Twenty years at Hull-house, with autobiographical notes . ontinued withholding. It is constantlv said that because the masses havenever had social advantages, they do not want them,that they are heavy and dull, and that it will takepolitical or philanthropic machinery to change divides a city into rich and poor; into the favored,who express their sense of the social obligation by giftsof money, and into the unfavored, who express it byclamoring for a share — both of them actuated by avague sense of justice. This division of the citywould be more justifiable, however, if the people wh
Twenty years at Hull-house, with autobiographical notes . ontinued withholding. It is constantlv said that because the masses havenever had social advantages, they do not want them,that they are heavy and dull, and that it will takepolitical or philanthropic machinery to change divides a city into rich and poor; into the favored,who express their sense of the social obligation by giftsof money, and into the unfavored, who express it byclamoring for a share — both of them actuated by avague sense of justice. This division of the citywould be more justifiable, however, if the people whothus isolate themselves on certain streets and use theirsocial ability for each other, gained enough thereby andadded sufficient to the sum total of social progress to 2 £ 370 TWENTY YEARS AT HULL-HOUSE justify the withholding of the pleasures and results ofthat progress, from so many people who ought to havethem. But they cannot accomplish this for the socialspirit discharges itself in many forms, and no oneform is adequate to its total A Hull-House Studio. CHAPTER XVIArts at Hull-House The first building erected for Hull-House con-tained an art gallery well lighted for day and even-ing use and our first exhibit of loaned pictures wasopened in June, 1891, by Mr. and Mrs. Barnett ofLondon. It is always pleasant to associate theirhearty sympathy with that first exhibit, and thusto connect it with their pioneer efforts at ToynbeeHall to secure for working people the opportunityto know the best art, and with their establishmentof the first permanent art gallery in an industrialquarter. We took pride in the fact that our first exhibitcontained some of the best pictures Chicago af-forded, and we conscientiously insured them againstfire and carefully guarded them by night and day. We had five of these exhibits during two years,after the gallery was completed : two of oil paint-ings, one of old engravings and etchings, one ofwater colors, and one of pictures especiall
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