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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30
THE ECONOMICS OF CHARrTY-By George Eaves, D. D.

housed or the out of work given tenn porary shelter but to find and practice better method, whereby the vicious and the 1istless and the wretched and the fraudulent shall cease out of the land. This requires careful observation and &C., curate record of all available facts.
 Then also there is the still more imme- diate necessity of what we call relief" made 1t my special care to converse with many experienced persons in Cleve- land concerning this matter. I found that intelligent cooperation has generally been established between the churches and some lodges on thu one hand and tho Associated Charities onIoe on the other. The church not only contributes freely to ble support of the charity organization, but often accepts responsibility for the care of individual cases, under the advice of the trained superintendent or visitor. The cash expended oa any case in the form of material relief bears no relation to the whole cost, in time of trained worker, cooperative endeavor and use of the machinery of the "office (much hated wordD Why is this? Because tho aim Is permanent, not temporary relief. What is necessary is more than to sup ply the need of warmth or food or cloth- ing. It is no less than 10 help back to self-support and self-respect this home, this individual. You take your dollar. MT Ignoramus. and you "put it -sYhere you think it will do the most good" And that ends the matter for you But tomor- row that family will need another dollar, and then will you be ready to repeat the gift7 And the next day? And the next2 Isn't 1t certain that you will grow tired?
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additions of singers who had studied abroad under the best masters, and a fine organist was engaged, and so we went on. We sold the old organ within 0 few months and bought a new one. and everybody was happy. except the former German organist He never attended the services after he had resigned, and his estimate of me as a musician and a clergyman was not Of the Eiffel tower kind. Sagt CT immer, "Hatte ich ihn dooh nie gesehen." (This type does not admit of the umlaut).
 Surely it will not be thought that I am opposed to hymn-tunes, as they are pop niariy called. Gregorian tones would not fit the thousands of metrical hymns that the churches sing. Therefore, as many of these compositions are true expressions of the soul of worship, they should be sung; but in a dignihed and reverent mel ody. Yet for 4iturgioal service there is nothing that can take the place of the Gregorian tones. have heard them sung by the old monks in Rome Florence and in other parts of the old world, when their full tones sounded like the harmo- nious roll of many waters.
 referred to the hynan melodies. How beautiful are some of them. And what sacred associations and memories crowd the mind at their bare mention! We have in Birmingham many who were formerly residents of Richmond Va. Nearly every one of these citizens VIII recollect Moses
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~'The voice-rof free grace
 Cries escape to the Mountain"

wise man to make money, but that any fool can wisely spend it. Or at least it means that the same faculties which are keen to make dollar are equally good for spending 1t. And no assumption is more absolutely disproved by experience. respectfully draw attention to a few outstanding institutions, deservedly fa- nous for the training Of social workers. There are, first and foremost, the Schools of Philanthropy and Civics," in New York and Chicago. Their students are graduates of colleges and study involves mastery not only of text books on eco- monies, hygiene the causes and relief of scientific observation, record keeping and method, followed by practical train ing in actual hand to hand relief The same Is true of other schools like that at Boston. It will be true of the new Uni versity of Religion, being established at Hartford. Conn. Can any man be a farmer7 Does the United States govern ment waste It's money by carrying on an agricultural department? If so then away with all modern progress. the outcome of specialization in study MT. Marconi, in that case. is a happy accident. and so is that man Burbank, the wizard of horti- culture. But we very well know that study, care, special devotion to definite fields of endeavor, are the price of every advance.
 And may we not fairly claim that of all the fields of modern endeavor none is
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that there should be a body set apart
 and called choir, whose special office
 it is to lead the singing. not because they are more disposed to the devout uplifting of praise, but because they arc endowed with better vocal organs. and have att tained moro of the musician's art. For all office, unless 1t be accompanied by peculiar grace, becomes, as it were a. diseased organ, seeking to make itself of itself too much of q center. Mr. Mutt wood ventures to remark: T cannot but think it a snare when a. protesting Chris- tian has a bass voice like Brother Kemp's."
 o, how many Brother Kenfpsv thera are in the churchesl They persist in sing ing when they can't shig, which is not SO
 had; but some of them insist upon lead ing the singing, and this is execrable. have sometimes thought 1t misfortuns for clergyman to know anything about music, for whom the masic goes awry the sermon is likely to follow in the same way and the former he cannot change 1t Is done. Just as well be like Charles Lamb. In the Essays of Ella. he says. T have been practicins God Save the King all my life, and am not yet arrived. they tell me, within many quavers of it." pr. Johnson said that his musical accom- plshments consisted in his knowing a drum from a trumpet and a bagpipe from a guitar. know a bishop who was said to know only two tunes, Yankee Doodle and Old Hundred. IIe was asked how he between them. He replied. "old Hundred is so much faster than Yankee Doodle"
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"This is a sleepy tune O. murderous slumber."

