' THE' SCRANTON 13, 1896.
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THE STORY OF THE
FESTIVE BICYCLE
How It Was First Conceived tad Its
Qradnal Devclopaest.
INTRODUCTION OP THE VELOCIPEDE
It Wat Invented by Two FreacameB.
The Wheel Tnraed Dowa by Loais
3VlThe Pari Bicycle Fad ia
1807Iatroductioa of the Bike ia
New York" First Appearance of
Bloomer.
From th Philadelphia Time.
In July, 1779, the Journal of Parts an
nounced with much derision th appear
anc of the first velocipede ot which we
have any authentic account, Two en
thusiastic Frenchmen, Masurler and
Blanchard, a celebrated aeronaut, had
Invented a wonderful two-wheeled ma
chine, which wo destined to overthrow
within the coming; hundred years the
monopoly held through long ages past
by the 'faithful' horse and patient ass,
and enable man to propel himself
throughout the earth at a rate of speed
only limited by his strength and endur
ance. .
Louis XVI. ordered a public exhibi
tion of the phenomenon under his own
personal supervision at Versailles, In
the. presence of Marie Antoinette, and
promptly turned It down as Unworthy
of adODtlon or even respectful atten
tion. The unfortunate Inventors, meet
ing with this chilling treatment In
France, turned their steps towards their
Paxon enemies across the English
Channel, receiving Immediate and en
thusiastic recognition in London and
throughout England by the nobility.
Here this man-propelled machine found
great favor under the exalted patron
age of the Duke of York, who seem to
have been something of a sport, and
whose zeal In behalf of hi inanimate
steed sired, and likewise damned, In
France laid himself open to much rid
icule and unlimited lampooning. This
mechanical Bucephalus was called a
"dandy horse" and was practically a
bicycle, It having but two wheels.
Its popularity was of short duration,
and the remote ancestor of the modern
safety sank from view for many years;
then reappeared In 1S08, and again In
1810, In substantially the same form,
perhaps more cumbersome, under the
sponsorship of Baron Von Drats, of
Manhelm, who named his stolen device
the "Draisine." The manner of propul
sion was, as. with the Duke of York's
dandy horse, by the rider thrusting his
feet upon the ground and pushing with
his toes, directing the course of the con
trivance by means of steering handles.
When going down hill he could lift his
feet from the ground and take a scoot
that usually ended In a general mlx-up
of "horse" and rider at the foot of the
'nellne.
OTHER ATTEMPTS.
In 1818 Dennis Johnson made some lm
rovements on the Draisine, lessening
the weight and providing a stomach
est. He took the machine to England,
aid there received letters patent for a
"pedestrian curricle." The mode of
propulsion was still the same the riders
still did more walking than riding.
Louis Oomperts In 1821 made some
?ery radical changes by Introducing a
drivli g handle attached to a cog seg
' went fitted In a corresponding socket
on the front axle, by means ot which the
rider could assist with his hands In
propelling the machine, while he still
depended upon his legs as before to keep
himself upright.
Various other devices built upon the
?ame lines were Introduced at various
times through the next forty-five years,
none of which added material improve
ments to these primitive machines thus
briefly mentioned.. The great problem
to be solved was that of equilibrium.
The duke ot York's dandy horse, with
cranks and pedals, would have made
a very fair safety, but' no one dreamed
that a man could drive one of these con
trivances along the highways and by
ways by pedaling with his feet and still
maintain an upright position.
The active principle was latent In all
these Inventions, but there was no one
who could discover It until 1860, when
again a mechanic-loving Frenchman
came to the fore and applied the prin
ciple of thafthen spinning top and roll
ing hoop to the then extant ancestors
of the present scorchers, and launched
upon the world a two-wheeled "veloci
pede" propelled by pedals. It might be'
mentioned, however, In thla connection
that in 1830, a man named Dreuse, like
wise a Frenchman, built a machine on
which the rider was to sit free from im
pact with the ground and propel himself
by means of handle bars, but for some
reason It would not work, and no public
acknowledgements of' Its merits waa re
corded. The machine of 1860, an old naval of
ficer, M. Bailees, being the Inventor,
reached a solution completely, but, sin
' gular to relate, created no particular
. excitement. Various Improvements
were made upon this machine until 1867,
, when all Paris broke out aflame with
the first real wheel craze since the daya
of the duke of York.
