The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-30
HOMES AND WORKSHOPS OF THE
 ., s PEOPLE. . ~

An Illustrated Study by Dr. William H. Holman, Instructor American Insti-
 ute of Social Service, New York City.
 At the close of the Paris exposition of 1889, Siegfried. Cheysson and Robert were greatly desirous of preserving the exhibits in social economy, Next they were successful in interesting the Count Chanabrun, who gave a building and an endowment of one and a half million francs, thus founding in 1894 the Social Museum of Paris, the first of its kind in the world. where it is possible to study every phase of the labor pro blenl by means of personal consulta- ton and documents of every kind.
 Tn 1887 Dr. Josiah Strong published the outline of a form of organized eff fort. which was social museum. This idea took concrete form in the Ameri- can Institute of Social Service, organ ized in 1898, with the objectof social as well as industrial betterment. In these directions the last few years have seen great advance. It is true that here and there were those realizing their SO cfal and industrial obligations, but there was no clearing house for practi- cal information. Seven years ago the American Insti- tute of Social Service began to collect this scattered information, so as to place the experience at the disposal of those who wished to begin with some form of betterment in their own facto- ries and workshops. Since then the in- stitute has seen an increasing number of industrialists who are applying these principles one organization, the Ma tional Civic Federation has adopted these ideas by opening another depart ment of work so as to still further pro- mote the principles of industrial better ment.
 AN INDUSTRIAL COMMON
 WEALTH. rtg
 Port Sunlight, England, will be selec- { ted as an industrial commonwealth, founded by William H. Lever, an in dustrialist, who has expended nearly two millions of dollars in the best sys- tenn of housing, recreation, education, parks and playgrounds, not on the ba- sis of charity, benevolence or philan- thropy but because rile thought it was the right thing to do. The entire expe- rience of Fort Sunlight is on file at the rooms of the American Institute of so- fial Service, in the form of photo- graphs, documents and special reports, so as to be available for any industrial ist in this country. This is social ser vice.
 AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL BETTER
 MENT.s
 The work, of the National Cash Reg ister Company, of Dayton, Ohio, was described as typical of the general movement for industrial betterment, because this particular firm has served as a colossal object lesson to the thou, sands who have gotten ideas from there. which have been applied in their own communities with varied degrees of success. When MT. Patterson knew that he was to spend the summer of 1904 in Europe he arranged that his grounds should be placed at the dispo- sal of the employees for Saturday after noon picnics and outings. This is so- cial service.
 THE SOCIAL SECRETARY, A NEW
 PROFESSION.
 How many employers have any idea how or where their workers spend their time? The conditions of labor are not always ideal to say nothing of the en- vironment for the mind or the soul, The employer has not time to look into such conditions for himself; with the responsibility for the business resting on his shoulders he must delegate this care to others. At this point comes in the social secretary, who is point of contact between the workers and the employer Since the. announcement of