The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . T1IK CHRISTENING O ELF - TA UCHT, startingO life as a joiner, Axel Peter-son, a Swedish boy of lowlybirth, took to carving for his oxenamusement. Little figures, gauntand gloomy or stout and sunny,village types as he found themready to hand, he carved incrude, unconventional groups—weddings, games,christenings, funerals, trials andthe lil(e, incidents in the commonlife of the common folk—camefrom his talented hand. In theugly irregularity of his methodthere is something peculiarly sug-gestive of the hardship and mon-otony of the life of plain p
The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . T1IK CHRISTENING O ELF - TA UCHT, startingO life as a joiner, Axel Peter-son, a Swedish boy of lowlybirth, took to carving for his oxenamusement. Little figures, gauntand gloomy or stout and sunny,village types as he found themready to hand, he carved incrude, unconventional groups—weddings, games,christenings, funerals, trials andthe lil(e, incidents in the commonlife of the common folk—camefrom his talented hand. In theugly irregularity of his methodthere is something peculiarly sug-gestive of the hardship and mon-otony of the life of plain wood carvings, which werepart of the Swedish art exhibi-tion shown at the Pan-AmericanExposition at San Francisco, arenow being shown in a travelingexhibit in various cities from coastto THE VILLAGE TRIAL 302 Democratizing Social Welfare Efforts By John Melpolder GENERAL SECRETARY, SOCIAL SERVICE BUREAU OF WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA THERE are some people who give freely of their timeand money to further the interests of social wel-fare; there are those who give only of their money,but depend upon others to give their time; andthere are those who give neither of time nor of money, throughlack of vital interest in social welfare. Now social welfare work benefits all in the there are those who earn what social benefits they andothers receive; those who purchase at list-price or at a dis-count what benefits they receive by free delivery; and thosewho are wholly beneficiaries of their fellow citizens senseof social responsibility. In other words, we have ideal citi-zens, paying citizens, and dependent citizens. It is not necessary for this purpose to put into approximatefigures the relative numbers of citizens constituting these threegroups in the average community
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