The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 4, 1901, Page 7

THE SUNDAY CALL S~ HIS is the sixth of & serfes of || articles being published by The £ Sunday Call in the interest of ity as exemplified by those char- able institutions of San Francisco trolled by women. These papers are either written by officials of the different organizma- ns or have been read and approved v them, and therefore can be relied rpon as accurate in detail. With the guarantee of such au- ¥ they cannot fail to awaken mong the many readers who in a general way, that good s being done, yet lack specific formation as to how, where and y W The following article was Mrs. Anna Parrish, presi- ent of the Silent Workers. “What is Who are P n never heard r workers. h, 1898, a work was h ha w the rc m floor and the » cheer came “Suns se blessings as thickly populat- mana w 4 to aid them? w mite Wil you b Win for God e A Bible school, where the children were gathered in to study ated tcachers the Werd of God foun- dation-stone of this work From this has sprung the “Boys of Gar- ur e “Work 1 righ with consec was th field Club,” which meets every Monday afternoon. The purpose of this is to teach the boys good and useful things and start them, if possible, on the way to pure manhood. The houses in our part of town are sm and there are no roomy yards, or, for that matter, there is no house either, to eat and sleep. room for them the just long er ex- ou are and it do ceptin Cc equently they on the street all ¥ s not take arn all manner of bad to life- the time af ong for them to 1 h will cl bits that them a 0d in- 10 re: (B about this part of town, and we took were surprised at the interest they in the home and ‘its work from the first. The Sunbeam Society, or Girls' Club, meets every Tuesday at 3 p. m. The sirls instructed by able leaders and teac in home, social and religious dutie v are taught s reliance, self-support and whatever is calculated to fit them for us lives as they come to woman- hood. The plain talks on plgin subjects connected with their everyday lives cer- tainly mus sult in good. Some of the s werr 1 little discouraged at first, 1lly they noticed a slight change better, until now the girls who been with us since our opening would hardly be recognized as the same um-s sarum, willful children. Stnshine Sewing School meets every THE LITTLE Onzy AFTER BOOKS Thursday In ihis there ard six grades or classes, and it is extremely gratifying to note the rapid progress of many of these pupils. At first they are taught the numerous stitches, then how t4 baste, to darn and to cut. Lastly, they enter the planning and designing class, THE 21 == 1D( IISH,” or “broken s queer mainly glis t containing also Chi- Pc iguese Me and ¥ wor It originated in « when' the pioneer English mer- char Lacking time - e, t di& not study « es with whom they words, with Chinese idi- tences are apt sists to imagine e in sibsti- 1 the g ribu- but it is, on the com- simplification of: many words, in ad- , do that of or =L meani and re ger ake: sev- Var ooks equivalent containing Chinese “pidgin” not only by servants but often by natives of a dignified Man- repair to the of- ign friends and ask in English or turned for him into ex- asionally an Moreover, the expressive gibberish col- of foreigners, even - their with another. For in- resident of Shanghai fll-conducted word than “bobely chit,” a present a “‘cum- while as for “can do” no without it. means busines one eign a restive, , and glish comparatively words need be learned, in few QUEER LINGO OF DGIN ENGLISH. Thus “my” also for “I" and for “me. 3elong” in addition to filling its own proper pesition, replaces the verb “to be” in all its moods, tenses and persons. “How is “How f: belong?” “How have you been stan are you?” fashion you have belong?” “Thank you; I am very well, My thankee you; just now me belong No. 1.” “Do you think the veather will be tife next month?” is “How feshion you thinkee next moon weather belong No, 17" And the way to reply, “I am not sure the weather will be fine next month; I am afraid there will be a great deal of rain’ is “My no savey true weather next moon belong No. 1; my aila same fear catchee plenty rain come down.” “To P is also give, and to hand. *He gave me a present” is “He have pay my one plecee cumsha.” ‘‘Hand me that shawl” is “Pay me that piecee shawl.’” To bid a servant hasten upstairs, quick- ly find a book and bring it downstairs to one, is “Boy! fightee go top-side, look-see what-side one piecee book have got chop- chop. Catchee, bring downside, pay my.” “Top-side” and ‘“‘down-side” express heaven and hell, as well as upstairs and downstairs. Male servants are always addressed as “Boy,” and “side” is also added to the names of places, as, for instance Shang- hai-side, Peking-side, Tientsin-side, etc. *“Where” is ‘“What-sid “Where is it? Vhat-side have got?” ‘‘Chow-chow” means food and to eat. “To squeeze” not only implies compression, but also to exact sion. “To squecze too muchee “To be pretty “t0 be ugly, looksee.” physical commis- is to cheat. is to be “good looksee,” bad looksee,” or “no good THE MOCKERY OF THE STRGE OU folks who go to the theater fre- Y quently, did you ever consider stage meals?” asked the old-timer, who is well versed in matters histrionic; “they are’far from being the least in- teresting feature of the perform- ance, and quite often they attract more attention than the star himself. Ex- cept in a few instances, provided by real turkey plays as ‘Shore Acres, stage meal has trailed a long way back of other theatrical features. Scenery has been improved and made more realistic; ccstumes have been regulated so that they are worn; acting itself has kept apace with the onward march of general prog- ress, but the stage meal has stuck. For years it has maintained a 1ch the monotonous | level of imperfection, and, finally, I have given up hope that it will ever reform. ‘“The stage meal is the same, whether the hour be that of breakfast, luncheon, dinner or supper. If your seat is in the orchestra, and the stage s far above you, the meal doesn’t count for much, because you cannot see the awful waste that the table contains: but should your seat be further back, or in the balcony, the weird conglomeration of stage food then be- comes altogether too apparent to the eye. The stage meal is the same, whether it is being served in a tenement such as Will- iam H. Crane lives in before his fortune is restored, in the last act, or whether it is spread in over the dressed parlor scene of the refined vaudeville sketch. The in- gredients seldom differ; only the dishes are changed, while flowers cover a large plot of space. “Doubtless you have often observed the vavdeville meal. I