Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-08-12

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Lyceum has been founded at the Brit
lsh capital. The leading spirit in the
American chapter is Mrs. Adelaide N
Johnson, the well known sculptor, the~
London club having been organized by
Miss 8medley, the daughter of a bank
er. The new club will be the local
home of any out of town members S2nia
will include in it's membership those
engaged in any kind Of arts and liter
ature 1t will offer facilities for dis
posing of the work Of it's members i1<
these various lines and will afford ar
opportunity for personal interchange
and association. The London club has
all the features of a mans club, Il
smoking room being added to the tea
and sitting rooms. Such noted women
rs Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. Burnett, Miss.
Glider, Mrs. Stuart, Alice Morse Earle
Laura D. Gill and President Hazard of
Wellesley are said to be interested In
the new club.
Miss Tarbeli's Apology.
| In her concluding sketch Of the CHAR
acter of John D. Rockefeller for the
August McClure's Miss Tarbeu admits
frankly that were he the only one Of
his kind 'there certainly would DE no.
justification of the brutality Inherent
in such a study as this" She finds;
him, however, Simply the type pre-
eminent in the public mind of the misfv~
tant business man of the day." the
code which he has worked out so per
fectly is in operation from banker to
justification of any practice, until un :.
price is too great to pay for winning"
The Rockefeller practice of separating
morals strictly from business has SO
saturated all forms of American life
as to compel the analysis Of Mr.. Rockse-.
Teller. History" she declares, us but
a museum Of dissected heroes war
riors, kings and philosophers, their &seses
ords stripped bare, their influences
traced to their towering" She says
that the great public goes straight trN
the evident conclusion that this man<
has for forty years lent all the power
Of his great ability to perpetuating and
unjust discrimination by common car
riers." She thinks it doubtful If the.
interference with individual develop.
ment thus fastened on the country can
be thrown off without revolutionary
methods. Referring to Mr. Rockefea- {
ler's vast charities, she says 1t is too,
much to hope that even he will Seq
fta% y1a4 l,o osoA- g.
charity, but fair play"
Big Cooperative Experiment.
A report from Portland, Ore, SAYS
thar the Rev. HI. s. Wallace has Just
returned from New York after max
ing arrangements for financing the Coz
operative Christian Federation with )
100000 capital stock for the par-
pose Of building a model city I'm the .
upper Willamette valley ia Oregon and b
to establish factories, acquire land and
build railroads. The federation Is said
to have the backing Of the American 4
Institute of Social Service, and its i'm
corporators include number of bank
presidents and wealthy business men
in different parts of the country The
members of the federation will acquire
residences only through their earnings.
and profits will be declared only after
for all operating expenses
social advantages, relief of the sick
and dependent ones. No idlers win has
tolerated. Associated with Mr.. Wax
lace are such men as DR.. j. NJ Buckley,
editor of the Christian Advocate; DIX
Josiah Strong and others.
Would Pension the Aged.
The annual report Of the MassachE
sets bureau of statistics for 1905 adj
vocates old age pensions to be paid
by the state to persons Of more than
sixty-fve years of age who are in need
Of assistance. The argument support
ing this proposition is that it viii be-
as cheap to support the needy old by
state pensions as it Is to support Them
now in poorhouses, warehouses and by
private charities IT 10 estimated tssss
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