The Portland daily press., 1899-01-28


then concluded TINT there was no reaso'
why the fathers and mothers OF the boy
and girls should not have club. Int
club for the family was called the Neigh
i borhood Guild, with quarters at 20 Della
| ncey street. Tho Neighborhood Guild wa
the foundation of the University Settle
ment. In the Neighborhood Guild DIT
Colt paid all the expenses, asking no hell
I from any one.
When the Neigh borbood Guild was wei
established DIR. Colt was called to Lon
don TO succeed Moncure ID. Conway a.
the minister OF the Religious Society Of
South Place Chapel DIR. Colt made the
society one for the study OF ethical oul
turc, Undertook work among the London
| teneinents and founded Neighborhooc
Guild there. After time DIR. Colt re
turned to the United States and took
charge OF the University Settlement Dur.
ing The hard times in this winter OF 1874
| DIR. Colt conceived tho idea OF giving
the unemployed work by having the city
expend SO, 000, 900 on public improve
ments he logan dealing with labor lead
ers and arranged u mass meeting In
Madison Square Garden TO launch the
scheme.
The big am9hitheatre was packed with
a turbulent crowd of Socialists, labor
agitators and what not, among whoTu
were a few sober minded, serious mon Of
substance As result OF the meeting II
was decided to circulate petitions In favor
of a demand for the following, to be built
at the public expense.
$40 build underground railroads. ade-
quate to the city's needs. ="
"1o huild all the docks and wharves Of
the city of iron and granite.
Ito construct in every Senatorial dis
trict large Lublic baths, with swimming
pools for men and women. and private
baths with all modern improvements"
ITO construct underground water clos
cts ana layatories ut every fourth street
throughout the tenement house diatricts. "
ITO erect in every Senatorial district
n public hall for the use Of the people,
with rooms for labor intelligence bureaus
attached. I"
"ro huild as many new schoolhouses Us
the child population requires"
ITO tear down the rear tepements
throughout the tenement house districts
and to convert the back yards into inter
Tor parks"
Shortly after this meeting DR.. Colts
socialist views became too pronounced for
the patrons Of the University settlement
an he returned TO England In March.
1884. He has lived in or near London
ever since.
Invitations were issued in the name of
The prospective bride and bridegroom for
the wedding ana kensiugton Town Hall
was packed The marriage was preceded
by the arrangement of the usual formali-
ties at the office of the Registrar. The
ceremony took half an hour ana consisted
chiefly OF exhortations by Mr.. Harrison.
MIR Harrison, according to the London
Daily Mail, told tho meeting something
about the status OF woman among the
Romans, and set forth claim that the
kthical ceremony does good deal more TO
beautiiy marriage than the ceremony OF
either the Catholic or the Protestant
Church.
Then there was an exhortation to the
newly married couple to live in bonds Of
love, TO let their househould become u
centre of useful service to the com munity
and to train their children mp In the way
they should go Part of the Church Of
England service ('wilt thou take" etc
was interpolated, and here Mr.. Colt and
Miss Wetzlar stood up and the ring was
introduced MIR. Harrison admitted hav-
ing taken this part OF the ceremony from
the Church service, but said that the
Church in the beginning only incorpor-
ated it from an older ceremony. Then the
bride and bridegroom gave promises. In
answer TO MIR. Harrison's questions, that
they would live as most married people
have lived since marriage was instituted.
| liz was quite u solemn business. some-
thing like other Nonconformist religious
ceremonies, minus the religious element
At the conclusion young lady sang, to
harmonium accompaniment, song which
was in accord with the spirit of the meet
ing,