Evening journal., 1910-01-11
THE UPLIFTERS.
BY M. QUAD.


OF Mrs. General Baron, her husband
and her son. Fred. the latter a young
man 0f twenty-three. Mrs. General
was president, her husband treasurer
and Fred secretary. The object OF the
society, as stated Mt the first public
meeting, was to uplift the poor and do
away with poverty. When Mrs. Cen
eral had got through speaking and the
general had got through speaking and
Fred had finished his remarks It was
quite plain TO the audience how the
uplifting was to be done
Various committees were appointed
and asked to report at the next meet
ing. Miss wareham was appointed a
committee OF one 70 accumulate gen
eral knowledge on the subject of up
lifting. and it IS mostly with her re-
port submitted at the next meeting
that this story has to do. When Mrs.
General had reported that the way TO
uplift the poor was 10 secure them
situations in banks and offices at good
salaries and the general had reported
In favor Of providing them with mu-
steal instruments and young Fred had
given It as his opinion that the better
the brand OF cigars smoked by the
poor man the sooner he would climb
20 the top Miss Wareham arose and
made her report, as follows:
"A day or two after the last meet
ing I prepared myself with raiment
suitable to poor young girl and
made a trip among the dwellers OF the
tenements. In doing so / came across
several members OF this society on er-
rands OF charity. Some OF them had
sheet music and some had sweet cake
for the poor. They bought no coal nor
paid any back rent. They talked a
great deal about the uplifting process.
and efforts were made to convince
hungry people that they ought TO get
together and organize debating schools
and strive for a higher plane. They
referred to Abraham Lincoln being
born IN a log hut and to Joan OF Arc
feeding pigs and milking cows. Very
affecting. Must have been like a fan
meal TO the hungry"
At this point Mrs. General interrupt
ed to say that time pressed and the TO-
malnder OF tho report could be dis
pensed with, but Miss Wareha n -
fused to give way and went on
zone OF our members and ~ u
nent philanthropist advertised~ &t,l IS
parlor maid. Nothing was said OF az
uplifting, but that was inferred
I n r.A
piled for the place. 1 was told that l
must not presume on the fact that I
could read and write. Under no cir
/ cumstances was TO open n book from
the library. If ever found drumming
on the plano instant discharge would
be the penalty. Objected TO my doing
up my hair like a lady. Objected TO
my small feet. Met her husband the
next day. He said / could uplift by
copying the manners Of his wife. Met
her son. He wanted to pat me on the
cheek; said that was the first step In
uplifting"
"a motion to adjourn viii be in or
der" announced Mrs. General as she
arose. with blazing face, but no one
made such a motion, and Miss Ware
ham continued:
II was worked about sixteen hours
per day. The food given us servants
was about the Same as the average
tenement family sits down to. No
family prayers TO uplift MS. No play
ing and singing OF sacred n6si4
When we spoke OF attending church
we were informed that the house could
not be upset. We were not even fur
nished tracts on the sin OF profanity
and incompetence. Whenever l en-
countered the husband in the halls be
expressed the hope that / was feeling
duly grateful for a place In q pattern
family. On several occasions the son
Informed me that but for that old cat.
meaning his mother, he would take me
for an auto ride"
General Baron, win you move TO
adiournY almost shouted Mrs. Gen
eral as her face went from red to
white.
The general opened his mouth. but
no words came. Therefore the report
continued:
"On a certain occasion the lady IN
question ordered me to accompany her
on a tour among the poor to distribute
charity. We found the poor. They
were first assured that It was entirely
their fault that they we're poor and
then admonished 20 attend seminarieH
and colleges and reach a higher plane.
The clothing we gave out seemed 10
have been collected from servant girls
The food carried came from our own
tablo-after the family had eaten.
must say that the poor did not exhibit
any great interest IN the uplifting
business. My lady seemed quite dis
appointed to ind them so anxious
about coal and so Indifferent to uplift
ing. She found fault with me because
I hadn't suggested that we bring alone
a few cheap Teddy bears"
This time when the pause came II
was noticed that the general and Mrs
General had silently folded their tents
and stolen out OF the hall.
When the reading was finished Miss
Wareham sat down. One by one the
Upllfters arose and tiptoed out, and at
last she was alone with the smiling
Fred. Then as he got up 70 follow the
others he said:
''This ends il for the old lady and
! the governor. They will never. never
seek to uplift the poor, reform the