Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-12-01
THE PEOPLES L
y Remarkable Lsadsa InstItWff1n which
Vs. Srxx~-trd By q Novel

&LN~s~A ~ = <oNEA
AT the good people who are interest
Ell IN modern formsof philanthropy and
the progress of the universal brother
hood bfea point 10 the Peoples palace
IN London a. the great work accom-
pllshed through n~iuetecnth century r.
form Is Is situated on the Mile End
road IN London. The people Of the
neixhborhoad borr n striking resem-
blame Tn the mass Of working people
everyvher-- They were not vile and
degraded. but their lives were hopeless
" DALI without mental OF spiritual in
t~erestS e-xcitements AMI pleasures
Walter Besant looked upon this
state Of the working people
where destitution Of all human
snjoTmsnts exists together with
some degree Of prosperity lie
thought the matter OYER and wrote y
novel This book "Au SORT. and Con
ditious u Men. advanced the idea % a
peoples palace Of innocent amusement
and social recreation for the poor. The
tale made a deep ard lasting impress
sion. and the peoples palace Of Lon
don = the result ot T. IL Is called the
greatest attempt ever made in England
20 elevate the taste. promote the
amusement and raise the social. scieu-
tiae and aesthetic tastes Of the work
ing people At present the palace i
IN full swing Nearly three thousand
students work daily in the schools AMI
lecture ruouS Great coueerts are
given. sometimes rs many a. four thou
sand men AMI women ot the s0-calIea
lower orders listening to \ high order
Of ufshs- There AZ swimming baths
for men and boys aUnnasium- a slCat-
ing rink a magnificent winter garden
Of trDphfeaI plants a library and read
InT-resGrn-
They have ali sorts % good times
thsre-th~ Vile End road people Not
only do the men and women devei1r
their muscles and expand their chests
with the apparatus provided for those
purposes nos only do lecturers classes.
laboratories ard all sorts OF eunpli-
easest mental machinery do ~ much
trr the minds az the gvmnastic aPpgi-
auees for the bodies. but amusement.
pure and simple furnishes also Amuse-
uent that has no histfe1 Improvement
N it-saxar that does not coat a pill
Of course the improving amusement.
are many Masic delights the Mile
End n and ~eievatss the Mile End mu-
seal taste High art pleaSes the NIL
End n and eultfvateS the a~rtfssic IA
urs Of thu Nile Ender. Bat there ars
a-mus~n.n.. beneath whose smiling ~.
terror no leSs1n - hiidsn-
Tkrre are haIt- 4 ball in the rsu.
pies palace ia thing 70 remember II
doesn't differ 50 very murh from ball.
sIs@NherV- excerpt that the eO-1r r. bet
Ter the ballroom larger and Ii-ktei
and The musl. more inspiring Ths
Young men do not all wear dress suits
Indeed dress suits are 81 few that III,
unhappy usargr 81 one = apt - fee
himself rather ts1 eo~usp5euous TIL,
Young wonlens gowns arr not al
decpliste- but they futter with ribbon
aGd gauze IN the approved style 81
ether bathrooms The btaek-coas-,
svxains al up their programmes o
dances with the s1ni,. easv air thai pre-
walls elsewhere They circle absui
with 10 more humping and 10 NOR
collisions than other dancers an
their supper is a good substantial OF
% sandwiches. Bastry puFs. lemouade
ten coffee and bees. Mild Irritation
are Tndulgesi n at a peoples paIae
BALI and arr reported to be a. hole
some an educational Influence A. Ier
lures and gymnasium appIaneez-N
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