Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-12-19

cooking schools for girls. and free dis
pensary which serves all comers, even
10 dentistry and vaccination. Aspecisity
Il made Of teaching children how to
take care of their health In general and
their teeth In particular. Can any one
estimate the amount Of good Phil Ar.
mour's Sunday school. with Its practical
attachments. 10 doing for the children
Of Chicagof
The Missies Work.
This mission has been In operation .
number Of years. lts success increases
~ the years 20 by. The children who
were taken In from the streets i've years
ago arc the teachers now. Boys who ex'
changed the sidewalks and alleys for the
Sunday school act a. ushers or teachers
a they grow older. Even the parents
Rrow to love the mission and Its work,
and almost to envy the children who are
able to partaks OF Its blessings. The mis-
sion grew and grew until Its founder
and patron perceived an opportunity to
broaden the work and widen Its useful.
meas. Nothing stood In the way but the
lack Of 81 ,OO0, 900, and little thing like
that does not worry Phil Armour. "Un.
Gle Phil" thousands Of children call him.
and he 10 O lucky man who not only is
able but knows how to be uncle to the
rising generation Of great city.
The million was promptly forthcom.
Ing. and now there stands across the
street from the mission the Armour In.
stitute. A splendid building II is-by
far the best thing Of Its sort on the con.
tinent. II must be fine building that
cost, with Its scientific and educational
apparatus, q thousand thousands OF dol.
lars under the watchful eye OF man
who Is rs practical and businesslike o. no
u generous.
The Armour Institute.
The Armour institute combines In one
plan the best features OF the Drexei In
stitute Of Philadelphia and the Pratt In
stitute OF Brooklyn. Its aim Is to help
young men and women to liberal edu'
cation, especially to teach them familiar
ity with the practical arts and profes-
sions which will start them on careers
of usefulness and success. This is not
free school. Tuition Is charged In every
department and class, but the fees are
more or less nominal.
There Ii u great numberof free scholar.
ships for those who desire them. IL
would have been made free, like the
kindergarten and other classes In tho
mission, had not Mr.. Arinour's business
sense told him the first lesson he had to
teach was that Of self help. OF self re-
spect and independence. Without the
support Of the founder the institute
could not run single day. A gentle
man who was In Mr. Armour's Office
not long ago says the packer was look.
ing over some reports during his call
and turned to him with the remark:
"My bill at the institute Is only vi, 900
this month, the first time 1t has been un.
der eco, 900. We are making progress"
The Armour institute has faculty OF
about 20 professors and teachers. 1t
trains the hand as well as the mind.
Visitors here who obtained their educa.
ton wholly out Of books wish they were
young again, that they might enter this
institution and learn the secrets OF
science, the mysteries Of the arts, from
their finger tips as well as through their
optic nerves. II would be difficult to
think Of anything really worth knowing
that Is not taught here.
| Mr. Armour IL satisfied.
In the basement the boilers and en-.
zines are object lessons In themselves;
30 are the dynamos which furnish the
light. Ia the electrical room Is the I'm.
est collection Of apparatus to be found
under one roof anywhere In the world.
Mr.. Armour's agents spent S3j,OOO for
these things at the Worlds fair. There
are q blacksmith shop, u carpenter shop,
departments of mechanical engineering.
mining engineering, metallurgy, phys.
les. Young men and women are Taught
stenography. tyIewriting. commercial
bookkeeping and business, and u class Is
being trained In library work, which Is
made q new feature. Architecture and
art are taught in connection with tho
Art institute. another noble institution.
There are splendid gymnasium and
library Of 10000 volumes. Girls arc
taught millinery and dressmaking. and
the cooking school Is u model. There
are more departments or classes, and ev.
cry one Is crowded. With his mission for
the juveniles AMI his institute for the
youths. Dir. Armour has plant fully
equipped Cor converting the neglected
and the ignorant into specialized and
highly successful men and women.
Mr.. Armour's investments here amount
to nearly two millions, for besides the
mission aud institute there are 20 Hats
whose rentals are an endowment OF the
institutions.
III get u better per cent ON this than
any other property own" Is Mr. Ar
mour's quaint way Of expressing the
satisfaction he feels over his benefcence.
"And the best of 1t is." he adds. "that
whether we are doing much good or Q
little. we are doing the best we can. l
am here to see II and know Of Il. They
don't have to blow 1t upto me through
trumpet" WALTER WEiLAAS'
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