The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-31
TEDDY TO YOUNG MEM ORTHODOX JEWS MEET
Roosevelt Speaks to Christian
Association.
VITAL NEED OF BROTHERHOOD
RECOGNIZED.

New York, Dec. Ex-Governor Roose-
Welt spoke this afternoon at Carnegie
hall before an audience of young men
that completely filled the house. 1t
was a mass meeting arranged by the
Y. IL g A. Of the city, but it was some
what unique in the fact that the CHIEF
speaker was in a way addressing more
than a hundred other audiences
throughout the country. Copies of Gov
ernor ROOSeNeit's address had been Sc
cured ia advance, and sent to associa-
tons Throughout the country and it
was said that the address was read
aloud at more than 100 other meetings
at the same hour at which he addressed
his audience.
William z. Dodge presided Among
those present were DR.. .. o. Howard
General John r. Brooke and various Of
ncers nom the harbor forts and the
navy yard. There were also more than
100 bluejackets and soldiers present
most OF them members of the army and
navy branch of the association. The
New York festival chorus, conducted
by Morgan, the director. rendered must
cal selections.
AR Dodge spoke briefly on the history
OF the Y. NJ c. A, and then eulogfzed
Colonel Roosevelt an the various ca
paeities in which he is known to the
public.
Received with Applause.
The vice. presidenu-eIect was received
with prolonged applause. He spoke as
follows:
1t is a peculiar pleasure to me to
come before you today to greet you,
and 20 bear testimony to the great good
that has beeL done by these Young
Mems and Young Women's Christian
associations throughout ne United
fF15g al Ia
More and more we are getting to recOg-
nize the law of combination. This is
true of many phases in our industrial
life, and Il is equaliy true of the world
of philanthrOpiC effort. Nowhere is il.
or VIII it ever be, possible to supplant
individual effort and individual initia-
tive; but, in addition TO this. there must
be work in com Si1atiOn. More and
more this is recognized as true, not
only IN charitable work proper, but in
that best form of philanthropic en-
deavOr where we do good to ourselves
by all joining together to do good to
one another. This is exactly what is
done in your associations.
1T seems TO me that there are several
reasons why YOU are entitled to es-
petlal recognition from ali who are in
feIeSted ia the betterlnent of our
American social system. First and fore
most. your organization recognizes the
vital need of bro herhOOd, the most
vital of all our needs mere in ais great
continent The existence of a Young
Mems or Young WOmen's Christian as
ISOLATION Is certain proof that some peO-
PIE at least recognize in practical shape
the identity of aspiration and interest
both in things material and in things
higher, which. with us. must be wide,
spread through the masses OF the peO-
pie, if the national life is TO attain full
development.
"Tais spirit of brotherhood recognizes
of necessity both the need Of self-help
and also the need Of helping others in
the only way which eyer ultimately
does great good, that IS. of helping
them 10 help themselves. Every man of
US needs such help at some time. and
each of as should be glad % stretch out
his hand To d brother who stumbles.
But while every man needs at times
To be lifted up when he stunbles, no
man can afford TO let himself be car
ried. and il is worth no mans while to
Try thus t9 carry some one else. The
man who lies down, who VIII not try
10 walk. has become q mere cumberer
Of the earth's surface
These associations of yours try TO
make men self-helpful and to help them
when they are self-helpful. They do not
Try merely to carry them. to benefit
them f3r the moment at the cost of
their future undOins. This means thai
an in any way connected with them
not merely retain. but increase their
self respect Any man who takes part
in the work of such an organization is
benefited To some extent. and benefits
course always with the prOvisc that the
organization is we'll managed, and is
run on q business basis as we'll as with
a philOsOphiC purpose