The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-04
THE PROGRESS OF nENEPIoHNcE.


THE PROGRESS OF BENEFICENCE.
While the old complaint holds as good,
II not better today than ever before that
the few grow rich from the substance OF
the many and at their expense, and men
spend their days and nights studying out
how it can be made otherwise, 1T is
happiness to turn from the seeming hope
slessness of sitJ all and dwell on what is
being sieneJ fifs not to undo the greed OF
the few, at least to remedy the helpless
ness of the many.
Few of U.S. who are not in close touch
with theis progress of the world kno"
anything off the splendid extent of the
work,awhach. as being done all over the
world tor make the lot Of the poor ana
helplessabetters and to introduce the ele-
ment. of the humane and kindly into the
relations of men.
AZ few. Instances Of the good that Is
being done may not be amiss. During
tho past month attention has. for In
stance. been called to the following:
Mr.. Peter A. Wfdener, of Philadelphia.
has consulted the mayor of that city
witha a gtewsto the erection and endow-
nent Of a home for crippled children at
a > cost of $2,0O0.oeO. A tract of thirty
acres has already been purchased for the
purpose.
BY the will of the late Robert Beck
Brigham, a former hotelkeeper Of Bos-
ton, the bulk of an estate valued at So
ture Of the will is It's provision for the
establishment and endowment Of a hos
pital for ineurables IN the city wherein he
amassed his wealth.
A church in the same city has purchas-
I ed farm which will be used as vaca-
| ton home for working naethers. young
men and women and children members
! of the congregation.
| In indianapolis, Mr.. William II Ballard
is building home for young women VINO
work in offices and have no homes OF
their own, in which such young ladies
/ may have all the surroundings. privileges
| and comforts which they have been used
| to In their own homes. The building
alone will cost for erection $4,000.
| The movement to ameHorate the condi-
| ton of discharged prisoners is making
great Roadway In England. Judges
prosecuting attorneys and public officials
| generally have united in the work OF
| setting ex-convicts on their feet. One
mission alone gave 21.224 discharged pris.
oners last year their first meal out OF
| prison and found work for 5,998 Of them
/ who were willing to accept it. In the
last twenty-five years this same assoeta-
ton has helped close to 100000 prisoners
| after their liberation.
| The work of cooperative housekeep-
estate Of Philadelphia. A block Of build
| ings will be built which will have light
| and heat furnished from central plant
for q small monthly addition to the rent
| They will each have a garden plot at
tached, and will be under the care OF
the Girard estate. Common kitchens and
cooperative laundries may be a feature
of the buildings.
Each day brings us instances Of thfs
kind. Beginning less than fifty years
ago the instances Of Individual: sbenef
icenee increase each year. A generation
which has witnessed the good deeds o.
such men as Peabody, Peter Cooper
Baron Htrsch, Samuel J. Tilden and An
drew Carnegie may well feel that tht
/ example Of these men Is not being lost
Indeed the evidences ara crowding or
public attention every day that the pos
SCISSORS Of the wealth Of our day are
coming to recognize more clearly wha
| their obligations are to their fellow crea
lures whose toll OF substance has helped
| them to their possessions