The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-16
AN INTERESTING EVENING IN
 MOITNT CARMEL.


 i To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 A rare treat was enjoyed by the peo- pie of Mount Carmel Friday evening in lecture of unusual interest by Dr. i William Howe Holman. A pleasant at mosphere of cordiality differentiated it l from the usual lecture from the fact that Dr. Holman came at the invitation 1 of Mrs. Brewster in recognition of the ! birthday of MT. Brewster, and the au- dience were guests instead of ticket holders. All could come who would, and the pleasant room-Ives Hall---was filled with Mount Carmers best people in evening attire to do honor to the dis tinguished visitors. With MT. and Mrs. Brewster were Mrs. Holman and Presi- dent and Mrs. Hadley. President Had ley introduced the speaker by address ing the audience in brief complims msntary remarks on the natural beauties of the town, and then, to use his own words he pressed the button and Dr. Tolman did the resi-
 And the result of this pressing the button' was all that even this marvel loving age could desire, for during the hour and q half which followed the au- dience was delighted with two hundred or more pictures thrown on the canvas with an ease and rapidity which only a most accomplished operator could give, while the natural colors of sky, verdure and architecture vividly illustrated the accompanying lecture.
 As Mount Carmel for the last six months has been much agitated over the subject of village Improvement. and quite fund has been amassed toward this object, the lecture was most hap py thought to stimulate ideas and show the latent possibilities in even most un- promising quarters. Dr. Holman first showed what has been actually accom- plished at Port Sunlight, England, where Is modern industrial Arcadia representing an expenditure of $1,250,- I GOO. The architectural beauty of the | workingmen's homes, the drives lawns | gardens and recreation grounds make it well-regulated toll The speaker gave | lHl cC StllCldi pilllilllCS III letlluSSdPC | gardening-irregular outlines, an open l center space and massing of color and l effect. A most significant fact is that | an eight-hour day enables the workmen 1 to have the personal care and enjoy l ment of these beauties of nature and | the amusements provided for them. | Fifteen hundred of the employees were taken to the Paris Exposition last sum- mer
 Next came views of the Krupp works ! in Germany, embracin 50000 employees. | This is a grand development of the 1 same liberal and humanitarian ideas, | but there was lacking the exquisite | beauty of Port Sunlight A picture was | shown of the Golden Book in which | is inscribed the names of employees who | have served for twenty-five years and | to whom is given special insignia Of | honor. It will be seen that stability, | mutual consideration between employer and employe and opportunity | for individual development in reasona- ble work hours have thus achieved the | solution of labor problems which vex so , many parts of the world day Amer ica, with it's wealth of dollars and ideas, has not yet produced anything on so , a scale as these industrial centers of the Old World, but pr. Tol- man gave fine views of what has been done at Hopedals, Mass, at Briarcliff i Farm on the Hudson, and, notably at | Dayton, Ohio, by the National Cash l Register company. Comfortable seats | for the toilers while at work, bath rooms and opportunity for muscular ex- | ercise in recreation make life better | worth the living than where the work man spends all his waking hours at his | toll without thought of cleanliness or | or joy in the world around i him, and that this regard for the work | ingman is also profitable is evidenced in | the prosperity of these large concerns which have pursued these liberal ideas
 At the close of the lecture, which was listened to with great attention and ap- preciation, thanks were rendered in a few we'll chosen words by Rev MT. Mu- die, the pastor at Mount Carmel.
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