The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-22
Done at Chicago with No
Boards or Wranglings.
MODEST SAINT JANE,
Rv Gentle, Wise and Potent Means
She Uplifts Not Sex but
Humanity.

roou,-Heip Has Flowed to Her rs
r..a.s. aud Her Work Ever widens In
s.o,.. In Locality and In Usefulness
o,h.r woman's Topics Are tho Latest
Fashionable Gown with New style. OF
rnirt. and Sieeves-New Hats and Bon
,.,.. with the vaIkyrie Cnpots and Strik-
I ,,r Designs In Handsome Furs-A Lady
Discover. the Adirondack STAFF OF Life.
Among the subjects suggested by the good
,.dies OF Sorosis recently as pertinent to APP
noar in the "woman's Page" and OF peculiar
,ntsrest to the women Of great cities. was the
oroblem OF the poor In its various phases.
Now one OF the most practical solutions OF
.bis great question yet evolved In this coun try.
and ono OF the broadcast schemes Of philan-
tbronv. tho most flexible, the least hampered
\, traditions and restrictions was inspired
And is executed and controlled by woman.
The woman Is young. modest, and unassum-
inc To A degree. with q slight figure. sweet
earnest face with thoughtful eyes, sad with
the sorrow OF the people whose burden rests
heavily on her heart They call her saint
Jane" when they speak OF her In her absence
and. indeed. she Is the type OF woman one
could readily fancy that. "if any painter saw
hsr he would paint her unaware with halo
round her hair"
There is In Chicago a great thoroughfare
thirty two miles long. which the native Chica-
soan proudly points out as the longest street
In tho world. and which in fact is the longest
straight street on record Midway between
ths stockyards to the south and the shipbuild-
ing Yards on the north branch Of the muddy
Chicago River. there stands in little court.
ne-hagged. an old residence built with o
wide hall through the centre. somewhat or
nately decorated and known as Hull House.
It once stood in the suburbs. but tho city has
grown up around it until now 1t is the centre Of
the great foreign colonies OF Chicago. Be-
tween Hull House and tho river live about TO-
600 Italians. Neapolitans. Sicilians. and Gala
brlans To the south are the Germans and
Polish and Russian Jews. and still further
south the huge Bohemian colony so vast that
Chicago ranks as the third Bohemian city in
the world To the northwest are many Cana
dian french. and to tho north tho Irish and
Instrumentation Americans. The streets are
lne1pressibly dirty. even for Chicago streets:
the street lighting bad. the paving wretched.
the stables defy all laws Of sanitation. and
hundreds OF the houses are unconnected with
the street sewer These houses are for the
most part. OF wood, built after the type of the
insonvenient frame houses found In the poorer
suburbs twenty years ago Back tenements
except the faucet In the yard and the garbage
and ashes are placed In wooden boxes fas-
tened to the pavements.
twas here the woman began her expert
ment She began 1t with no flourish OF trum-
pets. with no dignined Board OF Trustees. with
no constitution and bylaws to defeat her rur-
pose. with no officers to control its workings.
She had little bit OF money OF her own. and she
said. Il will 60 down and live my life among
those people" Tho woman who owned Hull
House offered her the place rent free. She
took two good women friends with her and
moved into the house. She hung good pic
lures. reproductions Of the best works OF art
that the world contains on the walls. She
built CHEEKY fires In the great. open crates In
the broad halls. She took her books with her
and her piano, and set up housek eeping in tho
old brown house in the little court.
Then she invited her neighbors In. Every
Saturday evening the Italians were her
guests. Whole families came. and the edu-
Gated Italians OF the city came and helped en-
tertaIn them. They Kept all their holidays
there. They brought their quarrels. their
cares. and every need and aspiration to the
woman at Hull House and her friends.
Friday evenings the Germans came. and
sang together in the tender minor OF the
German folk song or in spirited metre OF the
songs OF love and war. They are coming still.
ma pursuing course in German history and
literature. reviving their enthusiasm for the
romance and poetry OF the Fatherland.
There are clubs Of English-speaking young
ior despatchng literary programmes and then
meet together for an hour OF social arnuse-
i Ment before going home. There is Young
ri IN municipal affairs. and tho Hull House
S strNs "a. hGgards who report alleys and
extension I'll
i@G dtys week meeting at Hull House. Hull
nGSse mas been centre too rive university
ttelslty. Last winters Shakespeare class num-
eered forty members. There are mathemati-
other 5ansh Of study fhs faeu f ooS ssH
t hE OF college men, and women. numbers
..,rty.nye many of them having taught con-
iEanly lor two years. and 1t must he remem-
S SeIeea. without remuneration. The Chicago |
TE an!!c Library has one OF its branches at Hull
G ead two librarians, There are also papers in
SSIs n Italian, French; and Bohemian on
i ip rome ne upper floor OF this library and read
t NON and studio. where loan exhibitions OF !
ny Tb Sss, works OF art in the city are held
t ,he hull House kitchen. until they crowded
themselves out Of tho kitchen and oyeriowed |
sh g scr0ss the Yard liz
n %Ss| S,, they carry home with them each n |
ss,rss 1IT n. which is the pattern for the
ssSnM nm}ly STORYTELLING clubs. and the most
PSpp Gunar tales are the legends OF chvnry. On |
ttti,Gaag afternoons tho little girls come like the |
tE thew ,, to hear Stories only they sew while
ii0TrueTgarten, and Miss Adams. the saint |
Isse or, Of Hull House says that moth
G G1s eScites 50 much wonder in the neigh
S Sp %itn tbs rs The fact that they nut
liz Lrtten OF the interesting things done in |
bur bur T In r0wn house in the little courtyard.
s SIt nun House is now tho nucleus of little
S oTE OF houses where all manner OF good |
En,A. Is gong on, The attendant ut Hull |
io Ssau VIII take yOu about through the mar |
.io ", crooked lanes and alleys. to little two
nirouages or more ambitious three-story
benz hst; where the Hull House schemes are
ec NO money has been spent on imposing and
tInnn,r"elouS buildings. with well paid pen
oit r"Is 70 take care o! them and the red tape
lttiian @ 10 Illustrate their purpose. for the
assn" Imam nnhah at hun House takes things Just
posa Inuh them and adapts them to her pur-
Ina III ~ one house there is a crtche. where
for. 'in"nren OF working women are cared
opc =, ~ another there IL diet kitchen. where
WomaHP'. ~ AtElhS1n'S Inventions interests the
honIHoIIh 5 Tub II Hull House. The Hull House
With f thoLad expenses arc frankly compared
oti "Iae OF 'hc neigh hOrs. to the benefit OF
a'h", IN the rear 0! Hull House there are