“Then a man shall work and bethink him, and rejoice in the deeds of his
     hand,
   Nor yet come home in the even too faint and weary to stand. 
   Men in that time a-coming shall work and have no fear
   For to-morrow’s lack of earning and the hungry-wolf a-near. 
   Oh, strange, new, wonderful justice!  But for whom shall we gather the
     gain? 
   For ourselves and for each of our fellows, and no hand shall labor in
     vain.”

Free night schools over the country, for the child of eight to the man of eighty, will go a long way in solving the troublesome socialistic problem.

George was familiar with the generous gifts and deeds of the Pratts of Baltimore, and of Brooklyn, of Carnegie, of Lorillard & Co., of Warner Brothers of Connecticut, and of the Messrs. Tangye of Birmingham, England.  The latter firm provides for its thousands of workmen a library, evening classes, and twice a week, while the employees are at dinner in a great hall, a twenty minutes crisp talk by capable persons on some live topic.

George Ingram organized an Educational Bureau for the improvement of his employees and others by evening schools and public entertainments.  As requisite for the success of such a bureau as he planned, he published the conditions as follows:—­

  1.  Several study rooms and good teachers.

  2.  A large and cheerful hall, church or opera house for lectures, that
  the prices may be low, the audience must be large.

  3.  A capable committee or manager, enthusiasm, good temper, fertility
  of resource and sympathy with the people.  Common sense coupled with
  determined perseverance works wonders.

  4.  Variety and quality in the entertainment, with no wearying pauses
  between the parts.  The movement must be swift and sure.

5.  Punctuality and business-like thoroughness in the management.  Begin and end on the minute.  Give exactly what you promise; or, if that be impossible, what will be recognized as a full equivalent.  Ideas, not words, old or new on every helpful subject in the universe, spoken or illustrated.  Music that rests or inspires, and is understood.

  6.  Sell 5,000 season tickets at $1.00 in advance to secure a guarantee
  fund; this is sound business, as success is then assured, and it will
  not depend upon the weather.

7.  Have prominent citizens preside at each entertainment, but pledge them to crisp introduction.  High grade entertainments wisely managed, prove themselves of benign influence, and an agency more potent than many laws in the preservation of peace and the reform of public morals.

When Colonel Harris’s will was probated, two-thirds of the balance of his fortune was left in trust with Mrs. Harris, George, and Gertrude, to be used for the public welfare, as they deemed wisest.  The trustees used $100,000 to build for the Workmen’s Club a large and attractive Central Hall, that had steep double galleries, and five thousand opera chairs.