The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-02-24
SOCIAL SETTLEMENT WORK.
ArWs avn vsrHoDs ~ rHy Nyw rom
~ rHUtNTRROrv
Attsmp,s b" . Wsndrsd wss ." Usip the Poor
s.S wshs th-,r Name. rrsh's' se'er''no
stsdt ~ theit >e~d. I've Nsssi's ~
Netshboti. wort 80 10, q sI,sd suets-sfsi,

%, ssttl~msr''~ anid Iansa u Hrvnolia,
head ~ tho I rIver-f'y Settlement Win y
twinkle In he eye .Nh,. - = place fhrfs
f"utlr ro''ls Ihsn rullIns he fsce Into
sravef lire., 30 continued + tried ~ ru1bs
= definition ~ n settlement onc" an 7 rr"w
la"I rrvot ~ DO 10 ,s0Io BIT In s"n".oI
tpu rig'' ell ~ = ,or''o In which educated
mon AND " Mon Two ~ urIe-'pks sr'I0l s'ulv
and ~ roopotpte with tho furr'q ~ 'h"I'
district and N" phranihfrpt. nrgrnIS1''n'
of ne civ IN Tho W ~ ~ social hrt'o-mo''
Tho definition ~ y s%eftlemrn' ,1fiss a..
oo'dirc ~ 'hn point ~ view md probably
very few ~ the s0oo people who iHhc sd.
vantage ~ tre 7 rIvo-s'v Settlement svetv
week would duplicate No on" given by Nt
Re, mold.
~ n rlsos ~hsrs 'rcv ko~ps %rerni"s
explained - motherlv littlo sc'"r velt-uli.
who wa dragging = threeysar.old hp No"
Settlement s'.ps With son" hq-t"
SO shove 81 twr nt.iat ruru"ra. M" sum
total = ho- iopos't that dqy. and took her
place ~ 'u" end 81 A. uneasy line - boy' md
sils 'tr r".'hol tom tho door OH ABOUND
~" lc unNy Frd"rg'I'"" r..w ~ tho row"
of cn9Irs WHO'RE the Ieru..'o.' a. IN s'at"
f1-t before their fI'" anne u'f 10 i".N 1h"y
ticli"I up the copr"r' uuI nIutel'. ani
received tampa ip their hnrI books instead.
ur proud, dew uu' the 20 cent. or lees. per
har-. which represented tho accumulated
.n,nes Of many months
The chNit"u4 bank l. only one Of tho
huudr"d WAYS IN which the Settlement meets
Mo special ne"ds . tho uo'ghhorhood In
the morning. the kindergarten gathers IN =
host - children ami makes lie merry Tor
them until ~" clock strikes - In the a'tor-
noon thcrn - kitchen garden. ~ cooking
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how . sweep AMI iu7t and sot mo table. an
do al tho thinrs that y good housewife
should know Euowl.ig" which they put
To good u,c in tiny tenement kitchens whore
the %riretio- u Ne are usually neglected
1hon there ar" clubs innuncrable. which
among them serv" - provide FOR every age
md ambition History clubs. literature
'luhs. u whist club. n law clul, a nttl~tl'e's
club, an ou""sv"r club. AMI y n"lg'hnfh"ud
,.vl, club. are only a law ~ 'ha intellectual
Crsaui/t'"nS tNa' meet rom DAY 70 gay IN
rhr settlement Musical -oci"tirs AMI 4
choral union tpu-dl 10 au''ho" ~ or ta-t"s
Rnd n" ~ Iuns-ium is TIL %1n"'h"r
Their. al" dancing classes also Cor chill.
drcu aud for pri- and boys and en'crtaIi-
mcuts for the young and old ~ ~" uclgh-
books tu those who want them, and a llG-e,
cheerful r"adinsroo PROVIDED WIN rar"r7
'u'" for iAr saloon. wuen boys aud m"p
have u lrl~ur" hour 4, model rawnshop
IN connection Win n" settlement mas proved
one - IN" most h"lpful Institutions 10 the
Ee"pl% ah9Ht oniy i ,RccT .gai per m"@ I,
The IRs1l Nd Sool''v, which has : room pa
tho settlement. has been Invaluable 10 III"
for"trn-norn population nj the district. and
uf u law which he .ould not understand has
been helped ont Of his Difficulties 10y this
sucI"tv
social settlements have come 20 be 50
natural a part uf modern CIVILIZATION that
II -"em- as y th"v, had always "NIst"G But
IN reality the whole movement l. very n"S
Iny,u"" Val 90 nudor. u" trs' SettieMtnt
~ all va olan"d a. r%"Centlv, a. $50 Two
Years later nr cot established 2 modest
Nitlc nelshhorho"i guild ~ N"w York The
l!r-I American settlement IiI~ VH~ tli,t-
ward en- bodied N tho luly, r-ity settle
mcr', which therefore stands 40 iAe oldest
IT.. college settlement In T. lvlrgton street.
