The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-02

| but once under way it would be largely
sef-suppOrting."
DR.. RainsfOrd on the Question.
DR.. William S. Rainsford. pastor of St
Georges Episcopal Church in New York,
which gives a great deal of money every
year for charitable work. holds very diff
ferent opinions. Dr. Rainsford said;
IF a man came 10 me to-day and asked;
How can I best employ a million dollars
in charitable work in New York city, l
should reply: Go buy some blocks Of ten
emeuts; tear them down and turn the
space into playground for poor children
Anything that adds 70 the enjoyment,
healthfulness and right training of chill
dren, improves the moral and physical
tone of the community, and gives assur-
ance that the coming men and women
shall be decent and worthy citizens
Another broad line of work which I
think deserving of greater attention from
those who want to do good with their
money is the relief of the pOverty-stricken
over sixty who have failed in the battle Of
life.
do you know that 80 per cent. of those
who die in this city are buried in quick
lime in the potter's field? That is a terri
bic Indictment against our social system,
a terrible testimonial TO the neglect Of the
deserving poor of advanced age. l do MOI
believe that there is any pauperizing ten
dency in helping the deserving poor of adj
vaneed age. For myself, [ believe in old
age pensions. 1 believe that the time Will
come when we shah have them Mean
while. here is large and profitable heid
for the employment Of private charity.
1.-The trouble with our millonaires and
great givers is that they are so accustom-
ed to authority, so masterful, thai they
want to dictate exactly how their CUTS
shall be applied and used.
THAT is great trouble with us today
We have men OIL our ant commissions not
because they know anything about art,
but because they will give money. we
have trustees on our educational boards
who know nothing of scientific education
but who are able to force their hobbies
upon practical educators because oil the
money they give Similarly our charities
are largely in the hands Of men who never
gave the subject any particular thought
but who dictate because they give
II do not believe that charity can De
emnloved advantageously at the present
tinoe in nrov.ding employment AS soon
as one attempts that he runs up against
vested interests and encounters variety
Of difflcuFties which will embarrass ana
10 a great extent nulhfy his work
n Wills Discusses Wealth as
trust
Dari,,s q. Mills. the San Francisco ana
New York ulti-millionaire has given
hundreds of thousands to charity ana
has unique and practical views on inc suO-
ject. He says:
probably there never has been tIine
when so many men were ready to give
1aroeIv 10 worthy objects 1t IS a good
sion in an age that is often denounced
as grossly material, that so many men
are ready to devote at least considerable
nortion OF their wealth to altruistic pnr-
poses.
81 do not believe that one can say or
hand that any particular charIty Is 'no
most useful or the most practical. any
man who is deeply interested IN such MAJ MAJ
tors is more familiar with certain hhes
of charitable endeavor than he is with
others. He is apt to eXaggerate the I'M
portance that he knows most about
..1Tor myself. / do not know of any form
of charity that L would condemn. Neither
do I know of any that is doing more
nractical good than the MINIS HoteIs'
When the plan of providing cheap, clean
and comfortable lodgings for poor "olh-
inpnneu was discussed, 1t was Freely pre-
.dtcted that il would result in failure. IL
Hlss said rhat a scheme which was part
business and part philanthropy would new
ar work But the test of actual operation
has nroved that the Mills Hotels are al
business as well as some philanthropy.
They are proving successful far beyond
my expectations. ann.
I'm my opinion, the success of the MINIS
Hotels. as of any philanthropic under
taking that is to be really beneficial nes
in helping men to help themselves. nay iuea
OF charitable work is not of the reform
atorv idea. but the buildng-up idea. If a
man is determined to so down HILL you
can't hold him back. But 1t is the man
who is unfortunate the honest man VINO
has had iE-luck the hard working man
our of a Job, who deserves help, ana VINO
will profit by IT, 1900 a.
IF you give such man ehat e ~
n,t FOOD in his stomach and a roof over
his head, you give him a new ouli'0Al