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THE OREGON ' DAILY : JOURNAL. PORTLAND,' : WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 151919. 608 AMIES F AIDED IN 1918 BY PUBLIC BUREAU Undr Guidance of the Welfare Bureau, Families Are Helped to Help Themselves. ALL GIFTS ARE VOLUNTARY Emergency Cases Are Investigat ed at Once, Declares Leader; Ben Selling Heads Bureau. . A total of 608 f am tiles vere aided In the year ending October 31. 1918. by the Public Welfare bureau. In October 113 families were aided. In .November 15i and In December 215. the llncreased numbers being largely due to Influenza. By means of the case system the fam ily Is helped to help Itself, under the careful guidance and direction of the social workers of the welfare bureau. ' . The aims of the bureau, which is sup ported entirely by" voluntary contribu tions, are- expressed in the New Year's resolution irecently made by A. R- Gep- ,hart. general secretary, "to do our ut most in rehabilitating families during 'the period of reconstruction and point ling out to the public those tasks which 're too big tor us to undertake single handed.- Work Bone Quietly ' Working quietly and faithfully among Its shipwrecked families, not Only pro viding them with "lifeboats," but seeing that they are started once more on a career of solf help and usefulness, -the bureau has avoided rather than sought publicity. "Our families are so sensitive," quetly explained one of the workers, whose .watch, over her charges Is as close as a parent over a child. About one half of the applications for aid are made by the families themselves, 'and the other half are reported by other agencies, visiting nurses, police depart- 'ment, schools, neighbors, various clubs and others under whose observation the family has come to the bureau as cases needing attention. Rarely is the cause due to an employ ment, according to Mr. -GepHart, especi ally during 'the last year, and in many cases reported as unemployment, the ;father is found to be physically unfit ifor work. In the problems with which (the bureau must deal that of disability Js- one of the greatest, closely followed by disease, old age, desertion and non support and under employment. "We take up emergency cases imme diately." Bald Mi.ss Amelia. Feary. speak ing of the work. Main Causes Sought "We then get acquainted with the family, try to find the underlying causes which make It impossible for them to I. if meet the distress conditions, and to : develop the family In resource and in t genuity so that when the situation again arise they will be able to meet It." The, uperpaost symptoms of complica tions underlying social problems, accord ing to Miss Peary, are often mental de fects, Bubnormallty and abnormality in varying degrees, physical defects, so cial diseases, lack-of adjustment In tn ' dustry, lack of vocational training, in ability of mother to plan the family budget on the income. "A family was about to be evicted for non payment of rent," said Miss Feary.- We paid the rent. The father had been unable to hold a job. There were six children and another one com ing. We found the man was unable to stand continuous work, but was opposed . tf consulting a physician. We persuaded him to see our general clinic at the free dispensary. It was found he was af flicted with four diseases, tuberculosis in an advanced stage, venereal disease, brass poisonins and' diabetes, and in two months he died." Treatment Is Given "We had the family examined, gave ,them treatment, taught the mother how to handle her finances, taught her the individual needs of her children of dif ferent ages, handled a lawsuit for dam 'ages for the death of another child, se Jeurtng the maximum amount of dam lages. Not only Was the family saved but the community was protected from the spread of two social diseases." Appreciation of the families helped are often shown. In one Instance a man .whose family wan -helped over a tight place, upon later securing a position and being promoted to a place where he . employed other men under him, asked the board to sendany men they might know of wanting employment. Ihe influenza epidemic has been the cause of many families needing aid this pwimter. In many instances the entire .family has been ' ill and the income stopped. The mother or the father has often died, leaving a number of children to be supported. Miss Feary, who was formerly with thec United Charities In Chicago, ia tak ing a number of women under her di rection, teaching them the duties of a . social worker. "In order to understand the various phases of family life, and the underlying causes of the problems." said Miss Feary, ."the worker needs to be of ma nure Judgment, actuated by an Inspira tion developed through sympathetic study .of social conditions." - Officers of the Public Welfare bureau are: Ben Selling, president; Kurt Koeh ler vice president; R. S. Howard, treasurer. Eat a Tablet! Dyspepsia Gone Pape's Diapepsin instantly re- , iieves spur, gassy or - acid stomachs When meals hit back and your stom aca Is sour, acid, gassy, or you feel full and bloated. When you have heavy lumps of pain or. headache from indi gestion.. Here is instant relief! Just as aoon as you eat a tablet or two of Pape's Diapepsin all the dyspep . sla, indigestion and stomach distress .ends. 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