The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-04
SoRoSIS ON H~OME-MAKING.
COLLEGE sEzTL EMENTs As AIDs TO-
WARD IMPROVING POOR HON. les.

Louicr speaks for Cheap Musical Enterta,n.
menis. FREQ Baths. and Recreation PIera.
SSorosis held Its regular monthly meeting Mt
the Waldorf Astoria Yesterday. There was an
uncommonly large turnout Of members and
guests, and everybody seemed to be in holiday
humor. The club is nearing its thirtieth birth.
day. and tho members are proud Of II. Those
who did not attend the luncheon. but waited
in the corridors for the doors OF the Astor gal
lery. where the discussion was held. to be
thrown open, talked of nothing else. They had
n great denl to say about tagged members" and
some astonishingly young-iooking matrons
frankly declared themselves to be such and
said they thought they each deserved to be pre-.
sented with an aged members badge. 1t turned
out that an aged member Is not necessarily an
ancient person, but one who has been a mem.
Der for fifteen years, and there arc a great
many OF these.
Mrs. Mary Dame Hall, who was in the chair,
extended q New Years greeting to all present.
Miss Marguerite Won Mitzloff Of Northampton.
Mass. sang several selections from Bach's
Christmas Oratorio, and Miss Thudichum also
sang. Mrs. Lydia ]. Wood rccited three Of Eu-
gene Fields 8 poems, making Sorosis laugh and
cry and laugh again, and then Mrs. Hall intro
duced Mrs. Antoinette B. Taylor. Chairman of
the Committee on House and Home. Mrs.
Taylor announced that the subject for discus
sion was "Home.making as an important factor
In solving tho problems OF social science" She
stated that the speakers would use the term
home.making in its broader sense and gave q
brief. optimistic survey of what has been done
in the past and what Ia being done now toward
the better housing Of the poor in this city.
Mrs. Jessie Lozier Payne was the first speaker,
her subject being practical Suggestions
1--WE were nearer the solution of this problem
when Noah and his family had tho ark for their
home and comprised the only known population
on the earth" she began, land they seemed to
give their entire time to counting the animals.
The ordinary scenes in the daily lives of some
OF our brothers and sisters fairly sicken the
heart. They are well known to church people
and other philanthropists who visit them. Let
us turn our attention to what We can find for
our hands to do. There are.two ways of fight
ing an evil; one is by attacking 1t directly, the
other by fostering the good in it. Home Is the
birthplace of love, the strongest weapon against
evil placed In our hands. How best can we cul-
tlyate the art OF h~oine-making among the poori
First we must mako ourselves understood by
ticai ways to teach them. The church, the
State and educational boards are all Joining
hands In this work.
First in importance, is q knowledge, Of ppr.
there for q practical knowledge OF how to get
and prepare food that, is nutritious and attrac.
of coarse bread, some cheese and an apple are
cheaper and more wholesome for a luncheon for
her husbands lunch tin than n chunk OF heavy
white bakers bread, q piece Of half-cooked
meat and a slice of pie or two heavy doughnuts.
Then we SHOULD teach the pool. to sew, and
There are so many ways to teach them the art
of home-making that there is something for all
S Sf us to s do; i, Ps sSpsTa Z, has reot ssfo oS called Tb a g Sn1i,
toxin is sympathy and instruction from those
who have wealth. refinement, and leisure.
8. Denison's subject. After touching on the
beginning Of settlement work. in London. in
1885. and on its extension In European cities.
York College settlement in Rivington street in
1889. and also that Of Hull House, in the same
ton of Hull House and its work and stated that
Miss Jane Addams. the director, had recently
s been n, made made P %i,b isa hs. OF the g. T line ten ward
ents Of a Practical Domestic Education Among
account of a morning. spent at Hartley House.
where the poor receive . practical domestic
"Gniyersity' Settlements" was Mira. Alizon
Crowell- Smiths topic: Mrs. Smith said: "Ab-
solutely nothing can be said OF University Set
tlement work that is not akin to College Settle
the origin Of the settlement idea to the mind Of
a nam man and 0u the e College as Woman son M'f proved sae thate to az
effective work man and woman must be a unit.
So We flnd in tho working out of every scientific
truth the two factors must make. he grand
whole. Here, at the very beginning of settle
ment work. we find the golden rule for home
Does tho Question to-day strike the keynote
of mans development or his lack of develop
menti VIII the social conflict cease when wo
have become true homemakersi IL we can
realize that the home begins and ends with the
individual. yes, 1t is not in the mansion or
cottage we call home that we find the lack.
but within ourselves. and whyl How many of
the human race live .truthfullyl, How many
harmonic or fit into their allotted space IN life
seas Of unrestf How many think and 1.-Two
nothing but confusionl How many. are arti.
in themi DO we not frequently criticise un.
kindly and attract unkindly critIcismi Do we
not anticipate the unkind rather than the kind
motive OF our brothers actioni We know
some have solved life's highest problems. but
how many of earth's fortunate children arc
just, in word or in act. to their less fortunate
life is harmonious and so full of beauty that
we have but TO waken and think to realize tho
ideal home the sage of Concord describes, "A
hall which shines with sincerity. brows ever
tranquil. a demeanor impossible to disconcert.
whose inmates: know what they want, who do
not ask your house how their house should be
kept . ,,n,vsr.,tv s.tt,omont ,vor.or. ,,v.
struck this note. Here we find men and women
united in thought and work, developing their
own lives for the betterment, of the race, and
OF universal good. Has this work reached
the homel What is the infuencci How does
II establish D6ttcr cOndltOnSi Mainly through
the many clubs of which every settlement Is
composed. In one settlement in lower New
York there are upward OF thirty clubs: the mem.
bers are OF all ages and grades, the club made
up from the kindergarten forces being the only
one that is not sclf-governing.
1--WE are all aware OF the practical benefit Of
club organization, it's discipline and teaching
of parliamentary etiquette and sGlf-rcstrhint.
its opportunities for mutual improvement
through the interchange OF ideas and, the en-
joymcnt OF the amenities OF life. These ad-
vantaRes naturally accrue with double force TO
those who are most deficient in the mcRnG of
education and refinement.
THE human family has been brought into
closest unity T., r p%ractica! purpusc s through the
great instrumentHlities Of modern invention.
Not the lens, If these instrumentalities OF mod
ern advancement is the social institution that
we call II club. When an organization sub.
serves the social pleasure Of its members it is
performing II service valuable to civilization.
But when ii unites 10 the function of sorinl in
tercourse the direct work Of promoting educa-
lion and culture, IL becomes u great instrument
in the elevation of mankind. upbuilding that
corner stone OF society the home.
Mrs. Susan Kctchum Bourne talked about
Missionaries" She raid: Close observation
OF the missionary home end the adoption of It's
spirit of love have effected wonderful social re.
forms almost unconsciously; Especially is this
true in respect to women who have been raised
to their proper place I'm many native homes. ly