New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
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TWO PIONEERS.


supplied many able workers to the other Settle
ments. The Nurses Settlement, one Of the most
interesting and efficient in the city; the Pro-
cathedral Resident Workers. the Kings Daugh-
ters and the Gospel Settlement occupy the lower
East Side in it's densest and most needy quarter.
The Young Woman's Settlement. in Avenue b,
styed the Christodora, and the Hope Chapei
Settlement in Fourth-st, hold the outposts OF
the crowded German quarter Three active set
Elements flourish in the middle East Side section
of the city-the Friendly Aid, In Thirty-fourth-
St. under the management Of Mrs. Kngsbury
Smkhovitch; the Calvary. under Protestant
Episcopal auspices, in Twenty -second-st' ana
| the Phelps Settlement over the rivers edge.
On the upper East Side there are five Settle
ments-the Normal College Alumna, the East
Side House the Union Settlement, the uptown
branch OF the Nurses Settlement, and house
under Roman Catholic auspices, whose residents
work along the same lines Of neighborllness as
other Settlements.
On the West Side four Settlements have been
established-the Amity. the West Side, fostered
by the Young Women's Christian Association;
the well-knswn Hartley House, and sturdy
Settlement in the centre of the colored quarter
Authorities state that other Settlements nave
existence in different parts OF town, private es-
Establishments whose addresses are known only
TO the workers and those who are neighbors
with them.
settlements are cropping up all over town.
said a woman worker recently. Every now anc
then | hear Of a new one just mother ana
daughter or two sisters, maybe or coupe or
trio of friends, who take this way OF being OF
use to their fellows. They set up their househoid
I'm needy quarter, and give such time anu
means as they spare to the Improvement o'
the neighborhood. There is never any sign VI
the door of these homes, or any outward ex-
nression of the work, except perhaps in the
freshness of the window curtains ana the POP
shed door knob ard bell pull, but the neighbors
know of the hospitality within. and the postHian
and the policeman who have their own signs 10
on nv find ont that persons something out OK
the common are living at that particular numoef
on the block"
VARIED WORK REQUIRED.
The work at the settlements varies with the
| needs and nationality of the people Down m
Essex and Rivington SITS. the majority OF the
vounp people are keen in mental pursuits and
eager for advancement in all lines of intellectual
interest For the most part they are Jews
the children OF parents uprooted from their
native Old World environment, OF people WHO
have suffered hardship because OF their adher-
| ence to their traditions, and they seize WIN
| avidity on the teachings that promise advan-
| tage to them The parents cannot folio" ths
children In acquiring a strange language ana
new IDEAS but they offer little opposition 10 toe
children learning The typical East size poy
Is bright and ambitious. He enjoys Things 'hA@
appeal to his intelligence, and his sister Is nos
far behind him in taking up artistic ana inter
lectual pursuits when the chance oHers' i
Germans are of slower, more practicai ihiho
and the Irish and Bohemians prefer 10 envy
themselves rather than to study
The Bohemians have no strong desire TO learh'
saws DR. Langworthy, Of the Nornai N"''e'
Settlement and the aim must be 10 give eien'
a large share Of home life and soclai pfi'hee
combined with a modicum OF mentai "orh ""
| tbeir interest can be won. Lack or purpose anu
lack of application are the peculiar dimcuiue7
that the workers among Bohemians nave 10 'o''
| tend with The women take interest IN the sew
ing classes and there are more little chiiuren
waiting TO attend the Settlement Free hihue'
garten than can be accommodates
The East Side House at SeVeh'y-s'N's-
and the East River. is frequented oy the IAN
" we'll TODD working people OF that res'on a"N
their families The aim Of the management MAJ
been Ito found a home which snail De s'""N
ing object lessen in better ways vi "''s,
and shall illustrate the beauty or ordef' u
cleanliness, of gentle ways and frlendS syn
pathy" The visitor. after tour through VIC
place and a talk with the head workers Is u
the epinion that the spirit as well as the letter
of this purpose has been carried out; ee'e"
residents have worked there in the last year.
most Of them men in the professions ana pul'
suing their daily business, but devoting '"o
$3.50 Lii.