This .time the fad became general,
and passing through the gardens of the
Tullerles, where the prince imperial rode
his veloce de luxe mounted In rose
wood and aluminum bronze. It reached
the haunts of the canaille of the Quar
tlerPaplncourt or Rue Mouftetard.
RIDICULING THE CRAZE.
The Journals of Paris and France dur
ing the year 1868 continually referred to
the "new toy" and the caricaturist
found a rich field for his pencil's wot k.
The New York and London papers
looked on askance at first and then fell
Into line with paragraphs and Items,
editorials and cartoons anent the craze.
The Scientific American of Sept. 30,
1868, had a description of a velocipede
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race In Paris, which cam off early tai
the month, and It might be Interestlag
reading for the professionals of today.
The purse was 1.000 francs, and the con
testants Were six Americans and six
Frenchmen. AU kinds of velocipedes
were permitted, but nearly all riders
used the two-wheeled kind. Two laps
constituted the distance, and no rider
was allowed to touch the ground with
his feet, and he was not permitted to
"head to the rear." This means that
the rider could not prevent himself from
falling by steering off In a circle until
he was able to right himself again. This
was considered unfair, but to use the
writer's own words, "you may go as
crooked (snake-like) as you please, but
never turn around or face the rear.' "
The Americans won, as they did' In a
subsequent challenge one-lap race. The
author continues: "This was real fun
for the Americans. The allcomers,'
however, are up to snuff now, and are
looking for something now to beat the
Americans; but the Frenchman must
get up early and dejeuner before 11
o'clock to beat us."
The New York World about the time
came out In an editorial saying: "Two
or three Infatuated persons, probably
driven mad by protracted tortures on
the street railway cars, or by the
spurns which patient patrons of the
omnibus take, have made up their
mlnda to Introduce Into New York the
modern French Improved velocipede.
This la simply a contrivance for en
abling able-bodied persons of a mall-
clous turn of mind to make catapults ot
themselves. Such persons, leaping on
a velocipede and putting It to full speed
by rapid pulsations of either leg, can
launch themselves with terrific force
and fury against the legs of their i'el-low-creaturea
No matter what dam
ago they may Inflict upon their victims,
they can always get out of the reach
of an Indignant populace long before
the nearest policeman can reach the
spot. We have only to say that within
alx months from this millennium of me-
chancll propulsion the artificial leg
companies will be declaring cash divi
dends of from 300 to BOO per cent.
We are decidedly opposed to putting the
average New Yorker, untamed and un
civilized, astraddle of a wooden locomo
tive, with license to get up his own
steam, which goes to show that wood
as well as Iron were used In the con
struction of the velocipede."
A month later the same journal, anent
the riding of velocipedes by women,
says: "The flat has gone forth. Ameri
can ladles are to velocipede. It was all
settled a few evenings since, and with a
great eclat this novel amusement was
inaugurated in the metropolis by a
grand moonlight velocipede race, gotten
up and entirely conducted by a revolu
tionary bevy of enterprising ladies. This
brilliant affair, as might be Imagined,
has electrified all upper belledom with
an absolutely new sensation."
ON YANKEE SOIL.
Almost a month prior to the Isolated
cases before referred to the American
Artisan of September 23, 1868, announc
ed that th advent of a wheel brought
from Paris by Thomas R. Pickering in
this manner: "The velocipede, about
which there has been such a mania in
Paris for the last year or two, has at
length, made its appearance in New
York. Thomas R. Pickering, the well
known patentee of th steam engine
governor, of No. 144 Green street, on the
afernoon of the 17th Instant created
quite an excitement in the City Hall
Park by appearing there mounted on a
two-wheeled velocipede of his own man
ufacture, Just finished. Mr. Pickering
went many times around the park, and
back and forth In front of the hall, with
great ease, the machine being under the
most perfect control, only going at
good speed. It astonished us not a lit
tle to see with what facility the rider
can balance himself and vehicle, the
wheels of which are only three-fourths
of an Inch across the tire and arranged
one before the the other.
