Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-05-10
BIRMINGHAM.
England's Great Manufacturing CITY
WAYS and Means For Improvement
or the Working People-Letter Num-
Der x.

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Correspondence Rehmond Palladium.
BIRMTSGHAM, England
April pc. 1900.
There are gratifying evidences OF
the improvement of the common peo-
pie in Birmingham, and it doubtless
extends to all England. This morn
ing we were invited to take break
fast with William White and gladly
accepted for we wanted to hear from
his own lips the story of his valuable
work. He is now about eighty years
old but is still active, and though we
ate breakfast with him at 8 o'clock
and had a delightful visit two and a
half hours later be took his place as
magistrate in court to try cases that
would come before him. He has
never married and lives with sis
ter.
Last night at Severn Street Insti-
tnte we saw a large, beautiful, up
holstered walnut chair that was pre-
sented two years ago by the mem
bers of the schools to William White
in honor of his completing fifty years
Of service as conductor of adult
schools At the present time more
than three thousand persons are in
these schools, and he is as actively
engaged as ever / wish | might
tell some of the pathetic instances be
narrated but cannot here. YESTERDAY
we attended funeral that gave mucf
evidence of the good of this work
The deceased had been taken int,
these schools, and had become ;
Christian He gradually rose in pc
sition and influence till he was uni
versally beloved. Fully a Thousand
persons were at the grave, and, a.
the BODY was borne oft, sweet musi
came from many singers. Then Their
was Bible reading, prayer, and adj
dresses by William White and others
Tears filled the eyes of the singer
and many others, and that man, one
the boy rescued by the great worl
going on here, was mourned by tn
whole community that loved him be
cause he had become a good man
Thousands have been lifted to
higher life, through this same instru
mentality that lifted him.
1t is great subject on which | al
writing and Birmingham is won
derful place for such things Cad
burys, the great Cocoa manufao
turers, are here Today l went t
their works and at noon saw thei
two thousand employees file out 70
dinner All were cheerful and tidy
1t is considered a great blessing t
get employment here, for all are as
sured of safety and protection c
character / wish | might tell NOR
but must be content to give glimpse
and let the reader read between tn
lines. Three hundred to four hun
dred acres have been occupied wit
nice brick cottages, and these en-
ployes are given opportunity to bu
their houses on easy payments an
at low rates. Thirty three cottage
have been built and furnished to lie
free to worthy poor on condition tia
they labor as they can for self SUP
port. Into these we looked an,
found them models of comfort. Gu
houses, reading rooms and meetin,
rooms are provided. Each day tn
employees volr.rIc lily assemble aG rL1
employer S expense for divine wor
ship.
Time is all too brief to describ
several other such charitable enter
prises, but, passing over them,
must merely mention a commodiou
girls home, with acres of beautiful
park and flower gardens around il
and then speak of Mosely Institute
| 1t is vast building. 1t contains
lecture room for an audience of NOR
than two thousand, fifty or sixt
rooms, gymnasium, reading room
coffee room, pipe organ, piano an
other instruments, church room
bicycle room, and every imaginabl
convenience. The builder of thi
costly building is Richard Cadbury
About year ago he died at Jerusa
lem. Under great difficulties hi
body was brought here for burial an
ten thousand people attended tn
funeral. Just as the body was lowere
into the grave a lark rose up on hig
above the great multitude singin;
merrily, and the people couldn t he'll
thinking of it as typical of the risin.
to heavenly chimes of the spirit O
this great benefactor of humanity
These works of good are still carries
on by two sons of the late Richar,
Cadbury and his brother George an,
two sons. All are members of tn
Friends church, and, in connection
with the institutes and adult school
thus maintained, are establishe,
meetings of that denomination, at
tendance on which is wholly volun
| tary, without even an invitation
One thinks, as looking over the grea
memorial left by the kindness of
man of wealth, that he found the Sc
cret of the solution of the problem o
harmonizing labor and capital And
especially, it makes one glad tina
men are learning to use their wealth
while vet living, in way that can
not fail to benefit humanity, anC
transform it from the material tenn
poral into spiritual eternal treasure
ELLwooD Q. ELLIS.