The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-06-04

At the dedication of the Childs-
Drexel Home for Union Printers at
Colorado Springs on the 18th inst,
senator Gallinger delivered an ad-
dress upon the home, its aims and
the craft for INDECENT members of
which it is to be haven of rest in
their declining years. The follow
ing tribute to the printer is deserved
and is well worth reading:
"There must be in printers ink an
inspiration to generosity and even
prodigality, SO few of the craft ever
become rich. That fellow-feeling
that makes all the world akin glows
ever in the heart of the printer, open
ing his purse to the needy and his
soul to the suffering. His couch is
freely shared with his fellow crafts
man, his case is at the service of the
wanderer and his last ration is fairly
divided with the one who knows not
where to get his daily bread. Nor
is his bounty or his charity circum-
scribed by guild lines. Who is so
hospitalable everywhere as printer?
Who is so quickly touched by the
appeal of the afflicted? Thrift may
not be one of his virtues, but Mig
gardness is not one OF his failings.
His it is to share generously with
others. He has no isolated pleasures.
His present is never burdened with
the gloom of tomorrow. "Sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof" is
the creed that too often scantly
clothes and feeds him and his family.
Yet the world is the better for his
coming. He has scattered smiles of
gladness along his pathway. He
has illuminated its light. He has
brushed away the tears from some
faces even If they have stolen silently
down his own. He has lifted here
and there a cloud that sunshine
might penetrate a saddened heart.
And when at eventide we measure
his life's work and set off against
his failings his many kindly acts, we
find that he has earned home even
if he has not made one.
"The printers case is the training
school of some of the best thinkers
of the age. The range of inquiry
melted by it is boundless. 1t en-
braces all subjects. 1t is fettered
by no restrictions. The contest is
still going on between the advocates
of prescribed course of study in
our colleges and those who favor
elective studies, but there is no con-
troversy over the curriculum Of the
printing office. Its English is the
best. 1t must be correct; it is often
classical. 1t may be POLITICAL; it is
always instructive. There is no
flight of fancy, no discovery of
science, no specalatien of philosophy !
no plea for liberty, no prayer for
light; but finds in the printing office
it's goal. The student at the case
feeds his imagination, diciplines his
mind, broadens his thought and
Strengthens his intellect"
The speaker closed as follows:
sAnd as now our work is done, as
we seperate to our homes and to the
individual duties and cares of life,
the only added thought we can form
ulate into words is the earnest hope
and belief that those who partake of
the hospitalities and comforts Of this
charming home may never forget
that they can only act we'll their
part by deeds of trust manhood and
noblest endeavor, by lives that will
be the best possible argument that
this great benevolence was wisely
conceived and carried to it's consum-
nation by men who knew the virtues
of the craft and who have broad
and correct comprehension of the
character and attributes of those
whose life work it is to put in cold
type the living thoughts and aspir-
ations of humanity. May heavens
choisest blessings rest upon its found
ers, its officers and it's inmates, and
may this home, SO auspiciously open
ed to-day, take deservedly high rank
among the great eleemosynary in
stitutions of this great nation" Elk.