quite so difficult as that of society itself The problems of poverty, not as abstract problems, but as concrete, family prob lems, practical and agonizing, were never so hard to understand and never so hard to relieve. The problem of the homeless man and the problem Of the imbecile child and the problem of the girl who refuses to do homework, but seeks her living in. shop or store, arc not merely individual instances. calling for Hove" but cases of universal social problem needing to be mastered In It's principles and to be dealt with broadly by love" made wise by thorough study.
 Tn fact, nothing is more dangerous than love-" If 1t is not keenly alive to all the facts in the case. The love of many mother Is the ruin of her child. because she knows not how to reed 1t or to guide 1t in the later years.
 Now the modern organization of Amer lean charity is really q massing of tho intelligent and diffused philanthropy of the nation for united study of the causes of poverty and of degradation and of so- cial wreck, as well as of tho immediate and the ideal means of alleviating and abolishlng them.
 It is not enough to relieve this poor family, but to discover whence it's pover- ty arose. 1t Is not enough to take the diseased and put him ih a hospital, but to discover how to avoid producing diseases. And it is not enough to build an asylum where imbecie children can bo cared for or the insane treated or the tramp
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<c IDECLINE to support the United
 Charities" says Mir. Ignoramus.
 4 who has an office on Back street, uavseedvilie, ''because it costs them sl to give away 50 cents. In future l am going to give smy dollar where think 1t will do the most good.'
 Fine boy Ignoramus, Junior! His father and grandfather were Stultus and stultissimus, and were immune to the "new" ideas about gunpowder, 300 or 400 years after all the rest of the world had learned that it would Ego off' when touched with fire. They both died sudden lv in 1890, through having sat on keg of powder while they smoked, and 1t is even supposed that their spirits ejacu- lated the astonishment they felt as they were hurled against the roof of the shed. in some words like these
 'sWel, I'm darned"
 A most inept remarK, for rather they needed to be both darned and patched for burial. Mir. Ignoramus of Hayseedville is still young and there is hope that he may be a man of useful intelligence, for [ understand he has decided to move to inc citv. where he has been doing a little business for some time.
 Indeed. I have been talking to some of his cousins, and have learned what large family connection he has. You may meet them in every walk or life and in every state of the union. No wonder there are some of them in Birmingham for they are in Chicago, and even in Att
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lanta, I should not wonder if there were some in Montgomery and Mobile and Jackson, Miss, and over on the Pacific coast, and in Colorado and other back wood places But wherever you find this family they say about the same thing, in the same monotone.
 Tt costs the charity organization so- icety 60 cents to give away 40 cents," or even in a more imaginative flight, ''It costs the Associated Charities g to give away 10 cents."
 There, in crude form. is the popular impression of the economies of organized charity. It is accompanied by the fatuous comment: Charity is not business. but love-
 It has been my great privilege within the past few weeks to get into very close contact with the leaders In organized charity throughout this whole nation. For more than two years readers of The Age-Herald have gently borne with me as I have at frequent intervals, endeav- ored to indicate some of the meanings of this great modern movement, a practical and ameliorating side of modern sociol- ogy Many have been good enough to speak and write apprec1atively of these contributions. Hence I need bring no analogy when hero try to deal frankly with the prejudices above indicated.
 There is, of course, science of effective relief Like other sciences, it Is related with much that seems to lie outside itself. Hence such Conference of Charities and Correction as has just been held at Cleve- land discusses that interrelauon and dis-
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will be acceptable as sung by this ohofr." ''ve- don't know nos Gregorians,'' said the organist. Still with quiet patience said: ''very well, Til teach you one or two. Turn to the third Gregorian tone in your books and will show you how to phrase it."
 It was done, and in a little while tho whole choir was singing after the ancient style of the Gregorian music, the only music, in my judgment. to which the cantlcles of a Idturgical service should be rendered. After rehearsal there was talk of a resignation here and there, just as I expected I prepared for 1t. At service invited the children and young people to meet me during the week, as I wanted to form a choir. The congrega- ton was greatly pleased at the change of the music at my first service. The week following every member of my old choir resigned. For Sunday or so we had no music, but in less than month I marched a choir of about 30 people into the church, men, women and boys, who, without break, sang the music of the service under the guidance of new organist. I had taught a class of about 40 people night after night during the weeks Some of the voices were unmus- ical, but others of them were sweet and beautiful. That style of music Is retained in the parish, and no one wants to return to the old methods. Vrey soon after be- gan my-~work with the new choir we had
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row--I will go my way and be a man. Because
 I am an immortal soul and there is nothing in all Gods created universe that can hurt me.
