. Inglenook, The (1911) . Conteis the general secretary of the several years he was a valuable socialworker in the city of Boston, where he wasgreatly respected. He returned to Italy re-cently and was appointed pastor of the Metho-dist church in Palermo. The most important lines of activity in whichthe new organization will interest itself are: 1. Civic and moral instruction in the publicschools. 2. Better public libraries. An increasedpatronage by the public. 3. More democracy in the government sothat the people will have a share in the mak-ing of laws. 4. More attention to hy
. Inglenook, The (1911) . Conteis the general secretary of the several years he was a valuable socialworker in the city of Boston, where he wasgreatly respected. He returned to Italy re-cently and was appointed pastor of the Metho-dist church in Palermo. The most important lines of activity in whichthe new organization will interest itself are: 1. Civic and moral instruction in the publicschools. 2. Better public libraries. An increasedpatronage by the public. 3. More democracy in the government sothat the people will have a share in the mak-ing of laws. 4. More attention to hygiene by school andchurch authorities. 5. Less disputing among the churches andmore federated work in philanthrophy and so-cial progress. 6. Public charity based upon modern meth-ods. 7. The checking of lottery, unsanitaryhousing, and other sources of immorality. John Bancroft Devins. The East Side of New York City lost avaluable friend this year when Rev. Devinspassed away. He was a friend of the poor The inglenook 1231. John Bancroft Devins. and a leader of fresh air outings. He wentwith the children frequently on their excur- sions, and was loved by all. Jacob A. Riis, hisfellow worker, pays the following tribute tohim: When engrossing editorial work onthe Observer came to him, he kept his grip onhis little friends. Editing, preaching, travel-ing in later years, he remained ever the plain,homelike man who labored up the many nightsof stairs in the East Side tenements to hispoor people and knew their every need andwant. Whether he directed the cleaning ofalleys and whitewashing of the tenement cel-lars as a means of keeping the poor fromstarving in the hard winter of 1893-04, or satin some board of wealthy philanthropists wholooked to him to find ways of helping wherehelp was needed, he was the same great heart-ed man. [ COMMENT ON RECENT HAPPENINGS | Has Childhood Any Rights? There is probably no single spot in any Stateor the nation where so many pathetic scenestake place a
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