New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-17
ART IN ALLEN~ST& A SUCCESS
THE UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SoCIETYS
EXHIBITION.
SOME CURIOUS AND INTERESTING FEATURES OF
THE SHOW AND ITS vIsIToRs-THE WORK
OF THE SOCIETY AND ITS PRO-


OF THE SOCIETY AND IT'S PRO-
PozED NEW BUILDING.
The free art exhibition which opened fous
weeks ago at No. 20 Allen-st by the University Settle
ment Society has been source OF much encourage
ment TO its projectors. II has proved a great az
traction to the poor people OF the district who have
atesed their interest By throngng the little gallery
every evening that 1t has been open. The attendance
averages about 900 people in evening, and has
gone high 1000. SO great has been tho success
Of the exhibition in engaging the attention OF the
people for whose benefit it projected, that tho
University settlement Society has taken another
months lease OF the rooms and will keep them open
at least through the first week I'm August The ex-
hibtion Is open every evening and Sunday after
moons. 1t closed on the Fourth of July. how
ever on account Of a fear that damage might b
the pictures by recrackers in the hands Of ire
sponsble people. AS 1t was or two boys on The
elevated railroad which passes just outside, threw
some Fourth OF July explosives into the open windows
but fortunately damage WIS DONE With this single
exception not the least attempt has been made by
any to do injury to the priceless works OF art COM
priing the exhibition.
The people in charge are making every effort 70
have the exhibition brought to the attention o.
everybody in the district. Invitations have been
issued to the c. a. r. posts OF which there several
In the neishborhood, and to the veteran firemen's
organization, to attend in body individually.
Had the Time TOT closing tne PUBIC scnOOB not Oeeo
so near at hand, the school children would have been
invited and doubtless would have attended In larger
numbers than at present. Most OF the visitors to the
exhibition Hebrews. the district being one con.
tanning a large and almost exclusively Hebrew popu-
lanon. Consequently the society has found 1t ad-
visable to have a Hebrew catalogue printed ana
visitors can take their choice between Mr.. Stover's
elaborate annotated catalogue with its interesting
and suggestive comments and quotations concerning
the pictures, and the in Hebrew, which apparently
gives merely the list Of the exhibit by name ana
number The ballots too, which have been prepared
for the visitors to vote with upon their favorts
pictures. In Hebrew and English.
This voting scheme WHICH has been applied with
much in similar exhibitions held for the poor
In East London, has not been altogether successful
here, hcieny because It's purpose has not been
thoroughly understood With rare exceptions the
visitors have gained the Impression that the pictures
were be voted away In some manner; and that. as
a result OF the ballong, somebody going TO secure
one Of them. Many have failed to why there
should be any voting If this not the case. Still.
there have been good many choices regsteredsn the
manner intended. OF course the pictures which tell
obvious story, especially those OF sentimental
Sort the which appeal most strongly to the
taste OF the Allen-st. visitors. consequently such
pictures as The Love Letter." THE Lost Chtld' and
The Polish Wedding lead in the number Of votes
The ballots called for second choice the nature
Of clearness-ths class of work being generally totally
disregarded the sentimental STORYTELLING
pictures when choice called for. The meaning.
however, has not been well understood, and nature
pictures have been thought be any that treated OF
a natural subject. set VI ballots has, there
FORE been prepared, going into detailed explanations
The voting on the landscapes far as 1t has been
practsed has put Mr.. Berstadt's scenic and highly
colored Falls of the Yellowstone" In the lead Rather
unexpectedly the great Daubigny has also received
good many votes.
The work being done here By the University Settle
ment Society is only one detail in the comprehensive
scheme which it before itself but it is eminently
Characteristic Of the whole. That is, in It's essence
the eevating and ennobng Of the degraded ideals OF
life prevailing in the Sums Of this great city, lts
general aims such Arnold Toynbee started ous
with in London and which have resulted in the estab-
shment Of TOynbee Hall, with its manifold activities
to help the poor in many ways The University
Settlement Society has its headquarters in Forsyths,
where it evolved out Of the Neighborhood Guild
established some eight years ago by Dr.
stanton Colt, now devoted 10 similar work In East
London. There in Forsyth-st. in tenement-house
differing from Of the Others live three four
young men-it should be three four score-of gentle
breeding university education and hearts Of large
humanity They have made themselves the friends,
as they have the neighbOr of the poor folk OF the
district. They oversee and direct the work and play
Of the boys and young mems clubs which part
OF the NeighborhOOd Guild, and help the young women
who come from uptown TO ill similar Office for the
girls and women's clubs and the little kindergarten
which they have established. Many are the ways in
which they a helpful influence toward higher
ideal Of life and living, without preaching and without
charity, in the usual sense Of giving things Preach
ing they have found does avail in this quarter Of
the city The influence Of example and personal con-
tact counts for the most
1t is this personal element In the work upon which
the idea of the University settlement chiefly rests The
barrier between the TWO classes OF society," the rich and
the poor. the University settlement people consider
to 6f me p S tbc hv oS to work 10 break down
that barries. and to further better understanding
between rich and poor They have undertaken TO
popular parody of DR.. Wattss hymn
Whene'er L AXE my walks abroad,
How many poor l see
And as l never speak them.
They never speak To
The relations Of friendship and of confidence which
they have formed with their neighbours are a
yersity settlers abhor the word charity as applied TO
what they doing. 1t Is not charity. say they,
but mutual hepinlness They serny Oppose ss,,r any
them and their friends OF the neighhorhood. and an
their Intercourse is on the footing OF that between gem
temen. This is the secret OF the singular influence
exercised by the resident members OF the society upon
the people of the district and the potent though In.
obrusive tendency toward better things that Is tue
result OF their presence there
The nonresident members Of the society comprise
yo TX and eIuewhcre who contribute the financial sup
port necessary for the rent Of the Neghborhood Guild
rooms and other expenses. The society desires aud
eNpects TO erect a large building for It's Own use In
The East side district, where It's work is done and
although funds have not been raised iSr 1ns pnp
prlsing gymnasium. lecture and meetings rooms and
other provision for the work Of the society; meet
long when measures for securing the necessary funds
will be devised and active efforts set In motion 70
raise them.
FRLNCH WEDDING LARK.