 They were gettin gready to "play house."
 The house was wonderfully made, with clothesline for the framework and a bedspread for covering. The walls con sisted of old shawls and old garments. Inside four sticks driven into thr ground represented bedposts and a box the dresser. The kitchen held many utensils, while in the parlor there was a daven- port almost big enough for one girl to sit upon.
 It was Saturday afternoon.
 For hours the little girls had sl<irmished about the different homes. bringing gar ment here and q box there And finally when all was ready to begin housekeeping it was time to go home. There was no chance to rock the dolls or receive company or hold an afternoon tea or prepare a meal.
 And, moreover, they must carry the stuff back to their homes. And the father Of
  had been built scolded them because they had filtered up his back yard with trash"
 Well, of such is our life.
 We are all children a little larger grown, and we are forever getting ready to have good time. Always we plan and fetch and carry. anticipating the day when we shall enjoy ourselves.
 And before we know 1t 1t is almost time to go home.
 We plan an education. Surely when our diplomas shall be earned 1t will be easy sailing. But commencement day. to which we looked forward as the end, was but the beginning of preparations.
 Now. when we shall have married and settled down. But then comes the baby-the real doll-and to 'get the rab- bit skin to wrap the Baby Bunting in" is the commencement of long hunt. Play day? To be sure
 When the children are educated and settled the work of carrying and building will be ended. and we shall have a good long breathing spell, and. faith, we shall need 1t.
 But the western sun Is low, and we are
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lenee against him. Tn company with sev- eral gentlemen, he was introduced to Nel- son, when the two engaged in a casual conversation. A remark on the part of Nelson led Clanton to interpret 1t as a challenge of his courage. No doubt Gen. eral Clanton was influenced in his con clusion by that which heshad just learned concerning the proposed violence. Cianton promptly resented the challenge of his courage, when Nelson turned abruptly away from the company, on the sidewalk, stepped Into q saloon and reappeared at the door with a gun loaded with buckshot, and from behind barricade of goods boxes, he leaned against a lamp-post, shot General Clanton where he had had been left standing, instantly killing him. Tic news was flashed to Alabama and was the occasion of universal sorrow and in- dignation.
 General Clanton's body was brought to Montgomery where it lay in state and
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everything. and what he really wants he may never get.
 Because
 The circus of life never was intended to be enjoyed by just one boy.
 How to be happy though married?' By remembering To keep your domestic troubles inside the family.
 That quarrel" should be made up as soon as possible. By remembering that married life is a full. not a limited, partnership,
 That your partner is neither hero nor heroine, seraph nor cherub.
 That marriage Is for better or for worse especially for the latter.
 By remembering to be patient and kind, slow to anger and plenteous in charity. To dress for one another a little and not entirely for society. To be scant in the use of dear and darling in public, but plenteous in pri- vate By remembering that sofl answer turneth away wrath and grievots words stir up anger.
 That the woman who saves money Is as useful to the partnership and as deserving as the man who makes 1t.
 That a good husband is worth more than millions of money and a good wife is above rubies.
 That confidence, thoughtfulness and faithfulness In one partner beget like virtues in the other.
 By remembering that love believeth all things, beareth all things, hopeth all things
 That love is not puffed up, behaveth itself not unseemly, suffereth long and Is kind.
 That the human heart craves fellowship and coflradship and sympathy, always and everywhere.
 That it is easy to see the mote in your partners eye and to forget the beam that may be in your own eye.
 That your partner will meet you half way. And, if not, go little farther. for 1t is worth while.
 By remembering to be as agreeable df possible) as in the sweet old days of courtship.
 That you can afford to make many sac-
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told him the boy was only five yeers old and saved nickel. This is a ridic- ulus story-holly ridiculus, and only illustrates that you cannot beleeye ev- very thing you reed in the papers. As matter of fact careful investiga- sion reveels the fact that it did not happen on street car at all. It was on train. It was not the little sun of frend, but the daughter of Re- lasion. Further, when the Conductor maid the little gurl stand up, and in- sisted that she must be ovver five yeers old, MT. Morgan refused to discuss the matter with him at all, and cortoeusly paid him nickel, talk ing his receept for same to be used as a voucher for re-imbursemint.
