The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-17
EBERT HUBBARD'S TALK
HIS NEW LECTURE ON "THE
GOSPEL OF WORK"
Given at Harmonic Hall Saturday Even
ins-EnJOyed by Large and Fashion
able Audience.

ins-EDjOyed by u Large and Fashion
able Audience.
An appreciative gathering filled Har-
monte hall on Saturday evening, No
vember Is, to listen to Ebert Hub
bard's new lecture, the Gospel of
Work" In personnel Mr.. Hubbard has
changed but little since he spoke here
two years ago. and judging from the
size and culture of his audience, his
fame and fascination have not de-
creased.
Fra Elbertus" is not pioneer, he
does not claim to be; a modest pupil
of Ruskin, Froebel and William Nor
ris; he is only trying to live the Golden
Rule and to make things beautiful and
useful, particularly books, as we'll as
they were made two hundred years
ago. In Venice, at that distant period,
the finest manuscripts were written
and bound by hand; in Japan the vel
lum was prepared, but in all this coun-
try no man could be found to teach
the boys and girls at the Roycroft to
do these things well, so Mr.. Hubbard
had to import skilled workman from
Germany. People now admire and
wish to possess rare editions, the Roy
croft sends its books to Paris, to Lon
don, to Leipsic, to Chicago to New
Haven, to Naugatuck, anywhere there
are people who appreciate them
In the John Dewey school in Chicago
rich people pay two hundred dollars a
year that their children may be taught
self-reliance, Ito do things with their
hands" to overcome the disadvantages
of their birth, in wealthy homes where
servants are hired to perform those
daily services of routine which should
be understood and might be creditably
done by the females of the household
1t looks now as if our western city
might find in the pupils a happy alter
native, if families there are reduced to
the conditions of New York city, where
many families are giving up house
keeping because of the demands of
servants. Here Mr. Hubbard drew an
amusing but true picture of American
life. A man builds a $4,000 cottage,
and begins to furnish it. He buys
things at the Friday bargain counter
at Siegel & Coopers or Wanamakers
They come into his house by express
by special delivery, by freight and they
don't look quite as they were expected
to look. So he buys some more things
and soon must have some people to
look after these things and then some
one to look after the people who look
after his things, and he finally owns
so many things that the things own
him, and he has to go to a doctor who
reports another case of Nervous
Pros" If these people are wise, they
will make bonfire of their things but
lacking courage to do this, let them
give to their poor relations and to ne
groes the things they don't want They
will find sweet satisfaction in so do
ing. Mr.. Hubbard's pithy epigrams
are we'll known. Here are a few from
Saturday night:
"A genius is either a man who lives
way off or a dead man.
The Froebel idea was the best idea
ever devised for the education of -
parents"
No man, not even a college presi-
dent, dare say that any man is perfect
ly educated.
"A child's education is accomplished
by two processes, impression and ex-
preston, the latter most important;
some children get so full of impress
sions that they must exercise expires
sion or they will bust
At this mothers and teachers looked
at each other with sympathetic under
standing.
Fra Albertus believes in himself, he
appears sincere; an enthusiast who ac-
complshes much in any line of ad-
vancement is entitled to our respect
The display in Judd's window last
week was proof tangible of his ability
to instruct and skill in experimenting
in the production Of beautiful books.
There are those who jeer and scott at
the man who started and conducts the
Roycroft, but there is a large and
reasonable doubt as to whether these
jeerers and scoffers could produce such
results in any line of work, while the
particular line in which Fra Albertus
excels is department of art which ap-
peals to the highest form of mental
ity.
A man who can talk an hour and a
half to an audience which would gladly
listen longer is man of ideas and
though all of his ideas may not be to
our liking, we shall not deny the fact
of their abundance, nor the charm of
their expression to report faithfully
and interestedly such a speaker as Ell
bert Hubbard is not easy; the mans
personality counts for so much, the
only thing is for every one to hear him
for himself and as often as he comes
our way.
Mr.. Hubbard closed his lecture with
that fine thought of Louis Stevenson's
II know what pleasure is. for 1 have
done good work" K. H. T.
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