The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 2, 1902, Page 6

Deess OF Real Qharity in Kelping Those Who Relp Themselves. AKLAND s getting extremely proud of herself. The philanthropic bee has bugsed into the bonnets of v malds and matrons and the mount of good work that they are to b her head a good foot higher Home W oom to be thia \ P Certatnly Miss oth ¥ w Just sIXLeen Years wgo f free kindergarten in an old Hhe t Jook for an elaborate house . fon Where she would be sur ' by her friends. No, not she . ) the quarters of the poor, Third and Per 7 Por l Miss Lissle,” as her ' loving alled her, spent her me, strength & means teaching the hab! tny tete in that neighborhood Day she watehed the little mind ex i grow and she tried to instil wio woem those little teacmngs that re main with one the whole life long It s impossible to hide & light under & bushel and Miss Betls' deeds found her It is anler 1o follow & bright and shin to set It Miss widdenly a that her work was all-absorbing and inteysely interesting, Ho Mre, M. M. Riee Invited & number of her friends to her home one while dispensing whe t1old them that thelr spare hotts might be Impros rieht I'he love to do good nesds & spur always Ing example than It 1s Betts' triends covered afternoon and ton ed. An organisation tormed and there and It has grown until 1t i now the flourishing New Cen tury ¢ of West Onkland From the one small schoolroom It has wan then lub grown untll the Institution oocuples three large bulldings When 1 went there 1 was ushered into the coglest room Imaginable Large ply furnished, but everything in it was wtrietly In The carpets were curtaing white with blue dots, the tea eloth and the table cover blue ands even the wallpaper carried out the same effect wim. harmony blue, the Blue and white everywhere and all so immaculately clean. There was policy in this apparent madness, The daintinese, the freshness were there for some pur- pose. The girle are instructed to make the home attractive, to keep it in good order and to make the most of all small things By frequenting the club they are visibly reminded of these things, and after a time it Becomes perfectly natural to want all things just so. Water constantly drip- ping will wear a stone away, you know, and constant reminders are bound to make some impression. But this i by no means all that is VE T FhEmMENT FOINBED A T E M taught. In fact it is considered by some a matter of minor importance to know how to arrange flowers artistically and to make the most of every stick of furniture. These people think that the inner man ‘would suffer while his eyes were delight- ed, so they advocate a thorough course in cooking. Downstairs there is a large kitchen and it is fitted up with gas stoves, all kinds of cooking utensils and the necessary dishes. Here they are shown how to cook vegetables, to coax biscuits Into rising and how to keep all the juice in the meats. Their teacher, a graduate from ‘the Philadelphia Normal School, is kept busy adding new recelpts to their list. For TH® SUNDAY CALL when once fairly well started In the art of cookery it becomes a hobby and one that improves vastly with the riding. Mowing s taught Bome of the puplls Are hecoming very alklliful 10 the handling of potd and kets tles=enough #o, at any rate, o keep thelr mothers on the defensive. In faot, Mra, Walt, the president, saysi “We guarantee to turn out givls after o your's training who are thoroughly capa ble of earing for an ordinary home, That in part of our work, Jach girl that leaves our elub earns §16 0 month, and she I8 s good or better than the ordinary mald who charges for her wervices.' Nor does the work end there, elther both by hand and by machine, After the regular sample hook has been finished the pupll learns how to eut and fit and to fully complete her own articles of clothing, The material is all that it costs her, Oh, yes, the sum of 10 cents 1¢ pald monthly=the price of in« struction, Busy mothers have teo much to occupy thelr time to teach thelr girls many of these useful things, and they more than appreciate this course of prace tical study. But this work is not carried on exclu- slvely among the girls, The boys are quite as important, They occupy another bullding and have the place virtually to themselves. The charter members were seven boys picked up from the strects. They were the usual type of chaps that find school so difficult, labor a bore and ldafing all that makes life bearable. To find a place opened for them was a “cinch.” So they fancied. But somebody 2lse thought otherwise. They discovered —and by physical force—that they could not run things to sult themselves, ‘When the boys realized that they were NEwCeENTURY CLUB, —S S (N = D~y %o r =~ : . Where