New-York tribune., 1911-12-25
FREDERICK I. MARTIN
ENCOURAGES B0WERY
saws system Which Allows Ex-
treme Luxury and Actual
Poverty Cannot Last.
CHARITY NOT THE SOLUTION
neclares Cause of Trouble Is
special Privilege to Some and
No Opportunity Worth
Having to Most of Us.


.,oustic in an address last night TO the
,,,verts. present and future, of the Bow
-, Mission. The long, narrow audi
.o,ium OF the mission was packed with
che lowly, who rubbed elbows on this oc-
.oson not only with Mr.. Martin, but
,,,h 2 few Of his friends who, like him,
,ro removed from actual want as the
poverv views such things. Mr.. and
Mrs John +. Drexel were there; so were
Mrs Philip Van Valkenburgh and Ed
0.srd I.auterbach, her counsel; Mrs.
william Post, Miss Marguerite Shonts,
lady Henry and Bertram Cruger.
Bishop Darlington, Of Harrisburg
,sme on TO attend the meeting, anu
.,oke n few words to his eager hearers
before Mr.. Martin began his address.
The Bishop and Mr.. Martin had preVi-
onslv stood up together while James Il.
Brown. proprietor Of the Audubon
stables. who was conducting the service,
introduced them AS the Bishop Of Penn
,vlvania and the Bishop of Fifth ave-
,uo And no sooner had Mr.. Brown
utored avenue than the flashllght
ropped and every one except the most
hardened ''panhandlcr' jumped.
The last time was here, 'said Bishop
Darlington. you listened to President
Taft. and / think YOU all remember his
simple sweet words, spoken not as
rrssidcnt. but as man 20 man
Women Vote in 5owery.
The Bishop then asked all TO rise who
favored the sending of a Christmas cable
message 10 the Rev. Dr. Hallimond'
slperintenGcut Of the mission, who is in
Bermuda trying to recover his health.
Every one rose, including the womea
guests. encouraged by the Bishop who
remarked
That's right, the ladies can vote, too.
There's woman suffrage here
M Martin then spoke. addressing his
hearers as My Dear Friends" saying
in part:
] deem it a Sreat privilege 10 be &C
corded the opportunity 10 meet you anu
talk 10 YOU this evening. j Wlsh ndu
how much | appreciate this opportunity. IL
is not curiosity that brings me here, ana
] hope no one IS present VINO came pe,,
cause Of curiosity. l am here because OF
heartfelt desire 20 meet YOU and say q
few words Of encouragement II WORDS are
of any value.
n 5esus were among us to-day. not only
s. spirit, but in BODY, | have 40 douot
that he would fight with all his glorious
Uight against a system--S social order, or
rather disorjer-which makes IT possible
FOR q few whose comparative usefulness IN
the world Is zero. 20 live in extreme lux
ury. and for the great multitude, whose
labors feed. ClOthe and house the world
So live AT the point OF or IN actual pON
The day must come when this shall not
b. When the opportunity 10 struggle foi
an honest livelihood shall be open 10 every
body. when the sower Of seed VIII reaI
The harvest of bis labors, when an aOle
bodied adults will have 10 be sewers 10 ue
re3pers. -.
NV friends, ] am absolutely certain thai
charity will never solve the problem. In'
strongest Indictment Of existing condl'
uons is that they make charity hecss
sarl Z feel sure that no human beng dc
pends on charity where there lS OppOItu
nlty. au opportunity 10 toll, to produce
useful wealth, 20 satisfy one wants IN the
sweat Of ones brow.
90 not believe that there are natural
horn drOncs. The more ! see or my leuQN
man the more 7 am convinced that the
10 some of us and no opportunity worth
having TO most of US. lt'Is TO the hSheSl
Interest ~ every nation M the World thd'
there Shall he equality of opportunity.
We have no right TO call ourselves CIVIL
iZed or Christian as long as there IS a
single human being who wants Work, VINO
IS anxious 20 toll for a living, and cannot
60 a.
that no child shall be raised without a
training it is surely important that no
child shall bc hungry and just as So0eJy
has provided for the absolute security OF
nc education Of children, 50 II SnaIi pr9'
vide for the absolute security OF their feeo-
Ing clothing and housing, and how can
that he provided FOR. when their parents
seek in vain am opportunity 10 earn
living for themselves and their dependentS
This terrible condition L. not an indlvld-
lal concern, but "A condition that attacks
MS an. and therefore concerns as all Nol
rutl this condition is removed can there
b9 Peace on earth GOOD VIII 20 man nil,
II may be pardOned for 50 doing, l VII
conclude with few humble words or Inine
which though they have appeared in print
have rot yet been read I'm public.
And then Mr.. Martin recited the poem
Of his own composition which the papers
rrinted YESTERDAY morning.
Outside the big front entrances Of the
mission several powerful limOusines
stood hugeing the curb. while chauffeurs
end footmen watched curiously from
their front seats the group of tattered
hulks who pressed against the doors,
trying 10 see through the glass panels
and over The heads Of the crowded au-
dience inside "de swell guys on the
Platform.