The Portland daily press., 1899-02-13
THE LITERARY UNION.
Its Meeting 10 Discuss Philanthropy "a
Great Success.

The meeting of the Woman's Literary
! Union at Y. NJ. q. A. hall Saturday af-
ternoon was very interesting and largely
attended. he subject for the afternoon
was philanthropy The meeting was
| in charge of the SAVIOR Faire club with
the following committee US conductors:
Mrs. Alfred A. Kendall, chairman, Mrs.
George ii. Robinson and Mrs. Frank ".
| York.
Miss Blanchard, president of the W. L.
u, called the meeting to order AMI intro.
duced the committee. The exercises
opened with selection. Their sun
Shall No More 60 Down." sung by the
Cecilian quartotte, composed OF Miss Liz
zie NJ. brown, Miss Alice Nj. Sawyer,
Miss Edwina NJ. Richardson and Miss
Halves.
Mrs. Kendall said in Introducing the
subject for the afternoon that IL WAS one
which should interest every person and
which should strike a responsive chord in
every heart. Shs said there were num-
berless opportunities every day III our
own lives to advance this cause
every kind and truly sympathetic
word is II sunbeam whose rays may help
to dispel the gathering clouds of doubt
and oynicism in some overburden eel
heart
This is an age OF growth and advance.
ment in all directions. II we can but
train ourselves to find the good in every
| thing and so shape and direct our own
lives that we may be the ennobling and
| uplifting influences of those around US,
we shall have proved that philanthropy
has revealed itself to us in the widest and
| broadcast sense.
"lt gives me great pleasure 10 Introduce
to you one who Is a charter member OF
our club, who is now its honored vice
president she will speak to us upon this
most interesting topie-Mrs. George II.
| Robinson
| Mrs. Robinson said in substance as fol-
lows:
what word sums up the highest
Christian virtues, II not philanthropy
| II we press for definition of the term,
all men; not merely benetiting our class,
| but all classes. We must have generous
feeling for ali mankind.
Sympathy to onessfellows is regard ed
as proper, to man as man. To refuse il
| is looked upon as inhuman.
I've reckon il as dictate of humanity
| to pity the wretched and 10 provide fol
the homeless and starving.
Each Of us would intuitively turn out
of our way to help man in sudden i'll
ness or distress, which fact goes far &c
prove that there is much of innate kind
ness and Christian charity within us
But there are two kiuds of instructive
benevolenee, both in the individual ano
In society. There is the unconscious, ano
that which comes through habits estab
lished after many long and weary battles
with selfishness.
| Amos q. Warner tells us. The art of
aiding the poor has been praotioed from
time immemorial.' In the most ancient
times we ind accounts of active benero
lence among all people sufficiently civil.
lied TO have left literature behind
them"
Mrs. Robinson then briefly sketched
the history of philanthropy and said that
women were perhaps doing more for the
world in this way than anyone elsa.
Mrs. Stanley of tho Maine School fol
the Deaf then read IA paper on what /:
being done in that excellent institution
for the unfortunate and gave highly in
teresting account Of the method of teach