New-York tribune., 1902-03-31
4 LABOR MUSEJ ".
WORK OF ONE OF THE EDUCATIONAL DE-
PARTMENTS OF HULL. HOUSE

| PARTMENTS OF HULL HOUSE.
Busy mothers and Erandmothers Of the tene-
ments to whom the various festivities Of the Set
Elements appeal than 10 other members Of their
| families. have been brought into prominence at
! Hun House. Chicago. where labor museum Is
one Of the interesting departments. Regarding the
| Labor Museum Miss Jane Adams gave inter
esting account yesterday to a Trouu" reporter.
! She said in part:
Among nearly all nationalties Of the varied pop
remember textile processes learned IN their father
land. and 1t IS these women who have been the
| contributors to the museum. Not only have their
threads and fabrics been shown, but nearly every
fax and silk have been put through the various
processes OF preparation and spun into thread 10y
TO her native land. Among the exhibitors have
been Syrans Greeks, Italians russians. Irish and
The museum was first suggested by the fact that
Ht0v. the e,tra t C H ~ co. I',y sun ti
and that some OF the older women sun the
prmluLe FORM OF spindle and distan. II was
possible graphically TO illustrate the development
and historic order the skin which fh an eoI
ony contains but which has become useless under
| demonstration was believed would not only
prove educational; but might have an indirect so
cia result. The children and more ambitious young
the simpler Italians who possess this skill partly
because they consider them uucouth and un-Amer-
team, and partly because undue the schools
1t was hoped that giving the older people chance
10 us" their skill might lead TO several distinct
The ~ wqFa 5 mus mqsgum a,o 2gFpqsey used in prefer
With 6d6 10 as EGw an6 6 people rm a W 9d
sttll retains some fascinatons OF the show. The
spot which attracts most people at any exhibition
so trivial thing as girl cleaning gloves or man
crowd Who look on With absorbed interest II was
believed that the actual carrying forward OF in
Itself would tend 10 mn 1e tho teaching dramatic
"A Al "a 20
OF Irregular attendance. II further believed.
although perhaps it is difficult to demonstrate that
when the materials Of daily life ana contact remind
connections. II would mold his interest and feed his
thought as abstract and Hnconneced study utterly
TO keep the museum a labor museum in contra
distinction to commercial museum.
The museum began with very simple equipment
ga thered largely from the neighborhood itself ana
with workers who lived within few blocks Of Hull
departments in the museum, but only the textile de
first winter From the very first month IT was
the museum who had never cared 10 attend the he
other educational advantages offered by Hun
students from the various HUI House classes and
actual demonstration During the winter numbers
Of school children and classes Of teachers visited
became petipatetic and "arried its demonstrations
In connection with the demonstration work little
collections OF fax and cotton, as well wool and
from the material to the factory product They
sjnnr S Of Az Win b me early
cultivation Of fax along the Nile and the modern
manner Of preparing fax in Belgium with the out
door rettinS In the river Iys Maps showing routes
Of the silk trade of merchant caravans between
India and Southern Europe decorate the walls and
used 10 illustrate the relation of the SILK carry
ing trade 10 the discovery of America.
Other departments are gradually being added o
the textile in the museum and the exhibition of
all will he carried in much the same manner as
that Of the nrst section They include woods book
binding grains, metals and pottery As the textiles
correlate with the sewing. dressmaking and mil
lnery classes of Hull House the bookbnding will
correlate with Miss Ellen STAIRS bookbinding the
wood with the shop for Sovi carpentry and wood
carving OF the Hull House Guild and the grains
with the cooking classes.