The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-13
PHILANTHROPY THAT
GOES TO THE MARK
Something About the Origin and Work oi
Hull House, Chicago.
REACHING THOSE THAT NEED HELP
Short but Interesting sketch OF q
Famous Institution Founded and
Developed by Two Women Who Are
Educating the Poor in Labor and
Good Citizenship.


Times Herald, two young women liv-
Ing on the North Side moved to Hal
stead and Polk streets. to the utter hcr-
ror Of their friends, who thought the
nelghborhood quite inferior to Dearborn
or LaSalle avenue. Neither did these
young women, we'll born and accus-
toned to a refined privacy, have a
whole house to themselves; they shared
their new residence with a desk manu-
factory. But they opened their home
and their hearts to their neighbors, and
that home is now known the world over
as Hull House, second only In fame and
Influence to Toynbee Hall, in London.
In seven years this house has grown
wonderfully. First the desk factory
vanished, and Miss Addams and Miss
otarr, with their fellow residents, oc-
cupied the whole of the old-fashionetl
Hull homestead. Then a wing was add
ed, with clubrooms in 1t and lecture
halls and a gymnasium; then another
at the rear, for a restaurant and public
bakery. where soups, cooked meats and
other edibles could be had. all ready to
take home. for less than the price of
buying and preparing the raw material.
Last Of all, another wing. the children's
house. has been built, to accommodate
:he creche, the kindergarten and the
picture gallery. The big pile of build
irgs thus rapidly made necessary In
seven years by the intelligent love and
good will of two women only partly en-
bodies the wide influence of the settle
ment. Co-workers. Of similar aims
thugh often Of different views, have
Joined the founders, and beehive is a
dull and stupid place compared to the
Hull House Of today.
EDUCATION, NOT CHARITY.
The work done is sociological and
educational. Broadly. 1t Is all educa
tional, for there is little tolerance of the
patronizing spirit of pure philanthropy
SO called. The house has as much to dc
In the way of educating its would-bt
benefactors out of the pharlsaism OF
modern charity Is in the way Of en-
couraging the neighbors to lift them
selves to higher level of life. In ordel
to get at the people at all the founder.
opened, at the very start, kindergar
ten. 1t was through the children they
must reach the parents. The father!
and mothers and the enlightened goot
citizens had. in the child, common
interest. Next boys clubs were formed
some for amusement, some for instruc
tion, some for both. Then clubs among
the parents of the children. mems clubs
large woman's club and classes fol
both men and women.
Long before university extension wa!
thought of In Chicago Hull House hat
extension classes, which is called col
lege extension. These classes cover tn,
following wide range Of subjects: His
tory Of art, English. Dante, Latin, elec.
tricity and magnetism, algebra, ad
vanced arithmetic, geometery. French
German, English grammar and letter
writing, drawing, painting and EN-
broidery. Besides these, there ar,
gymnastic classes for mon. women ant
children and dancing classes.
GOOD CITIZENSHIP.
Hull House has aimed to teach goot
citizenship by example and precept. I
vii be remembered that Miss Addam
asked to take the contract for removing
the garbage from the Nineteenth ward
This was refused, but she was mad,
inspector. and the ward, hitherto one o
the dirtiest In the city, shows the eftec