Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-01

deserving poor Of advanced age / do not
believe. that there is any pauperizing ten
dency In helping the deserving poor of adj
vanced age. For myself I believe In old
age pensions / believe that the time will
come when We shall have them: Mean
while, here is large and profitable field
for the employment of private charity.
THE trouble with our millionaires and
great givers is that they are so accustomed
to authority so masterful that they want
to dictate exactly how their gifts shall be
applied and used.
That is great trouble with us today.
we have men on our art 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 of the money
they give. Similarly our charities are
gave the subject any particular thought,
but who dictate because they give.
DO not believe that charity can be en-
ployed advantageously at the present time
in providing employment AS soon as one
attempts that he runs up against vested in
t te and encounters variety of difficult
ues WhlcQ VIII embarraSS and to a great
extent nullify his work..
Wealth rs n Trust
Darius Q. Mills. the San Francisco and
New York multi-millionaire, has given hun
drads of thousands to charity and has
unique and practical views on the subject.
He says:
PROBABLY there never has been a time
WREN so many men were ,eady t. give
largely to worthy objects. 1t is a good sign
III an age tnat is often denounced as gross
~ material, that SO many men are ready
TO devote at least a considerable portion
OF their wealth to altruisic PURPOSES
DO not believe that one can say off
r ns,nd that any particular charity is the
most useful or the most practical Any
man VINO is deeply interested III such mat
tsrs Is more familiar with certain lines of
Gharltable endeavor than he is with otEars
ne is apt to eXaSgerate the imnortanr;. of
the thing that he knows most about
FOR myself, l do not know of any form
OF charlty that l would condemn Neither
40 Know of any that is dong more nrac-
teal good than the Mills Hotel When the
pan OF providing cheap, clean and com
l 1G laoie lodgings for poor workingmen was
discussed 1t was freely predicted that it
Wouid result in failure. 1t was said that n
scneme which was part business and mart
phlanthropy would never work But the
.tsI OF actual operation has proved that
some philanthropy. They are proving sue
cesS1ul lar beyond my expectations
In my opinion, the success of the Mills
ir,. as OF any philanthrop.c undertake
ing that Is TO be really beneficial lies in
helping men to help themselves NV idea
OF charitable work is not the reformatory
loea, but the buildng-up idea If a man Is
Lt,,e nIiied 10 go down hill, you can't hold
nun o'tch' nut 1t IS the man who is unfor-
,uia1e, the honest man who has had i'll
luck, the Woodworking man ont of iob
VINO . deserves help and who will profit by it.
II you give such a man a chance 70
put food in his stomach and roof o,,ar
ms mead you give him new outlook. fresh
encouragement. He will feel that he has
- ai"i nc ana Will set to work to make the
most OF 1t. BY making him paw for what
ne receives you keep him from becoming n
pauper BY making him pay as little as
possible you do not make his attempt to
rise TO n better condition a homeless one
rms is my idea of the most useful char
lty today-to help the honest the unfortu-
nat the deserving poor man to help him
sell. Ana there are enough such men and
such ways of employing money to use all
inc spare fnllllons in the country TODAY"
J. J. Hills Views
James ]. Hill, the railroad king Of the
northwest, who has developed a vast see
ton of this country's territory within the
last two-score years, at the same time
creating one of the more noteworthy pri-
vate fortunes of the age believes that men
who have large sums of money at their
command should devote it to the great
work of bringing the country and its peo-
pie to the highest possible state of deyeI-
cpment as speedily as may be- For those
men of wealth who devote their time and
their means mainly to the promotion of their
personal comfort. who live chiefly for the
purpose of going through certain social pro-
has not the slightest sympathy, nor does
he consider them of sufficient Importance to
warrant discussion. He looks upon the
world, especially this part of it, as a vast
and splendid field of labor, and has little
regard for all those, whether rich or poor
who refuse to obey the call to work there
in. His views upon the correct use of
money We're indicated in outline in a recent
private conversation, the parties to which
were discussing the education of rich
young men:
In these days the greatest dangers to
the sons of rich men, said Mr.. Hill, sub
stantialiy, ARE incidence and the tendency
to disregard the obligations every human
being owes to his fellows. 1t seems neces-
sary TO send such young men to the great
universities, that they may be fitted prom
erly to play their parts in modern life
which is far broader than any which has
gone before. There are many influences at
these uniVers ties which are not good for
young men, but which must be met fairy
and not in any sense avoided. Ii not COM
bated these influences would tend to foster
seinshneSS, trivlality, love of ease and dis
inclination to meet the real problems of
life. Every rich young man who manfuliy
overcomes these influences is a distinct
addition to the valuable forces OF the entire
nation. besides being far better fitted than
he who weakly yields to live a life In
which he may take proper personal pride
Young men who pass through the period of
education without loss of moral fiber will
use the money they inherit to their own
credit and the moral, material and intel
lectual uplifting of the race. The others
will come to naught; they will be the vic
tins of natures memorable law as to the
survival of the fit, and in this country
which has no law of entail, they will be
speedy victims, too. 1t is well for the re-
public that there is no law of entail here
1t Is a safeguard to the institutions of the
country that those who, through ncompe-
tence or disinclination rightly to employ
their wealth. misspend it, are certain soon
or late, to find that 1t has flown"
Bluff All Around.
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