The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
Big Audience Hears Lectur-
 CT at First Methodist
WORK OF HULL HOUSE
Story of Good Being Done for Poor of the City of Chicago Is Told in a Very Interesting
 Manner

Jane Addams of Hull House. Chicago, delivered an interesting address on set- tlement work yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the First Methodist church She gave a brief history of the move ment as it started 3S years ago in Eng land, traced its development in the United States. and later confined her remarks more intimately to the work being done at Hull House. Miss Addams left for Chicago last night at S:37 o'clock.
 The lecture of Miss Addams was given as a courtesy to the Free Kindergarten association, which has of late under- taken settlement work. She had remained in Birmingham for short rest following the National Child Labor conference which she attended and addressed. She consented, after an urgent request from the Kindergarten association. to deliver the address yesterday afternoon. Last night at 2 o'clock she spoke to the Greeks of Birmingham at the Paul Hayne school and in addition to few words of en- couragement she expressed her deep ap- preciation for the loving cup recently presented to her by the local members of that nationality.
 Tn her address yesterday afternoon Miss Addams told her audience how the idea of settlement work had originally ema- mated from a band of students at Ox- ford university who undertook to estab- fish more capitalized social conditions be- tween the miserable poor and the extrav- agant rich classes, which occupied re- spectively the east and west sides of to Manchester. .Edinburg, Glasgow and other cities, and the movement finally was set on foot in New York, Boston, Chicago and many more places in the United States
 Miss Addams explained that the first object of the work in settlements was to understand the needs of the people by living with those people. Hull House had been started with a kindergarten and gradually expanded into the institu- tion which at present undertakes the ed- ucation and general uplift of 10000 indi- viduals. She said that the opportunities offered by Hull House were responded to readily even by strangers who wish to become adapted to their surroundings and organize their social life. She ex- plained that the settlement work under taken did not confine itself merely to industrial education. but branched out into wholesome entertainment for the people.
 Among the departments of Hull House that Miss Addams mentioned in her talk the Boys club was Interestingly de- scribed. The building devoted to this work is five stories high and accommo- dates classes in all sorts of industrial training. Here is undertaken to learn 10 just what occupation the boy is best adapted. She spoke also of the associate work being done by the Juvenile Pro- tective association. which is an outsrowth of the juvenile courts. and dwelt at length on the effort that Hull House is making to put destitute immigrant mothers in a way of self-support, and finally told of what is being done toward instructing the more ambitious along the lines of painting, music and dramatics.
 At the close of her address Miss Ad- dams gave those in the audience an op- portunity of asking her questions in re- gard to the work. From the replies brought by the numerous interrogations in regard to Hull House it was shown that the institution is supported by sub scriptions only, though an appreciable third of the expenses is realized from the industrial activities carried on.
 Most of the general work of instructing at Hull House Is done gratis, except in specialties like engineering, gymnastics, etc., and there are no fees required for the use of equipment unless materials be used Miss Addams stated emphatical'y that no charges were made merely for the sake of charging. She said no color line was drawn in the applications received. but 1t was only in the rarest instances that negroes ever sought admittance. The institution does not undertake religious training because of the great diversity of creeds among it's beneiciaries as well as its benefactors. Miss Addams remarked with significance that Hull House always had more people than 1t could take care of, though this did not apply to those who were inclined toward giving.
 When she was asked by someone in the audience if she thought settlement work had any tendency toward pauperiz- ing the poor. she answered. T do not be- lieve there is any danger of pauperizing people with education.'