New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-02
TO OUTWIT THE SALOON
ROBERT wO0DS'S PLAN To BRAND THE
nRTNKARD WITH SOCIAL DISGRACE.

stu another solution Of the saloon problem was
suggested in this city yester5aT- Robert i.
Woods. head worker Of the South End House,
Boston. I'm the first Of six addresses to be given
before the NetEhborhood Workers Association at
-he West Side %etzhborhood House. commended
2 cumulative sentence for the hahirlal drunkard
and Ultimate treatment similar TO that given 70
the hopeIessly insane Such a method. Mr Woods
said would result n associatinE with The liquor
drinking elements Of personal precautfon ard sociel
disgrace I the drurkarG were Il receive =
logger and longer term each time he cones before
the court fo- sentence. until At last hs were shf
away entirely from his fellows until cured. ire
saloon would he branded as the entrance - the
1r--or7'ees -t- ard young men would learn TO
hesitate or it threshold
NIr Woo6s's subject was The weak II the
s---r--e- He discussed minimizing the waste
in -b= human rss'61ur. the causes Of poverty and
ravperfsr7 and foz they may - attacked. and the
r-sr ,az- u shut off the contasjon q Pauperis1n
and 6aCenersCy.
: --es- deal ~ good human life is going 70
--zs~a IN she ser0i-oaroerized classes. he said
The ove-pared theory a the survival Of the fttest
furnishes no solution 70 the problem The cues
ton IS. how - bring the power Of reason ana N
+e11irerce 10 bear -noG the subject IN such way
-Ha- nature nay h helped 10 90 her work Inc
Spartan net Oh % disposne Of children physically
weak was not only inhuuan bat ~astetuL Every
atom q child life may become of use 10 the com
rnunttv
Too much stress, Mr. Woods thought is put
1.7or preventive and Tot enough on CONSTRUCTIVE
work He derned constructive work as vast
scheme 70 bring the people lie and its agencies
as baths gynnasia, Fairgrounds, constantly
broadening educational efforts. and all the FACTORS
for widening life
preventive work. so called IS adequate to the
nrohle-, Of pauperisrn. One great difficulty about
o-r.-'zed charity is that it undertakes 10 oed'
with roo many grades Of people
settlement work is not adapted 10 deal with the
Iov-es- stratum Of society. L aims To make HE
more secure and less precarous Tor ne.ehpoTs sur
rounding all such centres, for, as RUE 'he m
ranf-arrs Of such districts belong 20 the unskiled
class which is always IN danger OF raining oeCh
into the slough Of despond-
one Of The great difficulties IN trying 10 help the
l,ref5lrloy-ed IS that the man who is cut OF Work
and willing TO work ls hopelessly mixed
with the tramp and his kind II this condition
could b. overcome pllilanthropic efforts cou-c De
more irdulgeut in dealing with the unemployed
man who viii work. and could see that his family
does come 10 physical and moral rum "i4II7
occupation Is being 1p-ilo loI MN ,,- NJ
AS 4 practical way out % the dilemma. Nj
Woods suggested The scheme proposed ny SLaI t res
Booth Of London 10 esti5p-sh ItlIl
should amount to moral and Industrial training
schools for the semi-psupe-ized class Sucn IN
stiruTiOns. he said. should Toe Tree from n"
Of disgrace attached TO the aln-shOuse. TfiS retod
would separate tte bona hde unemployed from
those who do not want 10 work
Whatever may be said u the difficulties attend
ing the uplifting Of the degenerate and lncaptiple
class the problem Is not hopeless. but to Its soll-
80 -lsr ne brought factors essential success
IN the mercantile world. The same dauntless ad-
,.e~rTI-Grls spirit. the same Couquering. imperial
purpose: The same eager. nquiriuE disposition that
ever seeks nAw worlds 10 conquer. are all needed
in the sociological fray 80,
-ocrar-- II Labor Il viii he given IN the " est
SIDE Neigh orhood House Tenth-ave- and Fiji
repeated in the same place on Tuesday morning at
1890 o'clock.