The craze at this time had not abated
in Paris, but was rather on the Increase,
as will be seen from the extract from
the New York Evening Post, November
24, 186S. A Paris latter says. 'Velo
cipedes, to the front! The cry is still
they go! There are private riding
schools most aristocratically attended
lords, dukes and princes, who get "Im
perial crowners' when they Impel their
wood and metal too recklessly.
But I have today seen signs of the seem
ingly useless playthings being turned
into use. Now I see that the
several workmen of the' better class
have Invested money In velocipedes.
And whether or not all work
ing Paris goes home from work on Its
own 'high-mettled' steed is a mere ques
tion of price."
And the "high-mettled" steel had al
ready commenced his prancing over the
western hemisphere. The pavements of
Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago were
resounding to his tread.
The last-named city appears to have
seen the velocipede in actual daily use
at an earlier date than New York. C.
Gilbert Wheeler brought to Chicago
trofi Paris In the fall of 1867 a veloci
pede (two-wheeled), similar In appear
ance to the "ordinary bicycle of the
70's." This machine was introduced to.
the astonished denizens of the "Windy
City," and waa ridden upon the streets
by Mr. Wheeler's brother In the spring
of 1868, thus antedating New York's first
experience. The same year Dr. Arthur
Edwards appeared upon the streets
with a brand-new bone-shaker, or a
similar Instrument of torture, of the
Pickering mice. These gentlemen be
came the cynosure of all eyes, and the
' papers of the day continually lam
pooned them and their efforts to propel
themselves through Chicago's busy
streets on the "straddle-bug" affairs.
SLOW TO CATCH ON.
The fad did not Bpread very rapidly
for some time, for we find in the Chi
cago Republican of Sept. 8, 1868, these
queries and conclusions: "Why does
not some enterprising Chlcagoan either
Import or build and introduce these pop
ular vehicles In Chicago? It is quite
time we had some other means of loco
motion than the present modes.
W need such aids here. They would
-la a model with i
right good cook la she.
oh bread and oak as she doth make
Twonld gladden your heart to see.
And doughnuts brown the beat In town i
,. Her piss aro sit for a queen i
suooess, as yon might guassi
to GOTXOLENB.
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Tabulated Estimate,
Future Supply
Anthracite Coal
Wyoming or Norther. H.J.iWieU Schuylkill Kcgion. . . .
Region. and Panther Creek Western Middle or Ma- Southern or PotUvllle , Totals.
Area 176 square miles. Baaln. hanojr-Shamokin Field. Field. Duration,
RAILROADS. I Area 45 fjuare mile. Area 94 aquare mile. Area ifo iquare milca. Area 484 aqaare mllea. BhlomtEia. baaed on
' Area of Area of Area of Area of ' ,-.'. '- . , , Jgo 1895 Tonnage
Coal Vnmined Coal Vnmined Coal Vnmined Coal , Uuruined Total . , -"euti Total untuned Shipments,
landa Land. Land. Landa ' J Tonnage, bjo
Covering Tonnage. Covering Tonnage. Covering Tonnage. Covering Tonnage. Area. un'wdjan ton. per loot
; 4jt.bed. 3-ft.bed 3 ft. bed? j-ft.bed ' ,crc;
Delaware, Lackawasss sad Wtsttra Railroai Co. Tonnage owned.. 16,a 300,863,150 1 ' 10,229 462,851 a00,8o3,160
. ' . by contract 6,519 3J.478!85? ; 6,319 48,4,9 1478,850
TotaU - - .. - 22,748 832,332.000 J 3 L 22.748 611,230; 332,332,000 6,12a,260 64 year.'
