Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-01-23
AN ALTRUISTIC CLUB.
1t Embraces the Modest Teach
ings Of Mankind


lens" in the Cosmopolitan Edward
which he belongs, the substantial bust
ness of which Is expressed in this article
of it's constitution: "This club exists to
find out how other people live" After
describing the original plan, which was
abandoned as impracticablc for the end
in view, Mr.. Hale tells how the club
was finally brought into being.
"What we did," he says, twas to
bring together sixty young men, pretty
much by accident, and then take our
chances of adding other people who
werc interested in the life of Boston
and its social system-always glad if
in making good choice, as far as other
qualities went, we got in q new occupa-
ton.
''But for the purpose of finding out
how other people live we actually
went to see. That is, the first commit
tee the club appointed, and it was
large one, was on cmigrant ships. We
sent lot Of young fellows down to
quarantine to come up in an cmigrant
ship and see how that thing was done.
In just the same lines, from that day to
this, we have let men volunteer to form
committees for the sake of seeing that
we did not know any thing about.
"For instance, we had 4 committee
on the Mormon worship in Boston. We
had a committee on the Italian section,
one on the Chinese section, one on the
city's orphan asylum, one on all the
hospitals, one on our Norwegian popu-
lation. And VIC never had n moro in
tcrcSting meeting than when an intelli-
gent Norwegian gentleman came round
and told US the pcculiarities of the
Scandinavian races among us, being
kind enough, as l remember, among
other things, TO bring us some of the
biscuit and sardincs which think none
of lis had ever seen before.
"Now, you can not go as far as this in
indulging your curiosity without going
further. If you arc good for any thing
you begin to get into the Same relation
ships that my ideal John, out in the
territory of Franklin, forms as matter
Of course with the burro driver or with
the washerwoman. You not only
know by sight the people with whom
you arc thrown, but you come into
personal relationships with them,
eff there happens to be 4 bright boy
living within q quarter of mile of your
Office, and you happen to mako acquaint.
ance with him one day, that acquaint-
anceship docs not drop off. You and he
get on q more cordial footing with each
t,fller: you have gained q friend and he
has gained another
''How clear it is that it is this sort of
give-and-talSo which is necessary for the
quicl1ening of the public life, for
making the circulation from organ to
organ effective and for the health of
the whole body pollUlc. 10 not want
to be carried away by q metaphor, but
zcally Mcnenius Agrippa's fable, which
st. Paul borrowed to such advantage
nfterward, tells perfectly. You have n
healthy body if each part is in close and
intimate relation with each other part,
if the circulation is good and if the
circulation is we'll oXygcnatcd.
The object of this present writing is
TO show people who arc discouraged
that their business is to bring in that
public spirit into souls and organs where
there is not enough Of it, so that the
Gfc of that community may be moro
active, cheerful and strong. Now, this
lSdone, not merely by attending ward
meeting once Il year, but by genuine
and cordial intimacy with all sorts of
people.
Just so soon as the Christian church
or the ethical philosophers or any of
the disciples of altruism bring about
this state of things, SO soon will this
country take up again the line Of march
on which it began. This is, tho line OF
march which historically is called tho
Toutonic, German or English plan. In
It every ono paddles his own canoe, but
81 in friendly relations with Che rest OF
tho tfcct. Everybody is his own master
sSIa is in friendly relations with pcoplc
who know moro than he docs.
"Hnd when the administrators of tho
government look for something to dc
9th such fleet they find that, on tho