mean the kind of spread which is set out when the sou- MEAk. | brette, in short skirts, trips in and trills: | ‘I-am- expecting-a- young- man- here- to- |\ dine- with-me- to-day-and-T- have-a-nice- | little-luncheon-ready-for-him." Yes, in- deed, we have all seen that lunch. It| fairly makes our mouths water. There | in it. | is a tall dish for celery, with cele Celery is always good for comic business, such as fanning the girl when she faints, | or dusting one's shoes. Well, as I was aying, there is celery, and lots of it, in the tall dish. There are several rosy apples, an orange or two, a squad of rolls, and, perhaps, a coffee pot. If the play is very realistic, there may be coffee in the pot, but if not—nay, nay. Bring in a stage hand, in a dress suit and tan shoes, first giving him what 10oks like a champagne bottle, with water inside, and the delight- |, ful illusion is complete. T saw a meal like | that the other afternoon on the stage, and after the male members of the sketch team had taken about three bites and splurted out the coffee because it burned him—very funny—he rose up and said with a smile: “There, T feel as if T couldn't eat an- other morsel for a week. Well, I sup- pose many a time he hasn't had the chance, being a veteran actor, “The vaudeville meal is not the only eparsely settled stage poke-out. I have seen John Drew, after telling the audi- ence how hungry he was, in one way or arcther, for ten minutes, sit down amid beautiful scenery to an empty chafing dish and a hottle of real wine. I have always envied the actor who could hay 1eal wine and consider it a mark of pros. perity in the show that provides it. Stili, Wine without food is at times injurious, particularly when vou see a couple of characters in & society drama pour it into them for breakfast.”—Brooklyn Eagle. , and when they are able to make garments neatly and well we feel that our time and * labor have not been wasted, that we have sowed a seed that will never completely die out, no matter what comes. The teach- ings of our childhood are strong and sel- dom if ever extinguished. meets on Wednesday afternoons. line of work have we seen better results than among the mothers of Sunshine Dis- The Mothers’ Home Sunshine Soclety In no often misfortune and dis- trict. How couragement come to this class of mothers. Many of them have known bet- ter homes and surroundings—have been reared carefully. Trouble never discrimi- nates, and when a person is on the down- ward path it is often most difficult to get a start the other way. After trying time and time again, the struggle seems too hard. This is the kind of people we try to reach. The cheer and help that are given them—mothers who have anywhere fromy four to a dozen children—is mainly in the line of lectures, talks, entertainments and religious exercises. They are always by those who understand their meeds. those who know life in all its phases, for how can one talk understandingly on a strange subject? The work is proving to bea great source of joy to them. Surely Jesus, the Lord of all, who sent the first message after his resurrection through the lips of a woman, is well pleased to have these mothers fitted to bear the glad message of redemption to their children and their neighbors. On the afternoons that the society meets our hall is crowded with mothers from the neighboring streets and the ba- bies that are too small to be left at home. It is a pleasure for them to dress the tots in their best clothes, to leave care be- hind and to start for the Friends’ humble home. Tkere they know they whl find the greatest of human needs—sympathy. There they will find those who are inter- ested in all their doings, those who are glad toisee them and to have a pleasant chat with them. It is an afternoon joy- fully and profitably spent by all. The Sunshine Kindergarten, which was S0 pre-eminently successful under the wise guidance of the teachers who were employed, passed into the hands of the Golden Gate Kindergarten Association at the beginning of this year. As the de- mands enlarged the financial aid proved inadequate; therefore the change. Perhaps the part of the work that gives the most pleasure is the library. We have about 500 volumes, be es numberless magazines and_ papers. Nearly all of these are the fts of those interested in our work. A reading room adjoins the lbrary and anybody is at Mperty to go there at stated hours and read. We are always glad to have the place crowded, for it shows that we are prospering, and besides the time could not be spent to bet- ter advantage. Two days in the week the children troop in by the dozens to take out books which are ed in the regular Mbrary form. The little ones want showy picture books and thrilling tales and it is our aim to give them what will be most apt to attract their attention habit of readi and please them most. The g is not easily formed, but when once strong, is exceedingly hard to break. Our aim is te raise the standard of edu- cation, morality and religion in the wide and fertile district surrounding Sunshine Hall, It is a field “white unto the har- A new feature has been recently added and is for the partial support of the work. It is the *“ mage’” store. There one may find all sorts and conditions of things. Most any article ef clothing for people of all ages and sizes. Furniture, fruit, groceries, and even toys may be found there. Hats and shoes, pins and ribbons may,be found side side. Anything in the way of cast-off clothing or any of the above named articles will be thankfully received at $28 Harrison street. The nu- merous articles are quickly sold, and the small price asked has been the means of more than one youngster wearing shoes and whole clothing. For where there are eight or ten little children, which is more often the rule than the exception, it takes 2 good income to keep their lively bodies covered and warm. Nothing is too old or toe worn to be of some use. If it does not fit, “necessity is the mother of invention,™ and it can be turned and twisted until it does. We ask the sympathy, prayers and sup- port of any and all who may be interested In our work. To “preach the gospel to the poor, heal the broken-hearted, preach de- liverance to the captive and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised” is our aim. This teaching is carried out in the Wednesday evening prayer meeting, in the Sabbath morning service held at 11 o'clock, and in the evening services, which are weekly held in Sunshine Hall. The evening services are often preceded by an open air meeting on the street. Vis- itors are always cordially welcome to every department of our work and to every and any service. God help you to help us to help “others,™