The morning call ought to be given in time to permit each visitor to
dress for breakfast and to be sent to employment if he or she is able,
in time for the day's work. The visitors desiring to find work in the
town where the Municipal Emergency Home is located should form in
line and pass the superintendent for distribution in accordance with
the facts of each case, clearly stated on each record card, as to the
physical condition, abilities and desires of each applicant for work.
This is the crux of the ministry and the administration of a Twentieth
Century Municipal Emergency Home. Clear-sighted, humane, resourceful,
definite, resolute action is now demanded, and unless this demand is
met with scientific exactness, with intelligent systematic application,
the whole service fails.
The superintendent will have before him the record card of every
visitor containing his original story, the report of his physical
condition, occupation, and such further important facts as may
have been discovered in the course of his relations with the Home.
Immediately at hand will be the employment resources for that day, the
name and address of every labor union headquarters, every benevolent
association, every dispensary and hospital, city and business
directories, railroad and factory directories with the names and
addresses of the respective superintendents under whose jurisdiction
the employment of help may come. Thus the superintendent will be
capable of intelligent co-operation with all agencies, public and
private, that may minister to the varying needs of the stranded men and
boys, women and girls whom he is to distribute and start on their way
to independent, economic usefulness in the community.
Men and women of all ages, nationalities, occupations, misfortunes,
face the superintendent and must be dealt with definitely, but wisely,
after a rapid comprehension of the visitor's needs, his card record,
and the resources at command. No higher test can be made of human
judgment, courage, right feeling, resource and common sense.
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