Judge, 1911-12-02 · page 20 of 24
Judge — December 2, 1911 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **fundraising appeal**, not a political cartoon. The page features an article by the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor (A.I.C.P.) soliciting donations to fight poverty in New York City during winter. **Main Content:** The left side lists specific ways donations combat "four weapons" of poverty—hunger, cold, sickness, and despair—with itemized costs ($2 for groceries, $4 for blankets, $1,000 to support a visiting nurse yearly, etc.). It claims over $200,000 was spent the previous year helping 10,000 families. **Right Side:** Brief humorous anecdotes and quips unrelated to the main appeal—jokes about women's fashion, definitions, and a touching story about an iceman and boy. These appear designed to provide light relief amid the serious fundraising pitch. **Historical Context:** This reflects early 20th-century Progressive Era charitable work, before government social safety nets existed. The A.I.C.P. was a genuine New York organization addressing genuine urban poverty through systematic, professional social work.
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FIGHTING POVERTY GRAPESHOT. A woman seldom puts off till to-mor- IN 10 OOO HOMES row) wwhatVabe can wear to-day.—Ne HUNGER, COLD, SICKNESS AND DESPAIR are prevalent this Winter te Linen es ong the poor in New York, America’s most conjested city. Our workers meet | 4 es Gaclitnt dat maker dewey there ere daily and fight them persistently, systematically, and aggressively. $500 a week look skimpy !— Youngstown ON THE FIRING LINE OF A. I. C. P. are 23 relief visitors, 12 visiting oe a nurses, 4 visiting housewives and 2 visiting dietitians. These are busy in the homes of | A product t that is not trade-markéd ts the tenement districts every working day in the year. They educate as well ag televe pride of ancestry or hope of posterity.—- distress. Behind them are a trained staff of social workers a contnbutors. Graphic Arts, seal eeany eee: pa ACK are a LA this Peron Lealeoy t n do immediate temporary relief without red tape or formality. It investigates most frequently becomes a woman?’’ of the poor in ikae boas helping them to he a5 (re oe Makine Goes Ueto; girl. — VICTORY IS NECESSARY for the benefit of the neighborhood, the city, the : a - , the world. The battle involves a responsibility and an opportunity which | Eres min: iprcording pte see Ce: shoul be mutually shared by all who believe in improving the condition of poor. | Sieclage cod said they could not TapROEE Every family saved is a victory. wives on one thousand dollars and twelve hundred dollars a year, respect- THE SINEWS OF WAR must be provided if the battle is to be continued and | ively.” waged successfully. , Poverty’s guerilla warfare is not easy to combat. It requires all Would it be indecorous to inquire how the strategy sixty-seven years of experience in philanthropic work has taught us. Last | many wives they contemplated support- ing?—Bellman. year over $200,000 was spent for relief and ministration in saving over 10,000 families a Instructor in domestic science—‘‘ What Here are a few ways you can help to destroy four of poverty’s weapons: ‘When the Son Sets. $ 2.00 A basket of groceries for a family of five. When the iceman came out of No. 37, Hunger } § 3.00 Meat for dinners in ten homes. pe seaeg Snel Bey meus a. 00e of $ 50 A warm coat and mittens for a small child. | “Ge off ot itl sana ateeeeaines $ 1.00 A sweater for a young working boy or girl. | je small boy raised a tear-staine face. WwW e! boy?”’ h Cold $ - 4.00 A comfortable blanket or a small stove. | queried faintly. ever a bes ° $ 10.00 An outfit for two children for school. “Of rare I was!’" fumed the ice- a iS man. at a $ 500.00 Coal for seventy homes during the three winter months, | 7!" 44 did younever play the truant?”’ $ 25.00° Will tide a family over a period of illness. cut in the youngster. ; $ 50.00 Outfits for three curable tuberculosis patients going to a mart Now, eres the ice- sanatorium. “‘An’ when you got home, did yer Sickness $ 50.00 The price of an artificial limb, will restore a cripple man | father take a stick an’”’—— ‘A lump rose in the iceman’s throat. to self-support. | “Sit where you are, my little man,’ he $1000.00 Will support for a year one of the visiting nurses. gulped. “I understand.”"—London Tele- $ 15.00 Moving expenses and a month's rent for an evicted family. graph. D : $ 150.00 A year's rent for a worthy widow's family. Too Previous.—Little Alfred had espair |) § 20000 Wil help a child during the last year at school before | 8town s0 weary of being asked by ad- . miring strangers, ‘‘Whose little boy are going to work. | you??? that one day he surprised every SHARE A_LITTLE OF YOUR HAPPINESS WITH ONE OR MORE OF THESE FAMILIES one by turning the tables. Directing his innocent gaze upon a very young With your help we we can gain ground steadily and hold it. F is si * Pais many f. an ames will your. society, ch hurch, Sunday School or Sot meet tna tatla detsansed oeeeuy, his sister, ‘air or a provide e sinews. arecruit yo y sens a “‘Whose papa are you?’'—Chic to R. S. MINTURN, Treasurer, Room. ¥. 289 No. 105 East 22nd Street, | Record-Herald.. “ ve NEW YORK ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE POOR | “ . . 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