New-York tribune., 1905-01-27
NOT AFRAID OF SNOW.
PhiLanthropic Women UndaaOnted by
SeOere Weather.

There are 1T least twenty women on tho upper
West Side who car claim that peculiar bit OF
praise accorded By Solomon TO his ideal woman.
she IS not afraid of the snow" For the sake OF
the little children whose mothers have 70 leave
them 70 the care OF others while they go cut to
work. these women brRved the storm yesterday
morning. with ell its accompsniments OF dr1fted
streets and paralyzed streetcar service 70 attend
q meeting OF the Auxiliary OF the Riverside Day
Nursery the home OF Mrs. ". II. K Olcort. No.
IS West 6ath-st.
The auxiliary holds its meetings once a month
snd IN order 70 keep itself Informed on the
phlanthropc affairs OF the CITY Il always arranges
70 have the business preceded by an address on
some department OF this vast field OF knowledge,
The speaker yesterday was Thomas c. T. Grain.
Tenement House Commissioner. VINO gave th5 audi
ence brief glance at e subject OF "stupendous
magnitude and tremendous interest"
Mr. Grain presented z somewhat hopeless view OF
the tenement house problem. and showed how the
present conditions were the necessary and inevtta-
BE results OF other conditions.
TO the foreign population OF the tenements %
he said, there IS one consideration that transcends
al others. More than light. more than proper SAM
tauon, more than space and pure air. the foreigner
ignorant OF our language and customs, re-
ouTes the compandOnship OF his own people The
italian asks only Where Is the italian QuarterY
The Bohemian inquiries, Where can find my fel-
low Bohemia1sT Tor them the question OF resi-
cence is settled by the answers 10 these questions
Another controlling cause II the distribution OF
The tenement house population IS the necessity OF
being reasonably near 70 places Of labor. You
may point out 10 the tenement house dweIler the
beauties OF the country. You may argue with him
about the EdYtsabllty Of moving the suburbs.
4 makes no difference. He IS anchored 10 the 10
caliJy II which he lives 10y the stern necessity Of
getting his daily bread. lie has got 20 reach the
factory AZ certain hour lie has only SO much
70 spend for transportation These facts unatera-
bly, TX the place Of his habitauOn."
n spite OF these considerations however, AIr. Grain
was able 10 detect some elements Of hope IN the
pituaton. Three thousand dark rooms and four
hundred unlghted halls had been lighted during
the present year, he stated, and plans were being
fed at the rate OF 20 month for the removal OF
unsauitaTy conditions.
And even with all the disadvantages OF the
tenement house environment" he said the tene-
house child lives under conditions more favor
able 10 mental development than the isolated child
OF the backwoOds. He lives in a university of
knowledge. with his finger on the pulse Of the
tines"
Mrs Thomas Z, Hardenbergh. president OF the
auxiliary presided and after the address Wflfred
oswald KlamrOth sang couple OF songs. accom-
panied by Theodore Carter.
Among those present were Mrs. Thomas c T.
Grain 9lTs, Williston =. Benedict. Mrs. John c.
coleman hrs. James Taylor, Mrs Julius II. Sey-
1aour, Mrs. Clarence Burns. Mrs. Percy /. Klock
alt. Samuel @. Wood, Mrs. John O. Noble, Mrs.
~. Y. Clcott. Mss Clark and Mrs. Henry n Tiff.
The purpose OF the auxiliary is 70 raise money
@ LOT ne nursery; Il aims al $500 year and this
year has raised $3.50. the proceeds Of the recent