are the poor people who live in our big cities."

One of the heroines of Cincinnati, though not one of the poor, was Helen
S. Trounstine, a remarkable young woman of Jewish faith, who was
responsible for making Mr. Nelson the first president of the Juvenile
Protective Association. She was a pioneer in social service work, but
her career was tragically cut short when she died at the early age of
twenty-six. At her memorial service held in Christ Church Parish House
January 21, 1917, Mr. Nelson made the principal address and some of his
words indirectly reveal much of himself:

I remember the organization of the Juvenile Protective
Association; I first met her then. I had never known her before
and I said to myself: "Here is another person with an enthusiasm
come to complicate my life." I tried to get out of it, but
because I wanted to help little children (I built this parish
house for the young people, making my people support it for their
sake), and she knew it, with infinite patience and constant humor
and courtesy she kept forcing me, until gradually she landed me
in the Presidency of the Juvenile Protective Association, utterly
ignorant of what I was to do or what was to be done. And with the
same humor and patience she went ahead and did the work and made
me and the board responsible for it--made us stand behind her,
until at last we were ashamed that our consciences were so dull
and poor that we had not seen it long ago. And then we set out to
do something.

According to the opinion of Miss Edith Campbell, who was thoroughly
acquainted with his social work, though not a member of Christ Church,
Frank Nelson's "doing" resulted in legislation for the Court of Domestic
Relations which was to be in the future a real guardian for unfortunate
children. His relationship with the Juvenile Protective Association is
but another instance of the ways in which he not only ministered to the
city and awoke its conscience, but also helped to foster understanding
between church people and social workers. Possibly in no other city are
there such close ties between churches and social agencies, and this
relationship was Frank Nelson's achievement. He often attended the
social workers' meetings of the Monday Evening Club; the conference of
Charities and Philanthropies found a welcome center in his parish house.
Thus he wove a pattern for social service that came to fruition in
municipal and state laws