The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-18

Today a truly wonderful change Is
: passing over IN spirit Of mon VINO are
; rich and powerful. The cruC'ble "t war
! has burned up ,hH old spirit OF Caste
! ,cliishncss and pride. An incident thu'
! occurred in London recently illustrates
; tho ncw social ATTITUDE. over ~ inc
! cast end If London. N III" "rowd'd 'ch"-
! mcnt house district where lhr roof arc
working III clothing and muniti"n lac
tories. ono Of tn" Barnctts s'lf."l i
loan exhibition for tho workers. The
poor had Increased wages. Thry had
bocun Ia hYy cheap jcwclrT. n" NJ
! huyIuC platcu rings and the women
;awdrv dresses. Tho question q: poverty
va betting solved. but th'r' Was a
moral and spiritual :al.ati"I' 10 b"
r,hicvcd With their lncr,hsc1 inc"ln"
= so people needed higher standards.
therefore Canon ard Mrs. Barnet ar
r;,ScG p loan exhibition. Th"y v'Slied
,hA rich people and nous If III" west
end In trc house w"r" certain m"Hi"r-
ric,cS II great bcaGt! AMI I.;Ih NaiN"'
In HnUihrr room w"r" SIX Sxcrlt1t PC
lures which the lazy II rank Sa'd n't
ku>ln,G proposed 20 So II - tn" l"'n ~
Llhlrion ~ Whlt"rhap',. liat canon
Earnct, answered. 81 IN sony. but !
n"iscd, the lady Exclaimed. "Bu, why
not, why not "3ccauSC thcs" slA PIC
lures are no, IN" best YOU have. Those
N the drawing room ar" gems and by
far ~" best If r",Ir collection" 'Nhy.
yas Tho answer. who's" pictures ar" or
r-icc'rss yalrr" ",'rr'ainly." answered
canon Barnett Il; is thc best that -
needed for Whiicchap"L" Now. that
,l~h man and hl> wife had hc"n 9" pro-
round,v influenced ny this war that th"H
accepted tn" r"huk" and promptly
loaned ihr,~ CONS 10 TN" exhibition IN
WhIicchnpcl. IN" sen" Of endless muir
icrs r'rIkcS and riots. Plainly some
hing has happened not only 20 the poor.
hut iO tn" rich.
And cvcrvwhcrc in the world IN
France. Italy. as well as Great Britain
md tho United States. the proud. IN"
r,rh and he exclusive have IN certain
WAY been l"v.lcd DOWN that they may
l.. Hftrd Nv wh,l" III" poor have been
liCIcd ND :ud mad" IT, Shar" IN tho
Arau'y and sweetness. the comforts ana
rnmv"uIruC"H that are beng achicN"d
'"r The common people. tn" extremes
f secretly ar" bong brought i"g"th"r
lrorIc that hay been "llcd with de-
par and had lost hop" midst their
degradation are now looking up. hoping
and beginning anew. Inc simple la''
= rhc working people need the scholar
and IN" rich man. that they may have a
standard. while IN" sucial leader needs
the poor The cultivated. IN" prosper
Gus and BEAUTIFUL remain apart IN on"
class. they inhr"rd. e" "staI', lose IN
rcrcst IN on" another. because they have
tho Same experience. and finally pc
como Guarr"lsumc and then decay sets
N Tho IDEAL thing - for tho two cN-
,rcm.~ to meet whiIc IN" ono class nnds
among the poor n field and INSPIRATION
10 service and tho other. locking up.
finds n pattern Of character and Is re-
crcshrd by tn" highest ideals II is this
new spirit tina, prophecies better ag"
and a now social order. And in the
n,ids, Of the anarchy and the explosion
Of bombs II - This new spirit that saves
from prsslmism and fr"shrns the ardor
! for rebuilding the institutions Of we'll
nigh ruined world.