The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-08-11

Mrs A. h. Johnson rs the Iondon
Lyceum has been founded at the Brit.
ish capital. The leading spirit in the
American chapter is Mrs. Adelaide Ia
Johnson. the well known sculptor. the
London club having been organized by
Miss Smedley, the daughter OF a bank
er. The new club will he the local
home OF any out Of town members and
will include in its membership those
engaged In any kind OF arts and liter
nture. Ii will Offer facilities for dis
posing of the work OF It's members in
these various lines and will afford an
opportunity for personal interchange
and association. The London club has
all the features OF n mans club, a
smoking room being added To the tea
and sitting rooms. Such noted women
as Mrs wilkins, Mrs. Burnett, Miss
Glider. Mrs. Stuart, Alice Morse Earle,
Laura ID. 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 II. Rockefeller for the
August McClure's Miss Tarbell admits
frankly that were he the only one Of
his kind there certainly would be no
justification of the brutality inherent
in such study as this" She finds
him. however. simply the type pre-
eminent In the public mind OF the mill
tant business man OF the day" The
code which he has worked out SO per-
fectly Is In operation from banker to
street vender until success Is the
justification OF any practice, until no
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.. Rocke-
feller. History" she declares. "is but
museum OF dissected heroes, war
riors, kings and philosophers, their rec
ords stripped bare, their influences
traced to their towering" She says
that the great public goes straight to
the evident conclusion that "this man
has for forty years lent all the power
Of his great ability TO perpetuatlng and
celebrating system of unlegal and
unjust discrimination by common car
riers." She thinks IL doubtful X the
Interference with Individual develop
ment thus fastened on the country can
be thrown off without revolutionary
methods. Referring to Mr.. Rockefei1
ler's vast charities. she says Il Is too
much TO hope that even he will see
that what we need In society Is not
charity. but fair play"
Big Co. operative Experiment.
A report from Portland, Ore, says
that the Rev. III. s. Wallace has 1ust
returned from New York after max
Ing arrangements for financing the Co
operative Christian Federation with
$JO,OO0,OO0 capital stock for the pur-
pose OF building a model city I'm the
upper Willamette valley In Oregon and
10 establish factories, acquire land and
build railroads. The federation IL said
TO have the backing OF the American
Institute OF Social Service. and It's In
corporators include a 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
providing for all operating expenses,
social advantages, relief OF the sick
and dependent ones. No idlers will be
tolerated. Associated with Mr.. Wal.
lace are such men as DR.. ]. VI. Buckley,
editor Of the Christian Advocate; Dr
Josiah Strong and others.
Would Pension the Aged.
The annual report OF the Massachu-
sets bureau OF statistics for 1905 ad-
vocatcs old age pensions 20 be paid
by the state 10 persons OF more than
sixty-fve years Of age who are In need
Of assistance. The argument support
Ing this proposition IL that II Will be
as cheap 20 support the needy old by
state pensions as II Is 10 support them
now in poorhouses. warehouses and by
private charities. IL ls estimated that
over s10,OOOyDC0 Is spent yearly for
Massachusetts, charities. There are ia
the state over $4,000 persons sixty-flvc
years or more old. A pension OF s.
a week for each Of them would amount
20 SJ7, 10000 a year. and II IL thought
10 be certain that not more than one
fourth OF the old will apply for charity