. The National Civic Federation review . immediately. He ex-plained also a plan for advancing money to employesfor proper purposes and in time of need. Industrialeducation is of special importance to an employerof large numbers of workmen. Recreation isanother feature that must come in response to thewishes of the workers, and means to that endshould be made to co-operate so far as possible withexisting institutions. In describing the Home Work of R. H. Macy &Co., Mrs. Geneva H. Furmajj. gave a number of in-teresting illustrations. She told how the cause of agirl packers frequent fainting spel
. The National Civic Federation review . immediately. He ex-plained also a plan for advancing money to employesfor proper purposes and in time of need. Industrialeducation is of special importance to an employerof large numbers of workmen. Recreation isanother feature that must come in response to thewishes of the workers, and means to that endshould be made to co-operate so far as possible withexisting institutions. In describing the Home Work of R. H. Macy &Co., Mrs. Geneva H. Furmajj. gave a number of in-teresting illustrations. She told how the cause of agirl packers frequent fainting spells was traced toher attempt to support a sick widowed mother, halfstarving herself. Food, medical attendance andmany other necessities were furnished and the girlwas given a better position. Her mother has recov-ered and they arc now happy and comfortableThe weeping of a child bundler led to thediscovery of a home where the father hadcommitted suicide because of inability to get 26 The National Civic Federation Review July i, 191 i. work. The man was laid out in the cheapestway on a long bench, covered with a black canopyhaving a convenient flap to open and show the house was a ramshackle tenement, brokenpanes being replaced by sacking dancing in thewintery blasts, and the family was destitute. Theirimmediate wants were supplied and later the motherwas given a position, the family now being self-sup-porting. The prejudice of another girls motherand friends against operations and hospitals wasovercome after four months effort, and the girl,once badly disfigured by a tumor back of the eye,which -would have crowded it from the socket, isnow very pretty. A refined young woman in thestate of melancholia and about to commit suicidebecause she had been abandoned and left homelessby her brother-in-law, was given sympathy andmoney and restored to a normal, happy businesswoman who makes life worth while for all abouther. The men also receive attention. A visit to aporter, recove
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