Proceedings Of Reformatory Section At The National Conference Of Charities And Correction At Its Nineteenth Annual Session Held In Denver Coloraddo June 23 29 1892

Author : National Conference Of Session
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230021362
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, at the Annual Session Held in written by National Conference Of Session and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...to give or procure assistance. The actual nursing in the tenements, the lending of sick-room utensils and bedding, and the making of delicacies and carrying of flowers have not been different from the usual methods of district nursing. By a judicious loan of money we have helped in the bridging over of tight places, and usually received the money again. We have tried to teach lessons of thrift and economy, and have taken charge of many a small sum of money until the bank-book has been started. We have tried not to appear "professionally good" or "professionally neighborly," but have taken many lessons to heart from our neighbors of personal service and comprehension of the limited resources of the poor. When the hard winter of 1893-94 was upon us, we took part in the plans for giving employment, and started an undertaking which we have continued ever since. With money given for the purpose by the women of the Ethical Society, we undertook to make the most unskilled women serviceable by giving them, when they needed it, employment as charwomen in the homes of our sick, where there was no one to do the cleaning. Almost hopelessly ignorant, it was not the simplest matter to suggest even an intelligent way to scrub. But some of these women have graduated; from our hands into fairly competent workers. It is not possible to calculate the mutual value and gains of such experiments as ours. We feel the privilege and educational value ourselves. We must recognize also that their hearty and generous acceptance of us as neighbors, and their frequent appeals to our different experience for advice, and their desire to talk things over from their individual labor problems to securing a lot in which the boys can play base ball, are...