional workers are loath to force themselves Into the pub lic eye. and as the average reader has little time to give to a. personal inves tigation., the desir* for this knowledge Is usually suffered to go unrequited. In view of these facts, it is refreshing to announce that The Sunday Call will un dertake the important work of placing the methods and achievements of the local child caring institutions before the,' people of this and neighboring cities. These methods and these achievements will be embodied in a ser ries of several articles, which will em brace the history of every institution, denominational and otherwise, in San Francisco. The Call's labors will be equally profitable to the proponents of both', systems, and extremely Interest ing to the general public — •»--'-• — \j tuberculosis and the living cases re ported to the board of health In the last 11 months. Such a graphic pic ture of the enemy's encampment should arouse every citizen to his duty as a warrior against tho great whit* plarue. 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MSA - Bank Bl Jy . . - Feorta, lIL. and get f-l» information of this anr and wonderful dts- r.r, absolutely fre*