New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-24
THE GRACE OF HUM0R.
One attribute Necessary to Success
an PhiIanthropic York.

Health humility and hurnor' are the three chief
Qualifications Of 4 philanthropic worker. according
70 Miss Susan ". Hoagland, agent of the Seventh
district Of the Charity Organization Society. who
was the first speaker at yesterday mornings ses-
sion Of the summer school in philanthropic work
'sand the most indispensable Of these is hunor.'
Health you can get. said Miss Hoagland, II
VIZ care enough about it Humility will be beaten
fr1o YOU by experience But alas for the soul that
Is born without humor, Without il you will never
he be 70 stand the work and the people you work
for viii never be able 10 stand you. laugh VIII
ro- only brighten YOUR life but help you over
MANY difficult situation Il is much better 70
laugh for instance. when you are told that z
family has not had anything 10 eat for week
than to deliver a lecture on untruthfulness-
Regarding her second qualification. Miss Hoag-
1ad said that concet doons failure in cartao BE
work The worker must abandon at the start the
idea that ne or she has anything TO give ana must
20 70 the people, not as teacher or preacher OF
7sEv BountifuI but as q learner she must hoI
- - rive reople what she would like herself. but
must trv 10 ind Out what il $ that they really
want and need
Miss Highlands paper provoked censlderapie eiS
rlssion and brought UP the question OF the age at
which This kindly work should he undertaken Miss
Eliza Fisher. agent Of the Sixth district did not
want IN assistant VINO was under thirty
AGE AT A PREMIUM.
.--,e y-o-r Is too responsible for very young
-,e-sors she said. Tt should not he unoeTtahen
,7-,1 me has some idea Of life. and don't thlhk
80 ID. ~, ea-1z- ACQUAINTANCE with the depressing
things n life is advisable.
Mrs T Y Il ManseI. superintendent OF the
laundry connected with the Charity Organza'loH
S,cie.y stated on the contrary. that one OF Ihe
-, seeietarrs she had ever had only twenty
-zo L all depended the person, IN her OPINION
and those did best who had had some hafosilpS ~
.Le7- own lives She had found nurses ana teacl-
e-s well adapted TO the work, she added. and had
- 1-,o1-r . college girl who was not grand
success .. <,
-re director Philip " Ayres that il was refresh-
.nE 70 ind one calling in which every one was "o
Ioolzir- entirely fer young PEOPLE
Miss Fosgland was followed by Dr. DAVID Blau-
sreir. who gave short talk on the work o. me
Educational Alliance. preliminary 10 d WISH 70 ''
Institution. ..
.4s situated in . locality which is mainly Jewish
The people come from Russia Rumanla' ''alI'i0
s-5 Hungary and find il very difficult TO unoer-
stand American institutions They do not unoer-
$50 49, !. means 10 elect public officials. and
they Ike As absolute truth the abuse heaped upon
candidates al election time They reao III Oh
rzper that such and such canoldate Is d ia7a
ana in another that his opponent is equally oao'
and no matter which one is elected IL Is lIhs'os-
sfhle that they should feel any respect Tor MN
They do not understand compulsory eouca uoI-
Trev h " reen accustomed 70 hght fo1 'he elOoa
ton Of their children and it takes them some uIne
u realize that they obliged 10 send them 70
$500, $500 ~ his The are inclined TO believe that
~ l9o--s~ryre-- has adopfed this course with some
hostile intent Governments have always DEL! -
them objects Of suspicion. and they 90 hoI uLoes
stand government Tor the welfare Of the governed
4 TWENTIETH CENTURY TRAGEDY
They DO not understand the position Of women
nor state Of society in which children nave OPP
portunities 10 earn money and be Independent OF
their parents They have lost control OF thelr CHI
dren and the education given 10 the latter places
z gulf q centuries between them and their par
erCs- The consequence is q tragedy as great q
any that has ever been enacted in human hisIorE.
and many Of these adult Jewish Immigrants nav
cursed Columbus for discovering America. -,
AT the Educational Alliance" continued III
Blausteir, we trying TO do something 10 soIEe
The problem. and the hopes Tor the future are very
bright. There viii animos-ty about re
Agicus views among the children OF these iurni-