New-York tribune., 1902-12-14
FUTURE.

SON a valued co-Iaborer of Miss Jane Adams
of the Hull House Social Settlement 1t oc-
CURED to her that the rising generation should
be prepared for the change which the socialists
believe to be approaching, and she conceived the
plan of forming a Sunday school for that pur-
pose The school started IN settlement
thickly populated by socialists. and it is now
the largest of nearly dozen of the same kind
There are no classes in the original institution
The children are taught in one body by the
superintendent Miss Swanson and by visiting
lecturers The session is from IL to 12 o'clock
every Sunday morning. In lieu of the Bible
and prayers there is good deal Of singing Tbs
teaching has for it's subject the universal broth
erhood of man and the coming cooperative COM
monweaIth Very often the lecturers take their
themes from sketches such as Ruskn's king Os
the Golden River" The supporters Of the
schools expect to see them multiply with great
rapidity With some socialists they not pop
ular but the objection of these is said to be that
they are called Sunday schools and, as the ses-
sions are held the Sabbath. they resemble too
much Christian Sunday school.
The schools are maintained almost entirely by
socialists who have been barred out of the
Christian churches a prominent socialist. In
an address at the principal school. happened to
speak of God and was at taken TO task
by the father of one of the pupils. who wanted
to know if the speaker believed in God. Re-
ceiving an affirmative reply, the parent and his
adult associates at the meeting expressed much
Indignation. AS whole, the teachings are said
by persons who have closely investigated to
border very nearly anarchy The socialists
Of Chicago ali belong to the MARKHAM school, but
divided into two wings-one the revolution
airy wing, which believes in introducing the CO.
operative commonwealth at once by revolution;
the other branch is the Immediate Demand
wing, whose aim is to introduce socialistic re-
forms constantly as opportunity offers. 1t is
perhaps SuperfiuOuS to state that the persons
conducting these so-called sOcialistic Sunday
schools constantly under the watchfuI eyes
of the police and the representatives Of foreign
governments in Chicago.
With millions of dollars spent upon the big
gest federal building in the country, Chicago
discovers that it's postoffice, as yet unf1n-
ished, will be inadequate for the needs of the
local postal service. and there is already talk Of
asking Congress for a large appropriation to
build postoffice annex in the downtown busi-
ness district. When that part of the new build
ing was finished, it was discovered that the
mail wagon entrance lacked sufficient space for
the admission of more than two wagons at a
time. This will prove a serious handicap to the
expeditions hauling of mails. and with the num-
Der of wagons now in use, which is 10 in
crease, the congestion will be most confusing.
Postmaster Coyne will urge the erection at once
of branch office near the main building, where
all the merchandise and papers can be handled
and place arranged for the teams and wagons.
The architect suggests relief by putting trap
the mail can be dumped to the clerks in the
office, but this is hardly likely to satisfy the
postoffice people, and a large annex IS de-
manded.