Delaware ud HadMS Cual Cs. Tonnage owned "T3p78 1l5,bko a f "TtljoW njpToS Tl6,8237200 "
" by contract Be.fl
Total.,.,;;. ,. 1 B.678 , 115,823.200 .2 'W.g L7I? A 15,823,200 IjPL!?! 28 years
Irit aad WyosilBj Valley Rallrsad Cs. Tonnage owned 11,043 04,870,000 . llfiH 145964 94,878,600 - " f
" by contract . ' 2 B
Total .. j1 Jjjg7M0U .5 lo " HjW 1 45,964 ",87e,600 "14632 ' 64 yearsT
Erie Rallraad Cs. Tonnage owned 64718100 8 s 6998 63114 8477181(56 :
" by contract 1,745 4.j6i.3o gO-o IJ4S 6joj 4, 161,300
Total -... 7.743 3879,400 c-, m 7,743 69,810 38,879,4O0 1,820.038 21 years.
New Yorkrdataris '. '. M g ' a ' 1
" by contract 3,664 13,971,100 Jo 3,664 91494 13971,100 '
ToUU-...-. i..-. - ,0b4 13,971,100 " g 8j664 Sl,494 13,97100 1,424,407 tf yeara.
New Ysrk, Svtqsehuaa aad Welters Rallrsad Co. Tonnage owned 2,020 187ooTi66 . I 8 1 ; SoiS) 20JB49 13765856
" by contract 4.18 i3.338!i5 3 ; 4ii8a ao.sai 13,338,650
Total.... 6,202 26.890,600 6,202 41,370 2n,890,600 1,492,244 18 years.
Delaware, Saiquekaasa asTSoaayllilll R. R. Cs. Tonnage owned?. 67822 67,361 ,834 ' 6822 1037632 773oT7834 '' .
"by contract J 486 3j539,866 486 3,908 8,3395866
Total 1 7,308 69,001,200 7,3 107,640 09,901 .200 j.J! 80 years.
PesaiylvaalS RillnCionnTgVowned 4,614 oo,(W200 6,646 1S7233,906 67415 48,845,665 16,674 8817757 l!48,142,6sO " 1
" by contract..... 750 15.283,450 aoo 1,100,000 696 31165,300 1,340 30,811,950 8,986 ;o5.i7 68,360,700 ,
' Total i , 6,264 1017846,050 200 1,100,000 7.341" 134,399,200 6,765 79,667.500 J?,6? 486,027 310,602,750 6,025,645 63 years.'
Ceatral Railroad Conptsy of Nsw Jireey. Tonnage owned "127878 842,610,600 9,335 " 861,0187800 : 47709 17Uj080,960 207422 "T78287802 863,7),350
" by contract 865 5,040,75 1,426 8,768,600 8.891 ai,45 13,809,350
Total.......;;..., 13,243 847,701,280 10,761 859,787,600 4,709 170,080.9o0 28,7l3 1,860,107 877,5tt9,'700 6,388,104 163 year.
Lhlghlfalle7 Railroad CsTTonnage owned . 9,969 T6l7212,360 4,062 4376987000 W768 2447or67o66 8,014 ""SttMTloOO 357803 1,211,078 787,200,7db "
" by contract : 3,147 18,187,650 4,775 50, 183,400 6,93a 105,094 68,311050
Total-.,........ 12,116 179,400,000 8,827 937816,400 13,768 244.015,850 8,014 838.279.500 42,725 1,816,172 855,511,75b 7.860,454 116 year.
Philadelphia aid Reading Railroad Co. Tonnage owned ' 6il 27f3o7900 81,406 T4675897i00 67,630 l743O776760O 89,477 8,211,624 2i087,4903ob
" by contract 3,040 15,709,300 1,053 40,506,700 3,093 86,486 56,315,900
Total 641 2.136,900 88.446 661,298,300 68,582 1,480,272,300 2669 3,208.010 2,143,708,506 9,006,059 216 year.