Young and QOld Are Given Instruction oOF Pragtical Value. not masters of the situation, persuasion helped convince them that it was to theie advantage to conduct themselves prop rly. Now they are wildly enthusiascl about the wettlement and ave constant ndeavoring to Improve and malntain thelr part of it In the boys' room are tables, ohates, a plano, shelves of books and numerous gnmen for thelr entertalnment I'he larger boys meet Manday evenings and enjoy n book, seated In w cony ohalr before u cheerful fire, Kverything In the room suggests rest and comfort, and this means much to the heart of & boy whe tolls In & factory from early morning un 1 late at night Phe last, but by ne means least impor tant feature of this philanthreple estab Hehment, Is the There youns wives are trained In domestiec once, "Time and time agaln T can't leave the baby alone'" was the ansver given in response to urgent Invitations to visit the olub, The management wot around this axouse, and, Indeed, It I & most excellent one, by providing & cottage where the ohildren ard given free oare during the wesnlon of the olub, The practieal of these meetings has gradunlly improssed itwelf upon them until there s raroly meeting sparsely attended, The New Century Club Is not & oharitas ble Institution and they do not wikh to be onlled such. They clalm to be following the dootrines of philanthropy, and some for nothing s not belleved Iin Kverything must be pald for to a cartain extent ‘There s not much difference in the work of the Oakland Boclal Settlement and that of the New Century Club. THe original plan was to make the former into & community home, but its purpose is ngw more for the good of th nelghborhood children than anything else A tiny girlle seomed, oh, so important there. Bhe eyed me an Instant and finally sald: “Won't you come to my tea-party?’ Most., assuredly I would. As she slipped her hand into mine she queried fow old do you think I am?>* Naw. I'se, I'se six yea's old to- day. And say, brother Tom he sphnked me, he did, and I didn't cry, really,” and the tiny tot swelled up with pride. All this time she was nearing of bables. With a ou-sit-there’ she left me to get the “party.” The hostess went about the circle with wooden plates, and after that she gave each and every child a plece of her birth- day cake. Not one offered to touch it mothers’ elub value ircle push til our host had seated herself and \ A4 & mont tremend ru ¥ Ad stand ta m ! I . fu \ " ) N t | A in all Winds of Wi ) i e, and A \ k ¥ Ants off the s \ i ttlement house is the most t at kiand W 1 Mt . Alesand A st in tr 1 And v after a v ' hem t ¥ ¢ Tt and Linden s ta The gy 1, with fMoining bath 18 what f the boys most 18 ¥ i rousi slayed and matoh ° and all the maga r an indefini 1 have it on ! t ay, is built like a ats are in tlers and ker stands 2 small stage. In 1s the place to an an Be s, the boys have something usefu st them have become quite proficient in mat-making and basket ) cont the home to go to r first one made is f the maker and that ld for the benefit of t tle- Everything and anything that wi amuse the boys is tried. Aft v months at one thing they tire of it a it keeps those wha ha he cause a heart 1 think! something tha will be a pleasure a profit The sloyd work and pieture-framing are both immensely popilar, The mothers appreciate and encoura thelr ow homes often look the bett ¥ the boy# attempts And, speaking of the mothers, reminds we. They have adopted a splendid not While' ehatting they sew, For instanee & new baby I8 In need of olothes, all make garments for him, and the burden s ta When all the families are e \ Fimmie und “Janie h an ample 4 on hand, thess workers do not told hands and idly gossip, Nome one aloud from & new book and the rest them make wulta for oharitable purpos for they know full well that It will he will be sent in One of the mirls that belongs ¢ . Young Women's Chelatinn Assodh wi P plen Aah U8 Lo saw?’ she taltered in a tiny thor I her Why, us girls at the ton mills, of course,” sho sald In a sury | oo Lver sught to know the girls whe worke re And 1o work of the Mast Mnd Moolal Hottlemant commenced, That same giel now holds & responsible posi tion wi f Oukland’s best firms, and whe frn ays that her lates from the day she asked for There are t ™ It was organized for t} sle purpose of keeping the boys off the streets at ni now meet Mor st h arni the second Is taken with a drill and the evening snclud ed as they see fit much is said about d Is carried on acros In fact, if It came right down to it I doubt if the majority & Oaklanders k about it themselves, For those who interested In it belleve in that fargllar but homely saying, “Let not vnurx?:*xt hand know what your left hand doeth.” MADGE MOOR.