The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-29
AN EAST SIDE GUILD.
THE UNIVERSITY EMEvT AZ
VIEWED BIZ 7 NEIGHBoRS.
Opinions ne 20 What II Has Accomplished
In the NeiEhborhood OF Its Homo In Ne.
lnncey Street-Ets Work Among Chill
drcn-Good That IL Has Effected.

AhNN
In the NeiGhborhood OF Its Home in DEE
lnncey STREET.-THE Work Among Chill
drcn-Good That IL Has Effected.
A recent editorial article in TIKI SUN on the
University Settlement, which has boon In OPP
Grafton on tho east side under the rame of the
NeiGhborhood Guild since 1887, has aroused
a great deal OF discussion over tho question Of
the value OF the association MS n moulder Of
opinion and n help in reducing the antagonism
OF the poor against the well to do, to accom-
plish which purpose is the primary object Of
the organization. As the great majority Of
the 135, 900 votes that were cast at the last
election for William !. Bryan came from the
disconnected. the question Is asked whether
the University Settlement is u paying invest.
ment, and whether IT has accomplished any
thing Mt all on the line Il set out to follow and
has followed consistently since it's founda-
ton. The question was put this week by q
Sun reporter to James n. Reynolds. the hoad
worker in the settlement, and to.others. The
reply was that the organization had taken
no part IN national politics; that IL was not
one of its functions to take part In national
politics. but that the Assembly district in
which the home OF the Settlement is located
had given n very large majority for McKin-
ley for President, and that the election dis
trict in which the home is situated had for
the first time given II Republican majority.
Nv N'ht "dS o. " oD III ItNpT u 4hCfN1nIey.
Always before IL bud been in about the same
proportion the other way. Further IL was
said ti.t Of the members o: tine club founded
by the settlement only three had voted for
BRYAN. All the rcstswere for sound money.
ThE SrN reporter spent u couple OF after
nocrs ir the district, the idea being to get from
the people who lived there and from nssncla-
ion would he fitted TO judge Of the work of
fair tdSE.ent could b. formed of the amount
mud the value IF the "ork being done. But at
the outset II was found TINT the latter part OF
the object Mas uuaitnluAhlp. the reason he
ing, that the popn alton OF the ,~Gistrict is .
the putSils of the sattleinen. l nSeH' si1iitaI Win Sha
the population. The boys and girls and Young
men and young women who We're me ,nbers or
pupils IA FEW years ago. and in whom the i1lu-
ence Of the settlement should now he devel-
op"d. II u ever were TO develop. are no longer
over the city. Where six or seven years ago
tn" population was almost exclusively Ger
Hebrew. Out of population OF 5000 In
these blocks there are. practically ,soeaklnf:
there ordinarily shakes his head and says:
The district has gone to he'll while lie signs
What do you mink of the University Set
iieinenlI- asked IHt SuN reporter OF Morits
l fSo4'; . Gne o; Il 'n Ss; old resident, ,Hnr, he Keeps 3
home, and has peen there twenty-five years.
What do YOU m.an:H he asked.
is it a good ihInGE Has it made the neigh
ON ne said. YOU mean the mission at 20.
me any good. There used to be a club house
there, with lodge rooms up stairs There was
trade. But these people UP there now. they
don't bring any business to me. It's a good
thing. | guess. Ny rirl goes there. Last vim
ter. when so many poor people were freezing
and starving. they gave away lots of food and
clothes. and they helped the poor people. That
was a GOOD thing TO do"
rs that all 1t has done?'' asked the reporter.
10 smoke up Mrs; Fuchs, who was behind
ret.the landlord to TO anything. When the
plumbing was bad, or when the halls were
ira mr. Chan fhAra rl -..ty had naraR
do them. Now he does them right away. and
all the landlords around here do them right
of Health after them. Oh. It's n good thing"
Fuchs m&.s' nv good c@ri , snss ,b | ssess 81. sad 1ia.s Mr..
and we're not afraid to leave her there. Tor the
people are good, and she don't learn no bad"
and egg store. The proprietor is a fat Hebrew.
When the question was asked of him he saidi
",The mission at 90, said the reporter;
oh, you are on the bank" he said. Yes.
ny my Si Tirh, take + n their b pennies E there here guess
/, is lot BROKE said the reporter but
guess it, good. ! don't know. ] thought YOU
we're going 10 say ~, It ,, WAS broken iI !, and 10y CHI ~.
good enough: l don't DO. her m" head about
The man had been in business at the corner
two years. Frank Kemp has a saloon at tine
corner above the l9me. He has been there
asked him, he sail:
II guess So
&asis WHAT" asked the reporter.
it's al all right. :, l. don't do any harm"
Il guess II does more good 'ian it does
HARM, was the reply. My two children used
S s" go r 5hsfe; there ! cue; Th teSY aia mnrr lean n anytn ans
What good dos it doI" asked the reporter.
Veil. II makes the streets be KEPT Clean"
fix their houses, and it teaches the little chill
"AnythinG else,
Well It has schools. Gness it's a good
because l knew then where they were. They
learned some to save there"
Has the neiGhborhood improved ,ince they
come in. | don't know IS that an improve
men ! Its a nn good % ola l guess; FOR a lot o;
it gave out clothes and things to poor people,
v, An opinion was asked q the p2lice of tho
Nells who has been in the precinc.t ten years,
said wien the question was put TO him:
WHY. man, it's the future generation that
will show tn" good those people are doing. 1t
isn't for anybody to say, what good they, are
now principally. They teach them 10 clean
and make things abont them clean. There's
here and tell us about people throwing ashes
In the street and the like. They Keen n tne
have schools where they educate the young,
and those they educate would u"v.r he educated
Mt all ii they didn't do il. beCauso,th"y're Rus
sian Jews. and their parcnts wouldn't pay, q
cent for them anywhere. They keep tho
boys and girls of the streets too.
They're not like most OF such places,
always kicking TO the police about everything
and complaining. We have complaints from
them once In n willie about women on the streetR
or disOrierly houses. and we never had one yet
that wasn't right. They're god people, and
we'd stretch II point tn help them. There was
n cafe and coffee house started near them last
winter. 1t looked aS IL II WAS going 10 he
shady, and we got RID of IL for them in a few
days. You never saw such grateful people.
I've been in there n good mauy times, and | tell
you .you, cant, say what an amount or good
thev'r" doing"
Peter Carter, another ward man, agreed
with Nclls He said he had been in the precinct
onlys even months, however. and could not
tell what good had been done to the neighbour
hcod. for IL was good before he came.
The Street Cleaning Department has an ONCE
in liroOmc street. 1t is In churg" or Francis
w. Mclean. who is ono of the residents OF the
Settlement Home. He is an enthusiast on