. The great American book of biography . present of a bank book, with a sum to his credit, as an inducement to save money. It was his pride that every man of family in his employshould own his dwelling-house, and he frequently advanced money to pay forthe houses of his workmen, without security. He presented his assistantswith insurance on their lives, and sent to Europe or on other pleasure trips the THE PRINTERS HOME. 547 heads of his departments when confinement to business affected their presented to the Typographical Society a large burial plot in WoodlandsCemetery, besides cont
. The great American book of biography . present of a bank book, with a sum to his credit, as an inducement to save money. It was his pride that every man of family in his employshould own his dwelling-house, and he frequently advanced money to pay forthe houses of his workmen, without security. He presented his assistantswith insurance on their lives, and sent to Europe or on other pleasure trips the THE PRINTERS HOME. 547 heads of his departments when confinement to business affected their presented to the Typographical Society a large burial plot in WoodlandsCemetery, besides contributing to the societys endowment. He frequently sententire charitable institutions on pleasure excursions during the hot weather, andthe Fourth of July and Christmas he was accustomed to celebrate by a banquetto the newsboys or bootblacks, or by some other entertainment to the streetwaifs. Messrs. Childs and Drexel sent their respective checks for ^5000 to theConvention of the International Typographical Union in 1886, then in session. ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS, PHILADELPHIA. at Pittsburgh, provision being made that the individual members should havethe opportunity to assist in augmenting the fund until it was sufficient to estab-lish a Home for disabled printers. It was arranged that the printers east ofthe Mississippi should, for this purpose, contribute the price paid for setting onethousand ems on Mr. Childs birthday, May 12, of each year, and those westof the Mississippi should do likewise on the annual recurrence of Mr. Drexelsbirthday, September 13. Speaking of giving, Mr. Childs wrote : I think the habit of generosity maybe cultivated, like other habits. And I have felt that it is a great mistake to put32 548 GEORGE \V. CHILDS. off being generous until after you are dead. In the first place, you lose thepleasure of witnessing the good that you may do ; and, again, no one canadminister your gifts for you as well as you can do it for yourself It is a greatpleasure to be
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