New York and Hu.l HouT" in chicago v"re
both opened ~ i-sa. and sIu"" mat tlne
the growth ~ the movement ha- he"u very.
rapid ltha1 got been conan"d 10 Lnsi9nd
rrent, also berlin and Amsterdam Even
~ 'nr-oti India, IN Bombay, th"r" Is 4 settle
m nnJ Kio i"N, VIII N ,G Ie'fIIT out nSS of N"c.rrT 1 h% rIy;
Love sounds the settlement w1t .hw"rd
Charity + Pot The object "ttheNe s"t,lr'n.tis'
n"i shbuTinrs, never This FRIENDLY spirit
frdS yarou- m%"thot- 81 cNrr"sN..s ~.
:" tioo"Moh, her are tweniy-c.rrr now
IN Nrw York. AID no two do "Na,'ly the
sam" work Harley lIo1.c for instance.
jay 49, a. h''h 'a'LH ~ ~ '.N .'' roo
IN IL "iGIborhood and oN"r, instruction
IN com','ig e,g,omy, klt,n-n sart"nrr,
themselves IN" church settle
m"nt- em phteil" the rciisi"u- side" Of the
wort more .r l.-, ~tronsIy N!r'.- sel,I@,
- the poor sick r. The rct-t'Hrh.'G tEt
provide lesson. IN nursing a we'll ~ work
TIE University Settlement in its work
air g particularly I" r"dl u ne ~ 1"U"'dH0t
uuor iho,, Who have enough 10 ctt perhaps.
-t,.1. .- a. L. hut ~ hn = . rk4HN tU stsvN
other way. II" nov hu.iirG az ~ Eldr.ise
s%tr""' hlS The h"-' "4nlrW"n' q m. s%"i'."-
,lubruoiu-, assembly la,., uhrary amt reading
room :. 10 has q ~'~'HU If hH'h- as a result
-ry'u IN pleasant weather ID" roof garden
at tie Top of 'h" house . 81 "u'd -" no publ
H." Attempt ''. max" nc" hr.-hfrr and
happier Tor ON" individual i onIv iGft "i TIE
m"ut or any ,,ner worthy OF ~ NAM buiit
gi,aT 'urn9or,cd n IA, new g,,rel OF hrotherly
love cannot ipr the life Of him understand
since spiritual improvem"nt cannot be
wSrSe- viii find tho advocate OF 'hs old
method hard to convert. TIE latter probably
seems To Mr Revnolds proof positive that
the efforts OF the Workers are suggeed.nS;
have organized IN aid society and oG' oi
,heir own l%oy"r'y they VII. give 70 thos"
and four girls. former club members, prac-
tis.d What thev had learned At tho settle
ment bv taking charge Of. Fairgrounds
Others, who to begin with had no public
spirir, are definitely helping their community
in various WAYS.
Rut such results as this might seem fan
tastiG to u man who wished his charity 20
matcrialize into coal and potatoes, and lie
would pooh pooh at settlements more wig
orously than eyer.
A. social c~crfres though protested ono
settlement workman 81 his kind. Think
what n power they are "
"Nhai do these people want OF a social
centre" was the scornful reply. why don't
they STAY At home2"
fave Won ever heen In an Fast Side tene-
menl." asked the worker.
The man confessed that he hadn't
The kitchen i eight bv nine, sometires.'
eNpHlnrd VA" Worker. IlHts rather a
largo ono Tho windows are ~huJ n righ' as
a drum n"oau~a heat ~ expensive, and so The
silnprr odor- 'asf IN breakfast - the urIy
room warmed m N" tenement. and ~" tat.iv
l-c. q ipI q sitting room h" family
includes ar' rgNIl'r iron. I'VE to u dozen.
After supper the lat'or smoke, bad tobacco,
the chIIdr,. ,uuilbl". PERHAPS they como 20
Blow. and above 1t all H." v"afcnci baby
,ri"S dl~WallN
= -u' luli of i girl ~ ~" s"lIracn' one
NIGHT who had t'tu running Wild, and | UI'
vurlr question iu h.r. Ii"u ! found 'l" only
home 80 had wa IL" that DO .Nuu wonder
that bo.- rc' oar Of Il UlIUc Tx" thu or
iris ci'ho-. Rut wlol" can tIcy Cu'. li"r"
49,, IA al HIa lTf z.Ittl, tT dance Iall-. ts