Excerpt from The Commons, Vol. 1: A Monthly Record Devoted to Aspects of Life and Labor From the Social Settlement Point of View
It would be difficult to overestimate the influence of the settlements in making public opinion in matters relating to industrial disturbances. Particularly has this been the case recently in relation to the strike of the garment workers in Chicago and in the general question of the sweating system. In this matter Hull House has been foremost, calling and through Miss Addams conducting the great anti-sweating meeting of March 8 at Central Music Hall, and making a strong and telling appeal for arbitration in the clothing strike. Miss Addams"s address in favor of this arbitration, made before the Central Council of the Civic Federation, March 19, was admirable and fairly settled the question of the standing of the Federation in the matter.
A welcome addition to our residential and working force comes in the person of Dr. Mary Edna Goble, a graduate of the Illinois Training School for Nurses and of the medical department of the University of Michigan. Dr. Goble will have charge of the tenement house inspection and of the instruction in household sanitation, first aid to the injured, etc. Through her medical skill the Settlement will come into more vital touch with its neighbors in their homes, and into closer co-operation with the Illinois Medical College in the Commons dispensary work for the poor.
The residents of Chicago Commons have decided upon Tuesday afternoon and evening as the weekly occasion upon which they will make special effort to be at home to their friends. This is not intended to restrict visitation to that day, for interested friends are always welcome, but in order that those coming from a distance may be reasonably assured of finding the residents at home and comparatively at liberty.
Through the courtesy of N. H. Carpenter, secretary of the Art Institute, in cooperation with Mr. French, the Institute"s Director, the residents of the Commons have free access to the exhibitions and lectures at the Institute, a privilege which has been thoroughly availed of and appreciated.
We mean to regard as "preferred" names upon our mailing list, all settlements, and to send Chicago Commons as a matter of course to all such. In return, we ask for all reports, and, so far as possible, all printed matter issued by settlements in the course of their regular work.
Canon Barnett"s recent papers in the Fortnightly Review and the Nineteenth Century, on social settlements, should be familiar to all our readers. Canon Barnett may fairly be called the Moses of the settlement movement, and his utterances on the subject are to be regarded as authoritative.
The schedule of classes and clubs in the Plymouth Winter Night College gives a good idea of the work which has been going on in the educational department of the settlement. It is now undergoing revision preparatory to the beginning of the new term of the college work.
Christian Endeavor Societies in parties have been among our recent visitors, including two groups from Evanston and one from the Woodlawn Park Presbyterian Church. Couples and trios of Endeavorers are almost daily callers.
A four-page leaflet, bearing a picture of our residence, and describing our work somewhat fully, has recently been published, and is on hand in sufficient supply. We will gladly furnish copies to any one upon application.
"The remedy for social discontent and dynamite bombs is Christianity as taught in the New Testament." - Prof. R. T. Ely.
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