Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-16

voting men and women. were moving rap
Idly about getting their seats. The ushars
were making places for the strangers.
The most of the people seemed to know
enc another. and a general air of good
fellowship prevailed. Phil ArmOurs pres
eEcc was by no means an unusual thing.
lie comes to the mission services every
afternoon, and from his retired seat in
the back of the hall he seemed to attract
no attention whatever. Twice an usher
rapidly passed him and each time l heard
him speak out in low metallic voice the
words:
Hello. boy. get me singing book
But the boy did not hear him and went
on noticed that Mr.. Armour seemed to
know many of the young people present
Boys and girls came up and shook
hands with him and no one appeared to
be afraid of him.
The Armour Mission and Institute.
Before 1 give my talk with Mr.. Armour,
l would like to say one word about the
Armour Mission and the Armour Technico-
logical Institute. The mission was found
ed several years ago by his brother, but
has been added to by him, and upon
the institute he has already spent more
than S5.UcOCOO. 1t takes about S1OOUD a
year to keep the institute running, and it
is giving out what is. perhaps, the best
system of education in the United States.
About seven hundred boys and girls, Young
men and young women are being educat ted
i'll it. and it is, in fact, large college
taught by the best of professors and
equipped with some of the finest mechan-
iCal and other laboratories that you Will
find in the world. The plan of The inst itu-
ton was outlined one Sunday in a sermon
by DIR. Gunsaulus, and at it's close Mr. Ar
mour came t. the doctor and said that he
believed in his scheme and that he would
supply the money for such an institution
if he would take charge of it as it's presi-
dent. l might make a letter on the insti-
tute alone, but 1 can only say that it's
system or education is so fine that the rich
cannot aHOTd not to send their boys to it.
while the charges are so low that the
poorer classes of children are able to come
BY 1t Armour is aiding in bringing the
people OF the avenue and the alley together
and in this school the rich and the Door are
treated alike. He does not believe in So
cialism, and this is his means of aiding in
Counteracting the theories advocated by
Governor Altgeld and the anarchists The
school Is thoroughly practical. In addition
to giving all the advantages of a first-clas SIS
college. II has cooking school a millinery
and dressmaking department. blacksmith
ing and Woodworking shop, and such other
branches as Will enable young bow or
girl to learn almost any trade within it A
large number of young men and women
are making money out of the training
Enich they have gotten there. remem-
Der one black-eyed girl of about eighteen
VINO stopped and shock hands with MIR Ar
mour as she passed by. AS she left ne
turned to me and said That girl is the
chicago hotels. She is now getting s15 q
Week In a millinery establishment When
she came to the institute she left a Mace
%here she was working for s. a week. but
she learned new trade, and she :
now getting good salary
MT Armour then pointed out some bows
IN the mission who "cre doing equally
well. and as he did so L said:
should think, Mr.. Armour that Won
would receive much pleasure from the work
mat IS gong on here. 1t must he a great
satisfaction to you to know that you can
do some good This must be a good thinr
to think about when you want 10 sleep at
night" Z"
Yes replied Mr.. Armour, 81 think 7 am
getting good profit out of this INSTITUTION
consider this good 10 per cent invest
ment. l know that get the worth of my
money out of it every Sunday Yes, am
sure the investment nets me in satisfaction
alone more than 10 per cent"
Most rich men leave sucn Investments
until they are dead" said /.
Yes. know that" replied Mr.. Armour
put they make a mistake. Such action is
bad business: As for me, prefer to do the
work now. 1t is cheaper. You know II
caves the commissions. ana it gives man