Total tonnage owned by railroad 79,329 171497758,860 267760 "464697134 617819 M2ll3850 llfiOS 1,990,971,600 "227,686 7,69H,l'20 47613,7777934
" controlled by contract..... - 19,872 101,461,750 6,887 62,531,866 8,736 36,874,500 3,392 71,318,650 3i87 4i8j74? 373,186,766 k
Uncontrolled tonnage 1,543 726,910,650 6,609 t160.911.400 8,153 888,957 j87,833,650
Orand total 100,744il,278,130,766 27,637 626.741,000 64,666 1,039,718,860 84,669 2,229,20100 2677606 7,805.826 6,073,7V6,750 46,645,670 109 years. i
A foot-acre is an acre of coal bed one foot thick. Two acre of a coal bed 10 feet thick would contain so foot-acres.
This tonnage is contained in undeveloped lands in private hands, still subject to purchase or lease. '
t The region containing major part of this tonnage is accessible by the Lehigh Valley, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, Delaware and Hudson, Central of New Jersey, and New York, Susquehanna and
Western, and remainder accessible also to the Erie and Wyoming Valley, Brie, Ontario and Western, and Pennsylvania Railroads.
t Region accessible by the Philadelphia and Reading, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, and Central of New Jersey.
According to the foregoing table, it will be seen that the total anthracite tonnage supply of the future is estimated by Mr. Griffith to be 5,073,786,750 tons (which does not include the Bernlce coal field if
Sullivan county, which is estimated to contain about 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 tons of marketable coal) divided about as follows: Domestic or prepared sires, 3,383,524,500 tons; steam sizes, 1,691,263,350 tons
Joseph S. Harris, president of the Reading Railroad, has estimated the lame total future tonnage at 5,960,700,000 tons, including culm piles and pillars, and A. D. W. Smith has estimated it at 6,898,000,000 tons.
Mr. Griffith estimates further that of this future tonnage the Wyoming region will contribute 35.3 per cent., the Lehigh region 10.4 per cent., the Mahanoy district 20.5 per cent, and the Pottsville district 43-8
per cent. According to the summarized estimate, 109 years is the life of the anthracite industry, on the basis of shipments made in 1895. If we follow Joseph S. Harris, president of the Reading Railroad, in
assuming 60,000,000 tons as the limit of annual shipments, the supply would last about 84 years, and at the average annual rate of increase from 1870 to 1895 (1,200,000 tons per annum) this limit would be reached
in about ten years, 1. in 1906. Says the Bond Record: "It will perhaps help the reader to a better comprehension of the figures of our table to say that the future tonnage of the anthracite region, if pre
pared for market, would completely fill an ordinary city street, 60 feet in width, to a depth of 60 feet, or say to the tops of the fifth story windows, for a distance of 8,800 miles. On the basis of the shipments of
1895 we are exhausting this supply at the rate of about 81 miles per year, and, according to the record of the past 25 yean, the consumption is increasing at the rate of over two additional miles per year. As
previously stated, this does not include the tonnage from culm piles and other sources, from which a considerable supply will doubtless be obtained in the future; for, as certain sections cease to yield, further
efforts will doubtless be made to re-work the abandoned mines. Considerable tonnage will thus be obtained, as well as from the thinner veins not included in our estimate."
become popular. And American In
genuity would soon suggest improve
ments which would render their use an
agreeable exercise."
The writer had evidently overloked
the effrontery of Dr. Edward and Mr.
Wheeler in frightening' horse and
alarming pedestrians with their primi
tive machines for months previously.
Again, the Chicago Times of Oct. 18,
186. has thla to say editorially upon the
subject: "There has been no practical
result thus far In the movement for the
Introduction of velocipedes In Chicago.
There Is, we understand, a club of
young men In process of formation by
whom It Is proposed In a quiet way to
Introduce this Instrument.
There Is some doubt as to whether the
veloce will ever become thoroughly
domesticated in this country. To a cer
tain extent It may become popular as
a means of amusement. It can never
be utilized among Anglo-Saxon.
It may, however. In time fill a por
tion of the apace now occupied by skat
ing. There is something In it
which does not harmonise with steady
Yankee character."