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Even if you don't grow tired, you
 taking away more than you give. z are taking away manliness. self-resp
 honor. Your lonely dollar carries
 rlbe blight and curse with 1t. You tl s
 Tt will do the most good there." q but think again. The truth is that \ F. love isn't lovo at all, but n cheap r brazen conceit masquerading as l
 Love would do more, or else weep tha
 could do nothing. That broken hd that man or woman or ooy or girl who i "up against it' so very hard needs nor than money. Probably they do not nee money at all. They need your time. you sympathy, in rebuilding their courage O in training them to independence and self control and skill to support others. Bu you push that real need on one side. I is so much easier to give 0 dollarl Yoi haven't time" Quite so. Therefore pu your dollar and other talents beside i Into skilled hands, which have time | well as skill. Let some one who knoq how separate for you the helpable fro the unhelpablo, what you call the desef| Ing from the undeserving. Put your d lars into human service. That is wofv moro than dollars. And believe me, | economies of true charity can never expressed in dollars at all. It is love-, luminated with the lamp of knowll Or, if you prefer 1t that way. 1t is coin of love in the hand of lSnowledg prefer the other way of putting H.. Bt any case, if you don't employ the business methods In yotr charity you end in failure. For business Is only other name for honesty. In modern oh ity fl links those who have not with tho that have.
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dollar a week plan for one meesly little old book, which he felt he was simply obliged to have. It has been a so1se of grate embarrismint to him to have a dozzen or so book collectors cumming round evvery Munday morn ing after doller.
 Peerp deelights in deeds of kind ness. It tickles him plum to death to pat discouraged and tired Railroad on the back, and make it's yung life happy by issuing for it fifty milyuns or so nice engraved gold bonds. He has been a reguler Father to most of the poor orphin Railroads in this country, and those he has not been father to would like to be adopted. He is humain and thoughtful man in his publick and private life too. He fre-
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this sordid life, by rescuing Bizness again.
 The Muckrakers have been exseed- ingly unkind to Peerp--it is most an- moving to a man of his srinking and refined nature to be held up before the Cruel-eruel world as a Monster. They tell all kind of stories on him without enny foundasion of fact whatsoever. Only resently, just to show how things can be exaggerated, some mag gyzeen or uther published a vytuper- ous and vissious article about Peerp, telling how he was taking the little nine yeer old sun of a frend down town on the street car, and that he told the boy to kinder draw up his legs and screwch down in the corner, and when the Conductor cum around he
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OH. the circus day parade. | How the bugles played an' O playedl

0H, the circus day parade. How the bugles played and O playedl
 The other day in Washington Barnum' o,rc,,s gave a special performance for just one boy-vinson MeLean-the S-year-oio son of E. B. Mclean. The boy is heir to A fortune of s1000o0.0o0.
 .Whoopeer' shouts your young son. .sWouldn't that be fun?"
 We'll
 If the spectacle were not so un-Amer- ican it would be pathetic. There was that lone kid, barely old enough to know what was going on. with nobody to help him aniov it hut his mother and nurse and the bip nrivate detective that always accom- panies the child.
 And father paid the bill
 No doubt the boy enjoyed the circus-tile kaleidoscopic glitter. and the caparisoned horses, and the goings on in the three rings. and the crashing music of the band.
 They told the boy it was all for him. from elephants to trick ponies, from ring master to clown--all for him. And he Is being brought up expecting to receive whatever he wants
 And you?
 DO you envy the scion of the McLeans and the walshes, destined to live like a prince? There are so many things you would like to have and which you are de- nicd--not circuses, perhaps, but, other things
 But
 When you come to analyze your high est enjoyments do you not find you are SO built that to enlarge your pleasures you must divide them with others?
 There are such a lot of things money can never buy And that is where the Nc Lean sort miss it. Some day this son and heir will find out that in getting every thing money can buy he has lost half his lffe-and the best half.
 Your boy thinks he is uniuclxy because he must stay away from the circus while this other boy buys a whole one for him. self. but by his deprivation and struggle to earn and to deny himself he gets some thing the ti-millionaire boy never will get.
 Having had everything, the day will come when young Mclean will tire of
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was. viewed by thousands. A great popu- lar assemblage was held in tho Capital City in which there were expressions of ouloglum pronounced as well as those of denunciation of the murder of Aiabama's 3 favorite son. and every possible demon- stration was shown his memory. The funeral procession was the largest ever seen in the state The hall of representa- tives was draped in mourning, and tributesI of respect were shown by @ special mes- sage from Governor Lindsay, hy resolu- ton and addresses in the legislature. and by the press, not of Alabama alone, but by that of the entire country.
 The universal recognition of his merits as we'll as his personal popularity were attested by the fact that he never asked the support of any ono for the numerous positions which he held. was never a. self-announced candidate. and was never defeated for any position to which he aspired.