New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
JOHN ARBUCkLE
AND HIS HOBBY
HELPING THE HELPLESS
TO E1RN MONEY.
Buys Seren 4dj0iaiHg Farms So lie
Can Greatly EFpaHd the
GOOD York.


Jo5n ArbueI,re the coffee man. has undertaken
20 solve the problem Of some Cf the seif-respeet-
Ing working men and women VINO are Landscape"
temporarily permanently for performing tieii
fun share of the worlds work For seVefaI years
he has been working out the idea on shi94i
scale on his floating hotel for young WORKING
men and women. the dism3ntIed ship JACOB y
StamIer Now lie proposes TO expand his opera
tions- He has bought seven adjoining farms IA
the EeIghborhood Of New PaltZ and Lake MonOnNs
y. Y Together they have area Of approx
mateiy eight hundred acres. The enlarged farm
has received the name Mary and John Ar0uckie.
Farm and Colony. The memory OF Mary AroucAIe'
Mr.. Arbuckies wife, is thus commemorated IN
the farm. lie is about to erect upon 1t oullo-
Ing having accommodations for two hundred per
sons. Here those who have become run down
through the conditions OF labor in the city ana
are in need Of fresh air and nOurishing food can
have opportunity to obtain IL in seiI-fe-
sDecting way and with sense Of being objects
Of charity. Here those who have the capacity to
90 work Of some kind. but who are prevented
from competing even terms with their 1eLo"S
owing to disability will have opportunity TO
use such powers they possess in earning
living.
It is evident that the colony is not to be
hive of drones. The founder believes people are
physically, mentally and morally better for hav-
ing regular employment and for being seIf-sup-
porting has estimated that the produce or
the farm viii make it possible for him to board
and lodge his guests in a liberal fashion at
cost Of s. a week each This viii be the charge
He viii provide opportunities for them to earn
this amount. and more if they desire The knit
ting stockings. the feeding Of the thousands OF
chickens which the farm Will raise. the gathering
Of the hundreds of eggs. the milking Of the COWS
OF the performance of other work for whlcn they
are fitted will be accepted It VIII not oe neces-
sary for them to spend any greater length OF
--rr. n
a week girl VINO has become worked out IN
a sweat shop. for instance, may 60 to the farm
She may work three or four hours In the morning
doing sewing or some other form OF producuVe
work. and spend the remainder Of the day N
recreation If she 81 elects. The idea OF sweat
sron girl pIavfng golf may seem incongruOus.
perhaps. but it will be within the range Of pos
sib!Iity at Mary and John ArbUckle Farm. for a
golf course as well as tennis courts. Will be a
feature There will be rowing and fishing also
for the restoration Of souls worn with the speed
ing up of city life
Even crippIes Will find It possible to earn liv-
ing. for Mr.. ArbuckIe has invented power sew
ing machine that be used by person whoss
lower limbs are incapacitated- BY its use one
can earn from s. to SO a week
The work Will be done under the most whole
some conditions Of light and air. for the work
room viii be great solarium extending more
than three-qUarters around the ground hoor OF
the big house. The width OF this working gal
workers from chilling breezes. while admitting
the sunshine 1t will be set in such a -wAy that
it can be removed when the weather conditions
are favorable Electric elevators viii serve thoss
unable to walk
The applicants will be asked to demonstrats
that il viii be worth while for Alr- Arbuckle TO
send them to New Paltz. for he pays the car
fare. No person who is not able at least
81 a week at some form Of occupation providtp
the farm viii be received The applicants
capacity in this direction Will be determined on
the Jacob y. StanEer. Here each one will have
an opportunity TO show what ne or she do.
If they fulfil the requirements they will be trans
ported to the colony If they are physically un-
able 20 do anything EIr- Arbuckle believes IL
would be better for them be in a hospital
some other institution. This rule also viii serve
TO restrict the privileges Of the colony TO those
who have sufficient seIf-respect to desire to pay
their way. At the present time a guest Of the
floating hotel is carried" If ne she becomes
i'll, and is given opportunity TO get a fresh
start upon recovery This viii be done also at
the Mary and John ArbuckIe Farm 1t is in
tended that the farm shall serve, far as en-
ployrueut in the open air and plenty Of nourish-
ing food Will make it possible. to put people in
q condition withstand the wear and tear OF
city life.
NTr ArbuckIe has decided to make the hurricans
deck Of the Stamler which is mOOred at East
2Sd street available for the use OF such Of the
guests as wish a. sleep in the open air, and has
provided a supply of tents for the purpose There
are many working girls whose occupation Is such
that they need all tie fresh air that they
get in order keep them in health and ht TO earn
their living. II is difficult. If not impossible for
them to oatain this in a tenement house, which
must he their home because of their small wages
unless they are Iodgers at the floating hotel con-
Quoted by lIr Arbuckie
Ar ArbuckIe thinks this may lead TO a wide
use of tents in the tenement sectisn for sleeping
on the roofs. for many things Of great value have
been of modest and insignificant origin Some
wears ago said he the other dav, "a young
woman. who was chambermaid in a prieats
family. wrote % my wife, saying that her sister
had consumption. and that It took all her wages
(St a week. to pay her sisters board That let
ter was the means Of starting a home for con-
sumptives that has taken care Of thousands o.
consumptives and is now in a prosperous cOndi-
ton May the tents the upper desk OF
the Jacob y Stamler demonstrate the feasibility
Of placing tents on the roofs OF thousands OF the
tenement houses IN New York City2 One young
woman who had become much emaciated by her
close. confiuing work became weak that she
fresh air and good. nOurishing food have restored
her health She has gained thirty pounds IN
weight and has resumed her wo-S.'
workmanship No hard and fast rule can be laid
down concerning shapes. for there are many