The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-30

EllS lGW pI0LeSSibu OI LIlE SoEAtA SSSES~ tary by the American Institute of So- cfaI Service in 1899, when it placed the first social secretary in America, the idea has commended itself to an in- creasing number of induStrialists, and early in January of this year the instl- ute placed a social secretary on the Pacific coast in department store, one of a series of six belonging to the same firm.
 MUSEUM OF SECURITY.
 A Museum of Security is a perma- nent collection of a great variety of de vices for the prevention of accidents in factories and workshops, so that man ufacturers and all other employers of labor may see in actual operation the safety device that will guard the life and limbs of the workers. Some of the models are miniature, others actu- al size, and nearly all can be operated by electricity or hand power. The tlrst museum was opened in 1893 in Amster- dam. The state gave it S1,250; Amster- dam the building and contributions from individuals the balance. A re cent letter from M. Many, one of the institutes collaborators, announced the opening of a museum of security in Par is following upon that in Amsterdam, Munich and Charlottenburg. For seye- ral years the American Institute has urged the necessity of similar muse um in this country, and has made a large place for it in the outline of its intended work.
 THE GARDEN CITY.
 Another idea new in this country, but one which the American Institute Iof Social Service has studied in Eng land, was the Garden City, an organ ized effort to build model city com bining the social features of the city with the rural delights of the country. Four thousand acres have been bought for the site of the first garden city of England, and the experts of England are devising the best plans for housing, sanitation, health, education and recre- ation. The movement has spread to France. The details of this new move ment may be secured from the Ameri- can Institute of Social Service, who be- lieves that in our vast territory some spot can be found for a great city in America.
 Speaking of the Garden City idea, Dr.. Josiah Strong says, "The solution of the problem of the city is not in try ing to induce men to go from the slum back into agriculture. That is as use less as was the attempt of Elizabeth and other English sovereigns to stop the growth of London by legislation. You cannot fight successfully against economic laws; and this movement from country to city is in accordance with an economic law. You might as we'll try to hang up the Thames on q clothes line to dry as to try to turn the human tide back from the city by in- ducing men to return to the farm. That is not the solution of the problem. The only light I have seen on this pro- blem has been thrown by the Garden City plan. have studied this question for twenty years; I have studied it closely for seven years and I see no, other light. It is not an attempt to re- habilitate the farmer; it is an attempt to build a, city intelligently. The city is here to stay, and the only question is whether the cities of the future shall be planned intelligentiy and scientific cally, or whether they shall grow as London has grown, without the slight est intention of intelligent design. SOCIAL LABORATORY. ' The library of the American Institute of Social Service is on the top floor of the United Charities building, Twenty second street and Fourth avenue Un- like the conventional library, it's strength lies not so much in bound vol umes as in the mass of information in the shape of special investigations and reports in reply to express requests for definite information. In a word. it places on file for your use, human ex- perience-failures as well as successes. for it is often most important to know how not to do it, A cordial invi- tation is extended to every one to visit the rooms of the institute.