A Sensible Proposition

A very worthy scheme is being agita.ted among the varlous charitable associ'ations of the city, looking to a unity o! aetion in íh ■:!■ ivork. It ia proposed to secure a federation of the Womans' Charitable Union, the Needle Work Gulld and the Woman's Relief Corps, of this city, and also some concert of action with the city poor m aster. These various charitable organizaations have done noble work in the past, but ït has been done without concert of action and as a consequente some families have been abundantly helped, while others have not. One lady at a recent meeting of the Needle Work Guild, said that she knew of one family that was given six dinners last Thanksgiving Day. And tii is was only one instance where the societies had conflicted in their work. Mrs. W. S. Perry, president of the Needie Work Guild, Mrs. W. W. Wetmore president of the Woman's Charitabl Union, Mr-, H. S. Terin, president of the Woman's Belief Corps, all recognize the need oí unity of action in this matter, and a meeting is. to be held to-mon-ow, Thui-sday afternoon, at the Y. W. C. A. rooms, to talk over and to recommentl such action as may be tleemed best. The design, as we uadeorstand it, is not to merge these sociaties into one. Bach is to keep up its diwtinct organization, but there is to be one head to govern and direct so that the oharity dispensed may not be wasted or given where it should not be. This movement is right, and sensible. Several different societies, all vorklng (or the s'ame end, but each for itselí, can not do the effective work tliat can be done where all are aniterl and workmg under one head. It is hoped that the meeting to-morrow wili be a full one, and that this proposed federation may become a reality.