Later in the season the same paper
concludes a column velocipede article
a follow: "In conclusion It may be
stated that though the velocipede dis
ease Is now raging so fearfully as to
make it appear that the epidemic Is
doomed to run eternally, yet favorable
of circumstances, and aa often before
been brought forward under the most
favorable of circumstances, and as often
has sunk out of sight again, we can
only believe that within another twelve
months It will once more disappear from
the public gaze. In the meantime give
It every possible chance. Trundle it
around skating rinks, roll It about the
stages of leading theaters, let us 'scoot'
along the smoothest sections of pave
ment to be found, and still Its glories
shall assuredly wave in the end, and,
having finally faded from popular no
tice, the captivating plaything will
eventually be obliged to seek retirement
for another twenty years."
PROPHETIC WORDS.
This writer also seems to have been a
"seventh son of the seventh son," for In
a measure his words came true. With
in twelve months Its glories waned
throughout the world. The bone shaker
was relegated to garrett and cellar, and
the pedestrian assumed his wonted non
chalance and ease upon the city's busy
streets. The Instrument of destruction
had disappeared almost as suddenly aa
It had appeared, but not for long was
It doomed to seclusion. In 1873, in a
somewhat different form, it came again
on earth under the name of the bicycle.
Of this new machine nothing much In
praise can be said even by Its Inventor,
J. K. Starley. However, the flame broke
out afresh and the "ordinary," as a di
rect descendant of the velocipede, of
which so much has here been written,
blossomed a a rose, and acquire its full
bloom and fragrance In the years span
ning the latter half of the decade '76-86.
The evolution waa gradual from the
lofty structure upon which one sat In
oonstant danger to life and limb, to the
real safety with chain and sprocket In
vented by the same man Starley, who
waB responsible for the 1873 ordinary.
It la not the province of this article to
follow the different steps taken by In
ventors, or trace minutely the various
lines followed by manufacturers in ar
riving at the mechanical results aa we
see them today. This time it seems the
English took , the lead and America
quickly' followed with Yankee Improve
ments; stimulated the Interest In wheel
ing and fixed Its status upon such solid
foundations that evidently It has come
to stay. Trie-extent to which the wheel's
usefulness has grown; the tenacious
grip It has taken upon public favor, -ind
its universal recognition as a prime ne
cessity In pursuits of business and
pleasure may be well Illustrated by the
following from the Chicago. Tribune of
March 13, 1880:
"Something bealdea high framos,
largo tubing, and barrel hubs distin
guishes the opening of the spring cycl
trade. It Is a phaie of the trade that
waa not planned or anticipated by asso
ciations or boards of trad and comet at
prepared for the Bond ( Record by William Griffith, and showing the Approximate
of Coal Tonnage of the Various Railroads having access to the Pennsylvania
Fields. . .
much a surprise to dealers and Jobbers
aa to one who rldea in a brogham or a
grip car. For some reason, which ev
erybody in the trade Is busy In an effort
to figure out, the wheel trade has
branched out of the wonted channels
and broken loose In the most surprising
places. Hardware dealers and the big
department stores have long been com
petitors of the regular dealers, but now
they And wheels on sale by dry goods
dealers, furniture dealers, shoe dealers,
clothiers, cigar shops, hatters, men's
furnishers. Jewelers, stationers and
even saloonkeepers. At the presi-nt
rate wheels may be purchased as readily
as cigars, caramels or newspapers. As
the struggle of competition becomes
more severe the wheel may be expected
to replace the fresh country egg and the
toothsome 'prairie oyster" as a premium
with every drink; wheels will be hung
up like sugar-cured hams in grocery
stores, and druggists will be prepared
to All prescriptions for cycling exercise
at all hours of the day and night Your
barber will gently insist on your tak
ing a 'bike' instead of the time-honored
shampoo, and your tailor will carry
wheels as a side line. Now that prece
dent has been set It will be hard to
place a limit on Its consequences."
Duty.
Use Aunt Rachael'a Elecampane and
Horehound. It is known that clear white
rock candy is the most healing of all' sub
stances, and borehound and launpane
the vary best throat remedies; combined
we have Horehound. Elecampane, Grape
Juice and Rock Candy, one of the best
pulmonary remedies known. Singers and
public speakers should carry a bottle In
their pocket. For sale by druggists. Price
25 cents and 75 cents.
