Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-29

IL incidental and accidental; they
work with best financial results among
the rich.
my own neighborhood. Cherry
Hill, has suffered and still suffers
from the odium cast upon 1t by set.
Element uplifters and missionaries,
and the repeatedly published stigma
Of toughism and thuggism has stuck
so fast that I was forced to complain
once to a member Of the editorial stan
Of one of our dailies against the cruel
injustice done to us, but he replied:
Father, We know what you say Is
true. but the people believe those
things and We must print them"
Then the speaker asked why settle.
ment workers did not do labor among
the rich.
Il can anticipate their reply" he
said, namely. that the rich can be
taught those things in their churches.
but I tell you that their churches are
empty.
I'VE have two distinct types Of Get.
Element workers. the one Q real mis-.
sionary. an outAnd.out kidnaper. de-
termined. irresponsible. unavoidable
and a. dangerous ~ live electric
wire. The other Of milder type, 10
well parlor-trained, soft Of speech. pre-.
else In manner. Of nice, attractive. win.
some ways. The nrst, like . bucca,
neer. fights her way, grabbing every
soul.prise in sight: the second wriggles
herself into the hearts Of the children
and the mothers.
THE temple Of the settlement, how.
ever. shelters third type, and dan.
gerous one at that. He IL the natural
product Of the socialism Of the settle.
ment, which Is q religion Of social sci.
ence. a fellowship OF almost pure nat.
uralism. into which, II God Is taken
into consideration at all. 1t Is only as
fancy or circumstances may suggest or
suit.
1T Ia from this brotherhood that the
shaggy.headed anarchist AMI the plati.
tudinous socialist are evolved. bundles
incarnate OF misguided theories and Of
energies az direfully harmful as the
bombs which. In their wicked ingenui.
ty. their too skillful and experienced
hands manufacture for the destruction
Of their fellow creatures.
1T IL to this class among the work.
ers that the red flag Is dear. the flag
whose color Of fire and blood betokens.
and Is an incentive to. the destruction
Of property and OF life; the flag whose
very color Is the stain OF Cain, which
calls down the vengeance OF heaven"
Father Curry then turned to the
financial side OF settlements.
Have you ever examined one of
their budgets?" he demanded. "You
will easily discover that by far the
greater portion goes to the workers
themselves. For example q am giving
you bona fide report), out of s21, 900
received just $4,000 goes to the work.
ers for salaries, keep and unnamed
miscellaneous items, which may be
caramels, theater parties. auto rides
and the like, leaving just $4,000 to be
| expended on and In the neighborhood
Look further, YOU will discover that
the $4,000 comes from the poor Of the
neighborhood in club rents and club
fees and from surplus of a regular
bath Klondike. All the cash charity OF
the clubs patrons is thus taken by the
workers in payment for an expenditure
OF very little energy In collecting the
cash contributions of the poor.
NO one could reasonably complain
II In the administration of these clubs,
the workers received the cents and
the poor man and the neighborhood
the II, but II that were the case our
fine settlement-houses would soon be.
come untenanted monuments OF folly"