Newark post., 1912-07-03

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sheer love Of helping and saving is
the noblest thing any of us can
do. Such has been the work Of
Jane Addams of Hull House. set
tlement worker and writer on So
cial reforms.
Her first impulse and determina-
ton to live among poor people
may be traced to childish expert
cnces. where character. though
formless. is nevertheless settling
into definite lines Of future de-
velopment.
Such an experience came to her
at the tender age of six while she
was driving with her father
through the poorer quarter OF a
neighboring town. She declared
then with frmness that when she
grew up she would have a large
house. built not among the other
large houses of the city but right
in the midst of horrid little homes
like those she had just seen
1t was. then. in these early i'm
pressions Of her childhood that we
may look for the simple foundation
of that large faith any sympathy
in humanity which is certainly es-
sential for continuous living
among the poor. Other reasons
contributing to the same end may
be stated in the three following
propositions Of more or less uni
versal application. First. that
there exists genuine preference
for residence in an industrial quar-
ter to any other part Of the city.
because it is interesting and makes
the human appeal. Second. that
out Of the bitterness of centuries
Of social and political injustice
there has grown up determina-
tion to equalize the opportunities
of education for all. Third. that
consequent upon the truth of the
two propositions just stated. there
exists ii firm conviction. in the
words Of Cannon Barnett. that the
things that make men alike are
finer and better than the things
that keep them apart.
What Influenced Jane Addams
to live in Il settlement was the i'm
preston she received Of East Lon
don and also the overcrowded
CHARTERS Of a great city at mid
night. She was with a small party
Of tourists who were taken to the
East End by Il city missionary to
witness the Saturday night sale Of
decaying vegetables and fruit
which. owing to the Sunday laws
Of London. could not be sold until
Monday. and. which as they were
beyond safe keeping. were dis
posed Of at auction at as little as
possible on Saturday night. The
people were huddled into illfitting,
cast-off clothing. Their pale faces
dominated by that most unlovely
Of human expressions. the cunning
and ShrewdncsS Of the bargain
hunter who starves if he cannot
make successful trade. and yet
the final impression was not Of
ragged tawdy clothing nor of
pinched and Sallow faces. but of
myriads Of hands empty. pathetic.
nerveieSs and wOrk-wOrn. showing
white in the uncertain light of the
street. and clutching forward for
food which was already unfit to
eat. In time all huge London came
to seem unreal to her save the pov-
erty in the East End.
Gradually a very simple plan
grew UP in her mind. to rent a
house in d poor section of the city
Of Chicago. From the very first
her plan received courteous attcn-
tion. She went about the city with
the officer of the compulsory edu.
cation department. with mission.
aries and indeed with any one
whu>c work took him into The
crowded quarters Of the city. al
ways. however keeping in MIND
that the Italian colony must be ac
cessibie when a neighborhooC
should finally be selected because
Of her pleasant experiences will
that gifted and warm hearted peo
pie in their own country.
At last suitable house wa
found standing well back from tn,
street. surrounded on three side
by broad porch which was sup
ported by wooden pillars of CORN
THAN design and proportion. Th
house was rented. but il provec
possible to sublet the second foo
and the large drawing room on III
first floor. After some necessar,
repairs were made. Miss Addam:
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