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ready to lot him do us a favor as to ex
tend one to him.
In an address before the Phi Beta
Kappa at Oambridgo , Prof. Tucker ex
pressed himself thus :
"The old idea of working for men is
being modified by the larger principle of
identification with them. The college
settlement will eooii supersede the mis
sion , but it will put beside it the broader
conception of social unity. It will make
service moan not what wo are able to defer
for others , but what wo are willing to
share with others. "
The first residents made frieuda with
the children and through them with the
mothers. A story hour for the little
ones , a few afternoon teas , an evening
class or two , a widening circle of ac
quaintances , the making of a few
friends would have been the record of
the first few weeks. A resident was
tolling mo that many of the neighbors
were very reluctant to believe that the
newcomers had located among them for
other than some mercenary purpose.
But the entertainment given the
children gradually got the better of the
parents' curiosity , and half distrustfully ,
or shyly , they visited the kindergarten.
The settlement offered no opposition
or antagonism to any existing sot of
people or conditions. The plan of pro
cedure was a flexible one governed by
any of the various necessities that pre
sented themselves , and immediately re
sponsive to any wholesome neighborhood
sentiments. As has been said by one of
the writers for the Arena , "Hull house
is no place for reformers with one idea ,
or for riders of hobbies of any sort what
ever. It is in itself a school of a largo
and varied culture , a school that is feel
ing out its way to the methods by united
endeavor of bringing the two extremes
of social city life into harmonious and
healthful relationships that shall in
different ways equally benefit both. "
It was through the energy of a Hull
house resident that the fact that the
public school census recorded 0,790
school children in the nineteenth ward
and that they were provided with only
2,057 public-school sittings , was made
prominent just before the appropriations
wore voted for school buildings and
sites.
In the six years of settlement at Hull
house , the residents have striven to
ward the original purpose , which , as
stated in its charter , is "to provide a
centre for a higher civic and social life ;
to institute and maintain philanthropic
enterprises , and to investigate and im
prove the conditions of the industrial
districts. Particularly is the social side
of life recognized at Hull house. Man
works and eats ; so does the ox. But
man is created also to enjoy and his
capacities for enjoyment put him into
communication with fields of beings of
which the mere animal cannot dream. "
Some of those whoso thought and care
were given to the poor felt that their
work was hardly begun , until they could
waken into activity those distinctly hu
man faculties of social intercourse of
intellectual pleasure and artistic delight ,
which for themselves made the world so
fair , and life so well worth living.
The Siiloon Cent roof Social Life.
The social instincts of men are sure to
lead them to seek centres for social in
tercourse and discussions of social prob
lems. In the nineteenth ward whore
there are two hundred and fifty-five
saloons one to every 28 votes these
are certainly the centre of the livliest
political and social life of the ward.
Considering the hovels from which most
of the saloon patrons come , it is easy to
understand the attraction of those places
of good cheer and companionship.
At Hull house was organized the
Working People's Social Soionco Club ,
whose purpose is the discussion of social
and economic topics. It offers a cosmo
politan opportunity for discussion. Jane
Addams says the only possible danger
from this commingling of many theories
is incurred when there is an attempt at
suppression ; bottled up , there is danger
of explosion ; constantly uncorked , open
to deodorizing and freeing process of the
air , all danger is averted. The economic
conferences which wore hold between
business men and working men during
the winters of 1888 9 and the two suc
ceeding winters , doubtless did much to
ward relieving this state of effervescence.
Many thoughtful men in Chicago are
convinced that , if these conferences had
been established earlier , the Haymarket
riot and all its sensational results might
have been avoided.
Besides the Social Science club , there
are the Eight Hour club , etc.
The College Extension Course at Hull
grew from an informal origin. The
first class met as guests of the residents.
As the classes became larger and more
numerous , and the object of the new
comers more definitely that of acquisi
tion of some special knowledge , the in
formality of the social relation neces
sarily less ; but the prevailing attitude
toward the house of the two hundred
and fifty students now enrolled is that
of guests , as well as students. The College -
lego Extension Course aims not to dupli
cate but to supplement tbo advantages
offered by evening high schools and
business colleges.
Other features of the settlement are
the students' association , the reading
room , the exhibition of pictures , the
working peoples' course , Sunday con
certs , the various clubs for women and
children , savings bank , sewing school ,
cooking classes , play ground and free
kindergarten , and day nuraory and gym
nasium.
Never can I forget the sight that mot
my eyes in the day nursery one day in
August. It was noon and the babies
were asleep. The motley population of
America wus there. In one crib reposed
the curly-haired Hebrew infant , in
another tbo dark-eyed Italian , and in
still another the flaxen-haired German.
In the words of Jane Addams , "a set
tlement must bo grounded in a philos
ophy whoso foundation is on the solid
arity of the human race , a philosophy
which will not waver when the race
happens to bo represented by a drunken
woman or an idiot boy. Its residents
must bo emptied of all conceit of opin
ion and all self-assertion , and ready to
arouse and interpret the public opinion
of their neighborhood. The philan
thropy which will bo a factor in social
progress will be a philanthropy from
which charity is eradicated , and which
recognizes a universal democracy not
only in politics but in economics , not
only at the ballot box but in the factory
and the shop. "
LOUISE W. MKAKS.
Peru , Neb. , Aug. 10 , 11)00. )
KNGI.ANI ) ISOllllOWS VROM AMERICA.
Mr. Bryan said in his Madison Square
speech in New York four years ago this
month :
"It is true that a few of your finan
ciers would fashion a now figure a fig
ure representing Columbia , her hands
bound fast with fetters of gold , and her
face turned toward the east , appealing
for assistance to those who live beyond
the sea but this figure can never ex
press your idea of this nation. "
It must gratify Mr. Bryan to see that
his manacled figure does not exist , and
that the financiers of England the
dreaded men of Lombard street are
looking westward and appealing to the
financiers of New York for assistance.
In order to get money needed for mili
tary purposes and also to add to the
bank of England's stock of gold $80-
000,000 of the new British loan of $50-
000,000 has been placed in the United
States. The great "creditor" nation
has applied lor money to this , which
Bryan and Altgold used to call the
"debtor" nation , and has not been re
pulsed.
Never in the history of politics has
there been a more crushing answer to
the gloomy predictions of a professional
fault finder and calamity howler. No
wonder the spellbinders of the party of
disaster are willing to lot the bogy man
of ' 90 rest in an unhouored grevo , while
they drag out to the center of the polit
ical stage another pasteboard monster ,
which they call "a paramount issue"
and "anti-imperialism. " Chicago Trib
une.
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