NEVER TOO LATE
Premature Old Age Made
Impossible.
A LuVrime Habit Esslly Broksa-lf s Easy
II You Only Take th Right Road.
(From The Press, Everett, Pa. )
A number or
our great and
most lnvetente
tobacco smokers
and c h e w e r s
have quit the
use of the filthy
weed. The re
form was start
ed by Aaron
Uorber.who was
a con ItrmeO
slave for many
years to the use
of tobacco. He
tried the use of
No-To-Bac, and
to his great sur
prise and de
light, it cured
him.
Hon. C. W. Ashcom, who had been smok
ing for sixty years, tried No-ToBac and
it cured him.
Col. Samuel Btoutener, who would est
up tobacco like a cow eats hay, tried this
wonderful remedy, and even Samuel, af
ter all his years of slavery, lost the deslro.
J. C. Cobbler, Leasing Evans, Frank
Dell, George B. May, C. O. Bkllllngton,
Hanson Roblnett, Frank Hershbergcr,
John Bh'.nn and others have since tried
No-To-Bao, and In every case they report,
not only a cure of the tobacco habit, but a
wonderful Improvement In their general
physical and mental condition, al of which
goes to show that the use ot tobacco had
been Injurious to them in more ways than
one. -
All of the above gentlemen are so well
pleased with the results that we do not
hesitate to Join them In recommending it
to suffering humanity, as we have thor
oughly Investigated and are satisfied that
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PHILANTHROPY THAT
GOES TO THE MARK
Something About the Origin and Work of
Hull House, Chicago.
REACH1NQ THOSE THAT NEED HELP
Short but Interesting Sketch of a
Famous Institution Founded and
Developed by Two Women Who Are
Educating the Poor in Labor and
Good Citizenship.
Seven years ago, says the Chicago
Times-Herald, two young women liv
ing on the North Side moved to Hal-
stead and Polk streets, to the utter hor
ror lit their friends, who thought the
neighborhood quite inferior to Dearborn
or LaSalle avenue. Neither did these
oung women, well born and accus
tomed to a refined privacy, have a
whole house to themselves; they shared
their new residence with a desk manu
factory. But they opened their home
and their hearts to their neighbors, and
that home la now known the world over
as Hull House, second only In fame and
Influence to Toynbee Hall, In London.
In seven years this- house ha grown
wonderfully. First the desk factory
vanished, and Miss Addams and Miss
Ctarr, with their fellow residents, oc
cupied the whole of the old-fashioned
Hull homestead. Then a wing was add
ed, with clubrooms In It and lecture
hnlls and a gymnasium; then another
at the rear, for a restaurant and public
bakery, where soups, cooked meats and
other edibles could be had, all ready to
take home, for less than the price of
buying and preparing the raw material.
Lnst of all, another wing, the children's
house, has been built, to accommodate
the creche, the kindergarten and the
picture gallery. The big pile of build
ings thus rapidly made necessary In
seven years by the Intelligent love and
good will of two women only partly em
bodies the wide Influence of the settle
ment. Co-workers, of similar alms,
thugh often of different views, have
Joined the founders, and a beehive Is a
dull and stupid place compared to the
Hull House of today.
EDUCATION, NOT CHARITY.
The workdone Is sociological and
educational. Broadly, It is all educa
tional, for there is little tolerance of the
patronizing spirit of pure philanthropy,
so called. The house has aa much to do
In the way of educating its would-be
benefactors out of the Pharisaism of
modern charity Is in the way of en
couraging the neighbors to lift them
selves to a higher level of life. In order
to get at the people at all the founders
opened, at the very start, a kindergar
ten. It was through the children they
must reach the parents. The fathers
and mothers and the enlightened good
citizens had. In the child, a common
Interest. Next boy's clubs were formed,
some for amusement, some for Instruc
tion, some for both. Then clubs among
the parents of the children, men's clubs,
a large woman's club and classes for
both men and women.
