Evening star., 1915-01-03

lary employed at dispensaries whose duty it to
visit the homes and do everything possible to relieve the
miseries and to educate those who had little
knowledge of hygiene toward better sanitary conditions.
later piece of work that most vitally assisted the
relief of pathetically helpless section of the poor
that of the Committee of Fifteen, appointed by the
Mayor of New York after the Lexow revelations DR..
Adler especially concerned in this. With the late
William H. Baldwin, Jr., president of the Long Island
Railroad, he extremely active IN the long lnvest1-
cations and in framing the report made by this
mttee. This report recommended ways and means to
protect the daughters of the poor.
The National Child Labor Committee in 1904 chose
DR. Adler chairman and he has been at the head Of this
work all the country for nearly ten years. Under
his direction the number of States in which children
under fourteen may be employed in factories has been
steadily reduced.
In the greatest problem of all those which the
poor and therefore the country a whole, that of
capital and labor Felix Adler has played the role of
peacemaker chiefly. He is elected many times annually
member of committees by which the capitalists
and laborers have agreed settle strikes and has also
been member of several New York State arbitration
boards Usually he has been found the side of labor
but whenever labor unions have used their advantage
to enforce domineerng methods upon manufacturers
Dr. Adler has been the first to denounce their leaders
as false and their msled To labor he has again
and again thundered his message that higher wages
and shorter hours by means the sole and great
est need Expert training for work, and so happiness
lens that neither physical altogether mental
but spiritual struggleshese the needs of the la
borer, as they the needs of the capitalist.
For man whose message to the world is altogether
of work and duty, Felix Adler at sixtythree
ing home after sxteen-hour working day and reve
ing in another three hours of study of Plato
Kant, of the few figures in public life who have
retained intact the best of human qualities,-youth.
The passion that he has for tanning into life the
spark of individuality given at birth to every boy
girl we'll illustrated by the recent founding of art
high school within his school, Those of marked artistic
ability or ncinations admitted to this high school
at the age of fourteen During their years of prepara-
ton for the of artist the young people
given much the same foundation of knowledge that
they would receive in ordinary high school, but
with this difference Each teacher, whether he teaches
classics history literature, whatever, espe
caly trained by long study of the arts and teaches
his subject with reference to the arts Thus not only
he assured of strong interest among the pupils in
what he lays before them, but they also given the
opportunity for thoroughly rounded and useful in
stead of piecemeal training
Thus DR.. Adler has grouped together among his
friends and followers business mems group and
lawyers group of men active in business in law. At
stated times these talk business prac
tce the ethics of the legal profession with the
pose of regulating their conduct in business
in law that they will give impetus to the progress of
their work toward greater usefulness and dignity.