Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 68, 31 January 1917 — Page 4

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MelpoldersiIactics ;

The failure-of the Soctal Service Bureau to execute its mission is to be sfound intthe repellent personality of John Melpolfcr, its guneral secretary, the man who-cames into direct contact with the persons who need assistance. And theirefus- '' al of many persons to further support the Social , w . 'IT- 4-4- V V.1a 4-V -

methods of Melpolder. M(?JJpoIder is the man

wno was xo mane or uren v""3 "j"wi-c Bureau. What better illustration oe. the methods of Athe man need be cited than the brazen attack he made yesterday on Principal Ramsey of the Whitewater school. When B'amsey refused, to call himself a liar by retracting a statement heard "the paid agent of puMic philanthropy" make, Melpolder resorted to I intiirndation and bulldozing. Melpolder, caughti in. his own, trap ' i i i e l ry

ana UnaDie to extricate mmaeui uecsuse ux xvainseys determination to stand by the 'truth at all hazards, used on him the identical methods he uses when poor persons ask him tf or aid. Principal Ramsey has one detided advantage that poor people do not have. Hefcis independent . of Melpolder's charity. He did not ihave to. cringe 1 in fear, or obsequiously bow low to tthe secretary when the latter, demanded a retractiion. j

Neither the poor nor the benefactors of the : poor oppose the Social Service Bureau as an 6rganization to dispense charity. Experience has : proved the absolute necessity of a cehtraBzed I organization to study the problemof "poverty rei'lieye distress, and rehabilitate families. The ! Social Service Bureau is a failure because Mel- ; polder does not possess the qualities- of soul that will endear him to the poor and will make an ap- ! peal to the generosity of the city's benefactors. 1 It is a common axiom in business that the

uccesi of a. concern is directly dependent on the personality of its head and. on the organisation whieh he is able to perfect, For that reason cor-poVatlons-exercise the utmost dUigenee and care in ehooging6xeeutlveiwhd have to deal with the public and with the . personnel of their organisation. Whenever an executive is unable to command the love, of his associates, and cannot obtain the good .will of '.the public, he is promptly discharged. Melpolder has brought the Social Service Bureau into disrepute with the poor and is responsible for the refusal of the public to contribute for its support." Consequently he has forfeited a right, from a business standpoint, to hold the position which the Social Service Bureau has entrusted to him. ""Antagonism toward Melpolder and the Social

Service Bureau is not without foundation in fact. It is hot an emanation from "overly sympathet

ic men and women who have no business acumen

or lack a sense of discrimination between mawk

ish sentimentality and hard facts. Opposition to

the social secretary and his methods comes from the best men and women in this community, a fact which the Social Service Bureau board need

not blink, disregard or underestimate. The com

munity has pronounced a verdict against Melpolder and his methods. Public opinion in Richmond opposes cruelty to the poor, starvation to

obtain results, insults and abuse heaped upon the applicants for charity. In the face of this sentiment, the board can neither expect financial support from the citizens nor co-operation from the poor. Melpolder is discredited in this community and is dragging the Social Service Bureau into a mire from which it may not be able to extricate itself. " If the Social Service Bureau doubts the un

popularity of Melpolder, let it explain why some of the best families in" the city have withdrawn their support. Let it explain why certain institutions and clubs in this city are in arms against the Bureau. The reason is to be found in Mel

polder. The man and his methods, not the Social Service Bureau as an organization, have aroused this wide spread hostility to the present form of charity distribution.

WOMEN EVANGELISTS CONDUCT CAMPAIGN

CENTKRVILLB, tad., San. 81 The Rev. Mildred Allen began a eerie of meetings at the Friends' ohurch 8unday evening. Her. Bertha Day of Ohio, who ie to assist her In the work

was present Monday evening, and gave her first sermon, the subject of

which was "Secret Prayer.' Miss Day insisted on secret, prayer,

as a necessary step toward the suc

cess of the revival. These meetings

should properly be termed, "A Call to

Prayer," and every person Interested should spend much time in secret prayer. Meetings are announced for each evening this week, and everyone is invited to attend.

AMUSEMENTS AT LOCAL HOUSES

"TWIN BEDS," NOTED COMEDY COMING Of all the columns of praise awarded by the New York and London press to "Twin Beds," which comes to the Washington theatre on Friday, February 2, none is more appreciated by Salisburg Field and Margaret Mayo and A. S. Stern and company, respectively authors and producers of the farce, than the statement of the New York Press that it is "the funniest play ever written." "Twin Beds-" ran for one solid year in v New York, six months in Australia and is already in its second year of popularity in London. ?

GIRLS ORGANIZE TEAM

NEW PARIS. O., Jan. 31j The young ladies of the high school have organized a basketball team and are

being coached by Miss Marguerite Kessler as captain. An independent team of former high school girls who graduated is also to be formed to meet the "Hi" girls in social games. ....Mrs. Ella Larsh has returned from Indianapolis where she was via-

iting her daughters Henry F. Middaugh has sold his Pearl street property to Mrs. Martha Butts of New Madison, who will remove here to make her home Mrs, Rebecca Louck left Saturday for Indianapolis where she will make a visit.

Are You Intoxicated? The question is not as impertinent as it sounds. You may be a real teetotaler and yet be "intoxicated" that is, poisoned by the gases that come from imperfect digestion. The products of food putrefaction are taken up by the blood and often poison the entire system. Cut out meats and starchy foods for a while. Eat Shredded Wheat with milk or cream for breakfast; eat it with stewed fruits and green vegetables for dinner or supper. It will cure autointoxication and make a new man of you. All the meat of the whole wheat in a digestible form. A perfect meal at lowest cost. Made at Niagara Falls, N. Y.

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BARTEL MEASURE TO END DISPUTE -William M. Bartel, Jr., representative from Wayne couoty, has presented

n measure In tha bouse making local use of publlo parks ' far ch&uUuauas. If passed, tills law will oovcr the local Chautauqua situation. There has always been some -contention In Rich

mond orer the use of part of G!oa MBIcr for the Chautauqua. A library table that unfolds and forma a full-sized double bod Is sv fur nliure novelty of rooent Invention.

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