Long before university extension was
thought of In Chicago Hull House had
extension classes, which Is called col
lege extension.' TheBe classes cover the
following wide range of subjects: His
tory of art, English, Dante, Latin, elec
tricity and magnetism, algebra, ad
vanced arithmetic, geometery, French,
German, English grammar and letter
writing, drawing, painting and em
broidery. Besides these, there are
gymnastic classes for man, women and
children and dancing classes.
GOOD CITIZENSHIP.
Hull House has aimed to teach good
citizenship by example and precept. It
wll be remembered that Miss Addams
asked to take the contract for removing
the garbage from the Nineteenth ward.
This waa refused, but she waa made
inspector, and the ward, hitherto one of
the dirtiest in the elty, show th effect
of her practical patriotism. The Civic
Federation has a war council which
meets at Hull House; the Dorcas Fed
eral Labor Union, to urge the organiza
tion of women workers, meets there;
so do the Laundry Employes' Union and
the Chicago Working Women's Council.
Besides these formal classes many
other activities, primarily educational.
In their Intent, go on. Every Sunday
afternoon a free concert is given, by
means of which the best music Is
brought to bear upon the wearied souls
of people who live In hard and unnat
ural conditions. The programmes for
these concerts are carefully prepared;
they give the words of the songs and
hint at the meaning and the musical
values of the Instrumental selections.
Miss Eleanor Smith, a well-known com
poser, who has done such excellent work
In lifting the kindergarten music to the
level of its mission, has musical clubs
and classes, and Frauleln Hannlg.whom
she met In Oermany, where she at once
recognized her fitness for the work, ha
charge of the piano classes,
MANY FINE PICTURES.
Hull House Is hung with beautiful
pictures. Not only has It a picture gal
lery, where loan exhibits of the first
rank take place, but every room in the
house is hung with well-chosen, well
executed and appropriately framed pictureswater-colors,
oil paintings, pho
tographs, and etchings. Good casts are
everywhere, and a few vases, each one
thoroughly good. The absence of a
meaningless cluster of colored pottery
and draperies Is as noticeable as the
presence of really excellent things In
numbers Just sufficient to secure appre
ciation for each one.
To aid people to gratify the taste for
art which it so sedulously endeavors to
Inculcate, Hull House has a collection
of pictures which it circulates after the
fashion of a circulating library. Each
borrower is allowed to take and keep a
picture two weeks on simply giving his
name and address, and rarely Is a pic
ture lost or Injured.
Recently Hull House had a handi
craft exhibit of pieces of furniture
carved and made by artists, of metal
work, etc. The management hopes by
such means ultimately to Influence
worklngmen to put something of art
Into their labor, which Is now so often
mere soulless drudgery.
THE CHILDREN'S HOUSE.
In the children's house the residents
have endeavored to give a practical
example of what a school house might
and should be. It Is simple In con
struction, of compressed brick, with
wide brick verandas on each story.
Within the walls ore warmly toned In
terra cottas and yellows, greens and
blues, and are hung with a few well
chosen pictures. The broad, low win
dows have sash curtains of silkollne to
harmonize with the wall tlntlngs. Here
and there growing plants are on the
window sills. Here the Froebel Kinder
garten Association has Its training
school. The effect Is evident already al
though the house has only been opend a
year.
Miss Helen Starr, who has charge of
the kindergarten, has mothers' classes
which are doing excellently. The young
ladles of the training school have
grown so enthusiastic with the life
about them that In addition to their
kindergarten work they have taken
groups In the various clubs to teach.
Even in this work their training proves
Itself of value.
"What Is needed now," said Mrs. Put
nam, superintendent of the association,
"Is an education which connects with
life. We must have our educational and
our sociological work converge. We must
know man in all his conditions In or
der to educate him, and we must not be
content to study him merely, but to help
him, and education is the only sure and
lasting help."
This help Hull House Is giving freely.
More, this help Hull House Is.
Fearful Moments.
Jonley "Yes, sir, Iwas once in a balloon
with a crazy, man. I don't suppose you
can even Imagine the horror of such an
experience."
Jrmley--"Ir don't know about that! I've
gone up In an elevator with a small boy
running it." Roxbury Gazette.
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