New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
TIE PARIS SOCIAL MCStt NJ.
AN INsTITUT lON FOUNDED Bf Iiir
CoMTI; DE CHAMBHUN.
,....,.,.,.,.,r, yyoRK IN THE aTCDY % o"''Ni.
oi.rsr:u%s MISSIONS OF INQUIRY ASo
MISSIONS OF Srrry

Prem The Open Court
n Jo<npb DE Pineion. Comtr De 'hainbrun,
was ho.n in 1871. He studied law hi" uirn
cn,.red Into The Gov eminent service DFcoi'.nS
suh-Ircfcct and later Project. In !n''' ne IN
tered paiIianc ntary life. being pcput' a'
no.r,v twenty Years and IN 1876 became sen
stor in whici, body he remained Tor tnl'c ~"
retiring 10 private If in 1879. iut IL VII no.
lao % I'refr,., Deputy Senator that the connie
he t'harnbr,u win he renen'ber'd ny nv 'ou.
try His raine Will go down To posterH! d" .n'
founder and bcnefactor of the far'S ooc'a' ""
C'onte pc Chanbrun was always charitapY
inclined i,ut never satisfied with siinp," GUAR
>, h,, acts he began seek the cause OF poverty
and social distress. and finally came 10 the con
e;uson that institution when rFt"'ua..S
tork thc name 81 Social Museum could 90 nuch
Ia check paupeIisrn and amelorate me cohol,'p,'
OF the Iaborius classes He once remarked
MY fortune il cntfcly due to 'ahor, ana ~
should go back to labor an allnS',o' , w. ~,
late uifc who the daughter ana grand
daughter Of the owners of the celebrated glass
works OF BaccaIat. France. 1890
The work attempted by Tie Social missouri
MAY Inc DIVIDED into eight different cateGorics
Tho ,unst important al these is III" consultation
department Tn, greatest dfcuity IN IN" way
of those v no take UP social questions Is l" u,
exactly informed concerning til" c0nSl'in ti"n ana
conditions of the working Of different lnS''"-
lions at home and abroad "h0se ann - u IN
prove the matcriat aLd moral ol'u"'"" ~ -"
working classes.
When wur'v,nen wish to form "A Cooperative
soc ely. "A mutual benefit society or the IKE 81
lIu head or Il DIslNtSS npN1' u''''H ~
admit his employees 10 a shar" IN the pr"H'S. I"
, establish a pension fund. ctc.. or when phiian-
taropi.t~ interested in The Welfare Of the york
in, c'aSS,S led To form societies f"r 'lr cor
str,l.tiou nf vnrkirgin, MS homes "tc. IN" inltli
ol,siacl" IL isnoranc" of how 20 20 tn "oik 10
create and organize these yaiipis nnStitu',"nS'
And This first difficulty suimounted. 1t often nap
pens that tn" interested parties p"i'riV" thi'
their ORGANIZATIONS might b. bctt'red. that
more scirnth' basis is necessary or form NOR
N accordance Nith surrounding require n'hlS.
Hero ii is that iir Social Museum come" lhi"
rlay Il stand c..r ready To ait all parties
lahorcrs heads Of houses, societies, "tc.. ana l.
Ircpar.d t. furnish them gratis any inioimiiln'
which they MAY need to give them advice, ana
90 show them hat has already been done "r -
row being done in ,h,s" same lines III Er'h''
and Ia foIcisn lands
COMMITTEES or ENAM1NNrloN
When the question l. an ordinary on. thu
rama -rrs # tn" Museum Immediately furnish
th, desired information. Hut If tn" matter lad
lofor, thc Museum Is now and It's s"iuti"u calls
fIr tho aid ana experience OF specialists. II ~
referred to one of m" appropriate standing com
tiitt"es Tot examination and = report Th'rr
are scyen committees Of this kind who's" mem
bows az. ~ distinguished Ion their coupc. cncN
a. fur their devotion To the public good find
them such VEL known specialists ~ froi'S-
eois Xolla. E-riuts, li"ssr, Paul i;"I"r"E'rd
,lassor I>ou. Ca"u. Ain and i;outmy. ana such
public mon Senators or Deputies a. Walde'k x
Rousseau Ju.s S."giriri Louis Kcard.
. Guieyssc and iibrt
That the Museum ~ GOING ,uu n good is shown
~ the statistics fog 4 single year. During 1870
:, answered 81 requests Tor information, of
which number II concerned chap dwellings
for the laboring uan. - 60 oprrativ" stores and
u cooperative manufactures. Verbal replies
10 these ana other questions Ncr" furnished i'm
modat"ly al IN" Museum itself to ~ inqut"rs
= Since 1896 ii, these figures have grow and some
doubled
TIN Museum has already IN important library
ot over ten thousand volumes. under the charge
q 4 very intelligent librarian. NJ Martin Saint
Leon CatalOgucd III such n WAY that fra
minutes glance At the cards tells the scarchcr
al! IN" books. pamphlets and mauus' riptS
Possessed by TIA" Museum In auy particular field
Though the great bulk ~ To- volumes have TO
do exclusively with social questions many s"ts
- general periodicals. such a. the Revue dr~
i'cuX Mpnd"s. The North American Review"
ctc. are found on the shelves Nowhere "lsr III
Paris such full collection OF printed matter
bearing on social cconomv h- found and the
fart is gradually becoming known
i:ut the Information to b" obtained ~ tn"
Museum ia not limited 20 lts committees ana its
library D"i-ga,c' s~u; into Franc" and
foreign roun irirs 10 observe and report on social
Institutions aud are instructed - proceed IN
thrir I'm" StGatOuS In n strictly scientific and
impartial manner The result of their ob-~ry
lions il made IN" subject OF publication and
lectures. AID II. the replies to questions laid Ice
foic the Museum. and In forming dossers which
are Deposited IN the library. These missions
ais" bring about VALUABLE" relations between the
Museum and The tabor and scientific centres OF
Franz" and other nations.
Nhrr. strike occurs the MUSEUM sends one
or more delegates to the sr"nr ~ TIA" trouble To
learn it's origin. caus" and effects other rrpr"-
sent1tiles " the Museum attend congresses and
max" r"ports thereon. Thus during the single
year 1876 the Museum had lis agents AZ half
dozen 5Ocia.stic and labor congresses of various
kinds held in Paris. tacn. Tours. London and
Edinburgh In lSL, seven congresses among
them each In London. Bern. brussels and
Hrcsldu we're attended rs these delegates Dur
n "A AT