珍亚当斯的赫尔大厦提供许多课程 (甚至包括音乐课程) 让芝加哥社区内的民众使用。住在赫尔大厦附近的所罗门萨诺夫 (Solomon Saranoff) 是俄国移民的儿子，他的爸爸在一间碎布店工作，周薪$8。所利 (Solly：所罗门的昵称) 想要学钢琴，但他的家庭买不起钢琴，更付不出钢琴课的学费。有一天，所利的朋友及他的姐姐萝丝 (Rosie) 把他带到赫尔大厦，您知道吗？那儿有架钢琴呢！


Jane Addams's Hull House offered many programs to the Chicago community, even music lessons. Solomon Saranoff lived near Hull House. He was the son of Russian immigrants. His father worked for a rag shop for $8 a week. "Solly," as he was called, wanted to learn to play the piano, but his family had no extra money to buy one, much less pay for lessons. One day, friends of Solly and his sister, Rosie, took them to Hull House, where, guess what? There was a piano.

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