The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-02
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and providing happy,
wholesome activity for hands and feet,
us well as head, it is said that, III San
Francisco, /" the private kindergartens
under the Inspiration and supervision
Of aour heroic christian women, have
practically constructed and civilized
some of the darkest wards OF that cos
mopolitan CITY," Circulating Libraries
in tenements have been found to fbe
greatsblessings. to the poor. = = :,
Society should take pains to make in
dustry and frugality honorable; land,s
thatpeople may be encouraged to save
and provide for recurring times of slack
work and sickness, safe, and convenient
repositories for small savings are
needed
q Among provident schemes for the
teaching of small thrift and independ-
ence, among the benefciaries of the as.
ISOLATED charities, we commend over all
others yet devised, the penny and dime
savings and loan associations, now eff
fecting such an uplift among the poor
in cities whore given fair trial. The
associated charities of Indianapolis,
New York, Boston and other cities
have found in their brief experience in
this field, what great refOrmatory pow
er there is in the awakened sense of
possession. During the first four
years OF the experiment the recipients
of charity were induced to deposit as
savings the sum Of $52, 900.
"A few years since an attempt was
made at our banks to establish q nickel
savings department.. One bank re-
por.s about 800 depositors, chiefly of
those for whom it was specially intend
ed. The president of the First Nation
al bank says they will take even penny
deposits, though most people save IN
til they get at least five pennies.
The plan OF old age pensions, now
attracting attention in England, is
worthy of consideration. The young
working man or woman buys an an
nuity by weekly payments of I'd and
upward, the employer and the state to
supplement his efforts with I'd each pei
week. sAtsthe age of 65 he will receive
weekly pension of Is, cd, or more.
The provision of monetary relief by
loans is reported characteristic feat
ure of the Danish system, and it seems
to be needed here to supplant' the rob
berry, OF. the chattel mortgage sharks i'll
our large cities. over their doors might
we'll be written, ''All hope abandoned
We who enter ill.," We read of cases vi
furniture being seized after the prfnci-
spil has really been paid several times
over III the exorbitant fees and interest
charged on short time loans, Y
There seems real wisdom and kind
ness in the plan Of Mayor Pingree. OF
Detroit, through whose efforts in the
spring Of 1894, wnen work failed; the
idle Misunderstanding the city were offered
to the poor, rent free. to raise food for
themselves. This year Detr0it's exam
pie has been followed III many other
cities! This experience in the use OF
land may pave the way for an idea eX
pressed fifteen years ago in the Ameri-'
can edition of Chambers: 9 The manl-
fest. tendency of pauperism to assume
formidable dimensions in large cities,
suggests the expedient of Gevising "a
system for transferring the redundant,
imp: Oductive labor collected in our
large cities to localities where it may
at once become productive" An Ital-t
ian philanthropist i'll Chicago, a few
years since, started an agricultural col
3ony in Alabama, and Miss Adams, of
Hull House, urged the establishment
of. emigration societies to aid in this
helpful distribution of labor. X
Can we nob,arouse public sentiment
to demand provision in our county jail
for the separation of prisoners, that the
mere tramp may not take lessons Of
criminals, or criminals of each other?
Recall the arson trial, when it was
1thought, that but for the influence Of
his associates, one of the men, It not
ALL would have confessed, and saved
the county some of the expense of CON
viction. This enforced association in
our iails and aims houses, of offenders
of all grades, from the victim of circum-
stances, to the Geld blooded criminal,
is, as Gen. Brinkerhoff expresses it,
" Compulsory education with "a ven
geance.. ~ * s. =. g 81 ia 14...~. z3-
An appeal has been made for the
establishment in our Wisconsin uni
versity of new department. sto train
for the profession of qualified men en-
gagged in charities and corrections as q
calling" and a higher one can scarce
ly be named. To this end it is sug-
gested that some may nelp in one
way and some in another, but the help
of all we want. For every dollar re-
ceived from the state, or from private
individuals, we will ret.rn'ete to the
state; and also we will return some
thing more than dollars. = Help us and
we will help you to lift up the fallen, to
protect the weak, that they fall not;
and all our work together shall be work
done in His name for the good of our
fellowmen. l
HELEN HASTINGS.
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